STUDIO CHATTER

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 29, 25 September 1946, Page 6

STUDIO CHATTER

A FEATURE COLUMN “BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST” Early N.Z. Setting The cast of ‘Green Dolphin Street’ a story of early New Zealand has been announced as including Lana Turner, Donna Reed and a newcomer from the New York stage, Richard Hart. Production is expected to commence at M.G.M. this month. Coronation Films Arrive Films of the coronation of King George VI. have arrived in Hollywood from England for use in “The Homestretch,” a Technicolour story of the turf which will star Cornel Wilde, Maureen O’Hara and Linda Darnell. The most colourful British coronation shots will be used together with the best American newsreel shots. Brutal Finish The impact of Talkies upon John Gilbert when his voice failed to measure up was so great that he became almost a nervous wreck. Crowning blow came to this star of the silent days when instead of getting his usual quarter of a million dollars per picture, he was given quarter of a million not to make the last one. Back On The Screen Veteran character actress Dame May Whitty joins the cast of M.G.M’s ‘This Time For Keeps.’ It will mark hre first screen performance since her dramatic triumph last season on the New York stage in “Therese.” The British-born actress will play the part of a retired circus performer, who, as Esther William’s grandma other, rules the family with an iron hand. REGENT " - “Bandit of Sherwood Forest” (Sept. 27th., 28th., 30th.) Cornel Wilde returns to the screen as the son of Robin Hood in a fast moving colourful adventure-romance story of the bad old days of England. Although the setting of the film is ‘way back’ through the centuries, a modern touch has been worked into the dress of the characters, and the two periods have been so skilfully blended that the whole makes a delightful change from the usual routine. Filmed in Technicolour, it can be definitely marked as good, refreshing entertainment.