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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1935
A Shadow Among The Shadows
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Ending with a superb, crashing many film celebrities round Lon- finaler he would turn round all don's China-town in search of lock!' I was amiles. The difficult situation was colour fur crook drames. eased, and the work continued able to show Edgar Wallace a few with renewed rest. It was a touch dives and dens he had never seen! -
before and his knowledge of the of real genius."
"The Ringer" was, of course, aĴUnderworld was deep and, wide- talking picture, and a very fine and he made frequent entries in sample of the audible film, but in his note-book, for future reference pre-talkie days I acted as crime in constructing stories and film- adviser to Henry Galeen, who pro-scenes.
Wallace's precious little note- duced one of the last great
I book was stolen from him during "silents" at Elstree studios. played the part of a Chlef 'Detec-fone of our Underworld jaunts. Aj tive-Inspector of Scotland Yard In pick-pocket "lifted" it while we a film called "After the Verdict," were having a "quick one" in and advised and acted in "The famous hostelry situated in the Crooked Billet," "The Song of West India Dock Road!
To say that Edgar was shaken Soho," and Dupont's famous pic- ture "Piccadilly" with Anna May out of his usual nonchalance Wong and other famous players discovering his loss would be to But his sense of who starred in this screen version put it mildly!
humour conquered his wrath. The. 1of Arnold Bennett's story.
Had Edgar Wallace lived, with-note-book was recovered by the late out doubt he would have become Detective-Inspector Hall before we one of the greatest British film left the district, and Wallace pick-j producers. At lunch one day he led it up at the police station.
That famous character actor, outlined to me an ambitious pro-! Ject which he had in mind, where-Gordon Harker, who is thoroughly by every play of his would be at home in Cockney crook parts, filmed and the screen versions re-actually speaks in the most refined son as a train attendant in New E/Japan Aug. 21 Aug, 23 leased simultaneously throughout tones when not doing the "Gor-York. As a fugitive from justice the English provinces to coincide blimey" stuff before the cameras he escapes to one of the West In- and microphones. He has a blind dian islands, and there, by virtue with the London premiere,
on the of his superior powers, creates "The Provinces," said Wallace, terrier which is always
and which is himself emperor of the islanders. whose schemes were as forceful as "set" with him, his vision was wide. "feel-and known to almost every studio band The singing of Negor Spirituals rightly so that they are being in England. Gordon is an amaz-by a massed chorus is one of the neglected in the matter of film re-jingly deft conjurer, and while rest-highlights of the film. leasen. Look at the present system ing between scenes would some-
For months of releasing.
tre-times hold the interest of the n-"PEACH 'O' RENO"--ORIENTAL
THEATRE mendous publicity is given to the tire studio staff with an impromptu of sleight-of-hund
The inimitable pair new star feature film. The critics exhibition plaster its virtues across the news-tricks, enlivening the procedure
pages. The hoardings with ely jokes which burst around Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, who paper
are well-known and popular with screen its coming. The country him Hke bombshells, waits for it. And then what hap-1 pens?"!
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Feb. 16 Feb. 18 Feb, 26 Mar, 1 Mar. 14 1 Mar. 8 Mar. 5
Mar. 11 Max. 18 Mar, 19 Mar. 24 24 Mar, 28 Mar. 28
April 6 Apr. 8 Apr, 10 Apr. 37 Apr. 22 May 4 May 6 May 8 May 14 May 19 June 1 June 3 June 5 June 12 June 17 18 June 18 June 20
May 15 May 17 May 19 May 21 May 23 E/Canada May 29 May 31 E/Russia June 12 June 14 June E/Japan Juna 26 June 28 E/Asia July 10 July 12 July E/Canada. July 24 July 26 The film opens showing Robe-E/Russia Aug. 7 Aug. 9 Aug.
[Continued from Page 3.)
"WHIRLPOOL"-STAK THEATRE
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At the Twickenham studios local cinema audiences, return to Sybil Thorndyke told me that once the Oriental Theatre to-day in one! "I'll tell you," he continued, when her famous husband, Lewis of their most hilarious roles.
The setting is in the famous answering his own questions. "A Casson, should have been hard at London cinema gets the 'first run. work learning a new part he was divorce capital, Reno, and their The film is exhibited in the capital discovered busily engaged in tak-adventures with divorce-seeking. for a month, two months, three ing his son's motor-cycle to pieces! men and women are an uproarious months perhaps. And the Provin- Lewis Casson, It seems, is never skit on modern methods of dis- 26th July rial audiences walt, and wait, and happier than when tinkering with entagling an unhappy marriage, 10th Aug. wait. Then
another London machinery and finding out just cinema secures 'second run." And "how it works."
When we were making the the Provinces wait several more weeks. Naturally they feel 'gore." "Song of Soho" film, starring Carl
Would you sacrifice life and Why should the Londoner get Brisson and Donald Cathrop, the
freedom that your family might that was
energetic priority over them? It is the de-producer vil of a system for causing discon-American expert, Harry Lackman. find happiness? Would you sur tent-and there is not the slightest Harry wanted a scene showing the render money, power, influence to reason why simultaneous issue acquittal of the prisoner (Carl protect the good name of a wife Thurs., 5th Sept. should not be made right through Brisson) at the Central Criminal and daughter you have not seen
Court, Old Bailey, to be given for 20 years? the country!"
He wanted Here are questions of which "I am confident," he added, "that some Yankee "pep". my own system, If it can be to stage a hilarious occasion, in dramas are made. Here are pro- achieved, would give nation-wide which Brisson was to leap from blems to be solved, not by the satisfaction. The good people who the dock amidst wild acclamation weak, but by the strong. What live far from the capital would and fervently embrace the beauti. the solution is. Columbia Studios provide in the thrilling drama, feel neglected no longer. The man ful heroine.
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Supporting Holt in "Whirlpool" "Oh. bell!" exclaimed Lackman, view it would play hands down!" Sun., Havana Maru ...
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A pity he did not live to see his ruefully. "But what about thea.and Jean Arthur, Donald Cook Allen Jenkins and Lila Lee, Roy Perhaps sometrical licence?" Sun., 11th Aug. dream realised.
other flm producer, still alive, will I still stuck to my opinion, and William Nell directed. realise what Edgar Wallace was finally Carl Brisson and · Donald ardent Sun., 21st Aug. driving at, and remove the Provin- Cathrop persuaded the
American to be moderate. cial pin-prick....
Few people who saw Wallace There was plenty of fun and made films understood how much laughter In the studios. The joke one day. Acting on the production owed to the author was on me himself. In Hollywood his techni-location in St. John's Woodfor cal knowledge of camera-angles Mr. Galeen. I was playing the part and lighting effects won the ad-jof a disguised detective. Now:
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