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Here it a story of love for the Ages. Charles Dickens wrote iti M-G-M has made a mighty ploc ture of it Your heart will nevES, let you forget it.

DAVI

COPPERFIELD

With a star cast of 69 players

featuring M AND CAMELE LED S MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN MADGEE VAN S EDNA MAY OLIVER FRANK LAWTON. ELIZABETH ALLAN LIONEL BARRYMORE FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW LEW13ST ONE ROLAND YOUNG®

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QUEEN'S

TO-DAY

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1935

DICKENS IS RELIVED IN "DAVID COPPERFIELD" GLORIA SWANSON'S

RETURN

IN "MUSIC IN

IN THE AIR

CLAUDETTE COLBERT SHARES SUCCESS

WITH TWO NEW LEADING MEN

BASIL DEAN'S "CONSTANT NYMPH" AT STAR

AFTER seeing "David Copper-j

fleld" I am wondering if I

By

Diane M

TEADOWS, leafy dells, cosy households and simple people with problems far more real than the modern young_so- iphisticate who allows her hus-

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have grown so sophisticated that the Dickens of my child- jhood days no longer charms, I

so you see how careful M.G.M. were band's friends to make love.. to, Jeannot candidly now profess to to create the authentic atmosphere, her — just for the change. any love for the Victorian novel-and to present the characters as the Helen Montgomery story ist's works, but I am fully aware Dickens himself portrayed them, "Anne of Green Gables" we have that his millions of admirers? The story, being auch a long me, a middle-aged brother and sister like "Micawber,"

is naturally episodic in the telling who are expecting a boy from "waited for and one scene after another is fath an orphanage and a girl. "Anne" something good to turn up,"ed upon the screen.”

unwelcome, unwanted and only when they heard M.G.M. had de- I wonder whether the revival of kept on probation edges her cided to put his famous novel such old-time melodrama will usher way into their affections and linto picture form, George in another version of "East Lynne changes their lives as well as her

Cukor, the director, has dealt and "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

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with the subject so faithfully sonally, I hope not.. My candid! I well remember little Dawn that one feels they are turning jopinion. is that we have outgrown O'Day, when she was about three, over the pages, and the scenes Dickens and Mrs. Henry Wood and acting with William Farnum in the look like an old print, so well Harriet Beecher Stowe, except as movies. Then came school days, has the atmosphere been main-reading matter. It is difficult to and now sa "Anne Shirley" tained.

derive thrills from episodes that comes again to the screen to recap There is a east as long as one's pleased us in our early childhoed ture the fame she had as a child arm, which reads like a catalogue days and those also of our mothers actress. issued by the M.G.M. to show their Jist of artista Lionel Barrymore, with a grand pair of whiskers, heaps curses upon the villain who wronged "Little Em'ly". W. C. Fields as "Micawber" lives the part! of the pompous yet pathetic figure of fun and optimism.

Slimy, treacherous, "umble "Urlan Heep" is one of the surprises in the cast; Who would ever expect that blaas man-about-town Roland Young i to enact his role so excellently?

Edna May Oliver as "Aunt Betsy" and Jessie Ralph the beloved "An- gelina" in "One Night of Love"), as David's faithful nurse "Pez- gotty," give the best performances; In the show: The others, do their best.

Ten-year-old Freddle Barthold- mew as the young "David" has a few moments of brilliance in the early scenes, but at other times there are palpable traces of con- scious acting. Frank Lawton as "David grown up" is really likeable:

Irene Dunne will amaze admirers of her histrionic powers when she bursts into song" in "Sweet Adeline," the Warner musicni- romance which is coming soon to the Alhambra and. Central Theatres. An all-star cast sup

Her performance is tender and touching, and, Tom Brown-by the by growing better-looking is Ilke- Jable.

Few would recognise Helen West- ley as the foster-mother. This fine! actress, who gave so much pleasure in "The House of Rothschild" and The Age of Innocence," turns in another of her grand performances. 10. P. Heggie and Sara Haden offer

their talents with fine effect.

A pleasant little picture told very lamusingly and capital acting from

all concerned. (King's).

