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Cinema • • Snapshots “Black Gold” Samuel Goldwyn has announced plans lor the production of Black Gold," dealing with the exploits of lire lighters in the rich and dangerous oil well districts. Houston Branch, author of the original 6tory, Is writing the screen play. Stuart lieilser has left Hollywood lor Texas, where he will supervise the filming of numerous background sequences. Bette Davis in "Dark Victory” Judging by what the American critics have written, Bette Davis gives -the liuest performance of her career in the First .National picture, “Dara Victory." bhe plays a wealthy, popular young woman wno is suffering lroin a lalai illness, bhe goes to see specialist George Brent, who realises that, with a brain operation, he can give her ten healtny months of hie heiore a swill death. The operation takes place and Bette and the physician fail in love. All goes well until Bette learns the truth. At lirst she tries to lake re luge in hectic pleasures, buL Later comes to her senses and wins her “dark victory." The min, as well as Bettes performance, uas already received great praise in America; and it looks as enough it win be one of the year s micai . Also in the cast is ueraidunntageralu, who appeal’s Witu uavis in tne picture above, and is sa.u lo uo bpienuiu work; and Humphrey uogart also nas a very important part. Central Park Gets Re-made For a hundred years, Central Park in New York City has been known as one of the worlu s beauty spots. After a weeks' work, landscape artists ul the beizuick international btudio succeeded in reproducing, from photographs, a vista of fences, trees, sidewalks and bridle paths that gave former New York residents nostalgic pangs. The scene was in the picture .Made for Bach Other,” which stars Carole Lombard and Janies Stewart. More than ten truckloads of trees, shrubs and hushes, torn from Californian hillsides, were erected In the artiiicial park and a half-acre of grass sod was laid in place for the lawn. Because tile scene was at noon-day, the sound stages was flooded with light from boo giant lamps, with an electrical load of 1200 kilowatts, enough to light a small town. Although the sunlight and scenery were reminiscent of New York, the temperature of the sound stage, when ail the lights were on, was more like that of the Mojave desert. Thermometers near the roof of the stages registered 130 degrees, almost hot enough to set oil the auioinalic lire sprinklers, and to prevent this catastrophe, the doors were opened frequently for ventilation, which was aided by two enormous wind machines. As one scene Horn the picture was played in summer, and a following one in autumn, it became necessary lor the head • green man, to summon a crew of six to remove most of the leaves between sequences. FLASHES I > -K-O-HADIO are said to he arranging for Fred Astaire and Ginger augers to make one picture a year together, uutside Astaire's reputed new contract with M-G-.VI. / EORGE BULNT replaces Humphrey Bogart opposite Bette Daws ni “The Uld Maid.” This was to have marked Bogarts promotion to leading parts. s • • • MYfINA LOY Is to follow up "The M Rains Game” with another “imperfect wife" role, in “bea of Grass." with spencer Tracy, shell be a woman who deserts her husband and has an illegitimate child. T EDGAR HOOVER, chief of the ** • G-men, is said to he considering becoming a him executive. He’s already a film writer. Paramount are filming a series of his factual stories. "Persons in Hiding” was the first. A J. Git ON IN’S new novel "bisters” lias been bought hv H-K-O for Garole Lombard. Jhey’ve renamed :t "Vigil in the Night' to avoid clashing with V\ arnurs s "The sisters. ' Ginger llogers and Wendy Hiller have each been suggested as co-stars lor Carole. 1I AL HUAGII is rushing "Housekeeper's Daughter' into production. starring Juan Bennett and Adolphe Menjuu. ! J>AKAMoLNT are planning to organise their own television broadcasts, using players under contract to the studio. “ s s • JjwROTHV LAMOL'R has been served wilt is suing her lor six thousand dollars, which he alleges she owes him for six singing lessons at a thousand dollars a time. gAM GOLDWYN lias given The Restless Age,” starring violinist Jascha Heifetz, the new title of “Angels Making Music.” rjERALniNE FITZGERALD will take Priscilla Lane’s place in “Give Me a Child.” Warners's re-make of “The Dawn of Life,” in which Loretta Young formerly starred. r PME script of the new Frank Gapra J picture. “Mr Smith Goes to Washington,” is -aid to contain two hundred and >evc»ty-t\vu pages, about forty-five more than the average