NEWS OF THE TALKIES.

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18874, 18 February 1933, Page 16 (Supplement)

NEWS OF THE TALKIES.

Claude Alllster (Spoofy, of “Three Live Ghosts") Is the featured player in a Radio film. “The Medicine Man.” * * # * George Grossmith, famous English comedian, is playing the lead In a French film version of “L’homme a rHlspano." * * • • Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge (seen here this week in “Jack’s the Boy") are to be co-starred in a oomedy of Fleet Street life. • * * • The Hall Mark Studios, at Wembley, London, are making a picture dealing with dirt traok racing under the title of “High Speed." Some very sensational riding is introduced into the film. » « * • Edwina Booth, who was the blonde girl In "Trader Horn," has been ill for some time, suffering from tropical complaints contracted while working on that film. Zasu Pitts won’t go on the air in spite of a 1500 dollar a week offer. Mae Clarke is recovering from her appendicitis operation, but is not yet able to go back to work. A “Hitting" Film. John Loder, the film actor, has been doing a film at 'Elstree, in which he hau to fight with Cyril McLaglen. He has been vary considerably knooked about, for as soon as the camera vVas turned on McLaglen beoame all realistio and "socked" Loder a proper one on the Jaw and knocked him all over the plaoe. Garbo's Eyes.

A 19-years-old youth, who nervously held his hard felt hat In his hand, faced the Glasgow magistrate on December 30 on an unusual charge. It ran, “From the Regent Picture House, Glasgow, you did steal a picture of Greta Garbo.” A particularly alluring photograph of Greta. Garbo was produced in court. It shows the Swedish star’s head thrown back at a “vampish” angle, while her eyes gaze out in such a fascinating way that, It is alleged, they lured the young man to remove the picture from Its hook in the corridor of the cinema. English Films for America.

Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, Ltd., announce that the Fox Film Corporation has acquired “After the Ball" for distribution throughout the United States.

“ftome Express,” now in its seventh week in the West End (after a run of five weeks at the Tivoli), has also been acquired for American distribution by Universal Pictures 'Corporation. It was the first film to come from the new Shepherd’s Bush Studios.

The speedy acquisition of Wiese films by powerful American interests is a welcome acknowledgment of the quality of the Shepherd’s Bush product.

Helen Hayes’ Art. After seeing Helen Hayes in “The Sin of Marlclon Claudet,” which won her Iho award for the best acting of last season, and after seeing her in

"A Farewell to Arms,” I’d say there’s no oilier actress in sight who looks as if she -can keep Helen from winning this season’s award, too. Her acting is a sheer delight to watch, says an American critic.

Every gesture, even the slighlesl, means something; every gesture etches a little more sharply the charade," of the woman she is playing. She stops being Helen Hayes and becomes that other woman. She. does not show emotion with exotic drani-

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alios; she merely suggests the intensity nr her inner turmoil —but you feel it. You are powerfully aware of it. Sho seldom raises her voice; sometimes she barely whispers—yet every wo”d is crystal-clear, every word is vibrant with meaning. Her final scene—even if it doesn’t keep faith with the tragic irony of the book —is a, classic example of restrained acting. It will lie a long time before i forget the tragedy express*** in her very finge’dips, as they wander o\er the face of her lover for ihe last lime,’