STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Daily Times, 7 December 1937, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

SHIRLEY TEMPLE. In “Wee Willie Winkie,’’ the screen version of a famous Kipling story, which is to be shown again at the State Theatre to-night at 8 o’clock, the child star, Shirley Temple, has a highly dramatic role, the strongest supporting cast of any of her screen successes, and the most elaborate production yet accorded one of her films. Shirley’s co-star in “Wee Willie Winkie’’ is Victor McLaglen, and the supporting cast includes C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang, Michael Whalen, Cesar Romero, Constance Collier and young Douglas Scott, among many others. For the production, two Indian forts were constructed at a location site thirty-five miles from the studio. One is a native fort and the other headquarters for a Highland regiment recruited and trained for action in the picture. Numerous scenes required the use of many hundreds of extras, and for one eye-filling sequence the colourful native life of Peshawar, India, was reproduced, even to camel caravans and elephants with tapestried howdahs. Production chief Darryl F. Zanuck, personally supervised all phases of preparation for this important film. Seats may be reserved at Adcock’s, ’phone 1275.