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

ing young railroader who whispered by preference, but who could shout when he wahted to, George O’Brien returns to the'screen in an action-filled story, “Whispering Smith Speaks.” The plot of the story revolves about the love that arises between George O’Brien, working as a failrokd man, and Irene Ware, who manages a dilapidated old railway,. She has no way of knowing that he is really the son of the president of' the great transcontinental railroad system, and tries to hold back from falling in love with him. The climax of., the picture shows how the young adventurer turns a whole railroad 'system upside down and races a switch engine desperately for hundreds of miles when his girl is in danger. Kenneth Thomson, Vic Potel, and Spencer Charters fill the most important featured roles of “Whispering Smith Speaks,” which was directed by David Howard. The story was adapted from Frank _H. Spearman’s novel. Teamed with Lois Wilson, Edward Everett Horton is starred in the Fox picture., “ Your Undo Dudley,” the second. picture on the programme. He enacts the role of a smalLtdwn booster who was just, a “flat tyre,” vo his girl until he woke up and ceased being a public hero. Eugene Forde directed the picture, which also features John M'Guire, Rosina Lawrence, Marjorie Gateson, aiid Alan Dinehart.

Margaret Sullavan on Acting “ I don’t want to be a Hollywood goddess,” declared Margaret Bullavan, star of “Next Time We Love.” When asked by. What she meant by “Hollywood goddees,” Mise Sullavan replied. “I mean a walking Venus, .one with arms; a human statue with an artificial personality that she'carries into her private life. I never want to act a part in my _ own life.'. I never want to live in a false world surrounding myself with star worshippers. I want to live genuinely, feel natural, and do things like'a normal human being. While lam in front of the camera, of course, I want to portray the personality required for the'story. But the moment I leave the studio, I want to drop that assumed personality and be myself again.” When an actress cannot stop acting a role, it means that she is slipping. She starts to portray the screen character when she is at home, or at some party with her friends. She cannot tell the difference any more between her own emotions and those of .her screen shadow. Mystery and Drama

Mystery and drama are the dominating elements in the two films, which will be shown at the Strand Theatre on Friday. “ Green Eyes ” and " This. Day and Age.” When the guests unmasked at the midnight masquerade party Stephen Hester, their host, was nowhere to be found. Jean, his granddaughter, was missing, too, speeding madly from his house in an automobile with Cliff Miller, her sweetheart. Presently, Mrs Pritchard, wife of Hester’s secretary, opened the door of Hester’s closet. Stephen Hester lay dead, stabbed through the back with a twoedged knife, A confusing problem in crime detection, with Inspector Crofton of 'the police department matching wits ■with Bill Tracy, a brilliant young writer of detdctiVe stories.' provides' the story of the< new Chesterfield mystery drama, “Green Eyes.”' • • "Green Eyes” was adapted for the screen by Andrew Frederick Moses from the best-seller novel "The Murder of Stephen Hester.” by H. Ashbrook. Shirley Grey, Charts Starred, Claude Gillingwater, John Wray,