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FILMLAND NEWS

Wanted, a Screen Oliver Cromwell.

DIFFICULT PROBLEM

Who shall be the screen Oliver Cromwell?

The question is agitating Mr. Jullus Hagen, who, as head of the Twickenham Studios, has £200,000 worth of contracts to fulfil during the coming year, including en ambitious picture with Oliver Cromwell as the central figure,

If Charles Laughton were 'avall- able there would probably be no further search; but Mr. Laughton In associated with a`rival company and his activities are more or less pledged for months to come.

There Is George Arlisa, of course, now in America to play Cardinal Richelieu for Twentieth Century Filma. The question is arining, however, says the News- Chronicle, whether it is wise to have the famillar Arliss features in too many historical disguises.

Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Leslie Banks, Edward Chapman-these are some of the names discussed for the part. Mr. Chapman is less well known to cinema-goera than the others mentioned, but he is 'n clever and a versatile actor.

And there is character of King Charles in the Cromwell story. Mr. Hagen Himself fancies of John Gielgud if the success his stage Hamlet would allow him!

Mr. Gielgud has not the time. played a costume part for flims.

BLOOD WILL TELL

the

The stars, after all, neem come by it naturally.

to

Are actors, like poets, born, made? A recent survey seems

not

to

bear it out,

According to the floures of a large group of stara. 58 per cent.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1935. buv

WAIST BANDS

Stiff Stitched Belt On Day Dresses

NEW FASHIONS

"The Waist-band Fashion". "Day dresses have a stiff, stitched band which resembles the sturdy waist-band of thirty years ago." Checked crepe ta used for this frock, and the black line in it is repeated in the wide waist-band..>

CLEANING CLOCKS

LOCKS can be cleaned at home by placing a piece of cotton

Beauty Does Not Count

ART IN CHINA'S ARMY?

OFFICER SAYS NOT

Peking.

Military drill In Chinese colleges is no more popular than in many foreign universities. The Japa nese invasions of Manchuria and Shanghal have, howover, had the effect of making it compulsory in most schools, despite the tradition- al Chinese contempt for the sol- dier's profession. The boys fall to take it very seriously, though, as an array inspeeter of cadet corps learned to his discomfort the other day.

The cadets of a local university had been lined up for monthly in- apection and the army man pro- cceded to put them through their | paces.

"Tenshun!" Heels clicked and all looked well.

"Right dress!" Elbows jerked up and chins whipped around. But unfortunately the officer deeld. ed to check the line and going to one end squinted along. It looked business cycle. like the graph of

"What kind of a line do you call this? Don't you know that the object of 'right dress' is to make a straight line.

and much more, less easily translatable.

When he had finished a youth in the rear rank spoke up in the mildest of voices:

wool soaked with kerosene at the bottom of the clock, Inside, and leaving it there for a few days. "But sir, we have just bein The fumes of the kerosene will learning that a curved line is the loosen the dirt and dust in the true line of beauty!" clock so that it will fall down on to the cotton-wool,

Speechless, the would-be mar

tinet stalked away, and handed in his resignation next day-United Presa.

TOWNSHIP OF MISFORTUNE

of their fathers were actora or menta with 42 players, each fitted connected with the theatrical profor the particular role he is play-| fession. To bear out the idea of ing. an artistle or semi-artistic back-

"When it comes to our next ple- ground farther, 18 per cent. of ture, Clive of India, we have an their fathers were newspaper or entirely different set of characters. magazine writers, and another The problem here is even greater, per cent.

were artists. The because the production calls for maining 18 per cent. Included 01 players to appear with Ronald MANY ILL WITH business men, artisana.. and

Colman. In order that the cast several unique vocations. Al Jols will hot be a repetition of those FOOD POISONING son, for instance, gives the voca the public has been seeing in other tion of his father as a cantor, or stories with an English back'

Maltby, the mining township near religious chanter.

ground, we are importing several Rotherham, Yorkshire, which three British types from England.

years ago was for several monthæ

It may be true that the screen has drawn Its talent from all

"Although this is a more ex-harassed by an outbreak of spotted walks of life, but it appears that those who reach the top rungs are pensive manner of producing pic-fever, spent Christmastide in the

of an epidemic of largely grounded in theatrical tures, we believe that the audien- throes

ces are entitled to see new casta polsoning.

Of the 50 people-men, women. and new combinations of players

tradition.

RINGING THE CHANGES

food

In each picture, and also that our and children-affected, 18 were still productions will be more accurate in Alma Road Hospital, Rotherham, ahortly before Christmas, while the others wero under treatment at their homes.

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None of the patients was in danger.

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NEW SONG AND DANCE ALBUMS 4th BIG BROADCAST.

Intro With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming, Cocktails for Two, May 17, Ebony Rhapsody, Love Thy Neighbour, etc., etc. WALT DISNEY prosents A MICKEY MOUSE. "SILLY SYMPHONY":

SONG SELECTION

1. SEE THE FUNNY LITTLE BUNNIES

(from Funny Little Bunnies').

2. TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

(from 'The Night Before Christmas").

3. THE WORLD OWES ME.A LIVING

(from "The Grasshopper and The Ants') (Victor Record No. 24615),

4. YOU'RE NOTHIN' BUT A NOTHING

(from 'The Flying Mouse').(Victor Record No. 24703) _

5. PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN

6.

