MASKED PRINCIPALS
? UNUSUAL OPENING SCENES jj Norma Shearer and Herbert Marshall will not be seen until veil into the / second reel of " Rip Tide," although they play in all th<? scenes. This nnusual opening -was contrived by Director Edmund Goulding, who is screening the first sequence of the picture with the principals wearing grotesque costumes and masks. Only their voices will disclose their identities to the audience. these scenes, Adrian, Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer stylist, is designing an " Insect Man " costume for Marshall, while ' Miss Shearer will wear a " Lady Skj' Bug " creation. At the conclusion of the first Sequence, the masks are removed and the characters see each other for the first time, also repealing themselves to the audience. Robert Montgomery shares leading man honours with Marshall in the film, and the cast includes Mrs. Patrick' Campbell, Ralph Forbes., ,Lilyan Tashman, Arthur Jarrett, Earl Oxford, George K. Arthur and Halli.xvell Hobbes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21758, 24 March 1934, Page 12 (Supplement)
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149MASKED PRINCIPALS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21758, 24 March 1934, Page 12 (Supplement)
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