LATEST NEWS FROM GOLDWYN-MAYER

Grey River Argus, 8 December 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

LATEST NEWS FROM GOLDWYN-MAYER

St iffy and Mo are back in Sydney, after a sheet but successful tour of New Zealand. Elsie Prince did first rate business for Melbourne charities when she was in that city. At one cabaret she collected £TOO in Hess than an hour. Bert Erroll. the well-known female impersonator, is bm-k in L<>n<| {)ri a ft nr his tour of Australia and America. Conway Teatie, formerly popular <»»• the screen, has formed his own ? Ox-', company, to produce pl- ys in the West of America. When “Good New ’’ Ims -ini it 3 course, Elsie Prime and .Ji..: m (iodden will probably be seen in “i ioMerry rM a 1 on es, ’ ’ “The Wrecker,” another play by the author of “The Ghost Train,” has been secured by Mr E. J. Canroll, and wi 1 be presented at Melbourne at Cliri* tmas. The company which has been pre ent ing “White Co’la.s,” “Saturday’s Children,” and other American plays at Melbourne for some time, will go to Sydney for Chri limas. Miss Leona Hogarth and Mr Leonard Doyle arc in the leads. Ben Traver-, of “('u-koo in the Nest,” and “Rookd y Nook” fame, >< visiting Australia with the English Theatredom in England, h says, is in a chaotic condition. Few <• the London theatres had settled poli cies, find, the rivalry with the picturi show? was very keen. Another revue company earn o Nev. Zealand last week for the Fuller cicuit, opening at ('hr‘.-tcbu”<-h. It : called the London Comeuy Company and is headed by Frank O’Brien i ni' Janice Hart... Also with the company are' Bert Lee, Audrey Lewis, Ma i* Ward, Joe Hudson, Go don Norvi le, the Flappers/ Ballet, and Vasco’s ’\ z ;ir sity Boys’ jazz band

I Film Stars Married. Mr John Bar ymore and Kl’ss ( Dolores Costello, film stars, applied for | a marriage license. Mr’ Barrymore ■gave his age as 41. and said he had been married and divorced twice b. fore. S.r Harry Lauder for New Zealand. It is understood that for his “farewell” broaden t in England Sir Harry ;Lau«h r received the .record fee of j £l2OO. | Sir Harry sailed by the Tamaroa for a few weeks’ big fishing in New Zea land, and then, under the auspices o' E. J. will embark on a seven weeks’ tour of New Zealand and after wards Australia. He will return home by way of A merica. Melba Has Retired—Perhaps I Dame Melba left, Melbourne foi London per the Chitrai. Before sailing she stated she would be away some two years, but would not make any further professional appearance. She would only sing in future for charity. She also stated that she had finish e l her asociation with grand opera comp ni s, and that her visit was to sec jiersonj 1 . friends and renew old friendships. * ■' * * Paderewski Accepts £3O 000 Contract. M. Paderewski, famous pianist and ex-president of the Polish Republic, has just accepted an offer of £30,000 from a German company, to play the j leading part in a talking film. Alfred O’Shea at tine Pictures. Alfred O’Shea, the popular IrishAustralian tenor, has been signed by the Prince Edward (Sydney) management and will be featured during the season of “Two Lovers.”

Christmas Attractions -in New Zealand. The Christmas attractions in New I Zealand will include: — Auckland: The Midnight Frolics, headed by Clew Dawe and Eric Edgoly, at His Majesty’s; George Wallace Revue, at the St. James. Wellington: “The Girl Friend” with Annie Croft and Gus Bluett, at the Grand Opera House; Frank Neil Comedy Company, in “Getting Gertie’s Garter,” at His Majesty’s Theatre.

Canada Likes George Robey. Mr George Robey is having a great success in Canada with his “Bits and Pieces’* revue. At one theatre the week’s receipts were more than £lOOO higher than they were expected to be. Mr Robey will put on an entirely new revue while ho is away, and have it ready for presentation in England by Christmas. Uat Madison Sings Again. Nat Madison will not return to England with his father, Maulice Moseovitch, but has signed a contract with Williamsons until Moscovitch’s return from England and Europe in 18 months’ time. Perry’s Circus in New l Zealand. Perry Bros.’ Circus is back in New Zealand, and is touring the South Island. This circus on its last tour was coni idered• more entertaining than some nio-.-e pretentious shows. | Australian in English Film. Cyril Rite ha rd, the Australian, who I with h's partner, Miss Madge Elliott, is popular in “So This is Love” at the Winter Garden Theatre, London, has a dancing part and a straight part with Cil<la Gray, the origin;J “Shimmy Girl,” in the film “Piccadilly.” Australian Tenor ns a “Talkie.” Allan Prio a, the Australian tenor, w ho, after ’appearing in Australia at or £/ a week, went to America and ' mmediately secured a salary of £lOO p'*r week as lead in musical comedy, has been signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to appear in a short movietone feature. * * * Ccrpentier A'.mires Nove lie’s French. -'L Georges Carpentier, who oeeu ' '"’utri London, visited Mr Ivor N 0.." .." dressing r.x.ni imaiediat ,|v forward -, anil declared the la.G'i I1! ' d spoken the best French ], > nan ever heard an Englishman speak S'-ow Beat" Breaks Record Again. Boat’’ the big musical comu' briirv Lane, London, in which ..lane Bioko a,,,! Hewett Worster ("■•II remem 1,, red in New Z, aland) -■ Vo promin. nt parts, i-eentlv hiok.’ ■ G ran record, the takings fo r the week being over £6656. * » » Fauline Frederick’s £5(J,000 Contract, i Pauline Frederick, who was in New

