IN FILMLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20306, 13 July 1929, Page 33 (Supplement)

IN FILMLAND.

Miss Fay Comptcn, famous English j actress, has been engaged by Paramount to play opposite Adoipho Menjou id that j star*s first ail-talking picture, " I'he Con ' cert." Miss Compton £ best known in . London as " the Barne heroine.," a? she has starred tn every piay thai Barr;e ■ t\er wrote. Victor Sehertziiger will di- j ret! ' The Concert." £. A. Dupcnt, the famous producer of ; •• Piccadilly " and " Moulin Ruuge," j will make an all-talkie film, " Atlantic," ; for British International Pictures at Els- I tree, and not in Hollywood as previously announced. The Story is an adaptation of Ernest Raymond's sensational play. " Ibe Berg," which recently scored such | a success in London. j Bultard Dix's first talking picture fo- i Puranii uut, ' Nothing but the Truth," I wii! be re.eased shortly in N'.'v, Zealand, j .'.. r o'-.'-ii ricture audiences ail over the world -re awaiting Dui's debut as a pi k'lit; star. I'rev.uus to entering motion pictures Dir. was ou the legitimate i.jj.-c-. a:.-d his voice, it is stated, records eitepuonaiiy well. Cyril McLaclen. shortly to be seen in •■ Underground," is one of seven brothers acting ioi the screen. Six of them act for Butibb pictures, while the seventh Victor, is already famous oi> tne American screen. Cynl nns just completed tht starring role in •• Balaclava,'' a film with sound effects. Miss Bemta Hume, who appeared in " The South Sea Bubble," is playing opposite him. j William Powell, now elevated to fullyfledged stardom, is again appearing a.s the detective, Philo Vance, in " The Greene Murder Case," an ail-talking picture now in production at. the Paramount Hollywood studios. Other important roles are plaved by Miss Ruth Lhatterton, Paul Lukas, Miss Man- Brian itnd Eugene Pallet te. Powell made a most favourable impression by his work as the detective in the first S. S. \an Dine " thriller," " The Canary Murder Case."

Miss Aibertina Eascb. the noted New York producer of spectacular dances, has been engaged by Paramount to stage one ui the big dancing sequences *.n " Backstage Blues," the Maran and Mack talk ing 51m now being filmed in Hollywood. Miss Easch will present 30 of her dancers in a special number. " Backstage Bines, an criemal story by Octams Roy Cohen, written especially for the two famed Black Crcrws, is being directed by George Abbott, a Broadway stage director. Miss Evelyn Brent baa the principal feminine role.

" The Hollywood Revue of 1923 " has been selected as the final title for MetroGold wyn-Mayer's new musicai production, formerly known as " The M-G-M Eerue of Revues." Charles Eiesner and Christy Cabanne are co-directors of this successor to " The Broadway Melody." The screen and srta2e celebrities included in the cast are Miss Bessie Love, Miss Anita Pa-e. Charles King, Miss Joan Crawford. Miss Marion Danes, William Haines. Easter Seaton, Miss Marie Dressier. Clin Edtrards, the Bros Sisters and Miss Ivatirca Xatora.

" Tie Voice of the City-" tie ail-taltt* ing picture •which "will be released in Auckland shortly, is a Metro-Gold-wyn-Maver production, Tcritten ar.d directed bv Vv iHard Mack, one of America 3 most distinguished playwrights. Mr Mack also play 3" the leading character part. This production has been nailed by cnt-.cs as a perfect example of talking-picture technique. With its plot condensed in a time space of 24 hours, the story mores with extreme rapidity, and there is not a Trasted moment until the striking ciimas and romantic finish.

j The second all-talkie to go into pro- : i action at the Elstree studios of British International Pictures is " The American 1 ; Prisoner." The diaJogne and scenario have ; j been adapted by Eliot Stannard from the I < famous story by Eden Phi'potts, vrL-ch | centres round the vrar prison at Da»t- j ; moor during the Napoleonic wars of 1315, j I when Americans were imprisoned for ; I Fmocidinc arms to the French. The j director is Thomas Bentley, and the photo- j ! graph v bv Bene G-uissart. A strong cast j •s beaded by Carl Crissctu and Miss M&ue- , i leine Carroll, and includes Bromley Daven- j 1 port. Miss Nancy Price, Cecil Barry, carJ ; Harbord-. Eegiaald Fos and Harry Terry. :

\ speed record in film production was J ' achieved at the Elstree stndios of British j I International Picturas recently when a j i short "talkie," entitled "Chelsea Nights, j ! v-.-is produced, {eatnring Carl Brisson, j Mis? Mi mi Crawford, Miss Eugenie Amami j • r .r;ij the Twelve Jackson Girls. It was : | written on a Friday night by R. E. : : Jflffrer. the studio sound rec.-.-rdinc and j 1 microphone snperviser, the artists and ; , orchestra ■were engaged on Saturday mora- , ; 'n' T and it went into production on Satur- : d ;, night under the personal direction I o f' Mr = Jeffrey The film was cut and j edited on Monday and shown in the pri- : rate protection theatre on Tuesday, on . which* dav copies were also sent to ! America One at the mam features 01 1 ! the production is the singing and pla_<m). ! : Ly Carl Brisson of "My Ideal." the ; | lioratio Nicholls' composition, specially j | written for this production. This is the f I first production of its kind to be made ; j lv British International Pictures.