TALKIES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 89, 17 November 1939, Page 2

TALKIES

MARK TWAIN NOVEL

THE OLD MISSISSIPPI

Some of Mark Twain's most lovable characters—"Tom Sawyer," "Huckleberry Finn," "Jeff Rutledge" "Aunt Sally," "Uncle Silas," "Sheriff Slocum" and a dozen others—live

again on the screen in the new Paramount comedv-drama, "Tom Sawyer, Detective." Based on the immortal Twain novel, "Tom Sawyer, Detectice," deals with the effects of 'Tom' and 'Huck' to save "Uncle Silas" from being hanged for a murder he did not commit and their singlehanded round-up of two Mississippi River sharpers. Two of Paramount's bov actors, Billy Cook and Donald O'Connor, are cast as 'Tom' and 'Husk' respectively, while some of the famous grown-up characters of the story are played by Phillip Warren, Janet Waldo, Elisabeth Risdon. and Porter Hall.

ANOTHER WESTERN

HOPALONG CASSIDY AGAIN

William George Hayes and Russell Hayden, cast as the familiar "Hopalong Cassidy" "Windy Halliday" and "Lucky Jenkins" respectively, head the cast of Paramount'!? "The Frontiersmen," brand-new Cassidy thriller, from the pen of Clarence E. Mulford. "The Frontiersmen" will show the struggle of "Hopalong" and his fellow ranchers to keep the kids of the cattle country on the straight-and-narrow by preventing a crooked mayor from using the school as a shield for his cattlerustling activities. Romance enters the situation and proceeds to cause a little war of its own when the teacher hired by Hoppy to clean up the school turns out to be the most beautiful girl ever to arrive in the cattle country. Lovely Evelyn Yenable is cast in this role.

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Mews, Views and' Forthcoming Events

COSTUMES CREATED 150 YEARS AGO-

One hundred and fifty years ago, Madame Vigee Lebrun designed the gowns worn to-day by Norma ( Shearer One hundred and fifty years ago, this famous woman artist sat in the elaborate Palace of Versailles paint-V ing portraits of Marie Antoinette, while the two of them joined in singing of duets. / . Eight of these paintings have down as the only authentic record of exactly what the French Queen wore. On these portraits is based the Adrian-designed wardrobe worn by Norma Shearer as the Queen in "Marie Antoinette."

"We have followed the gowns in\_ Mme. Lebrun's paintings to the letter," explained Adrian. "Microscopes were placed over indication of embroidery that the work of Miss . Shearer's gowns might be identical. * Fabric patterns to match those in the paintings were especially woven

While many of the art worjks showing the Queen seated failed to give sufficient skirt detail for actanl . reproduction, enough suggestion was evident to serve as valuable material. The bodices and necklines shown in great detail, were faithfully produced.

"In fact," said Adrian, "'costume credit might well go to Mme. Bertin, Antoinette's dressmaker, and Mme. Lebrun, who preserved those designs for us."

"Trouble Brewin," featuring. Geo. Formby, is a laugh film you should./* not miss. It ir the English comedian's funniest film eclipsing even the previous success "It's in the Air,". but let us quote the "Daily-Renter:" ' "George Formby's best to date, playing gawky printer who turns detective and rounds up a counterfeit gang