The Shows The Thing

NZ Truth, Issue 1227, 6 June 1929, Page 21

The Shows The Thing

THE rivers and lakes of New Zealand will be the magnetic force that will attract Sir Harry Lauder to these shores m the future, and it is unlikely that the Scottish comedian will ever be heard again m New Zealand from the showman's side of the footlights. As he has previously announced, Sir Harry will go into the Talkies on his return to the Old Land, but with that canniness characteristic of his race, he has planned his arrival m London for late m 1930. By then he hopes that the Talkies will have reached a closer stage of perfection. Tours of Australia, the South Sea Islands and the United States will occupy his time for the next nine or twelve months. At the present, time he is not satisfied * with the development of the voice by the Talkies and like good Scots, Sir Harry* is a stickler for thoroughness m all things. ■.* * j * CCREENED almost wholly at and m the •J vicinity of the United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Pathe's new picture, "Annapolis," is a film packed with interest from start to finish. What is considered to be the largest social ; gathering ever photographed, is seen m this picture, and not one of the 6000 people present was an extra. • Midshipmen, naval officers and prominent personalities were present and the scene was photographed at the Dahlgren Hall. Jeanette Luff, John Mack Brown and Hugh Allan are m the cast. With the accompaniment of sound effects, "Annapolis" is stated to be one of the biggest film successes of 1929. • • • . SOME of the scenes of Paramount alltalking picture, "The Studio Murder Mystery," will show how a talking film is made. The story of the production centres round the murder of a wellknown motion picture star. Paramount is now filming the picture at Hollywood with Doris Hill, Warner Oland, Frederic March and Neil Hamilton m the cast. • "I\TOISY NEIGHBORS" which, right now, *» is ahead of production schedule for P.D.C. gives promise of not' only being one of the funniest pictures on record, but a whirlwind thriller as well;- Eddie Quillaii, under the direction of Charles "Chuck" Reisner is believed to have the finest role of his. meteoric career. Others m the cast include Alberta Vaughn, Theodore Roberts, and the entire Quillan family, Russell Simpson, Robert Perry, and Mike Donlin. * * * NANCY CARROLL, who sings two songs m the Paramount sound picture, "Abie's Irish Rose" has appeared m five Paramount sound and talking pictures. Other featured players In the cast of "Abie's Irish Rose" are Charles Rogers and Jean Hersholt. . '#■•'■■■*. # KARL DANE and George K. Arthur, Filmdon's most famous comedians, bear a cargo of . laughs and side-split-ting entertainment, m "All at Sea," their naA'al sequence to. "Rookies." In this Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer comedy, there are several spectacular scenes, including a fortress, : a big naval training depot, a marines' barracks, a .burning ars.enal, and a senuence m which Dane and Arthur are thrillingly suspended from giant cranes. "All at Sea" will be seen shortly. THE cast of Ken. Maynard's first production' for • Universal, • "The Wagon Master," is completed 'at Universal City, with Tom Santschi, Jackie Hanlon, Al Ferguson, ' George . Gillespie, Fred Burns, Frank Rice and Lase McKee. Edith Roberts is the girl.