NATURAL COLOUR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 174, 24 July 1936, Page 10

NATURAL COLOUR

“TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE.” The real beauties of the mountain | country of Virginia are at last 1 >rought to the screen in “Trail of the ! lonesome Pine,” the splendid natural ' colour film, coming next Saturday lo ' he Regent Theatre. Filmed mostly in I he high Sierras above California, the I )ict.ure is an adaptation of the popu- 1 ar John Fox novel of the same title. . rhe story is one of unusual power, ; ind is colourful and interesting, deal- 1 ng as it does with bitter family feuds n the Blue Ridge Mountains of Vir:inia and the difficulties encountered | here by a pioneering railway con- | truction engineer. With its romance, | iction, memorable beauty, and mounain comedy, the story should make i wide appeal. It has the advantage of >eing interpreted by three top-rank jerformers - Sylvia Sidney, Henry ? onda. and Fred Mac Murray. Miss Sydney, whose recent, work with Herbert Marshall in “Accent on Youth” iroused so much favourable comment ■ s cast this time as a real little mounain wildcat. All her life she has loved lenry Fonda, a member of a neigh- | louring clan. Fred Mac Murray competes the triangle in the role of the ■ailway engineer, whose intrusion is | esented by the primative hill folk. | dention also should be made ol i Spanky McFarland, of "Our Gang" ame, an amusing and likeable child, , chose life is sacrificed in the r.'.thjpss nountain conflict. Samuel Goldwyn has signed John ialderston to prepare an original creen play that will star Merle Ooeion. ?he new film will be titled 44 Covenant vith Weath.” Balderston will be rcnembered as the author of ••Berkeley ” •• hiohlv successful work both

Marie Osborne, the "Baby Marie" of silent films returns to the screen, a charming young woman in her early twenties, in a featured role with Richard Dix in “Special Investigator.” I . • ’ • Jan Kiepura, t.'ontiiienlal tenor hi “Give Us This Night,” lins-t learned to sing when he belonged to a l.’oiibh youth organisation in wartime*. He led their marches through t-ho streets of Warsaw s.nging at the top of his voice. # * * * “Charge of the Light Brigade.” The deathless ride of the six hundred was recently filmed on location at Lasky Mesa for "The Charge of the Light Brigade.” Wataer Bros, forthcoming epic romance of love and war in which Errol Flynn plays the leading masculine role, with Oliver de Havilland as heroine. Observers of the Balaclava battle scenes as staged under the direction of Michael Curtiz predict that. "The Charge of the Light Brigade" will set a new high mark for thrilling and sensationally dramatic pictures. The multifarious battle sequence required over two weeks to complete. * - * * “One Rainy Afternoon. “One Rainy Afternoon,” and “Secret Rendezvous,” two tuneful new song hits that are enjoying great popularity on the air, are featured in “One Rainy Afternoon,” Pickford’s gay comedy romance, starring Francis Lederer. Ida Lupino plays the romantic Czech’s leading lady in this sparkling Parisian comedy depicting the amazing developments that ensure when a handsome young man kisses a strange beauty in a dark movie theatre, while five famous comedians play important supporting roles, Hugh Herbert, Roland Young, Erik Rhodes, Joseph Cawthorn and Donald Meek.