FAMOUS TENORS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 20 June 1936, Page 9

FAMOUS TENORS

THEIR NEW FILMS TAUBER AND McCORMACK Richard Tauber, eyes twinkling, waist-line diminished, is back in London to get married and make a picture. After that, Tauber will make “Land Without Music”—story of a country where music is banned by the ruling Princess. j Tauber arrives, lets go the larynx ! and proves how wrong she was. You will usually find Tauber quite happy on the set. says a London writer. He sings to the electricians and cameraman to while away the time. i He doesn’t talk much—and. prefers German, anyhow. He studied in his youth to become a director and composer and switched to singing later. He is 43; Austrian by birth. McCORMACK IN IRISH FILM Count John McCormack (he is a Count of the Holy Roman Empire), the famous Irish tenor, who made a film “Song of My Heart,” some years ago, has been signed by 8.1. P. They have bought a story for him, an Irish one, of course, in which his voice will be put to the best advantage. Work on the script is in progress. The picture will probably be a vehicle for the Irish director Brian Desmond-Hurst, and Geraldine Fitzgerald, a young Irish actress, is first choice for leading feminine role.

LAUDER IN “END OF THE liOAD”

Sir Harry Lauder has signed a contract with Fox-British, and will star in one of their forthcoming productions.

The probable vehicle for the popular Scotch character comedian is a story based on one of his favourite songs, “the End of the Road.”