ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1929, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE.

“SHOW PEOPLE.”

“Show People,” a film of life in the movies, made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which opens a three-night season at Everybody’s, New Plymouth, to-night, has one scene in which Marion Davies and William Haines, co-stars of the piece, are helped out by Douglas Fairbanks, Norma Talmadge. John Gilbert, Mae Murray, Rod La Rocque, Renee Adore, Beatrice Joy, George K. Arthur, Karl Dane, Aileen Pringle, Estelle Taylor, Dorothy Sebastian and Polly Moran. There’s another sequence in which Charlie Chaplin does his bit in making realistic this peep into the inner circles of cinemaland. Lew Cody aiifl Elinor Glyn also are among the atmosphere players. In her role as an actress in the movies, Miss Davies watches John Gilbert and her real self arrive at the studio for work. King Vidor, who directed, also is shown directing a film within a film. Why other well-known players were not included in the crowd scenes has not been stated officially. It may be because they didn’t need the extra’s daily wage of 7.50 dollars, which Fairbanks, Chaplin and the rest collected for their labours. All the stars named were perfectly willing to give their services for freindship’s sake, but there was some rule governing actors’ pay that made it necessary for them to take their wages for doing their jobs. Special added attractions are "Songs of Spain’’ (a Music Muster Series) and English Motor-Cycle Film (by arrangement with the N.P. Cycle Club). The supports include M.G.M. News, N.Z. Scenic, Australian Scenic and “Wrong Again” (a two-reel comedy). Everybody’s orchestra will be in attendance. !