STUDIO CHATTER

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 8, 7 August 1946, Page 6

STUDIO CHATTER

A FEATURE COLUMN TWO ATTRACTIONS Designing Palace Sets Earl Hedrick, Paramount art designer, is completing production of interior and exterior sets of the palace of Versailles for the new Bob Hope picture ‘Mensieur Beaucaire.’ Old Hit Revived The well remembered song about the Three Little Fishes is revived in Olivia de Havilland’s new picture ‘To Each His Own.’ Miss de Havilland plays a role in the next request at the Grand—“ Elizabeth and Essex.” Another Striking Performance Remember the insolent maid in ‘Gaslight’, or the cabaret singer who committed suicide in ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray.’ That was English-born Angela Lansbury, who arrived in America five years ago, and stepped into the limelight with the above two amazing performances. She also has a role in ‘National Velvet.’ A New Starlet

A new starlet in Hollywood is Elizabeth Taylor who made a sensational hit in the title role of the technicolour production ‘National Vetlvet’ screening shortly at the Regent. In this film, she did all the riding scenes herself, and in recognition of her excellent performance received the horse she rode in the film as a birthday present. Starting To Talk Johnny Weismuller is talking for the first time in a picture, but he’s off to a slow start. In his Tarzan pictures, he only had to mumble a few words. For the first time in his career, he is making a modern picture ‘Swamp Fire.’ He’ll have more dialogue in this picture than in all of his twelve Tarzan films over the past thirteen years, but he doesn’t start talking all at once. In his first scene, all he has to say is “Hi Tony.” REGENT Velvet’ (August 12, 13, 14, 153. The M.G.M. special production filmed in technicolour. Preceeded by a reputation built upon its outstanding successes in the cities, ‘National Velvet’ cannot help but appeal to local audiences who probably have a far greater understanding of the sentiments expressed in the picture than city fans. REQUEST ‘The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex’ (Request programme: August 13 and 14, Grand Theatre). The second request to be screened. Although dates clash with ‘National Velvet’ the latter has a sufficiently long season for patrons to see both shows. ‘Elizabeth and Essex’ is history brought intriguingly to life and presented in the form of fascinating entertainment.