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THE UNHOLY 'GARDEN"

'MADAME RACKETEER "

Ben Hecht appears to have locat Natural talent will to the sur ed the end of the rainbow. The face, regardless of circumstance or novelist and playwright has found environment. an overflowing pot of gold, the result of having become in the last few months one of the most proli- fic writers contributing to the

screen.

As evidence of this, Evalyn Knapp, former stage actress and now featured Blm player, points to the beginnings of her own ther trical career.

ing in

Almost weekly, Hecht is talking.

Miss Knapp, who is now appear on new assignments, his screen ac

Paramount's tivities now being confined to the Racketeer" with Alison Skipworth "Madame United Artists lot, where he and Richard Bennett, discloses that undez exclusive contract, to Samuel her carly ambition was to become Goldwyn. But his activities do not a newspaper reporter. The glamour stop there, by any means.

and adventure of journalism in Recently the playwright made a trigued her mind, she says, and hurried trip to New York for the she probably would have followed purpose of placing in rehearsal a this career had nor Fate, in the new stage play, Twentieth Cen- form of amateur theatricals, reveal. tury," which will be presented in ed her aptitude for stage work, the fell, and while here ne receiv Completing her school studies in ed new royalty reports on A Jew Kansas City, Miss Knapp joined a in Love," his best-selling novel. In focal stock company. After playing his off moments he looked over troles ou another play and another parents to let her go to New York numerous rules, she persuaded her for further training and experience. Following six months in dramatic with a road company, playing "The an original screen story upon or Patay. This was followed with an der of Samuel Goldwyn. It was

"Broadway," important role in "and called "The Unholy Garden Ronald Colman has transcribed it which brought her to Los Angeles into a picture. It comes to the after weeks of rehearsal in New

York. King's Theatre "to-day. The yard. brings a new treatment to The Returning to Boadway, she play- Fort of Missing Men" theme, the ed two parts, in Channing Pollock's locale being North Africa.

Mr. Moneypenny." Eastern film executive witnessed her in this

novel

Just prior to that trip. Hecht and Charles MacArthur, bis" erst,"

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"LA TOSCA"

FINE PERFORMANCE OF PUCCINI'S MELODRAMA

One can generally be sure that Peccini opera performed by Italians. will be good entertainment value, and Monday night's La Tosca was no exception. Puccini al- ways knew what he was doing, and was, within his limits, a conscien- tious artist with sureness of instinct for the stage amounting to genius, and far greater technical competence then many more pre- tentious but less, popular com- posers,

The resources of the San Carlo opera company are, like those of Puccini, limited, but they too are used to the full, reaching a stán-¡ dard which, for a touring company, is exceptionally high.

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MADAME RACKETEER

ALISON SKIPWORTH RICHARD BENNETT GEORGE RAFT. EVALYN KNAPE A Gatanouns Fiction

BUSTER KEATON'S FROZEN ASSET

WELL DISPLAYED IN

SPEAK EASILÝ.

Buster Keaton's "Trozen asset ? may have been his face through many of his comedies, but his new- est role as the sallège professor in

FILM NOTES FROM GREAT, BRITAIN

MR. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS

LONDON, Dec. 14.

Mr. Fairbanks, confesses that he would rather live in London than in New York. “My idealexis tence," he says, "would be a house in London, go to St. Moritz for the sports, and spend a lot of time in, Italy. However, as I am only“ 4D there is no occasion to talk ofį settling down yok.!! ---

Mr. Fairbanks, who has been described as the hatter's friend and the tailor's gold mine, has' just wound up a two-day shopping ex pedition in London and it is call olated, that he has ordered 30

pita and 17 hats, by his friends gag: have, however, quite lost count of the number of dias socks

etc. It is reported that Mr. Fair banke buys all his clothes in this; country and has done so for years.

Mr. Fairbanks says he has been vastly improved with the spirit of the English people in the mid of „depression—"quilla a contrast to the folks back home, who go round tugging our beads I don't think it'a false optimisin. he said, "but determination to fight through," which is very fine."

* The thiri' from Maxim"." A particularly strong cast is be- ing pesembled for this super Lon- don Film Production now in pre paran under the direction of Al- exander Kords, at will, in- cinde sito Houson, STANCE PR Georga. Grossmith, Lady live and Evan Thomas. The film is being made in French and English at the Pathe Nathan Studios, Paris and deals with the lighter aide of Paris. sian life in the Gay Nineties when Maxim's "wis' the height of ita fame and the caudan and magonis of champagne, were the order of the tight. The film, which will

contain- many of the most popular Leonga" of "the", period, will be made Fin association with Gaumont Bri

tish Picture Corporation, which "will 'also "coaceto Hself with the distribution.

