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CINEMA TRADE NOTICES

GEORGE WHITE'S 1935 SCANDALS

Alice Faye

umong the 200 -spectacular beauties, the pick of "George the land, that bestar

the me- White's 1935 Scandals," lody-filled hilarious acreen revue which comes to the King's Thea- tre on Saturday.

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The presence of Miss Alice Faye in this Fox Flim sequence of the Scandals" that burst into popu- convincing is larity. last year,

otters Hollywood *proof that haven to beauty and talent.

George White, with his enviable reputation. AS a star developer. personally selected these 200 love- ly girls, from several thousand ap- plicants. He is a practiced hand at taking unknown materia; and coaching it into stellar promin ence. This he did for Allee Fayo, 10 unheralded who had come Hollywood to do a small routine

SECRET BIRDS

Although Barbara Stanwyck and Warren William have both been working at the Warner Bros.. studios for two years they bad never met until the two stood up together to be married in a scene for the "Secret Bride" which comes to the Queen's Theatre at an early date. They were cast to- gether for the first time in the

picture. some

The

Arst very scene in which they worked shows them being gecretly married. Director William Dieterle, unaware that they had never formally met. instructed them

to take places before the Justice of Peace to go through the ceremony. "You might introduce me to the man I am going

suggestee to marry."

"After all one Miss Stanwyck, should know her husband."

their

"What You two have been work-

in the first Scandals, and remaining here all this time and "have ed to be. its leading lady. Now, she is one of the ten stars in the 1935 Scandals.

to de The 1935 Scandals, sald- more colourful" than the first edi- tion, has a stellar cast composed of such stage and screen celebri- Dunn. tles as Alice Faye. James

CHA Ned Sparks, Lyda Roberti.

Judge, Edwards, Arline

Eleanor. Powell, Bennt Rubin, Emma Dunn and George White.

The entire musican extravagan- za was conceived, produced, and directed by George White.

specially

Among the hit tunes. composed for the new "Scandals"

to the

never met?" exclaimed Dieterle. "Well, Miss Stanwyck let me pre sent your future husband. Mr. William. Mr. Warren William this is Miss Stanwyck, your bride. You may not know her, but there are quite a few people in country here who do.' shook hands. grinned and stepped before the camera for the marriage ceremony.

the The two then

GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935

The

Moon-

longest shooting scenes" are: "According

a single light." "Hunkadola." "Oh. I Didn't schedule ever allowed Know

(You'd Get That Way),"picture on the First National lot, "It's An Old Southern Custom," was arranged for "Gold Diggers of 1935" having its final run at the "T Got Shoes, You Got Shoestes,"

to-day. The Queen's Theatre Too Late." "I Was Born

They

newest of First National musical created by Jack were

Yellen. Meyer, spectacles started working before Joseph

the cameras late in September until and

not completed Was almost February, a production schedule of four "fuil months. of 1935" differs "Gold Diggers

First preceding from all the

Herb Magidson.

and Cliff Friend..

STAR OF MIDNIGHT

Love and mystery form "an intriguing combination in "Star of National musicals in that Busby Midnight." RKO-Radio's romantic Berkeley, who created and staged drama, starring. William Powell! the numbers for the others, direct-

both story ed

and spectacle and Ginger Rogers, showing to-

There are three big sequences, day at the King's Theatre.

and

-musical several numbers different Teiling & strikingly

moments between Dick Powell and type of love story, in which the

Gloria Stuart who share the lead- delectable Miss Rogers, fresh from ing roles. Others in the cast in- triumphs in the musical "Roberta,"

Alice clude

Menjou. Adolphe is the pursuer, and Powell the

Glenda. Farrell,.. Brady,

Frank ostensibly wary quarry, the pic- ture deals with a baffling mystery McHugh, Hugh Herbert, Joseph Cawthorn. Ramon and Rosita, the dancers and

of 300 chorus a beautiful grils.

In modern New York's pageant and glitter.

A beautiful woman' disappears, a is killed newspaper columnist

under strange circumstances, and "three different factions undertake the solution of the case each with

a separate motive.

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SINCLAIR LEWIS'S VISIT

Powel and Miss Rogers team as B "Sherlock and Watson" com-

(Spocla) Air Mail Servic bination in running down clues to

London, Sept 10. the mystery. The two stars, long

Mr. Sinclair Lewis arrives in this established among the screen's foremost favourites. "appear to country from America on Monday. gether for the first time. Al- He is accompanied by his wife, though they have worked at the who, under her malden name of same studios many times and Dorothy Thompson, has made a often have acted on adjoining name for herself by her fearless

and slages, Powell

Miss Rogers articles on Nazi-ism. cast together until

"Red Lewis, as his friends call micro- RKO-Radio opened the phones for this intriguing mystery him, has a new novel in his bag.

were never

drama.

"Star of Midnight" is based on the serial of the same title by the late Arthur Somers Roche. It ran recently in the Red Book maga zine. Howard J. Green. Anthony Veller and Edward Kaufman are the scenarists.

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It is called "It Can's Happen in America" and will be published here next month.

