NOTES FROM THE FILM WORLD

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12229, 29 August 1925, Page 14

NOTES FROM THE FILM WORLD

Mr it. R. Doyle, general manager for United Artists (Auat.), Ltd., arrives at Auckland by the Aorangi on Monday next on one of his periodical visits to New Zealand. Mr Doyle will be met in Auckland by Mr Laurie Quinn, his New Zealand representative.

T?he Tliief of .Bagdad" has returned once more to Wellington and is showing this week at the Tivoli Theatre. As the school holidays are now on the children are taking full advantage of the opportunity of seeing this wonderful fantasy of “The Arabian Nights.”

Famous Lasky Film Service, Ltd., wilt shortly be occupying their new premises on the corner of Dixon street and Cuba street, Wellington. These offices when completed will be one of the most up-to-date film exchanges in the Southern Hemisphere. Mr Maurice Ralph, manager cf Beaumont Smith Films, leaves for Auckland on Sunday night on a business visit. • *' • • "East of Suez," a Paramount production now being screened at the De Luxe Theatre, Wellington, is drawing very good business. ••' • • George Johnson, of the Octagon Theatre, Dunedin, who has been in Wellington on business for the last few weeks, returned to Dunedin at the beginning oi tuis week. • • • • Whilst in Christchurch last week, Mr Laurie. Quinn, New Zealand manager for United Artists, gave a private screening, of “Don Q, Son of Zorro," Fairbanks's latest production, at “the Crystal Palace Theatre, to a representative gathering of showmen and newspaper men, and ail those who were fortunate enough to view the film were unanimous in the opinion that it is certainly a masterpiece. • • • • Meet Alberta Vaughn! Mr Garnet Saunders, New Plymouth, attended a g rivet© screening of “The Telephone irl" series at Exhibitors' Alliance Offices on his recent visit to Wellington. Recognising Alberta Vaughn as the type of screen star with a winning personality plus brains and the ability to magnetise an audience, Mr Saunders booked “The Telephone Girl" for his best house. Mr R. J. Frewin, of Inglewood, and Mr Waters, Eltham (also visiting Wellington), immediately followed suit. H. C. Witwer's Telephone Girl Stories in the “Cosmopolitan Magazine" took America by storm. The producers of the film spared nothing to make the series a success. The subtitles are witty, the settings excellent, and the cast is perfect. It is safe to predict that both exhibitors and patrons will be sorry when the twelfth and final number is finished.