TALKIE ATTRACTIONS

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 28 February 1935, Page 2

TALKIE ATTRACTIONS

OPERA HOUSE

‘ THE! WORLD MOVES ON” Madeleine Carroll and Franchot Tone found much in common about their respective careers during production of “The World Moves On,” iFox Film’s “love story of a century,” which comes to the Opera House to-night. Madeleine was born on February 26, and Franoliot on February 27. Both graduated from college with honours in French. With next to nothing in her purse and garbed in her mother’s best clothes, Madeleine set out with a provincial touring company to make her name on the stage. With nothing in his pocket, and garbed in his elder brother’s best overcoat, Franoliot set out with another touring company, with the same idea in mind.

A year later both had sky-rocketed to fame overnight. Roth are strongly of the opinion that actors and actresses should be compelled to divide their time equally between legitimate stage work and film-making. Franchot says his mole in “The "World Moves On” is the best lie lias ever had. Madeleine says the same thing of her role. Their director, John Ford, says they both “know so much about acting” that directing them was a pleasure.

“BABES IN TOYLAND” During the filming of “Babes in Toyland,” the Hal Ronoh-M.C.M. screen version of Victor Herbert’s immortal operetta, scores of celebrities visited the Toyland village set at the Hal Roach studios where the elaborate feature was produced. The especial attraction, besides the presence of the famed comedians, Laurel and Hardy, who essay the principal roles in the fantasy, their newest feature-length production, was the picturesque street set with its scores of colorful storybook characters lending additional i colour to the scene. Among tlie many notables who saw the production in the making were former President of Mexico, accompanied by his wife and daughter; Hon. F. De Monte, ex-Postmaster-General of India; John S. Martin, editor of Time, the news magazine; Eric Pedlev, distinguished polo player, and a number of motion j picture stars from other studios. In , addition, more than fifty magazine ' and newspaper writers and correspondents registered in the studio guest book during the “shooting” of the feature. “Babes in Toyland” begins a two days’ engagement at the Opera House, starting on Saturday.

GRAND THEATRE “THE LITTLE, GTANT” Helen Vinson, who appears with Edward G. Robinson in his latest First National picture, “The Little Giant, ’ now at the Grand Theatre, demonstrated not only her skill in horsemanship, but her pluck and stamina when she was thrown from her mount during the making of one of the scenes in the picture. Miss Vinson’s horse, a restless high-spirited animal, shied without warning at something beside the bridal path along which she and Robinson were riding, bolted violently and threw her from the saddle. The actress’ neck, arms- and shoulders were severely bruised by the fall, but she insisted upon continuing the scene after a few minutes’ rest, and refused to be sent home. It was an ironical incident inasmuch I as the story calls for just such an incident in another scene in order to give Robinson, who has the role of an cx-Beer Baron trying to break into society, an opportunity to meet the exclusive Miss Vinson. Director Roy Del Ruth decided that throwing the young lady from the horse was too risky and merely establishes the fall by showing the girl on the ground and the horse bolting. Robinson’s attempt, to crash society as an ex-Beer Baron is attended by many hilariously amusing as well as thrilling situations. Mary Astor has the leading feminine role.