Film Topics

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19336, 28 May 1937, Page 11

Film Topics

DARBARA Stanwyck, soon to be seen ■ in “The Plough and the Stars,” is wearing a diamond and sapphire brooch given to her by Robert. Taylor. The beautiful gift can be divided and used as two dips.

DURGESS Meredith repeats his u Broadway triumphs in Maxwell Anderson’s play, “Winterset,” by taking his original role in the film version. “Winterset” won the New York critics’ award for the best play Of 1935.

OAL Horne, a former producer who was appointed recently ns production executive for Walter Wanger, will begin his first assignment shortly on the forthcoming “Vogues of 1937, ” the screen story for which is now being written by .Sain and Bella Spewack. It will be in colour.

MADELEINE Carroll, who has the starring assignment in the next Clifford Odets film, “Castles in Spain,” for Walter Wanger, is the bona-fide owner of a genuine castle in that country. The civil war drove her from her vacation home.

WHEN Ann Sothern returns from Chicago, where she is visiting her husband, Roger Pryor, Gene Raymond will havo a more blonde co-star to work with. Miss Sotliern has decided she photographs better with a lighter shade of hair.

WHILE visiting Denham studios in ” England, Elliot Nugent, the Hollywood actor and director, was unexpectedly' called upon to .portray an American editor for one sequence. Nugent, having entered England on a visitor’s permit, was unable to accept payunent for Ills work in tho film, and the salary cheque was sent to the Actors’ Benevolent Fund.

WHEN Maxio Rosenblooni, the boxer, vv left Australia a few months ago, and arrived back in Hollywood, he immediately continued his screen career. Ho had been cast in one picture as a fighter who is counted out, Imt, since he has never been knocked out officially, the actor-fighter refused to be photographed in that sequence. •So the film writers rejjiodeljed ’ the story along lines acceptable to’ Rosenbloom.