General Film Gossip

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17345, 27 September 1924, Page 21

General Film Gossip

ANSWERS TO • ’ORKESI’OXIiEXTb*. 21. P— Harold Lloyd was horn in 1891. Hollywood Studio,. Hollywood. CalitW niu. ('ha lies Chaplin, horn in lss'j. Chaplin Studios. Hollywood. California. Kddiu Lyons, born in 1886. Huvt* no uddn--- The agree .a the Lee s sters aw not given in the "Studio Dim-tory. ' I*V.D. cast of lorhidden Fruit Mary Maddock, Agnes Ayres; Steven Haddock, Clarence Burton: Janies Mallorv. Theodore Robert- : Airs Mallory. Cutlilcen Williams ; Nelson Rodgers. Forrest Stanley; Ptotro (Juiseppe, Theodore Kossloff; Nadia Craig. Nita Naldi; The Maid, Julia Faye : ! e Kutlei Uuj Olivet Bella Park inson. Shannon Day. To obtain a photoirraph the only thins? to do is forward a request, for one. It must he rementhered, however, that many of the photo- of themselves From inquiries made locally of those in the business none could supply the information you ask for with respect to Ivor Vnvello! E.S. The episodes of " Tin- (iho-t City are a? follow- 11 The Thundering Herd: (2) The Bulldoggrr; Cl The Maelstrom: it; The Water Trap: 3 ■ Foiling the Rustlers; (<) Heath's Spectre; (7) stolen Hold; <>t A Midnight intruder. <9) Talons the Night . 1' Th,. I n.mr up; (lli Ambushed; (12) The Prison Ship; (13) Mail to -Mutt; ill) Flames of Vengeance: (13) Face to Face ion “ The married, age not given in Studio Directory, stands (ft ljin. Lneille Rieksen. I believe, is ivhout- seventeen years of at. -, stands 3ft 2Jin. A cubic message from Paris appeared in American paperstating that Riib>e tie Kerner had been married in the French capital. Stands 3ft 4Jin. C.B.—The episodes are as follow: -" Fa.i-

tomas —l) The Hawks Prey; (2> One At ill ion Dollars Reward ; ct) 1 He Triple Pci i! . i fjlqde «'i Horror; Heig.nts of Terror; («) The Altar of Saerince; (7> Flames of Destruction; <hj At Death's Door; e.q The Haunted Hotel; (I* 1 ) The Fatal Sword; (11,* The Phantom Card. (12) The Danger Signal; (13) 1 lie t omit Oi 3; II Trie Train Wren:, 1 i 3 > Lise Hue red Necklaec ; U'.i Phantom Shadow : 117 '1 in- l’i ict of 1 mg Wu: - Doubh (201 The Hell Ship. The Fast Express' Diamonds; vP A Woman of Mystery; 1) The Haunted House; <5) Perils of the. try; .6) The Cipher Message; <7- Bandit Raiders: (s) Tin* Impostor's Sclieim . (9) Falsely Aeeuscd: <10: The Path of Danger. HD The Abduction; < 12 A Trial Run; <l3) The Faked Summons ; ■ 1 t» Black Treasure; (13; Retribution. "The Ea trie's Talons " HI The House of My.tery; (2) Kdtrc of Eternity; ct Hill of Terror; <!> Daring Hearts; ... A Dial of Fury; *8; The Road to Doom; c.) .\ Fighting Chance: (10) The Chasm; «11 • Tlie Betrayal: (12) Th© Sacrifice; Dodging Conspirators; ill The Inferno: (15 > The Eagle Foiled. " In the Days of Buffalo Bill' -d Bonds of Steel: 2 In the Hands of the Enemy; <:;» The Sp\ ; (!) Swords of (Jrant and Lei-: <5) TinMan of the Age-; i C Prisoners of the Sioux; (7) Shackle- of Hate: The I.a-t Shot: 1 91 From Tailor to President; (Up 'Mic I in pi re I! u i !,!■■ i - 1 i IV r 11 - of Plains: 121 The Hand of Justice: <1.5) Trails of Peril: Th The Scarlet Doom; (15) Men of Steel: • IC,» On the Brink of Eternity: (17, A Race to a Finish; (18; The Golden Spike. Tin- story of “The Fog." which will l>o diown iit (heater < iy>tal Palace mi Monday, i•> luimml on the struggles ol a boy and a girl to iind their way through the log ot tyrannx and misunderstanding which envelopes them. Their love, for each other finally brings th -m together, after both have tasted real life to tho dregs. The produc--

