A STORY OF IRELAND

Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1934, Page 20 (Supplement)

A STORY OF IRELAND

“PADDY THE NEXT BEST THING.” Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter are together again for the first time since “Daddy Long Legs,” in “Paddy, the Next Best Thing” which commences its Hawera run next week. Miss Gaynor is a young colleen, with a dash of roguishness. Baxter has the part of a big-hearted fellow who, much as he may try, cannot help falling head over heels for her. The story centres around the romances of these two persons. The characters that they portray represent two different worlds—one the quaint intimacy of a village on the Irish seacoast, and the other the cosmopolitan life of a much-travelled sportsman. It is this element of difference that gives this film some of its most distinctive qualities.

DOUBLE STAR AT GRAND “ANOTHER LANGUAGE” HEADS BILL Tire part of a young married couple is portrayed by Helen Hayes and Robert I Montgomery in “Another Language,” which will be shown in Hawera this I week-end. The husband’s family, middle-class and clannish, resents the bride’s interest in art and “high-brow” ideals. The results are much the same as to be found in the complications of many families. The difficult mother role is played by Louise Closser Hale. E. H. Griffith, ascribes the success' of the play to its portrayal of characters familiar to average families. On the same programme is “Life in the Raw” with George O’Brien. While the story contains plenty of redblooded action, much of it occurs against a background of rich settings. “The Wandering Jew.” Julius Hagen’s spectacular production, “The Wandering Jew,” has gained a world record for the Twickenham Studio. This great production was sold to the principal film markets of the world before it had been trade shown. Large deposits were paid on sales in Australia, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Austria, China, Manchuria, Singapore, Spain, Portugal and throughout Latin America before the picture had ever been screened. These huge deals are significant in demonstrating that the world buying market has at last fully gained confidence in British productions.