The theme is the possibility of

a Fascist dictatorship in the Unit- ed States. In spite of the title Mr. Lewis fixes the date of its advent in 1936.

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DIGGERS OF 1935

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ABDUL HAMID THE TERRIBLE

All Star Cast In B.I.P. Film

BI.P.

Showing to-day at the Alham-opportunity of which he takes full advantage, giving one of the bra Theatre, Abdul the Damned" which is one of the greatest and most brilliant screen performan- a day. ces witnessed for many most lavish Aims which

Nils Asther also gives what 19 has ever made. tells the story of

dalmed to be his most brilliant Abdul Hamid 11 Sultan o Turkey,

performance ever in the role of the last of the Eastern tyrants

Kadar Pasha, the Chief of Police who was eventually" deposed for

uf Constantinople-conspirator, extreme cruelty to h's subjects

schemet and murderer, vicious and, One of the most cunning men who ever yed, he exited or executed en had men the slightest pretext, until the Young Turks rebelled, rose up in arms. and finally Abdu himself was banished. It is this part of his life which the B.I.P. film de-

lets. It

reveals the clock mystery which surrounds much the intrigue which was rite around the court of Abdul and

the shows

various happenings which led up to the rebellion of the Young Turks,

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Fritz Kortner plays the role of Abdul Hamid, a part which gives this great actor the opportunity. to display his forceful acting, an

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The New Lawrence

It looks as, though Lesile Ho- ward will not, after all, be able to portray Lawrence of Arábla in the screen. The personality and mentality of the late Colonel Lawrence tascinated Howard, It is well known that he hoped to be able to star in Alexander

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All The King's Horses"

ORIENTAL:-

Korda's film biography of Law LESLIE HOWARD

rence picture, it now seems un- likely that Howard will be able to achieve his ambition, Korda has found a new Lawrence in Walter Hudd, a Londos actor with lots of stage but no screen experience.

Hudd has two advantages over Howard. The first is that he is unknown to film audiences. That should make it much easier for Adrienne Ames, one of Holly-

him to play Lawrence with the wood's lovellest and best-dressed

the complete conviction which Austrian Therese an stars is

the the autobiographical nature of singer, whist dancer and

fim demands. He has no ready- magnificent cast.

made screen personality which must be "sunk" in the part. Sec- ondly, he bears a remarkable re- semblance to the man he is to portray.

also includes such well known names as John Charles Stuart, Esme Percy.

Annie Alfred Woods, Carson. Esmona Clifford Heatherly, H Saxon Snell, Patric Knowles Fre- derick Licdy. Walter Rilla and Rubert Naylor. Otto Kanturek of the brilliant "Blossom Time" was responsible for the photography of the film and Karl Grune one of the Con- tinents recognized ace directors was chosen for the direction.

cameraman

Nina Mae MacKinney and Paul Robeson in "Sanders of the River,”

an Alexander Korda Production, released through United Artiste

Saying "No" To..

Shearer

For the second time in his car- eer, Rabert Donat "has declined to play opposite Norma Shearer in a picture, Three years ago, 23 an unknown young actor, he had the temerity to turn down an offer for which others in his post tion would have given their ears. It would have made him shear- er's eading man in the famous "Smilin' - Through,'

To-day a big star himself. he Das refused to play Romeo ato Norma's Juliet in the forthcom ing "Romeo and Juliet." M.G.M. had asked him two or three times. He gave his answer the other day, a definite and uncom- "promising "No."

Why this obstinacy? It is, of course, just a coincidenes that both the rejected offers were for Norma Shearer pictures. "I ad- mire Miss Shearer tremendously": Donat says, "I hope no one will regard my refusal to play with her in the wrong light."

The truth is that Robert Donat insists upon being the master of his own screen destiny. Early

in his career, he made up his mind never to accept a part or "play in a picture which did not appeal to him, or which could nct be Atted into his own scheme of things.

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When the "Smilin' Through" offer came alonz, he was just beginning to make a name for himself on the stage. In many. ways the offer was tempting. It presented magnificent chances of wealth and fame. Yet Donat turned it down, because he did' not feel ready for it. He prefer- red to go on with his stage work. and take the risk of never getting another such opportunity. That he was right was proved by his subsequent Hollywood succ283,

Fame, however, has merely in creased His determinition, in ac cepting Am engagements, to put his career first and all other cou- siderations second. He has his

own views of what he should not do, and he la sticking to them. In the recent lawsuit unsuccess- fully brought against him by Warner Brothers for non full- ment of an alleged contract, a representative of Warners des- cribed him as "a stubborn young

also zzy."

We wish there were a few more. “stubborn young guys like Robert

He has, in effect, already ap- peared as Lawrence. Slr Barry Jackson noticed the likeness be- tween the two men when he was searching for an actor to play Private Meek was openly admit ted to be a portrait of Lawrence (who was a great friend of Shaw) and Hudd consequently got the role.

Lawrence came to see the play, remarked on the striking resemblance, and made a few constructive criticisms of the per- formance. Thus the actor actual- ly met the man he is to portray.

