FROM THE OUTBACKS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 186, 7 August 1936, Page 10

FROM THE OUTBACKS

CAMELS AT STI DIO. A man- a typical outback type (says the Sydney Morning Herald) ’left two travel-stained camels outside Ithe National Studios at Pagewood recently, and sought an audience with I Mr. Clarence Badger, of Columbia i Pictures, Inc., who has arrived in ! Sydney from Hollywood to direct the j making of the film, "Rangle River.” ’ The man announced somewhat (casually, that he and his camels had ’just arrived from Alice Springs, and j inquired if a place could be found for them in the cast. The massive quad- | rupeds, chewing the cud in a vacant ’plot outside the studio, and blissfully I innocent of the spotlight that was j being sought for them bore out their j owner’s story that they had just ’ “blown in” from Alice Springs. They [looked as though they had walked every inch of the way. They had travelled, in easy stages, through I Adelaide and Melbourne, it was I stated. They were proudly acclaimed as the only two racing camels in Australia. Mr. Badger has been besieged Iby callers of both sexes and of all j types, seeking parts in the new picture in the making. He has been able Ito sit back and smile over some of I these experiences. But the man with i the camels, seeking a part for them jin a Zane Grey picture, has set him a ’ problem. I I j “Sons o' Guns.** • A preview of “Sons o' Guns,” . starring Joe E. Brown, was held recently at the Hollywood Theatre, and (the audience reaction was an enthusiastic welcome to “this biggest, i best, and most different” of Joe E. ; Brown’s pictures. In fact, the film '■‘drew continuous yells,” according to •the dispatch.

! Eric Linden and Cecilia Parker, .who appeared together in “Ah, Wil■derness,” will bo teamed again in “Old [Hutch,” starring Wallace Beery. ! j New Lawrence Play. I Among her husband's manuscripts | discovered by the widow of the late ID. H. Lawrence was a play, entitled ! “My Son’s my Son,” of which the first ' two acts were complete and the third act in a rough draft. With the consent of the literary executors the play has been completed and revised by Walter Greenwood, author of “Love on the Dole.” It is to be produced by the well-known London entrepreneur, Leon M. Lion with Louise Hampton in the leading part of a North Country miner’s widow With two sons. It is an interesting character and appeals to .Miss Hampton as one of the most intriguing she has ever played. It is to be presented shortly.