tion filled with real life scenes, and tlie drama takes place in Serbia. The hero is captured by Bolsheviks. hut escapes in time to save a Hod Cross train. No star is featured, the cast being strong and well-balanced, every member contributing t- lling characterisations. Mildred Harris. Cullen Landis, Hal pit Lewis. Louise Fazenda, Ih.vid .Butler. .Marjorie Provost. Aim May and Louise Dresser have the h-ad-('outing to Creator ( rv>i <1 Palace on l Momiav is the Cuiv, isal-.h-wel produetion -■Tit. Fighting Adventurer." *lho I story, which w-.m tho Lniversa! P.c- ---| turn Corpora lion % prize for the best I competition, is about a man and a maid, j both coliege students. i 1 fill leaves college and joins her father, a arv in China. Tho man i> expelled from college and disowned by his father, j He thereupon follow.** the girl to ( liina, where he becomes mixed up in a revolution. There are many sensational scenes, including a light between the news of two aeroplanes. The principal parts are tilled hv Pat O'ALdlev, .Mary Astor. Warner Gland and Rnynloud Hat ton. I “Icebound.*’ a Parana tint picture. lii< h stnt Lois W ilson and Ri( hard Hix. supported bv Y< r;i H. vnold-, and let he I Wai. -. will come to the Queen's Theatre oil Monday, Tlie story tells of a

; | pm.vilb nril> ~ it It M»m- *i rieml- in a I barn m In-* village i 11<• night. A lighti ensues, during the course of which a 1 j lamp is overturned. The barn i-* d the town through the threats of the ; owner to prosecute. .lane ('ro>bv h , - , !|>< S him. Later his mother die's, and ; leaves her fortune to data-, on condi. i tion that she reforms tin* man. ami ! makes Jiiiii do -oni-* useful work on the ■. farm. However, .he man is"arrestod, ■ but the girl hails him out mi the under- ’ standing that. In* does ;sshe directs. [ j He goes to work mi the farm, settles : down. and. after • surprising climax, ‘ I realises that lie love.-,' the girl, w'lio all ; j the time has loved him. Gazette, j : scenic and comedy will also be shown. ’ ! “ The Tents ~f Allah." to ho fjerecn- | ed at the Queen’s 'I heatro on Monday. ; j is a tale of wild adventure and in- : | trigile. ferocious lighting and passioni ate romance as experienced in Morocco . hv an American Girl w hose wilftilne.-s M plunbed her headlong into tlie rot.inu- ' I tie sort ol an adventure she thought i only existed j., novels. Monte Blue • and M arv Aldeii art; tlie featured ! Players. ■ j ‘ Monnn Vanna.” the piH urination of | Maeterlinck’s famous play of the same ! name, will he tla- lug attract tmi at the • J Liberty Theatre D-day. Molina \ a llt I na." is the story of a tiobh- woman who ; j rises through strip- and hatred in the • city of Venice. I'hrough th- story ol sell—aerilice and misiind r-taieiini-tlie tuulimu e is aili>rd-<l a glimp> - of i ancient liistory in the shape of the l hitter war between Florence and Pisa. • Thousands of armed men are shown in

realistic battle, and the effect is thrilling to a degree. The role of Monna Vaiiuri—tho pure and the saintly—-is played by Miss Lee Parry, whose innocent beauty is admirably suited to tin* put. The picture contains some wonderful-scenes of Venice tit carnival In ‘’Marriage Morals.’» which is the second feature on the new programme to be presented at the Liberty Theatre to-day. a. young girl, employed in a beauty parlour, i- offered marriage by a wealthy young man about town, who promises to reform after marriage. Slit- marries him. and he fails to make good the promise, bringing continual unhappiness, although she iinds solace in their son. who i-- a musical prodigy. All this suddenly proves to he a. dream, and tlie next dav. when lie again pro--1,.-.-. she accepts him. Toni Moore D an excellent choice for the rich young speiidlllrii * • ami Ann Forest gives a sympathetic portrayal of the young girl facial by the problem of whether she can reform him if she marries him. Li i tie Husscl Griffin gives an unusual child characterisation as the musical prodigy. ■ prill. i|d :iur i ibi"ii'nt thr (lian.l Tlli'iil rr i.j-.lnv i- •• SttU'tv l.ast." will, lli,' ! arl. .1 -.linn, llaml.l U,,yil. ii> tin- . iii n.-i pal liauiv. No. only is it a very humorous story, but it is also replete with thrills ami startling incident. Brieflv put. it is the romance of a boy and* a girl. Tlie boy pmiuLsi-s tlu- girl that, as soon as he lias made enough money in the city he will send lor her.' He becomes a eounterjumper in a big shop. Busiin— is bad. and the management offers a prize for an advertising dodge. The boy lias ;i friend, a steeple-jack. ami lie suggests tha t his friend sli .iild climb storey, but the friend i.s wanted by a

