LIFE AT HOLLYWOOD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18900, 30 December 1935, Page 3

LIFE AT HOLLYWOOD

HARD-WORKING COMMUNITY ATTENTION TO DETAILS “Hollywood lias never been so busy before m history as it is at present,’ said Mr. .John Holliday, the well-known Paramount film actor, who arrived at Auckland by the Mariposa. Mr. Ha today, who is accompanied by bis wife, and their small son, lias come to the Dominion on a holiday visit of 15 days, and will return to America by the Mariposa on her return trip. As lovers ol horses they will remain in Auckland for some days for the racing carnival, after which they hope to visit Rotorua, and perhaps get a few days' fishing in the Bay of Islands. “The film-going public is demanding better films all the time,’! Mr. Ilallidav

mud, “ami producers are obliged to pay far more attention to details.” Where formerly 10 days were devoted to making the actual film, to-day it was common to take as much as 10 weeks. No pains were, spared to get the very best out of the story and .a staff of highly paid and specially selected experts was engaged to study the story from every possible angle. Recently Hugh Walpole was engaged in this work for 10 weeks at a salary of £ICCO a week with all expenses paid. Dealing with recent films, Mr. Halliday selected as one likely to make a Strong appeal to New Zealand audiences, the “Mutiny of the Bounty.” which he had seen in Honolulu. In their search for accuracy the producers had made a perfect replica of the famous ship, and owing to the difficulty in finding sailors of the old school had specially trained a group of athletes for six months on studio sets, with a few experienced men as instructors. The result had been a magnificent performance in the actual faking of the film under real storm conditions.

The color film was making rapid strides. Mr. Tlallidav said. The crude and vivid colors of the earlier efforts had been found to detract from the actual work of the players, and the modern trend was to soft pastel effects, giving the true atmosphere oi natural color without dominating the picture.