NEWS OF THE CINEMA.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19663, 24 August 1935, Page 17 (Supplement)

NEWS OF THE CINEMA.

To Appear In Other Musical Films. i Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy, who have been so successful in I “Naughty Marietta,” are to appear in ! olher musical films —“Maytime” and “The Prisoner of Zenda.” Shirley Temple’s Next Film. The most famous curly-head in movies since Mary Pickford’s curls twined around the hearts of the world is Shirley Temple. What could be more fitting, then, than for Shirley to be starred in Mary’s one-time picture, “Poor Little Rich Girl” ? It is said Winfield Sheehan paid Mary Pickford a fancy sum for the privilege of putting this past favourite on the screen. Hollywood Romances. Alice Fay admits that she and Nelson Eddy are “that way” about each other. Robert Taylor and Irene Harvey are romancing, while Cary Grant is said to be smitten with Betty Furness. N.Z. Schoolboys and G’eorge Arllss. The latest “wisecracks” about Arliss, says a London paper, come from a New Zealand school-teacher, who tells of certain results emanating from an examination in history among the seventh grade children. One of the questions was, “ Who was the man who purchased Britain’s share in the Suez Cana]?’’ Whereupon that bright boy in the last row but one Another six-year-old New Zealand hopeful recently sent a letter to George Arliss at Shepherd’s Bush saying that he had just seen “The Iron Duke,” in his “hols." “ I thought it topping,” he wrote, j “ You are my favourite actor. I think 1 you look just like 'the King, except for 1 your face." Who Will Play Romeo? Leslie Howard, Robert Donat, Brian Aherne, and Ronald Colman are ajl under consideration for the part of Romeo to Norma Shearer’s Juliet. Jackie Cooper’s Contract Not Renew- d M-G-M have not renewed Jackie Cooper’s contract, following “ O’Shaughnessy’s Boy ” in which the child star appears with Wallace Beery. Truth is, Jackie is growing up too fasti M-G-M's child star of the moment is Freddie Bariholomew, the English boy, who appears in “ David Copperfield,” “Oliver Twist,” and V‘Anna ■Karenina." ■ New Zealanders In Hollywood. ' Colin Tapley is playing William Dobin in “ Becky Sharp," the new coloured film. The New Zealander is coming to the front.

Dobin, was, of course, Amelia's steady admirer, and one of the few men who preferred sweetness to spice In "Vanity Fair." May Beatty (the New Zealander, and Tcmpe Piggott are members of the cast.

Almost Missed a Film Chance. If Janet Johnson had not been walking down Castiereagh Street, Sydney, at. the critical moment, she would probably not have been cast for “ The Burgomeister,” I lie new Australian film. A guest, with Boss Vernon, another young film actor, at Hie business girls’ luncheon at Farmer’s, Miss Johnson said she had just arrived in Sydney from New Zealand, whore she had been louring with Hie “Wind and (lie Rain ” Company, and had intended gome on io Melbourne, but live lure of Sydney kept her there for a few days. She was walking down Hie street when she met Frank Harvey and Claud Fleming. Hie aclor-prndueers, and they immediately saw in her Hie type t hey were looking for. Arrangements were made, and in the afternoon she found herself in a picture.