policeman. so «|„- I>oy. to keep faitii, takes «• 11 tin*. hazardous clinili. How he rea< Im-s the cool gives Hie name lor tin- story- “.Safety l.a-t.’’ I Ik second lea in re mi the j at the ( .rand 'I beat re commencing today. •• The Woman He Married.tells the story ol an artist’s model whose marriage to a millionaire's .son bring* "I*"" tl'<- pair the wrath of the : *'at e lather. Inirained lor the eomtnercial world, the hoy find- it imposd»ie to support hi- wife, hut she stic ks tec him loyally, determined to win his lather's respect and to shame him for cutting the son In- had never taught i" work. Arising out of a series ol complication.-, tin- girl is accused of murder, and circumstantial evidence is strongly against her. In some strong .scene- In-r innocence i- proved, and the father becomes convinced that she is worthy of tla* family name. Anita .Stewart i.- the star, and her chief supports are Darrel I’.. —. Donald MacDonald. William (onklin and Shannon Day. Romance magnified. glorified and entrancing.•• The words are those of the dramatic critic of a New York newspaper in reviewing *" A-lies of Vengeance - Joseph M , Srhci.ek production, starring Norma Taimadge. and now screening at KvorybodyTheatre. Tin- eolonrtnl atmosphere of franco «f f '«-,• interior and exterior scenes of j throe different castles, the ma.-sivc ball--1 room <>t the Ikalaee <>t the Loner*-, '"here DJIIU ladies and gentlemen of the conn arc dancing the minuet on the fatetnl eve ol St Bartholomew. sword plav ranging from single duds to the 'clash of great contending forces, hril-

