FILM TOPICS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19056, 2 July 1936, Page 13

FILM TOPICS

TYEIDRE Gale, seven-year-old veteran U of 10 films, hailed as England’s Shirley Temple, was nearly grabbed by Hollywood a few weeks ago.

TTIIAN Laidlaw, one-time Montana goldminer, has met a villain’s doom 109 times on the screen. He “dies” for the two-hundredth time in the new Richard Dix picture.

CIE Seymour Hicks and Betty Hal four (“Squibs”) are credited with making a really artistic and boxoffice hit in “Eliza Comes to Stay,”

which was a successful stage comedy

CD WARD ARNOLD, at 46 years of age, finds himself a slave to the dictates of his screen assignments. For his role in “Diamond Jim,” Mr. Arnold was required to gain one stone and a pound in weight. Having achieved that task by concentrated over-eating, the actor was chosen for the leading part in “Sutter’s Gold,” which required him to lose almost two stone in weight, a difficult task which he accomplished by rigorous dieting—a true sacrifice for his art.

UENRY Bergman, who appeared, in n “Modern Times,” is the Henry of Henry’s, the famous Hollywood restaurant, which has remained a popular rendezvous of the stars for many years.

PRED Allen, the popular comedian of American radio, who was introduced to world screen audiences in “Thanks a Million,” is one of the. few comedians who write their own lines. Fred Allen’s wife is his partner on his radio programmes, and is known as Portland Hoff.

TX a questionnaire issued by a British film company for its national film investigation, one question asked the public to state which Shakespearian plav thev would most like to see filmed,

and the analysis of replies now reveals that, among others, the following extraordinary subjects are attributed to William Shakespeare: — “Revolt inj the Desert,” “Bitter Sweet,” “The Wandering Jew,” “Tito India Rubber men,” “Glamorous Night,” “The Scarlet Pimpernel,” “The School for Scandal,” and even “Sally In Our Ally.”