ARLISS IN FINE ROLE
‘THE IRON DUKE' FOR OCTAGON Mr George Arliss, premier character artist of the silver screen, appears in his initial English vehicle, ‘The Iron Duke,’ at the Octagon on Friday. When George Arliss set to work in the British studios, no effort was spared to reap the full advantage of his virtuosity and fame. In Hollywood he had been monarch of all he surveyed. He appeared on the sets when he liked, and he ceased work at 4.30, when he took afternoon tea. Mr Arliss himself selected the particular style of film in which h© wanted to appear. The character of the first Duke of Wellington had always appealed to him. and the story of Napoleon’s conqueror was a great British epic which would thrill the world at large as well as meet an insistent demand in this country; for more of the spirit of England in Britishmade films. The supporting film will be ‘ Thunder in the Night.’
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Evening Star, Issue 22249, 29 January 1936, Page 9
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161ARLISS IN FINE ROLE Evening Star, Issue 22249, 29 January 1936, Page 9
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