liant caralcJidoß of gaily-caparisoned L horses and attending men-at-arms tnuv- > iiijr along the pietnresrjno roads of ■ Fra nee--these are only a few highlights ot the .scores of fen lures of J "A 1 "" "f Vengeance.” j„ which Norma Talmadge appears in some most magscreen notables are in tho east of principals in support of Norma Talmudgo * aml Conway Toarle, inelmling Wallace • It, crv. < uurtn. v Foote. Josephine Cr„. ' "■‘-‘IF Hetty Francisco. Claire NF Dowell. Andre de Fieranger. Murdoeh MacQuar--5 r " ' Hoy! -Irwin. Carmen Phillips. Win- ; ter Frail, and William Clifford. Some J Td.tmo extras - are employed i.n the 2 • • ATonna A anna.” A 1 aetcrlinck*i play, which was at one time banned. Juts been made tho basis of an impros- i ' ° Af a.st-er picture. Leo Parry, “tho < handsomest woman on the screen." j pbiys tlie title jiart. * .Monna, Vanna ' 1 will be screened at Sydenham Pictures J To-night, Alonday and Tue.stlay next. J A\ illiam Desmond, romantic hero of many thrilling chapter plays, will be seen in a 1 niverdsal feature production at Sydenham Pictures to-night, Monday and I uesdny. Tho play is I M'Guiro of the Mounted.” a story of i 1 the Hoyal North-West Mounted Police. and is especially adaptable to Desmond's dramatic ability. I hero has seldom boon a more jovous little picture than “ The Three- Buckavoos —or a more exciting one; a picture with faster, harder riding or more thrilling horsemanship. “ The Three Buekaroos, bred. J. Balshofer’s pmduetion. a romantic comedy-melodrama or tlu* West, will be |»resented at Sydenham Pictures on Wednesdav, 'lTiurs--1 day and Friday next. A complete up-to-date moving pic- . ture plant for educational purposes was installed during the recent holidav term in tho Waitaki High School. Air W. TV Kirkwood, a well-known resident of Stratford. Taranaki, has bought up tho Australian and New Zealand rights tor speaking pictures. It is reporteil tliat- lu> paid something in the region of 1*20.000 for the rights for fourteen years, with the option of renewal for a further ten rears, and will form a company to control the usc of the new invention. It is also reported that the first speaking picmaeliino t(> be seen in Australia °r New Zealand will be put in operation in about December of this vear. It will be exhibited at the principal towns of Australia and New Zealand and a company will then be formed. Kenneth Harlan makes his bow as a desert sheik in "The Girl who Came Back*." a forthcoming Ala-ter Picture. Miriam Cooper D the girl who returnIn the '* White Moth.” Al.iuriee Tourneur's latest photoplay, simrtly to be released by First National. Barbara La. Man* and Conway Toarle are cofeat tired. ft is a. drama of theatrical and American life. At, a recent health conference at Adelaide, it was decided that the Federal Government should he asked to instruct tlie Australian Direetor-Ger-■ral of Health to purchase at least ten alms on his forthcoming tour of America. and tho Continent. I he Enchanted Cottage ” a coming First. National attraction, starring May M Avoy and Richard Ban holiness, is an adaptation of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero’s charming after--the-war romance of a crippled young veteran and a homely little English governess. A a lon ti no has hnisliod his second oicturo for Famous Players. 1- t . D entitled. ‘The Sainted Devil.” and is based upon a Rex Beach story. Ifis next production, it- is. said, will be his first independent release, and will he a Spanish story, with Valentino as a gay Custillian. Manliamlled is the title of Gloria 'swanson's next offering through Paramount. The title arises from the idea °t goods that have been repeatedly handled in the .shop, and have become slightly soiled in the process. The same idea is applied t«> a certain class of present-day society. For the first time since they were children in Tampa, Florida, Colleen Moore and her brother Clove are playing parts together. The youth just beginning his career before the camera is cast with .Miss Moore in her new First National starring vehicle. “The Perfect Flapper.” to be released shortly. Another big picture to be released through Paramount next year will be “ Scarainouehe. Ibis is a Metro production troin the masterly bands of Rex Ingram, creator of “The Four Horsemen.“ Soaramouehe " is Sabatini s well-know n story of the French Revolution. Ramon Novarro, Alice Terry and Lewis Stone are tlie featured pi a ye rs. Thomas .Aleighan lias been keeping his admirers m suspense for some time now but ho will be seen here shortly in 11is new offering for Paramount, I lie ( cmfideuce Alan." This is one of the best roles that Aleighan lias had since “The Aliracle Alan." This popular star, by the way, will appear in a number of big attractions in the coining year. A London opinion of Miss Butty Balfour says : •* Her piquant persouaiii\ begins d» sway British audiences as did tho artful artlessness of the young Alary Pickford. ... 1 should ' not quarrel with any opinion which regarded her as the best film comedienne in the world.” Miss Balfour will be seen shortly in the amusing Master Picture. “ Alord F.iiiTn ( Big people in small pints add to tho prestige of “ Lilies of tlu* Field." i a coming First National picture, in which Corinne Griffith and Cunway < Tearle are featured. Principals in the 1 cast with Mis:-: Griffith and Mr 'lVarle include Sylvia Broaincr. Myrtle Steadman, Alma Bennett. Phyllis Haver, i Edith Ransom, Charles Gemini. Char- 1 lie Murray and Craufurd Kent. * ' I “ Belle of Alaska " is a thrilling drama of the Yukon in the gold rush j days. Thrill after thrill is furnished j in this picture, including a ship wreck , caused by a Yukon steamer crashing j against an iceberg off the Pacific; ("oast. x Jan Novak's sensational leap in an- j other scene, and a desperate fight be- , tween Noah Beery and Frank Glandon. Jane Xovnk does powerful omotional work in tins picture. “The Ten Commandments " is one of tho longest feature productions released to date. Tt is in fourteen parts. * The first four parts are in colour, and . tho other eight constitute the modern A story. Tho prologue of this great- pro- { duetion is a magnificent piece of work, t anti is claimed to be tlu* most tech- t ideally perfect piece of film that has ( ever left the studio. Tho east in- * eludes Theodore Roberts, Beatrice Joy, : Rod La Rocque and Richard Dix. 1 1 Cecil B. Do Mill-e will offer another ' | big picture this year besides “ The Ten j

