TALKIES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 252, 20 December 1940, Page 3

TALKIES

BROMFIELD PLEASED WITH 1 FILM VERSION OF OWN j BOOK ' A tall, thin youngish-appearing mail with the blond military brush hail* cut is author Louis Broinfield, who played truant from his desk a. 1 ': 20th Century studio to visit Warner Bros. He visited the big Burbank picture plant to meet some' of his own characters in the flesh and watch them go through scenes of his , own story "It All Came True" which will make its local debut on the Regent Theatre screen on Tuesday. He grinned quite happily as he watched them, for Ann Sheridan. Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart, Zasu Pitts, Una O'Connor and the rest, lie assured director Lou Seller, are just as he visualised and described them in his novel, first published as a serial in a magazine. Miss Sheridan, he admitted, in fact, is even more lovely than any fictional character he could dream up. Ann Sheridan grinned too, for this- is her first real starring picture and Warner Bros, poured the works into it to make it a suitable vehicle for their newiy glamouris-' er red head from Texas, U.S./1 The studio paid. a goodly sum for the Bromfield story and gave her a fine supporting cast, the screen play is by the Casey Robinson, who writes much of Bette Davis' material and the cameraman is Ernest Haller, Avho photographed "Gone With the Wind." m TWO NEW STARS IN 'INVISIBLE STRIPES' Two of the screen's newest stars make up, with George Raft s the starring trio • of "Invisible Stripes, the powerful, drama of after-prison life, based on a book by Lewis E. Lawes. | Jane Bryan and William Holden are the two new stars. For each of them "Invisible Stripes'," marks an important step in their careers. For Jane Bryan, 21 year olcl, and Holly-wood-born, it marks lier first star part, after n succession of lesser roles, culminating in "The Old Maid," in which she made her small featured role so outstanding that the Warner Bros studio rewarded her by placing her on their star roster. fror William Holden, his role in "Golden Boy" was the stepping-off

place toward a career that promises to be brilliant. Unlike Miss Bryan,, he had had no screen experience before he became a star. He was playing in a small stock company when a talent, scout discovered in Mm just the type his studio was seeking for the "Golden Boy" role, adapted from the original story by Jonathan. Finn, based on the Lewis E. Lawes* book. Besides the "stars, the cast in-* eludes Humphrey Bogart, Flora Robson, Paul Kelly and others.