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The Miss Duane in this spectacuBollywood saying that she will not be QETTY COMPSON writes to me frum

lar production.

who

Poor little child-wife, Dora, utters truth when she says her "Boy hus- band would tire of her" and I felt sorry for that really brillant little actress Maureen O' Sullivan prance and grandmothers. Still, ing about like a ten-year old. (At knows? Perhaps there are some least her spaniel was intelligent). who might be excited over thef We sea glimpses of Elizabeth storm at sea in "David Copperfield," Allan, Madge Evans (and let it be or Eliza's escape across the ice in said the early. Victorian styles do "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

returning to Shanghai to make a film, as her husband, Irving Weinberg, has gone into the wholesale liquor busi- ness, which means money these days. their new race-coures at Santa Anita. She saya the film colony is crazy about

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am one of them-will be delighted, to Admirers of Tallulah Bankhoad-and hear she has made a riotuous hit In not suit this young lady) Jean I do not for one moment doubt critics are handing her the same com- Somerset Maughan's "Rain." and the Cadell, Violet Kémble-Cooper, Una that Dickens lovers the world over pliments O'Connor, Basil Rathbone-doing are eagerly awaiting the release of "Sadie," the late Jeanne

they gave the original the heavy villain stuff-Florine this picturisation of one of his most

Eagles, McKinney, Hugh Williams, Lewis loved novels. Personally, being an her to play the difficult role.

is doubly proud, because many years ago Maughan refused to allow Stone and Lennex Fawle while we admirer of the modern school of realises now he was right she get one line from Mr. Herbert acting and stories, I prefer a Garbo, not then fully qualified to do so. Mundin.

Norma Shearer or Joan Crawford The director and the adapter, film from the same studio. Every finish his part in "A Midsummer Howard Esterbrook, took a trip to man to his taste of course. I trust Night's Dream," and while he was Mickey Rooney will be back-to England to study the "haunta" of my outspoken remarks will not away in hospital with the broken leg the Dickens' characters, Hugh offend those who look upon every caused in a toboggan race, the long Walpole, the famous author, was thing Dickens wrote as golden trea-shuts of "Puck" were made by an called in to help in the collaboration, sure. (Queen's).

A thrilling scene from a thrilling picture in this one, portrayed by Verres Teasadel and Lone! A twill in Warner's coming to the, Central on Sunday. Others in the cast Cortes, Anita Lonise, C. Aubrey Smith and Dorthy

Firebird..

Ricardo

other lad. This accident has con- siderably cramped the playtime of the child star, who will in future only be permitted to play with dolls and marbles while a picture is in pro- duction. By the bye Reinhardt has introduced another character in the Bard's Immortal play. enacted by James Cagney, will have a "Bottom," henpecking wife, played by Sara Haden. Reinhard says this is a "bit of pic- torial emphasis."

Grace Moore will be starred by M.G.M. in "Cardboard Lover," which Marian Davis played an screen, and which made Tallulah Bank- the silent head famous on Broadway. She will

have. Leo Carrillo opposite her in Wings of Song" her next picture...

Diana Wynyard is at present acting on the stage in London in "Sweet

M.G.M. have bought the rights of "The Life Of Flo Ziegfeld" from Uni versal for a considerabis sum. William Powell will play the loading role,

William (Stage) Rovd, famous vil aln of the screen, and the original Quirt, In What Price Glory died recently in Hollywood,. Bil Boyd is now acting for an indepen

The younger dent film company.

Ronald Calman anked H.G.M. for such en't enormiona: salary for acting the husband in Carbo's next-picture that he knew they would refuse-and the

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John Beles and June Lang are featured in "Music In The Air," the Fax Film showing at the King's Theatre to-morrow,

Buster Keaton is appearing in a special 2-reel shört, “Allex Qop,”

at the King's Theatre to-morrow.

Member of the cast of "The Firebird," Warner-Bros, dramatie Alm from the popular play of the same name.

Seen above are' Verreo Teasdale, Anita Louise, Lienel Atwill and Helen Trenholme. The film opens at the Central Theatre on Sunday.

OPENING

KING'S TOMORROW

MUSICI

Hearts in tune with It Romance in time with it

Life just filled with th That's

Music in the Air

GLORIA

MUSIC BY JENONE KERN

LINETTO BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN, ZHE

Swanson

and JOHN BOLES DOUGLASS

MONTGOMERY JUNE LANG PEAL SHEANGE

REGINALD OWEN) JOSEPH CAWTHORN' HOBART BOSWORTH, An Erich Pommer Production:

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