Commandments.” 7fc is “Triumph,' which was adapted by Jeaiiio MTlici son from the “Saturday Evonin Post, ” serial by Mary Kdginton. autho of '' Secrets.” Besides Leatrice Jot Rod Tax Roequo and Victor Yarcon the birr east includes Charles Ogle. The odoro Kosloff. Robert Kdoson. Juli Kaye. Coor-o Fawcett. Za-u Pitts an Raymond Hatton. Jt is a Pa rainouu i How Bean Brummel won the friem ship of the Prince of Wales. afterwar King; George I\’.. thus becoming tl: ; rimer of fashion, and Jxow wome flocked to Tiim, litcrnllv tbrowin themselves at Jus feet, and tin- way i which the Beau fell from the heighi of popularity to disgrace are interes i 1 episodes in the superb Master Pi lure “ Reau Brummel ” ' John Ba: ! rymore plavs the title part. suppor jcd bv Carmel Mver.-. Marv Asto | Irene Rich and Willard Louis. “Silver King." the upstanding ba > who is becoming as famous in pictm circles as Tom Mix’s “Tom.” is a mo, sagacious and highly-trained anima lie c.-m count up to one hundred, pie out the Briti.-h. American and Eronc I Hags from thirl v or more others, ( lea • a high or low hurdle without a ridej ! lie down and cover himself with a blur j ket on the. word of eommand. an “cake-walk” or sham dead, if acquiree | is a wonderful assistant and friem; | Their first Master picture. “The Dan gcroils Coward.” will ho shown soon. | “ Babbitt.” the Master Picture vei j -ion of Sinclair Lewis’ novel dealin with the modern business man. is no’ completed. “To tell the store of man. his family and his friend." sai tile director after finishing the pr< dtietion. “is a teat only comparabl with the picturisation of the storv an in the vivid realism, and sincerity ( Babbitt.’' I found myself gradunll building up a picture of life as you an 1 live it. with all the commonplace haj pollings of every day just making surface calm for the passionate dr sires and hopes that make up our in nor life.” “The Cold Diggers "’is Si daring!’ realistic production, giving an entire Broadway- -the sort that raid heart I and pocket hooks, flattering the for I mer and flattening the latter. The; are young and pretty, full of fun am nonsense, hut with a wholesome sensi of fair play underlying all their antics Hardened lawyers. and astute bu.-ines men. fall an easy prey to their wilein spite of desperate attempts of re sistanre. Hope Hampton. Wyndhan Standing. Louise Kazi-nda. Gertrmh Short and Alee Francis head a stroll* Goldwyn studios are wonderfully fixed up. being absolute!v self-contained (writes Reg Pollard in “ Everyunj s” • You can stay there for a day and night, and never need to leave the place. Restaurants. barbers’ shops shoe-shine parlours, beautifully laid oul lawns, a complete property depart ment, timber yards, ferneries, their owr electric plant, all form part of those exceptional studios. It is* very inter esting t<> go up to the restaurant al lunch time, and find yourself midst people who dine in their make-up and costumes ranging from the 1770 period with helmets on, etc., to the presenl day attire. Saw Elaine Hammersteiu here, and can assure you that she k equally as charming in reality as she Is on the silver sheet. “Rembrandt, .'an Dyke. Raphael am sargent will have to share their bon ours with Technicolor!” This i.-, the as iertion of Irvin Willat. motion piotur« lireetor. * The outstanding artists o -lie centuries have painted their mas ter pieces on canvass explains Willat “Technieolour paints a vivid nicture o life in /am- (.'rev’s storv. “Wamlerei of the Wasteland.” and Toehnicoloui in their ability t«» reproduce coloui values. No artist has improved tin ■■olourings of Nature. Their success ha: been in their ability to reproduce tin bin's of the rainbow. or capture through paint, the varied shadings o a wooded mountain. The Terhnicolom Corporation constructed new camera! and made special films to photograp The screen needs new brains, not new faces. That is the contention of Ilarrv Rapt. associated executive of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, and tht accredited discoverer ”of some of the most promising directors and scenarist* of the day. ’’ The clamour for ‘ new faces’ on the screen is just habit,’ Rapf declares. The real need of tht I screen is for new Pictures art same plots. The same men direel them. The same authors write theme The same scenario writers do thi scripts on them. Directors are beiip hired an.l paid huge salaries to direct With many of them, their chief recoin mendation is not ‘so many good pie turcs.’ but ’eight years’ experience a: a. director,’ or ‘so many picture: made." ” ( harlio ( hapliu has* been sued l'oi 50.000 dollars by Leo Loch, a soldier ii the marine l>arraeks at Fort Misslin Pennsylvania, on the. grounds that ( haplin great eomedy. “ Shouhlei Arms,” was based upon a story w rittei by Loch and submitted to Chaplin Loch's suit, liled in the t'nited State? District Court of New York, ask--00.000 dollars damages and on accounting of the profits of “Shoulder Aim-. According to his complaint, he wrote in 1018 a story called “ Th. Rookie. ’ He alleges that he submitted this storv to C haplin, and that it was returned by Melville Brown, with the explanation that Chaplin would produce nothing that ridiculed the American Army. Tailor on. however. Loch claims that lie recognised much of his storv in -■ Shoulder Arm-.” Tn a speed, before the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Charles Rav said that i la* most potent sort of American propaganda, for good or for ill. was carried to all parts of the world through tin* very effective medium of the motion picture. “ 'The trouble i-.’ Ray explained. “ that rr* sent, rather than represent, us. They daily life of the average American family. For that reason alone I should he happy to return to my American Boy characterisations and try faithfully to ‘ put across ’ on the screen the ideas and ideals for which the youth of America stand.” Charles Ray’s first, big come-back feature—which will bring him back to his public in the homespun roles which first made him famous—is called “ Dynamite Smith.” the story being of a, plain Smith ’ who turned dynamite under stress of circumstances. Some of the motion picture organisations are planning to quit Southern California -and do their future picture-making in and near New York, where they will he closer to home offices from whence the completed pictures are distributed throughout the world (writes the Hollywood correspondent of the “Christian Science Monitor"). The relative merits of Hollywood and New York as picture making centres is a subject that film people have never agreed on. and probably never will. The. big distributing companies would like to have all the pictures made in the Fast, ii it were possible, to

