SCREENLAND JOTTINGS

Evening Star, Issue 19197, 13 March 1926, Page 15

SCREENLAND JOTTINGS

The new James Cruze-Par,amount ] prcclaction ‘ Beggar on Horseback,', which will bo released here shortly, is described as a story bigger than any cast, just as was ‘ The Covered Wagon,' in which the cast wasn’t even a talking point. ‘ The Covered Wagon ’ was essentially a story, and in the telling of the story names that wore destined to become Tarpons on the screen were created. So with ‘ Beggar on Horseback,’ made by the same director. ' Revealing a new and fascinating story of midnight merrymaking in Broadway’s classiest night clubs, ‘ Night Life in New York ’ is announced as an early release. Rod La Rocqne is an engaging lovable young man who is ready for fun, fight_ or frolic at any time, and he gets it in the most surprising manner in this snappy picture of New York and its night life, which will be seen at the local Paramount house shortly. Others in the cast are Dorothy Gish, Ernest Torrence, and George Hackathorno. Paramount’s third “Greater Movie Season ” is now being celebrated throughout New Zealand by representative theatres. Under the now order of things in the film industry this movement, which lias been instituted by Paramount Pictures,’ is the forerunner of such great screen attractions os ' The Wanderer,’ ‘The Vanishing Race,’ ‘That Royle Girl,’ ‘The Pony Express,’ ‘ The Coast of Folly,’ and others. New Zealand and Australia were first in the field to propagate the movie season movement, and so great has been its_ success that America followed, realising at once its value as a stimulus to the-industry generally. A novel feature _of Paramount’s third “ Greater Movie Season ” tlm year is nh essay contest, which -is Being conducted throughout New Zealand.