SCREEN AND STAGE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22903, 10 June 1936, Page 4

SCREEN AND STAGE

BY HARLEQUIN

FROM GREEN ROOM AND STUDIO

“ Bunty Pulls the Strings ” Of special interest is the information that Mrs E. H. Calder, who is playing a part in the Little Theatre Society’s presentation of “ Bunty Pulls the Strings,” is a sister of Eva M'Rpberts, who played the part of Teenie Dunlop in the original London production on July 18, 1911. Miss Maoßoberts’s late husband, Mr George Todd, played the part of Rabb. The author, Mr Graham MofTatt, also played in the 1911 production, and in 1917 toured New Zealand with “ Bunty.” The famous Cyril Maude is also linked with “ Bunty.” he having placed his theatre, the Playhouse Theatre, London. at» the disposal of the author and his Scottish company. Mias Eva Macßoberte is still on the stage, and is at present touring America. “. Bunty ” will be presented under the patronage of the Council of Scottish Societies, in. the Little Theatre for a season of five performances, commencing on June 18. The producers are Messrs F. H. Lampen and S. G.' Lock. Thrills and Laugh*

Thrills and laughs are supplied in ample measure by the new programme at the Grand Theatre. As the danger-defy-

William Bakewell, Dorothy Kevier, Ben Hendricks, jun., and Robert Frazer have featured roles.

“This Day and Age,” described as the first modern spectacle of the screen, produced by Paramount, depicts the fight of a community’s youth to combat their city’s subversive influences after all legal efforts by the adult members of the community have failed. The picture is announced as a true De Mille .epic, revealing the same masterful handling of mobs, the same realistic touches that brought fame to his previous classics,“The Sign of the Cross.” “ The Ten Commandments,” and “ The King of Kings.” “ This . Day and Age ” reaches surging heights when it presents a mob scene in which 5000 college students have put a criminal on trial for his life. Kidnapped by the youngsters, the criminal is taken to an old, abandoned quarry and there forced to sign a Confession. Then he is ridden on a rail back to. town, where the mob breaks into , the home of the judge who has once acquitted their captive of a murder charge and forces the jurist to witness the confession. De. Mille has assembled a “youth” cast to portray the characters in his story.