The Worlds Greatest Master of Satire

Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7064, 25 January 1933, Page 5

The Worlds Greatest Master of Satire

“G. 8.5.” ALLOWS 8.1. P. TO CUT “ARMS AND THE MAN.”

When “Arms and the Man” was first presented the majority of the audience at the London Hippodrome was ready in advance to “ knock” at this ■first full-length screen play from the pen of the world’s greatest master of satire. This, no doubt, was largely due to the publicity given to the version as presented at the special Malvern Festival. Since that date, however, Bernard Shaw has been persuaded .to allow 8.1. P. to cut and edit the film for commercial exploitatitfn. The Tesult, as shown at the Hippodrome, was . that “those who came to jeer remained to cheer,” and the film as then presented held the audience spellbound by the marvellous portrayals of the principal characters—only seven in number—each and every one ac perfect cameo, with the master-dramatist’s lines and witty gibes provoking hearty laughter.

Tosliic Moric, a nineteen-year-old resident of Los Angeles’ Chinatown, has won the coveted role of Mah-Li in Columbia’s picture “Bitter Tea of General Yen.’’ This rolo is considered .the most important Chinese characterisation ever offered any girl in tho pictures, Miss Mori’s part being second only to those enacted by Barbara Stanw 7 yck and Nils Asthcr, the two leads in the picture. FranlcCapra, who is directing the production, discovered Miss Mori behind the counter of a curio store. She studied dramatic expression with Ethelm Griffies, noted player, and is also proficient in Russian ballet dancing. ■