GISBORNE IN HOLLYWOOD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19377, 15 July 1937, Page 15

GISBORNE IN HOLLYWOOD

A RESPONSIBLE POSITION MR. HECTOR DODS' POST DUNEDIN MAN DOING WELL An ex-Gisborne resident, Mr. Hector Dods, and a man from Dunedin, Mr. Colin Tapley, are doing \fcell in Hollywood, according to a statement made by Mr. R. J. Kerridge, managing director of Gisborne Theatres, Limited, in an interview to-day, after his return from a trip to -the United Mr. Dods is now chief cutter for the Fox Flm Corporation, Mr. Kerridge said. This, he added, was a responsible position, and involved the supervision of choosing the finished picture from a great length of exposed film. Explaining what this meant, Mr. Kerridge said that in a picture to be named “Hurricane” a total of 70,000 feet was shot in Pago Pago and a further 300,000 ft. or more would be exposed in Hollywood, making in all about 400,000 ft. The finished film would be only about 8000 ft. in length. Mr. Dods liked his work immensely and was held in high esteem by the Fox Film people. Mr. Tapley was acting for Paramount. He went over to Hollywood under a screen test scheme, and was the only one of the many from all the countries who went to Hollywood under the scheme who had remained. He had now been there for about two years, and was doing well.

In Honolulu on his journey to America, Mr. Kerridge met Mr. Roy Murdock. He found Mr. Murdock slightly thinner than usual, but looking very fit. Mr. Murdock said that Mr. Kerridge was the first person from Gisborne he had seen since his departure from New Zealand.