JOHN GILBERT'S NEW ROLE
NEW CAMERA EFFECTS In John Gilbert's latest starring production for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, “The Masks of the tional drama of Viennese society circles, it is said that some amazing photography introduced is entirely new to moviegoers. As the theme j idea, of the picj ture is to show the conflict between ■the wickedness j and nobleness in i John Gilbert’s naj ture, cameraman Oliver Marsh worked out special lighting effects to accentuate the fleeting expressions on the face of the :-tar. This is tli first time incan lighting lias ever been for such work, and demonstrates the flexibility of the new system. Anne Nichols, tt it 01 ■ j play, “Abie’s Irish Rose,” on which ! the Paramount picture is based. •«:> ‘self selected Nancy Carroll for the: j part of Rosemary. Nancy Carroll, j according to Miss Nichols, fulfills in a i very perfect way her own original conI’ ception of Rosemary. Charles Rogers plays the role of Abie, and Jean Hersholt that of the Jewish, father.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 639, 16 April 1929, Page 15
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