“Becky Sharp” In Cutting Room

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 196, 21 August 1935, Page 11

“Becky Sharp” In Cutting Room

HOLLYWOOD ANXIOUSLY AWAITS OUTCOME OF COLOUR (State: Screening Soou.) When “Becky Sharp’’ finished with “shooting,’’ Eouben JWamouliari, who directed the colour pie,s. ture, supervised the cutting. A lot of questions were soon to' be answered. Hollywood was waiting and watching. Never since the adi-- yent of sound has a motion picture attracted such wide interest, such speculation. ■ ■l'sfVßeeky--BhaTj)-is’very important iidir; tivdr(reasons. It ,is very liable to be tho beginning of '!i sharp turn to by all producing companies. It/ also lias, every opportunity of being among' the masterpieces of th : o screen .as-entertainment, irrespective-. of itl. colour. All of tlio ele-rtj-ents of greatness arc present, ipfho -.screen play, .written by Francis of-Hollywood’s most cap-

able scenarists, is based upon the classic novel, “Vanity Fair,” written by William Makepeaeo Thackeray, one of the foremost authors of all time. The star, Miriam Hopkins, is considered ono of the first on cither stago or screen. Tht cast is composed of tho greatest dramatic-talent ever assembled for a motion picture or a stago play—including Sir Ccrdic Hardwicke, lirst among England’s stage great; Nigel Bruce, also a top figure of tho London stage; Alison Skipworth, one of the greatest character women on either the screen or in the theatre; and Frances Dec, rising rapidly to screen heights. Other well-known names are May Beatty, Billie Burke, William Favcrsham, Alan Mowbray, William Stack, and G. P. Huntley, Jr. Eouben Mamoulian, whose name is associated only with big stars ami success pictures, directed “Becky Sharp.” Kenneth Macgowan, who brought “Little Women” to the screen, produced it. These are an imposing array of facia What they add up to is a matter for iadividual estimation. The only answer we have been ablo to find is—superlative entertainment.