NEW EPICS OF THE SCREEN

Taranaki Daily News, 18 November 1933, Page 8 (Supplement)

NEW EPICS OF THE SCREEN

BIG PICTURES RETURNING. “CAVALCADE” SUCCESS HEARTENS. The day of “big pictures” ,is coming back. The success of “Cavalcade” has heartened executives of Fox Film to expand their programme and dare what few film companies have dared—production of “big pictures.” This programme has led to the acquisition of some of the year’s finest literary material, and plans for pictures that will rival in scope such epics of the screen as “Cavalcade” “What. Price Glory” and “7th Heaven.” Prominent on the list is “The World Moves on” a sweeping story with an epic theme that spans a century of the world’s progress. It is from an original screen story by Reginald Berkeley and will be directed by John Ford. “All Men are Enemies” the best selling novel by Richard Aldihgton, is another whose stirring story can be told on the screen only by a lavish and impressive production. , In the fields of musicals “Music in the Air” the current Broadway success by Arthur Kammerstein II and Jerome Kern, likewise demands bigness in production, as does “My Weakness” the B. G. De Sylva production co-starring Lilian Harvey and Lew Ayres. “The Grand Canary” to feature Warner Baxter, “Hoopla” starring Clara Bow, and the Fox Movietone Follies are other examples of pictures that will require colourful presentation. ’ “Cavalcade” and “State Fair” broke theatre attendance records and demonstrated that the public wants quality entertainment.