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FOR KARLOFF. NEW DIRECTOR

THRILLER

Katherine De Mille

Katherine De Mille, adopted daughter of the famous motion picture producer and director, has been signed by Columbia Pictures for an important role in "Black Room Mystery," the Boris Karloff starring vehicle, now in production under the direction of Roy William Neill, Marjan Marsh has the leading feminine role, Robert Allen and John Buckler have already been signed for this feature.

Although, adopted by Cecil De Mille when she was nine years of age, Miss De Mille's screen career is not the result of her adoption. She started as an extra and haş worked her way up. Not until she had made good, earning a number of roles of increasing importance. Ald her adopted

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father offer her apart "Cleopatra." She astounded the whole Motion Picture Indus- try by refusing the assignment..

After her performance in "Viva Villa," "Belle of the Nineties" "All the King's Horses" and "Call of the Wild," De Mille offered her the second lead in "The Crusades." But he had to convince her that kinship played no part in the transaction before she accepted, "Black Room Mystery is her first picture for Columbia.

JUDITH ALLEN IS MRS.

JACK DOYLE

Jack Doyle, the Irish heavy- weight has been secretly married to Miss Judith Allen, the alm staz, at Agua Callente, Mexico, it Is learned.

They announced their engage- ment in Hollywood yesterday,

It was understood then that

onld be married in June

For Miss Colbert

Gregory LaCava, one of the most popular of the screen's ve- teran directors, responsible for such recent successful productions as "Affairs of Cellini" and "What Every Woman Knows," has been engaged to direct Claudette Col- bert in her next Columbia star- ring vehicle titled "She Married Her Boss." The story is from the pen d. Thyra Bamter Winslow." Sidney Buchman is..now working. on the screen treatment.

This will be Miss Colbert's sec- ond picture for the company. The first was the sensational- success "It Happened One Night,” in which she was co-starred, with Clark Gable. It was with this pro- duction that Columbia virtually made a clean sweep of the 1834 Academy Awards, and Miss. Col bert took the first prize for the best performance by an actress during the year...

PREVIOUS SUCCESSES. LaCava, former newspaper car- toonist and pioneer in the field of animated cartoons, started his picture career as a writer in 1822, but he soon graduated to the me gaphone. The success be attained as a director in the silent days has been greatly enhanced since. pictures became articulate. Mr. LaCava has directed for all the large producing companies, since making Womanhandled, his frat full-length feature. "Let's Get Married," "Say It Again" "Run- ning Wild,"The Gay Defender" "Half a Bride" and "Baturday's Children" are a few of his early. pictures. More recently he brought to the screen "Gabriel Over The White House," "Bed of Roses" and "Gallant Lady."

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George Raft, shortly. to go / On holiday is to play the leading role in "Dance Director, original story, on his return, Raft whose latest pictures been "Limehous

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LOY REUNITED

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NEWS FROM MOVIE-LAND

Riviera bound Grace Moore left New York last week, taking with her for her vacation abroad, a goodly share of "the production clothes she

in "Love Me Forever, her second Columbia musical just completed. Promin- ent among the Halloch Creations selected by Miss Moore is a hot tess gown-grosy, rose and silver tissue worn over white, and silver. lama underdress Softly draped into the high waistline, the gown shows several floating panels which are amung to wind, East- and ern manner, around head shoulders.

Other originals the singer took a fancy to are a cocktai suit in black velvet, facket with Haring peplum, deep collar and huge matching muff of silver fox (eight skins worth)-a black vel- vet luncheon dress with scalloped hemline, short-in-front-long-in- back peplum, collar and cuffs of dead white Venetian lace and rust wool coat dress trimmed with "natural lynx.

Súver for and lynx are only two of the furs the star wears in "Love Me Forever. In addition, there's white gairac for a ski jacket, grey krimmer for a street cape, leopard akin for brier case bag and trim on a bottle green velvet sult, erin- ine for a tiny mur, chinchila for an evening wrap and black broadtall for a coat.

Miss Moore takes along several other originals Kallock did for her personal wardrobe. These includ- ed a number of gay, prints with full., backed wool swagger coats matching background colour of the print a beach frock at hand- blocked linen in yellow, orange, black and white, and a, formal dinner dress of navy souffle with cascading rules on skirt, ribbon straps and elbow length match- ing cape, all over ruffled...