z ealand with “Spring Cleaning.” has ■Jffned a Warner contract for two .. •”r> during which time she i- to i i.hike e»ght talkies,” for which she j receives £50.000. I Edmund Burns in Coming Master ; Picture. Edmund Burns, who. with Edith | Rc-beits and Walter Long, will bt {seen in Norman Dawn’ s ' production for Australasian Flinn. Ltd.. “The Adorable Outcn.- t, ” now o’a release .11 New Z aland is also cast in “Th,* | Princess of Hoboken.’* a forthcoming Tiffany production for relea e by Master Picture"-. Also in the cast are j Blanche Meh ; fey. Leu Tellegen and i E b.cl Clayt n. ■Myrna Loy Brilliant in “The Crimson City. ’ ’ , Ihe Warner Bros production “The Crimson City,” a thrilling melodrama |of the House of a Thousand Daggers * has been ac laimed one of the most 1 liant Ori 'nfo] pictures ever fihm d. ! "'.i > -to yis that of N- n Toy a 1 (a rd 1 magnificent ’ ' "y'd l-y Myrna Loy) and h«r p'• e nd sacrifice for a white outcast. I 1 ' no '’worthy ca t include- John i-• ’ .!<"■’ T - >:! < Ilyar'.s, Matthew Betz : \n Rard'-Jf, Sojin. Anna May ' Wong and Richard Tucker. The lory is by Anthony Coldeway anjl Archie L. Mayo directel. This wonderful Master Picture is shortly to In r leased throughout New Zealand. Irene Rich in Russian Story. After nearly a year of trouble wit! Ci nsdrship in connection with the Warner Master Picture. “My Officia < Wife,” featuring Irene Rich, it is pos r sible for A.F. to announce the' re lease date of this plcmlid feature 1 Cen.-orship banned it nearly a y“a: ago but so anxious w<ie the importer.to save this feature that after get 'i’.'g special permission fr m the Chief Censor, they had Warner Bros cnr’v out a r •construction which was so ex - cellently done that the value of the picture was in no way marred, and it passed con orship when re-imported. The work of Irene Rich in this picture is quite one of the finest role-; she has yet portrayed. Twc-Firted Star Takss Up Flying. Monte Blue, star of “Across the At lan tie. ” the .Warner Bros. produe tion soon to be released in New Zealand. was born in Indianapolis Indiana, in 1890. and educated at Purdue University. After a life of adventure as railroad fireman, cowboy, ailor. soldier, carpenter and athh te, he became an extra for D. W. Griffith, and began the screen career, which has brought him riches and fame. In “Across the Atlantic,” Mr Blue is ca t a-s an heroic airman when suffering from amnesia o n account o ‘ war injuries, steals a plane and flies to Paris whe’e he saves his weetheart. who has believed him dead from a mistaken marriage. “Beware of Married Men.” is Miss Rich Comedy Coming. Sisters have been principals on stage and screen in many stories, but in none more intriguing or more amusing, than “Beware of Married Men.” the Warner Bros, production, starring Irene Rich. Miss Rich is cast as the elder sistier, whose inissiem. self-ap- | pointed, is the protection of her flap per sister. What happens in this pro cess makes up the hilarious’play, “Be ware of Married Men.” is scheduler for early release throughout the Do minion. * * * Tiniest Star Soon Here. May McAvoy, loveliest and most daintily diminutive star of the silvei screen, comes,to N.Z shortly in Warner Master Picture’s “A Reno Divorce.” Ralph Graves, who ako wrote the story and directed the production, plays lead. Others in the are Hedda Hopper, Robert Ober, William Demarest, Anders Randolf, ami Edwards Davis. “A Reno Divorce” is a glittering comedy-drama of ultra-modern life.

"The Fortune Hunter"— Syd Chaplin’s Best. "The Fortune Hunter." a Wa ner Bros, extended run production, starring Syd Chaplin, is soon to be released in New Zealand. This is the piece which ran for two years in New York an.l Chicago and had such a wonderful success on the :oad, and it bids fair to be the most brilliant triumph of Syd Chaplin, known for such widely differing characterisations. "The Fortune Hunte;-’’ recounts the uproarious adventures of a likeable roughneck, who staked by a friend with whom he had hoboed, goes to a Vermont village with the full intention of capturing the richest girl— and her bankroll. The course of true love sets plans sadly awry, and causes some of the most exciting, laughable sequences ever s<-recn-