keep a closer contact with the producing end of the industry, hut with a few exceptions, most producers prefer California, because of its climatic and geographical advantages, and the concentration here, within a comparatively -mall area, of so many splendidlv equipped studios and tin* availability of thousands of thoroughly trained picture people. The story of the making, or rather the efforts tv* make, the screen version of “Ren Hur” would make a. good scenario, as enough inniance and dramatic detail has developed up to date to make a complete “ five-reel or ' (savs the “San Francisco Bulletin”;: The change about in the personnel of the east will require much retaking in this costly photo-play. ‘Ben Hur” is being made in Rome. Charles Brahin. the director who started the picture. has been replaced hv Fred Nihlo. (Verge Walsh, originally ro.-t for Ren Hur. withdrew from the picture, and was replaced by Ramon Novarro. While most of the footage taken up to thpresent is exterior, all of tin* “doseup.-’ with Mulsh must he. retaken with Novarro. Th picture is being made by the Goldwyn Corporation, hut A. L. Krlnnger’s 50 per cent interest in the picture also gave him a voice in th*- production. It is now reported Rom New A ork that a difference of opinion over the methods of procedure between Goldwyn and Erlangcr representatives had a. tendency to hamper the making of tin- picture. Brabin. it i- reported, first estimated the film could he produced for 850.000 dollars. 751).000 dollars. Miss Mathis' placed the cost at DO.OOO dollars. Those f'olthat the co.-r will aggregate L. 700,000 dollars. I p ir> the present 700.000 dollars is said to have been expended. MAORI WAR PICTURE. NEW ZEALAND ENTERPRISE. A company formed in Thames proposes shortly to undertake the production of a motion picture drama based on episodes of the .Maori War in the Waikato, and having, as a spectacular climax, the celebrated siege of Orakau Pa. at Kiliikiln. on 81st ’March. 18(54. Mr Rudall Hayward, whose production My Lady of the Cave.” created favourable comment when shown throughout tin- Dominion some time ago. has been entrusted with the task! of producing this historical romance,! calculated, it is said, to he one of the: most ambitious cinematograph enter- i prises yet attempted iu New Zealand.! The scenario has already been prepur-j to stage some the spectacular scenes (states the “New Zealand Herald”), 'lie- producers intend to employ, i- ! possible. New Zealand talent in tin* production of the picture. “When it mantling elaborate, interiors and fak- 1 iug." they say. “ we know it i-. futile to compete will) Los Angeles. But with a strong outdoor story of the • Rattling ’Sixties.’ filled with the j (plain and fascinating figures of the British, Colonial and Maori forces, the rugged grandeur of New Zealand Im-i. and coastline, and tin* suspcnseful and picturesque guerrilla warfare, and hav- I iug as a theme the chivalry displayed j by both nakelia and Maori at- various parts of the camoaign. we beileve wo have a subject in the -ame class as that of • The Covered Waggon,’ and we are ■ sparing neither pains nor money to do it thoroughly.”