FILM CONTRACT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22018, 26 January 1935, Page 13

FILM CONTRACT

NOTABLE AGREEMENT . . J PRODUCTIONS FOR THE YEAR FULLER-HAYWARD THEATRES An event of great to filmgoers is the agreement made by Fuller-Hayward Theatre Corporation, Limited, John Fuller and Sons, Limited, and their associates with the wellknown Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios whereby they will screen exclusively all the pictures from that company. The Auckland theatres concerned in this agreement are St. James', Majestic and Regent. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios have always been renowned for the large number of outstanding players who are seen in their productions. Among tho best known are Norma Shearer, Grota Garbo, Charles Laughton, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maurice Chevalier, Robert Montgomery, Fredric March, Franchot Tone, Lewis Stone, .Madge Evans, Ann Harding, Helen Hayes, Herbert Marshall, Laurel and Hardy, Jeanette Mac Donald, Marion Davies, Loretta Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Jackie Cooper and many others. _ Wide variety will also be a striking feature of tho forthcoming productions. For instance, drama comes under seven different headings—romantic, comedy, outdoor, mystery, historical, aviation and marine.

That tho musical production is coming into its own once more is exemplified by tho inclusion of such outstanding successes as "The Merry Widow," an Ernst Lubitseh production with Maurice ,Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, and the colourful operetta, "Babes in Toyland" (Laurel and Hardy), the current attraction at St. James' Theatre. What should be one of the best dramatic films of the year is "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," with Charles Laughton, Norma Shearer and Fredric March.

Outstanding in the field of classical pictures will be "David Copperfiekl," with a particularly strong cast, including Lionel Barrymore, Frank Lawton, Herbert Mundin, W. C. Fields, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan and Lewis Stone. Others in this class are "Vanessa," with Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery, and " Marie Antoinette," with Norma Shearer, Charles Laughton and Herbert Marshall.

Greta Garbo will be seen in "The Painted Veil," and Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in "Forsaking All Others." Miss Crawford will also appear in a musical comedy, "Reckless," with William Powell. Those who enjoyed "The Thin Man" will be pleased to know that the popular William Powell and Myrna Loy will be seen in a sequel, "Evelyn Prentice."

Other brilliant films will bo "The Night is Young" and " Love White You May" (Robert Montgomery and Evelyn Laye), "Town Talk" (Clark Gable and Constance Bennett), "Spoiled" (Jean Harlow), "Mutiny of the Bounty" (Wallace. Beery, Clark Gable and Robert Montgomery), "West Point of the Air" (Wallace Beery and Franchot Tone), "The Vampire of Prague" (Lionel Barrymore), "IndoChina" (Joan Crawford), "Piccadilly Jim" (Robert Montgomery) and a sequel to "Tarzan and His Mate," with Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan.