THIS YEAR'S FILMS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3420, 15 February 1936, Page 5

THIS YEAR'S FILMS

•» m r BOOKINGS FOR CAMBRIDGE MANY SPECIAL FEATURES Cambridge picture-goers will be provided with a wide selection of the world's best films from British and American studios, during the year, according to information received by Mr S. Dye, manager of the Town Hall Talkies.

Negotiations have been completed by Amalgamated Theatres, Limited, for the purchase of supplies from five major film distributing companies. They are Fox Film Corporation (Australasia), Ltd., Fox-Gaumont-British, Fox-20th Century, RKO Radio Pictures (Australasia) Ltd., and the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Ltd. An outstanding list of brilliant artists wilY be' : seen in the productions from these studios, and among the feminine players will be Joan Bennett, Virginia Bruce, Alice Brady, Shirley Temple, Jane Withers, Rochelle Hudson, Jessie Matthews, Helen Vinson, Madelaine Carroll, Ginger Rogers and Lily Pons. The actors will include Ronald Colman, Lawrence Tibbett, Wallace Beery, Dick Powells John Boles, Warner Baxter, Fred Astaire and William Powell. Productions from the Fox-20th Century studios will include "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo," with Ronald Colman, and "Metropolitan," in which Lawrence Tibbett, the well-known opera singer, makes a.welcome return to the screen. Victor McLaglen and Freddie Bartholomew (of "David Copperfield" fame) will appear in "Professional Soldier," and Wallace Beery will be the leading player in "Message to Garcia."

Outstanding Films

"Ramona," the first big outdoor picture to be filmed entirely in technicolour, and featuring John Boles and Rochelle Hudson, will be one of the principal films to come from the Fox studios, while another outstanding production will be "The Country Doctor," in which the world-famous Dionne quintuplets will be seen. Shirley Temple will appear in three pictures, one already named "Captain January," while another child player, Jane Withers, will play the leading part in "Paddy O'Day" and "Gentle Julia." Rudyard Kipling's story "Soldiers Three" will be one of the leading pictures from Gaumont-Gritish, and another fine film will be "Rhodes of Africa," featuring Walter Huston. Conrad Veidt will appear in "King of the Damned," a story of convicts in a tropica] penal settlement, "Sec-, ret Agent," the screen version of W. Somerset Maugham's spy story "Ashenden," will feature Madeleine Carroll and Peter Lorre, and Richard Dix and Helen Vinson will appear in "The Tunnel." Other films include "Foreign Affairs," with Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn, and "First a Girl," featuring Jessie Matthews. Opera and Comedy Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the popular dancing team, will appear in "Follow the Fleet," from the RKO Radio studios, and another fine film will be "I Dream Too Much," featuring Lily Pons, the famous grand opera singer. Herbert Marshall and Ann Harding will be seen; in "Indestructible Mrs Halbot." The popular comedians Wheeler and Woolsley will appear in "The Wild West," and a thrilling film will be Frank Buck's successor to "Bring 'Em Back Alive," entitled "Fang and Claw."

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame," ti silent picture in which the late Lon Chancy achieved world fame, will be made for the talking screen, by the Universal studios. William Powell will appear in "My Man Godfrey" (temporary title), and "Sutter's Gold." Three thrilling films, •'Blue beard," "Phantom of the Opera," and "Dracula's Daughter," will feature Boris Karl off, and Universal will hlho make three similar pictures, "Giant 'Plane," "The Destroyer," and "Flying Squadron." Irene Dunne will appear in Edna Ferber's "Show Boat" and "The Magnificent Obsession," and Margaret Sullavan will have the leading roles in "Next Time We Live" and two yet untitled productions. Supporting pictures from the Universal studios Wi'l'l include Graham McNamee's Universal newsreel and Oswald the Rabbit cartoons.