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The
"Gone Wind"?
RECENTLY the cinema event for which America has waited for three years took place in Atlantic, Ga. the premiere of the Tech- nicolour film "Gone With the Wind."
Governor Eurith D. Rivers proclaimed a Statewide holiday and 300,000 lm fans lined up for seven miles to watch the procession of motor-cars which brought Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, his wife Carole Lombard, Producer David O. Selznick, Laurence Olivier! and others from the air port,
The night before the premiere of the film a costume ball was held.
At the premiere, hundreds of de-f lighted Georgians clapped, cheered, whistled and wept at the historienl sequences.
New York Debul
The lm was also shown at New York's Astor and Capitol Theatres and was hailed unanimously by all isht excellent alm. Olivi de Will Huy", Havilland, James Stewart. David Selznick, Mr. and Mrs. John the Vanderbilt clan, Jacob Astor, Doris Duke Cromwell and nearly millionaire and his wife in,
at the New York were present screening.
It took three years to make this from a novel which Margaret Mitchell took seven years to write.
Producer Selznick's first trouble was to reduce the 1,037-page novel to a workable Hollywood script.
every
Bim
Sidney Howard, one of the ablest script writers, arrived in Hollywood in the spring of 1937. Throughout that kuminer, together with Selznick and George Cukor, he worked on the Brst script. When finished it was found to be too long so they made
script. In another
1038, matty famous writers were all working un the script,
کارم
Search for Star Production finally started but re- sults came slowly, For two years Selznick had nobody to play the part Scarlett O'Hara so polls were taken and scouts despatched through- out Amerien. During the Biming of one of the first scenes-that of the burning of Atlanta-Myron Selznick took Vivien Leigh with him on the set and invited his brother to meet Scarlett O'Hara."
When the news came out that she had been niven the part, a few pro- heard. On the whole, tests were
Southerners were however, the pleased to hear that an English gir? and not a Yankee had been elussen
for the part.
American einemu fais unanimously voted that Clark Gable must play Rhett Butler.
With
VIVIEN Leigh, who appears as Scarlett O'itara in "Gone With the Wind", shown as she arrived for the Atlanta premiere of the film. She was in- troduced to audiences over a nation-wide hook-up by Mayor Hartsfield of Atlanta.
AT THE
Film Of
CINEMAS Prehistoric
Tribes
Queen's artd Alhambra: "Wizard of Oz" (Judy Garland, Jack Haley. Bert Lahr)
Oriental: "Adventures of Robin Hood" (Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland)
Majestie: "Society Lawyer" (Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce)
King's Young Mr. Lincoln" (Henry Fonda)
WORD comes from Holly- wood that David W. Griffith and Hal Roach are pro- ducing a picture in which they are looking backward, past the birth of the cinema at which they officiated, to
Best Films 1,000,000 years B.C.
Of 1939
ACCORDING
to the
"Sunday Times" here are the ten best films of 1939:-
Both are reported to have admitted that "it is a screwy
nevertheless. idea," but, sounds a good one.
Dawn Age
it
They are collaborating on a sercen version of the dawn age. uitled
"Stagecoach" (American): Selznick also agreed with them that Director, John Ford. Lead-"1,000,000 B.C." This effort of theirs * silent picture. It he should east Olivia de Havilland as
ing players, Claire Trevor, is, in effect,
opens in the present era, on a con- John Wayne. Melanie Hamiliun, Leslie Howard as
versation between
and 1 scientist Luur Hope | Ahsley Wilkes and
LaFemine Du Boulanger" Crews as Aunty Bittypäl
Then Selznick east Thomas Mit-(French): Director, Marcel Pagnol, come young people-and fades back Genette a million years, with the scientist'a thelf as Gerald O'lars and Hattie Leading players, Raimu,
Leclerc.
voice continuing os a commentary, "Profcasur Mamlock" (Russian); Ench sequence thereafter begins with Directors, Adolf Minkin and Herbert a cloud "shot," according In January 1939, the filming of port. Leading player 8. Mex-Grifith's plan, and then the camera to Mr. "Gone with the Wind" commenced
hinski. In earnest and six months later the
McDaniel as Munimy.
Four Hour Show
final scenes were taken. The cutling
"Hostages" (French): Director, comes down to the action.
February 14, 1940.
LONELY WIFE-even on
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS
You'll be home for lunch, won't you, Bob?
Oh, sorry, but I forgot to tell you I'm going out with some of the boys this afternoon
He's always out, Scothe. Even when he's home he hardly talks, I know ive been run-down and dull-looking, but I don't deserve to be treated
like this!
·MARY DECIDED TO TEACH
BOB A LESSON --
AT HER MOTHER'S NOME
You're a very foolish girl! You've let yourself get tired out and nervy. "You look about fifty. How can you expect Bob to be interested.
Now you qu back home and see a
doctor!
Dear Bob,
9. know you
don't want me any
more, so I'm going. home where go am wanted.
