Stage and Screen

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 73, 30 July 1929, Page 3

Stage and Screen

' JONG'S THEATRE. , fPo-niglit to-morrow -night: "The '^t : W*oin&" (Laura La Plante). . and 'Friday: "The Loves Of 'Carmen." .(Dolores Del 'Rio). ' s=',- —x—'Sfitlirday only: ''Get Your Man." (A British Picture:) (Okra Bow.) —a — ! Monday' only: "Me, Gangster." s (Jun« Gollyer, Don Terry). ' -\ •".<:"" TOWN HALL. Augusi 16: . "VVilhara'Heughan. •♦**«& LAST WARNING." I "(The East Warning," the .great-' eat 'mystery .picture ever filmed, will Often <at the King's Theatre to-night. The story takes place in a haunted' theatre. The eei'ie things begin to happen when a producer rents a the atre .which has been vacant five j«»ars. You are guaranteed <t»?e evening you ever spent* when you.see "The Last Wrrning." '■ "GET YOUR WAN." SHoW to 'free ith© man one loves' from a 'loveless bethrothal of sevens-j teen years 'standing is shown in ''Get ' Ytntt* man", -Paramounf's iasest -star-|. ring vehiole iforOlara Bow. wiiichwill ' he fchown at the 'King's Theatre (Satr 1 urday only. THRILLING DRAMA COMING. ]

s 6tWJ(*ff the 'most, thrilling draws'. «ver -staged in. New Zealand will, be "No,. 17", in which Nat Modieon, Bertha 'Riecardo, Ellis Irving and a' -apechilly selected company will ap-' pear. .""No. 17—.'is. said to ■be one of the'most difficult plays to'produce Sdf iihe reason that many intricate stage 'appliances have to be utilised'! secure the 'necessary realism. It] js/e&id'to be* even more fascinating than "'The Ririger" and "Ehe Termor", in Which the famous dramatic aotor, Moscoyitoh (Nat Madison's father) appeared in New Zealand. There is not only mystery, thrills and dramatic .situations in "No. 17", there is humour .of the best, and these comedy situations relieve the tenseness of the many thrilling incidents' of, .the jplay. HrHIS TEAR OF GRACE." * This highly attractive revue' written 'arid composed by Noel Coward, - is,'described a s the most brilliant,,/' the cheeriest and most versatile production of its kind, yet seen, in Australia. There ire" many clever sketches,dances and songs, and no "less :i scenes are crowded into "the evening's entertainment. •< 'flFhis Year Of Grace" is played with ■ a speed and zest 'that is mast exhilarating. It is liberally sprinkled with Witty and "'humorous situations. The BW%»rity of the Scenes are really ikits on the principal and dramatic productions of the day. The scenic ejects are on a beautiful colourful basis, and quite out of the ordinary. It- ; is one of the liveliest and most spectacular entertainmnts ever predated % fihe "Firm. . •THT PERFECT ALIBI." - : ] J. O. Williamson, Ltd., are presenting for the first time in Australia, a -gripping detective story in i three acts, "The Perfect Alibi" wh- 1 ich is being played by a splendid, 1 company, at "the head of which: are '. Suth Nugent and Allan Bunce. It i is in it&is ~play Alan ,< Bunco is said to 'appear at his Very best. In New York, "The -Perfect .Alibi" was ] presented and was an instantaneous 1 ■success. Eight up to the night be-, 1 fore lie left New York, Mr. Bunce j Was appearing in this mystery dra- i

(By Spotlight.)

ma by A. A. Milne, and he describes it aa one of the most interesting plays in which he has appeared.

"THE TERROR."

A lonely, haunted English mansion tenanted t by ai (miserly old doctor and his beautiful daughter, a strange collection of crooks, Scotland Yard, Detectives and crazy folk roaming stealthily throughout the wind-swept galleries seeking the hiding place of stolen treasure, and looming mysteriously in tlie background "Th© Terror." This remarkable Warner Bros, all-talking production, in which May McAvoy, John.' Miljan, Edward Horton and Alec !B. Francis are featured, contains a tlmlling .mystery, a. pretty love interest, .and a dash of sparkling comedy.

'GRIN AND GET THERE."

HOW EXTRAS ARRIVE IN HOLLYWOOD.

A few months ago a girl arrived at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios looking for work amongst the ranks of the extras. She told Fred Beers, the casting director who interviewed her, .that she had tramped three hundred miles to seek >fame and fortune before the cameras. "And others have don© things harder than that to .get-here," she told the amazed (Official. .

With these words in mind, Beers looked over his. lists of registered extras and set about -'enquiring; how they .came to Hollywood. He unearthed the following interesting facts. More than thirty male extras owned up to having "ridden the rods;" (stowed away on rfcne undercarriage <of freight trains), or had "jumped mi -ride,," in .goods trucks, two men now employed as stunt aviators, flew their own planes to Hollywood. CDim McCoy, rode into> the cinema city :art the head of .a band of redskins belonging to »a -travelling troup, was seen, by a. studio executive and grabbed as a technical adviser for an outdoor picture then under production, and lalter" graduated into the ranks of film players. >Gwem lee, blonde leading lady, drove her .faithful flivver from & mid-dle-west town to Los Angeles. One girl .got to Hollywood' from Kansas by asking for "lifts" from parsing motorists. Another hid in a linen-cupboard aboard a ptillman coach. Two other girls made the : trip in freight trucks, and aj man, '' jxqw a popular comedian, came in on ':| •a cattle truck.

According to Beers, who "interviews every applicant for extra work o* the Metro-Goldwyii-Mayer studios, every das' sees at least one aspirant for film fam*e arriving as a tramp or by stealing rides on freight trains'. Most assuredly the lure of the Kloig Lights is strong indeed. •

PICTURE PARS.

BERT LYTELL, who has 'had a successful season on the New, York legitimate stage, is to marry his leading lady, 'Grace Menken.

JACK PICKFORD, is staging a" comeback on the screen. Having been away for over two years, he will be seen, co-starring with Olive Bordo n in "Gang War," a part talkie.

WHEN the last mail left Hollywood Charles Chaplin was confined to his 'home in Beverley Hills, following a severe attack of lumbago. Doctors state that he may not be able to work for some time.

MARY NOLAN (Imogen© Wilson) has been seriously ill, and has lately undergone two operations. They were necessitated on account of injuries sustained in a motor accident about three months ago.