NEWS OF THE CINEMA

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20887, 19 August 1939, Page 17 (Supplement)

NEWS OF THE CINEMA

Films of New Zealand Centennial The Australian Cinesound Review has obtained from the directors of the New Zealand Centennial exhibition the exclusive rights to photograph the

i building of the exhibition, and also the actual opening proceedings. ; Cameramen commenced shooting ‘ this week, when some excellent shots - were obtained from the air as well as - the ground. From now on. the pro- . gress of the big undertaking will api! pear regularly in the Cinesound Review 1 not only in New Zealand but in a in in i - , mum of loOu theatres throughout i Australia. Further than this, through Cinesound’s association with the Patlie Company in London and America, suitable sequences will be exhibited in the newsreels in the latter countries. "The Mad Dog of Europe” Bridget Hiller, sister-in-law of Adolf Hitler, has been approached by Hollywood lo act as technical adviser on the production of "The Mad Dog of Europe.” Mrs Hitler married Hitler's halfbrother in Ireland in 1911 and they separated in 1914. Maureen O’Sullivan’s Sister It is almost certain that Sheila O’Sullivan. Maureen’s young sister, ■ will get into the movies, even if her tests for a role in the next Tarzan film come to nothing. She had no 5.,.,:ht alighted in Hollywood for a holiday than the studios began offering her work; within a few 1 months she may he a star, or she may be just a colleen. It's the luck of ; Hollywood. j Reunion of Laurel and Hardy i Laurel and Hardy's second reunion picture has been titled “A Chump at ' i.'xford.” ! Nelson Eddy as “The Guardsman" J Nelson Eddy and Milize Korjus are to star in a musical version of the ! comedy, "The Guardsman,” which j M.G.M. are preparing, i It was first filmed eight years j with Lynn Fun tan no and Alfred Lunt in the leads.