Speak Easily "'" is, the nearest

*4* Nər. Gaungat British Star. thing to be exact character por troyal he has ever attempted. ***Comprth- British amounce the of Sonic leon Mayer farce now showing at the Star. His recent saccesses both in

Throughout the Metro-Goldwyn. signing up

Contract as a Gaumont British Queen's Theatre, his part demands an absolutely set and indifferentEver After have brought him bes Tell Me To-gight" and "Happy. reaction to any occurrence us mit fore the public and the future is ter how startling Heer Catin to establish how longside changes his expression or "mone of; voice, which gives Kenton inuer Jack Hulbert and Gordon Harker able opportunities for his-hilarious

as amongst the most popular screen netors" of "to-day, brand of comedy.

He is supported by Jimmy In La Tosúa, a great deal de- "Schnozzle" Durante, in the role pends on the heroine, and Mlle. of Д small-time piano player Aloretti, who sang the part Jas

Others in the cast-are Huth Belwyn, night, excelled herself, acting and | Thelma Todd, Hedds Hopper and singing in a way that far surpass Henry Armetta. Edward Sedg voice took on a new warmth and ed her previous efforts here. Her

wick directed. brilliance, and her performance was full of interest and vitality, especially in the thrilling climaxes. of Act 2 and 3.

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Silly Symphonies in Colour. The Walt Disney Symphonies are pot to be tried out in colours. The process to be used is Technicolor always the most satisfactory of the colour systems. Each individual drawing of the cartoon series is The most incongruous sight hand-painted, and Disney has Hollywood the other day was Con managed to include in his palat rad Nagel wearing a beautiful pinka number of colours, particularly ilk dressing gown over A behalf-shades and pastel" shados, The Mario, M. Rayo, sang magni- draggled linen suit in which he had. not usually found in colour-film ficently, and fully deserved the just been dragged out of a

mud-

photography. The figures of fisn applause which led to an encoro swarop for a film scene.

Elucean le stelle," which he sang

Land abels, trees, and golden daisies, with warmth and passion and a

***** *birds and Water creatures, move, în weleeme freedom

"all their airy-tale splendour emphasis.

against a background of pale co four-wish. Even the letters on the title sheet Disney's signature tune "tand out from a surfgen of a warm parchment tone. In the a great handicap in much a colour-e-Silly Symphonie, Disney: Its ful score, but the playing was whipped up movement to an almost

from over, as the Sacristan,

Ha

"As anual, the costumes are M. Scamuzzi has a manly voice, superb, though surely some of the the big moments, and has very but keeps nothing in reserve foratage properties could be bettered. little idea of legato singing.

The smallanes of the orchestra is Scarpin was, therefore not equal to attempts to make the part look sinister were not very convincing.

Meation should be made of M.

(Contigives 'on meat Calumi.,

while collaborateur, had completed school, Miss Knapp secured a part the other two pincipals, and his creditable under the rather "itif incredible pa without ever break

When they started The Unholy play and sigued her for a series of Garden," Hecht and MacArthur had just supervised the adaptation twenty-four short pictures.

of their celebrated stage play. During the next two years she "The Front Page," the Hnghe played in sixteen, feature produc picture which still is hanging options, including "The Millionaire,!! tremendous box-office records "the . Nanking, Dec. 28-It is under- world over. Certainly, it is one with George Arliss, High Pres stood that the National Govern- of the greatest talking picture yet sure" "Fireman Save My Child," Successful Calamity" and "New ment proposes to expedite the plans made.

for the creation of a new province Completion of "The Unholy York Town." She now plays an in Sikang, between Szechuan and Garden," though ended the colla, important part in "Madame Tibet. This locality has for some boration of Hecht and MacArthur Racketeer," which is the King's time been earmarked as a special For, while the former signed up Theatre's fear beginning next aren to be turned into a province, with Samuel Goldwyn, the latter

Thursday. and the present proposal to hasten went under exclusive contract to the realization of such a plan is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Under that expected to help towards the settle contract, Hecht polished off the MacArthur authored "Way for a ment of the Brechuen disputo. Gen- dialogue of "two more Howard Sailor," "Paid" and the stage eral Liu Wen Hui is to be appoint Hughes pictures," Scarface" and "Luiu Bello."-

ed Chairman of the new province"Queer People," the latter an As for the Hecht novela, one re- to which 7 districta in western Szo adaptation of the sensational story calls " A Jew in Love," "Gargoy chuen are to be added, it is learn of Hollywood by Carroll and Gar-les,"

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"Coun "Eric "Dorn," rett Graham.

"Don Juan, The Floren- The latest appeal to the Szechuen In addition to the joint author- ting Dagger."The Kingdom of erring lenders ia said to have been ship with MacArthur of The Evil" "Humpty Dumpty" and seat by General Top Ting Kai, Front Page" andThe Unholy "Broken Nocks." There are others; commander-in-chief of the 19th Garden, Hecht wrote for the so many, in fact, that one would Route Army in Fukien, who asks screen. "Underworld," "The Unholy think that, what with novels, playa for the sinking of all internal dif- Garden," "Road House Nights" and screen vehican Hecht could ference for a united stand to resist and The Great Gabbo," while keep an assistant busy just drinks foreign aggression.-Gunton Sun, Continued as foot of next Columns ing up titles.

Siravo's excellent character sketch

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