7.

{from 'The Pied Piper').

THE PENGUIN IS A VERY FUNNY CREATURE.

(from Pecullar Penguins').

LULLABY LAND

(from 'Lullaby Land')

8. LULLABY

(from 'Lullaby Land"}

9. ROCK-A-BYE BABY

(from Lullaby Land")

10. THE WISE LITTLE HEN

Ifrom "The Wise Little Hen')

(Victor Record No. 24616),

The Album is extremely well printed on superior quality paper, and fully illustrated in colour.

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BRITISH CROSSWORDS

1 Soldier's decoration (two words).

9 Describes beer in cask.

10 Eat away, but no advice to the

hungry.

11 Part of the harness that, in the main, is absent from the horse. 12 Former ecclesiastic.

The accumulation by film studiosin cast-typen." of a string of contract playera, | otherwise-known-as-"stock-com- panies," has found a vigorous opponent in Darryl Zanuck, pro-

A group of Interesting short films ducer of Twentieth Century Pic has been featured in recent pro- Mr. R. Oddy, the sanitary inspec- tures, who has ordered that this grammes at Home.

tor to the local Urban Council, said practice be carefully avoided in

One with considerable topical into a reporter:-"Maltby le surely a the casting of his forthcoming torest is "The New Europe," a township of misfortune. In 1931

hnd n serious outbreak pictures,

French film with cine-diagrams and we According to Zanuck, the stock a commentary in English, showing spotted fever, in which no fewer company is one of the chief de-the events leading up to the out than 78 cases were reported, and in triments to the screen in that it break of war in 1914, the course 1923 27 men lost their lives in an tends to bring the same players of the war, and the new Europe explosion at Maltby Main Colliery." together in picture after picture, which arose as B result of it. Among the victims of the epi- 10 Bewildered, like the birds in with the result that the public Special emphasis is placed un the demic was one whole family of six, becomes tired of the repetition. altered boundaries, including the an unemployed miner, his wife, and In urging the abolition of this Saar area and the dismemberment four children, aged six, four, and custom, Zanuck stated: "Statie- of Hungary. It has been said of three, and a baby about a year old. tics show that when a company the film that it teaches more about In another case four members of a employs a large stock list of talcat, its subject in five minutes than family of eight were suffering, the individual players are shoved could be gained in an hour's read-Other cases, Included a mother and three members of her family, aged into parts which do not necessarily fug.

fit them, merely to absorb their Another of the short films is "Up. 22, 17, and 15, and a father and salaries, Audlences may enjoy stream," which describes the sal- three children, aged 13, nine, and secing the same faces together in mon fishing Industry of the east four years,

Dr. T. V. Grifth, medical officer the same altuations a few times, coast of Scotland. Produced by but by too much repetition they John Grierson and directed by Ar-at the Alma Road Hospital, Rother- become a drawback rather than an thur Elton, the film gives an illu-ham, where many of the sufferers asact, and tend to hurt all pic-minating impression of the salmon were detained, stated that one or tures in general. For that reason, trek made each year from the sea two were fairly , but were not in we will not have n stock of to the breeding grounds at the danger. supporting players or near-stars head of the rivers.

at Twentieth Century Pletures.. "How Talkies Talk" also shown

"In The Mighty Burnum, we was taken at the Gaumont-British and reproduced in the theatre, and have 12 speaking parts besides the studios at Shepherd's Bush. It is makes reference to the principles star, Wallace Beery, but we have an illuminating account of how of sound recording and reproduc made Individual casting arrange sound is photographed in the studio, tion.

SALESMAN SAM

DID YOU SUMMON ME? IF SO, WHY? AND, IF NOT, I'M GLAD OF IT!

IF YOU WILL RECALL, FOUND YOU ASLEEP ON TH JOB YESTERDAY!

CERT! IT MEANS

The Chief Can't String Sami

OH, YEAH? WELL, IN THIS CASE, WAS TIRED. IT MEANS YER OUT! GONNA BE

SUSPENDED!

HA HA!

HA

{WELL, WHAT'S

SO FUNNY ABOUT

THAT?

13 Stopa on the plant 15 No gay mixture this.

bed.

17 Startle (anag),

20 Lie and the place to do it, to

be truthful

22 It goes round in both directions 23 Not a bad score for the marks- man to make at the end of a mcal.

25 Wash most of the servant, nny-

way.

24 Just.

27 Unreliable.

28 Gives notice to all and sundry.

Down

2 American State.

3 A nine in a foolish posture. A 4 There's no necessity to ask pár- don for a girl who goes about her home, surely?

6 Loss adulterated (rev.).

4 Relations.

Tia work takes procedence of

and so it does (hyphan), a Breaking out again.

sense in this,

Sound

10 Ascend here in the wrong direc

tion.

13 A ribe that never ends poetic..

ally.

14 Sir, to you, as Sancho Panza might have said to Don Quixote. 18 The container gives greater

satisfaction if held in a more.OF. less horizontal position.

19 A word of apology.

20 Own.

21 Cheer up and make her nest. 24 Enter up.

25 Word they use in Rugby,

· Yesterday's Boletion.

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