NEWS OF THE CINEMA

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19759, 14 December 1935, Page 19 (Supplement)

NEWS OF THE CINEMA

The Cadi! I read that at a recent film wedding ex-husband No. 1 gave the bride away. The cad. Ronald Colman’s £30,000 a Picture. Ronald Colman Is returning to United Artists after making “ A Tale of Two Cities ” for M-G-M. As a reward for maintaining his allegiance, United Artists are going to pay Colman the biggest salary any male star is getting to-day: £30,000 a picture, and a share of the profits. “Frankenstein’s Bride” Banned. The film -“Bride of Frankenstein," billed for a week at Guernsey, was banned by, the constable of the town. lie described it as blasphemous, against morality, and generally horrible. This was the first time that the constable, during his 11 years of office, had used his authority to veto a film. “Dante’s Inferno,’’ strangely enough, replaced the banned picture. Beethoven in a Film. Hollywood will be first in 1 lie field with a full-length screen-biography of Beethoven.' .Milton Krimms lias written it, William Uielerlo will direct it, and Erirli Wolfgang Korngold will fill the titlerole. The easting of Korngold as Beethoven is an al tractive idea, for, like Beethoven, lie was regarded as a revolutionary in bis early days. Now that bis individual idiom Is more familiar, if lias become an accepted contribution lo Ibo development, of music. He was responsible, for Hie arranging of the Mendelssohn music for fleinliardf's ’ A Midsummer Might's Dream " film.