“ THE RAFTERS RING ”
BIG HOLLYWOOD FILM FOR BRITISH WAR FUNDS British war charities are to reap all the profits accruing from a gigantic all-star film called “The Rafters Ring,” production of which has begun in Hollywood. Everybody is giving his or her services free, which maybe is just as well, considering that the cast list runs as follows: Brian Aherne, Freddie Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll, Ronald Colman, Gracia Fields, Errol Flynn, Joan Fontaine, Greer Garson, Cary Grant, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Charles Laughton, Anna Lee, Vivien Leigh, Herbert Marshall, Victor McLaglen, Ray Milland, Anna Neagle, Merle Oberon, Maureen O’Hara, Laurence Olivier. Sabu, C. Aubrey Smith, and Claude Rains.
The story has been written by A. J. Cronin, John Van Druten, Lipscombe, R. C. Sherriff, and Lipsccmbe, R. C. Scherniff, and Dodie Smith.
The Rafters Ring” traces the
history of London over a period of 220 years—from 1780 to 2000.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21242, 12 October 1940, Page 13 (Supplement)
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