"FOLLOW YOUR STAR"

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 145, 22 June 1939, Page 3

"FOLLOW YOUR STAR"

ARTHI K TRACY FEATCRED i Theatregoers who appreciate good ■ singing should enjoy “Follow Your Star,” which heads the double-feature programme to screen next Wednesday •at the Regent Theatre. The hero of I the story is Arthur Tracy, who made a good screen reputation with his work in “The Street Singer." His new I pictu-o is about an English factory worker and his trials and adventures ; when he decides to leave his job tc follow his ambition to become a stage Istar. The history of the ex-£actory ■ 'hand is said to approximate to the 'life story of the actor himself, who Walter precarious years on the fringe lof stage life, gained fame by hitting on the idea of calling himself “The i Street Singer.” The associate feature

[“Over the Wall,” is a story of Amerii can prison life, with a particularly i human touch introduced by Father I Connor, the prison chaplain. Jerry j Davis (Dick Foran) is a young man ! with aspirations as a heavyweight I boxer, but his first promoter is a crook i who sees that Jerry is put out of action in his first bout. Jerry disI covers how he has been tricked and ' retaliates, with the result that he re- » ceives a prison sentence. He fights [ against prison discipline, but Father ] Connor (John Litel) and Kay Norton [ (June Travis) convince him of the ' error of his wavs. I _ ; Olivia de Havilland is to play op- ■ posite David Niven in “Raffles.” '• The William Stories in Film. { “Just William,” the first of the ‘ series of family pictures based on i Richmal Crompton's famous “bad boy” stories, has been completed at ] Welwyn Studios by Associated British i Pictures. The last scenes to be shot i were outdoor sequences showing the I children’s firework display, during [which William and his three “outlaws” distinguish themselves by I catching two burglars.