Four, and one-half pounds of raw meat is an item which ap- pears in the daily production cost- sheet of "The Black Room My- stery." The meat is provender for the huge Great Dane, Thor. which provides much of the me- nage in Karint's spine-chilling drama Thor weighs 140 pounds and has a lusty appetite.

Claudette Colbert is putting the Onishing touches on her new Beverly Hills home, and in be tween times visiting Columbia Studios" for conferences on her new picture18be Maried; Eer Boss, Claudette, winner or the Academy Award for the best screen performance by an actress last year in Capra's "It Happen- ed One Night," is keeping her fin- gers crossed. She believes Golem bla to be her lucky studio-and who knows but that Miss Colbert may be the first screen player ever to win the award twice? Gregory La Cava will direct "She Married. Her Boss."

Ann Southern planed back from her vacation in New York in navy unen sit with plak as her acces- sory colour even down to the. camelia she wore on her lapel.

Robert Allen's new home at Las Tunas beach isn't seeing much of him these days. No sooner had he Anished his role in Grace Moore's "Love Me Forever" that Bob was cast in Karlon's "The Black Room Mystery." He's see- ing little of California's vaunted. kunshine except on Sundays

Walt Disney has officially be- come a contributor to the proper development of royalty. The King of Stam, ten years old and now going to school at Lausanne, Swit- zerland, has received and accept ed a number of Mickey Mouse picture books sent him by Disney. Form the "Attache's Once, of HM The King of Slam" comes the following acknowledgment:

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"His Majesty the King, my go- vereign, has instructed me to ac- knowledge receipt of your letter by March 30, 1935, and of the books which you have so Endly sent to him. His Majesty has ap- preciated them very much and expresses his thanks.

"As you have correctly felt-His Majesty is interested in anything connected with Mickey Mouse, and His Majesty has read both books with great delight.".

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ELSTREE'S BIG SIX

New Productions

The BIP. Atudios at Elstree and Welwyn tire working a top tires- sure. No fewer than six produc- tions are at present in full swing. Otta Afrins, 200 Throws Than gariad Olpey soprano, aiready feeling quite at home i Elstree, where she is working r Marcel Varnel's production of "The Du- barry."

"Rushes" on the film indicate that Owen Nates is giving an ex- cellent rendering of the part of the King, and that it will probab- ly be his best flim part, while Arthur Märgetson also promises to surpass himself,

Miss Alpar's, singing has brought a new note of belllancy to films. Never before has such a beauti- ful female voice been heard on a' sound track, Studio executives. confidently predict that her sing- ing will cause a sensation when the flim is shown.

The cast also. Includes Hugh Miller, Gibb McLaughlin, Mar garet Bannerman Iris Manley and Bay Petrie Claude Friest- Greene la at the camera.

NEARING COMPLETION Lilian Harvey has nearly finish. ed her first British tackle, "invita- tion to the Waltz

A feature of this production is Weber's music which is skilfully brought into the picture. The til cast is Lillan Harvey, Carl Esmond, Harold Warrender, Rich ard Bird, Esme Percy, Paul Graetz,.: Alexander. Field, Wendy Toys, Hay Petrie, Charles Carson and Anton Dolin

Ronald Neame, who was respon- | sible for photography on "Drake of England, is caméra man on "Invitation to the Waltz

ONE FOR HALL Included in the production schedule is a picture in which Henry Hall makes his screen,de- but. The popular leader of the has B.B.C. Dance Orchestra brought this band, .complete with croonera, to Elstree, where he has begun work on "Music Hath Charms." The Ahn promises to be both tuneful, and amusing and sets a new standard in screen fantasy,

TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMIE

Broadcast by Z.B.W.

on 355 Metres

12.30 to 2.15 p.m. topean- pro-

gramme.

12.30 pm--Recorded music i Dm-Local time and weather

1.15 pm-Hong Kong Hotel Or

chestra..

1.30 p.m. Reuter Press Bulletins.

Rugby Press news, etc de 2.15 Dim-Close down.

4 to 7 pm-Chinese programme. 7 to 11 pm-European, programme

pm.Excerpts from "Patience (Gülbert & Sulli-" van) sung by the D'Ovly Carte Opera Company.

1.22 to 7.35 p.m.--

Marek Weber and his Orchestra as

From Meyerbeer's Treasure House (Urbach);"

2. You shall be the king of my

heart (Stols).

