LARGE FILM DEAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 December 1938, Page 5

LARGE FILM DEAL

1939 PICTURES FOR NEW ZEALAND. OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONS A large film deal has just been completed, the 1939 output of motion pictures from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ltd studios being obtained by Fullers Theatre Corporation Ltd, and John Fuller and Sons Ltd, J. C. Williamson Picture Coporation Ltd, and New Zealand Theatres Ltd.

In 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will have many outstanding productions. Among the famous and popular performers will be Norma Shearer, who has returned to the screen after a considerable absence following the death of her producer-husband, Irving Thalberg, and who will be seen in the spectacular production, “Marie Antoinette,” Other stars who will be seen in a wide variety of films are Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson .Eddy, Clarke Gable, .Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Robert Donat, Robert Taylor, Spencer Tracy, Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Mickey Rooney, Wallace Beery, Freddie Bartholomew, Margaret Sullavan, Melvyn Douglas, Maureen O’Sullivan. Every possible kind of entertainment is embraced by the productions which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will present. In addition to “Marie Antoinette,” major attractions will include, “Sweethearts” “Too Hot To Handle,” “The Great Waltz,” “The Crowd Roars,” “Love Finds Andy Hardy,” J “Judge Hardy’s Children” series, “The Shining Hour,” will have a notable cast in Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Melvyn Douglas and Robert Young; likewise “Three Loves Has Nancy,” with Robert Montgomery, Janet Gaynor, Franchot Tone, - Claire Dodd, Reginald Owen, and Guy Kibbee. .“Stablemates” will star Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, and Margaret Hamilton, “Shopworn Angel, Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Walter Pidgeon; “Listen Darling,” Freddie Bartholomew, Judy Garland, Walter Pidgeon and Mary Astor; “Rich Man, Poor Girl,” Robert Young, Lew Ayres, and Ruth Hussey; and “Fast Company,” Melvyn Douglas and Florence Rice. Other features will be “Young Doctor Kildare”; “Christmas Carol,” “Vacation For Love,” “Spring Dance,” “Woman Against Woman|” “The Chaser.” Laurel and Hardy, the popular comedians who recently broke their long partnership, will be farewelled in what is described as their funniest comedy, “Blockheads.”