GRAND'S DOUBLE BILL

Evening Star, Issue 21822, 11 September 1934, Page 11

GRAND'S DOUBLE BILL

'WILD GOLD 1 AMD ‘HANDY ANDY' TO-MORROW Two full-length pictures—' Handy Andy,’ in which the übiquitous will Rogers has the leading role, and ‘ Wi d Gold,’ an epic of the modern gold, rushes ’—comprise the Grand’s change of programme to-morrow. The mad rush for the precious metal forms the central theme that inspired the making of ‘Wild Gold. 'l l ’,' 3 scenes were filmed in Kernville, California, one of the prosperous mining towns of "’49 that has gamed a new, lease on life. When the picture was being filmed -the whole town was engaged to play in it. So the backgrounds are authentic. John Boles, Claire Trevor, and Hariy Green have the principal roles. Roger Imhof, portrays an old prospector whose discovery of gold brings a rush of goldseekers to Red Rock. Among the early arrivals are Harry Green and his show troupe, the Golden Girls, who come to supply entertainment and to seek their share of gold. Ruth Gillette is the leader of the- troupe, which includes Suzanne Kaaren, Wini Shaw, Blanca Vischer, Elsie Larson, Gloria Roy, and Myra Bratton. . The romantic interest in the story is supplied by Boles, who portrays an engineer, and Miss Trevor. Monroe Owsley is the villain of the piece. Lester Cole and Henry Johnson wrote the screen story by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. George Marshal directed. Ghosts do come to life. At least, ghost towns do. This phenomenon was vouched for by Claire Trevor, John Boles, and other members of the Fox Film unit following the filming of the exterior scenes for this dramatic story of the rehabilitated ghost mining towns of the West. ' Wild Gold ’ found need for a real ghost town to give authentic background for various scenes. Kernville, California, supplied the need.