See that Sallie gets his food all
right. Mary
MARY GOT HOME BEFORE BOB AND BURNED THE NOTE, THEN SHE WENT
TO SEE HER DOCTOR-
SO-HORLICKS EVERY NIGHT
AND ***
A WONDERFUL CHANGE CAME OVER MARY ----
...and, Doctor, I even wake tired
SIX WEEKS LATER
From what you tell me, Mrs. Norton, your trouble is Night Starvation. You see,
even at night you go on using up
energy in heartbeats, breathing and
other automatic actions. In your case,
this has also led to an excess of acid waste products in the blood.
All this causes you to wako tired, feel and look, nin-down and Hervy. Recent tests have proved that Horlicks is what
people need for that....
Darling, I'm proud of you.
You're so bright and gay, so full of life!
Do you even wake tired?
of the film then began. Over 225,000 Raymond Bernard. Leading players,
The story deals with two prehis- Do you feel worn out, depressed and nervy? fect of film had to be cut and spliced Saturnia Fabre, Charpin, Larques.
"Les Gen Da Voyage" (French); toric tribes the Rock people, Into a moving picture short enough Director. Jacques Feyder. Leading rugged race, and the Shell tribe, a to exhibl
After working day and players, Francoise Rosay, Plerre night, Selznick and his staff Anally Fresnay.
gentler, and more kindly group. The Take produced the finished film which rans "Wuthering Heights" (American): civilizing of the former by the latter for just under four hours.
The pleture has to make about Director, William Wyler. Leading by means of the charm of Carole players, Laurence Olivier, Merle Landis, the leading lady, who softens $5,000,000 before it begins to earn Oberon.
the savage heart of Victor Mature, any profits at all. Dow Jones re- "Only Angels have Wings" (Ameri- ceipts of this flin might bring share-can): Director, Howard Hawks. Lead the leading man, forms the theme of holders in Locws Incorporated up-ing playera, Jean Arthur, Cary Grant, the picture. wards of $1 per share.
ALISABETH Bergner: (above) Ủ who has not made a film for a year or so, is preparing to get back to the studio. She bas chosen a light comedy, called "Ring on Her Finger, which very charming story. Moro than that cannot be said at pre- sent since she is ill with throat trouble at her home in Surrey. Her husband, Dr. Paul Crinner, who will direct the film as usual, in with Jaryngitis too,
"On the Night of the Fire" (Bri-
No English is spoken by the, pre- Hah); Directors, Brian Desmond Hurst. Leading players, Ralph Rich-historic characters, which will mean, ardson, Diana Wynward..
ns Roach points out, that the foreign The Marx Brothers at the Circus" market can be completely, exploited (Amerleun): Director, Edward Buz zell. Leading players,
the distributing Brothers.
compahy, simply by changing the
the Marx by Unlied Artists,
"La Bete Humaine" (French): commentary. The incomprehensible Director, Jean Renoir. Leading play ers, Jean Gabin, Simone Simon.
The "Sunday Times" critic adds: -"Anatole Litvak's "Confessions ofj' 3 Nazi Spy
went into the
nearly
"French Without Tears," Frank
language which the ancients use presented something of a problem.
Dialogue Trouble
list. Sa did Anthony Asquith's Miss Florence McEnony of the Capra's "Mr. Smith Goes to Washing- studio research department was us ton". Marcel Corne's "Quai des signed to prepare prehlatoric dialogue. Brumes" and "Hotel du Nord" and She obtained glossaries of four ex- the first half of Leo McCarey's "Love tinet American Indian tongues-the Affair."
Ofo, the Bilux!, the Natick and the Chaplin Film
Buntock-lgarot. From these she
On the other hand, most think compiled two languages, one for cach that 1939 was a lean Alm yen tribe. But (and a shocking commen- especially in regard to force films.tary It Is on the propensities of the There is still nothing from Chaplin,elvilized ear) when spoken, these un though at last "The Diclator" is in sallied primitive polyglots' suggested production; no successors to Harold auch double-entendres that they had Lloyd or Laurel and Hardy except to be scrapped. The dialogue is now Laurel and Hardy; and two fallures more McEnany than anything else. from Fernandel which have Just
about wiped out the credit he Inid At Its inception, "1,000,000 B.C." up with "Virtuous Isidore."
was meant to adhere to recognized By way of comparison WC had acientific theory, but when touch and that witty British rifle "A_Girl Grifth realized that their players Must Livo" with dialogue by Frank would have to appear au naturel, Launder in the best Hollywood manner and a patchily brilliant pro- with only a matting of body hair to duction from the Marx Brothers, screen them from the Hoya offee, Our Own Correspondent.
METROPOLE
they decided to endow their charac- tera with a knowledge of the art of hide-tonning. Having gone so far, they remembered that "after all, the
ROOM BATH screen is meant for entertainment,"
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and now their scenario containi specimens of the fauna of almost every geologie age.
This picture, which is under con- tract with the King's Theatre, will be shown here as early as possible,
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