Hudd is thirty-five, and during tre

war, though under age. he served in the RFA, as a gunner, wps later commissioned, event- ually Invalided out two days be- fore the Armistice.

Looking round for a job, he answered an advertisement in-R theatrical paper and made his first stage appearance in a road- show of "The Man in the Iron Mask" in 1919. Repertory, a sea- son with Fred Terry in such old favourites as "The Scarlet Pima- perne" and "Sweet Nell of Old Drury" and a tour round the world followed. During this period be played Dickle, the Ju- venile lend in "Tilly or Blooms- bury" and has been known to his friends as "Dickie" Hudd ever since.

Korda tested him for the Law- renice part while he was acting in "Youth at the Heim" recently. It is said that, in Arab dress, ne looks more like Lawrence than ever, He has written several plays and is a skilled horseman which will make it easier for him when the film unit goes out on location in Arabia."

Whether the whole of Law- rence's life story will be covered, or only the period contained in "Revolt in the Desert" is not yet certain. It depends on how the script shapes in the hands of John Monk Saunders and Belg- fried Sassoon, the war poet and author who has been co-opted on the writing end.

Zoltan Korda will direct, with Colonel W. F. Stirling. Lawren- ce's one-time chief of staff as technical adviser.

If they Donat among the stars. were as capable of managing their own affairs as he apparent.. ly is, there would be less danger of the flagrant miscasting which has damaged so many, promising screen careers. :-*

Warning Fun Ahead

A new crane is said to be able to raise 100 tons without danger of the load slipping. This is known as a safety-raiser.

To Stay Away From Hollywood

Southampton.

Leslle Howard, the stage star has returned from Hollywood with two big determinations-to keep away from Hollywood as much the to desert as possible and New York stage.

"For many years," he said, "I have been trying to live in three places. !

"Films and, the stage in Lon- don, the stage in New York, and films in Hollywood.

think the "Now I

time has come to stop. I cannot see why any British star should go to Hollywood to make a film when he can do them just as well and for good money in this country. "MY LIFELONG AMBITION",

In the winter I propose make my farewell appearance in New York with my own produc- tion of Hamlet.

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"It has been my lifelong ambi- tion to do that play.

"As far as faims are concerned. I have a contract with Warner' Brothers, of Hollywood, which rather interferes with my make- ing films in this country, but I have persuaded them to let me make

each one of their films year in this country.

"I want, if I can, to be alowed to form my own production unit for these pictures. I should, "as a matter of fact, prefer to be a director.

"The atrector gets all the fun the In the film business, and actor really has little freedom of expression.

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"I have nothing agatest Holly- wood except that it is a great machine. The whole thing is so and tre terribly mechanical, actor cannot begin to argue, with the people there,

for "I have to make a m Warner's in Hollywood based on the play "The Petrifeld Forest, which I have played in New York. They paid more than £20,000 for the pim rigata.

"As to my English 1m plans at the I cannot say anything moment.

I am really bere just for a holiday, so it is my ambi- tion now to settle down in this country.

"I think we should do all we can to persuade the English stars In Hollywood to come back.

"What a fine. British film in- dustry we could form then!

"I have always had so much more sympathetic treatment in the English pictures that I have made."

GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGES

London, Sept. 30, The Becretary of State for Sco land, Bir Godfrey Collins, an- nounced in Edinburgh to-day his intention to set up a committes to Inquire into the marriage laws of Scotland, and the changes, if any, which are desirable, with particu lar reference to marriages at Gretna Green

-British Wireless.

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NEW CONTRACT

For Jan Kiepura

Hollywood has

time

taken "a

long to come to the point of making a picture with Jan Kie- pura. who received a Paramount memor- contract following his able success in "Tell Me To- night,”

Now that they have got around

however, they're dong the thing in style. According to a New York report. he is to re- ceive something like £22,000 for twelve week's work on his frat Hollywood film (that's about £1.- 800 a week). If this picture goes well. he'll get £28.000 for next.

These are said to be the lar-

ever offered gest amounts "imported" player for his Holly- wood debut. The explantion les in the continued popularity of Klepura's British and Continen- tal films in America. The box- office takings of Tel, Me To- night" still make American cinema-men droll at the mouth. And one of its successors. not Heart "My

is Balling"

A particularly strong picture is listed as one of the "hox-cffice the past AtX champions" of months in a U.S. cinema check- ap conducted by a film-trade periodical.

MONARCHY IN GREECE

Athens, Sept. 30. The air is thick with rumours which have arisen as the result of the announcement that the Na- tional Assembly is to meet on October 10, the fear being that the Royalist deputies intend to move a restoration of the monarchy with-" out a plebiscite owing to the tense home and international situation: Transocean" Kuo Min

ALHAMBRA

THE NUBE SHOWING TO-DAY it 1.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

FRITZ

KORTNER

NILS ASTHER" ADRIENNE AMES

·JOHN STUART

Directed by KARL GRUNE Kerina Shute Sunday Referee

FRITZ KORTNER MAKES IT. A MASTERPIECE AN ARTISTIC LUXURY

BDUL the DAMNED

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