3. Entry of the Spring Flowers

(Kocfeft),

7.35 to 7.55 pm-

From the Studio "Tennis at Wimbledon "

Denis H, Hazell

7.55 to 8 pm Songs of Wales

played by the Regimental Band of HLM. Grenadier Guards.

8 p.m-Local time and weather

report.

803 to 8.15 pm-

From the Studio "Horse-riding without Pears'

Cavaller. De

8.15 to 8.30 p.m.-

Lesße Hutchinson at the Plano

1. Hutch Medley,

2. I only have eyes for you. 3. June in January. 8.30 to 9 p.m.

Variety

Piano Solos-Ridin' around in

the Rain Just by your example. Raje da

Costa

Bang There's no more you can. say-Turner Layton (Tenor). Organ Bolos-Medley of Old

Bongs,

Wedding to the Painted Doll-

redle; fames. Song You and the night and

the Mude-Gracle Fields. Instrumental-Nola; Polly. Kitten on the Keys; Russian

Rag. Vocal--Ida Sweet as apple cider.

The Mills Brothers,

9 to 9.15 p.m.

A Violin Recital by Fritz Kreisler

1. Thais Meditation (Massenet) 2. Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3

Kreisler).

It is based on an original story by L du Garde Peache, and shows. the effect of Henry Hall's music on people all over the world. *

The famous band leader will in- troduce many new numbers, and is bringing to the screen for the first time Hildegarde, the famous "Continental singer, who seeme 3.15 to 9.30 pm.

likely to create a furore in films.

3. Polichinelle Berenade (Kreis-

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... 4. Dance of the Marionette

(winternite).

3 Poet

Paul Stein has just completed. a further week's work on "My Heart's Delight, Richard Tan- ber's second film for BLP

Band Music

Peasant

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erture

(Suppe).... The Mill in the Black Forest

(Ellenberg).

March of the Mountain Gnomes

CEllenberg).

9.30 to 10 pm

Tauber, as "Bteldier," an Aus- rian singer who enjoys great po- pularity locally, holds everyone enthralled by his marvellous ren-A dering of "Vienna, City of my Dreams," and a number of beauti- ful German folk songs The film promises to enhance Tauber's al- ready great screen popularity,

It is in the "Heuringer" that a rich English girl, played by Lea- nora Corbett, first meets "Steld- ler." She is in search of a tenor to sing in the new opera.composed by Carl Harbord, who plays her friend, and immediately she hears "Steidler" she realises that her quest is over Steidler is not anxious to leave the biergarten and his little sweetheart, but she over rides his objections and be is finally persuaded to go to Lon- don

WELL ON AT WELWYN, Production is well advanced on

From the Studio Variety Concert by Jeanne Gregory-Soprano, Doreen MaPianoforte. Rex I Pedley-Baritone

PROGRAMME Song-Here is my heart.—Rex Pedley.

2. Piano Solo-Doreen Ma 3. Bong--Fil⠀ see you again.**

··· Jeanne Gregory (by request). 4 Song-Down by the River

Rex. Pedley

6. Plano Bolo-Doreen Ma. 6. Song With every breath I

take Jeanne Gregory.

7. Bong Memories of you.-Rex

Fedley,

8. Plano Solo Doreen Me.

9. Song-Lovely to look at.-i.

Jeanne Gregory (by request).

10 pm-Reuter Press Bulleting 10.05 to 10.15 p.m- 4 Thousand

and one nights" (J. Strauss). 10.15 to 11 p.m.-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

A Relay from Daventry

"Honours Easy, the atth produc- 11 pm-Close down,

9.15

tion en présent schedule which is what being directed by Herbert Bre- non at the Welwyn Studios,

"Honours Easy" is a strong marital drama with a background of conflicting love and revenge.

The full cast Greta Nissen Patric Knowles, Ivan Samson, Margaret Lockwood, George Ora ves, WH Berry, Dorothy Bou- chler Edward Ashley and Jimmy Godden

BERLIN PROGRAMME

pim--Short Musical Pro- gramme.

9.30 p.m. The German School * Union, the Germ-tell of the

VDA"

9,45 pin-News in English on DJQ

and in Dutch on DJB, 10 p.m.

Proud Eagle!"

by Friedrich WI