Paul Muni Soon To Be Seen In "Juarez"

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 192, 10 May 1940, Page 6

Paul Muni Soon To Be Seen In "Juarez"

Tn 1935 “The Story of Louis Pasteur,” X with Paul Muni in the title role, flashed upon screens all over the world. With simplicity and sincerity it brought to life again one of the greatest scientists, and a-grateful world heaped praise upon Muni for his art. In 1937 he thrilled the world anew with his portrait of Frances immortal writer in “The Life of Emile Zola.’ Later, Warner Bros, decided to film “Juarez,” the story of Mexico’s great liberator, who freed his country from the domineering yoke which France had placed upon it. There was only one actor who could be relied upon Io bring the man whom the Mexicans revere as “the little stone god” to life on the screen. That man was Paul Muni. After more than a year devoted to research and preparation, as well as several months of actual production, “Juarez” comes to the screen, a worthy successor to “Pasteur” and “Zola and destined even to win greater praise than those two, for it is even wider in scope. ... . Co-starred with Muni is Bette Davis, whose performance in "Dark Victory” was so vivid and compelling. Het romantic yet tragic adventure as the Empress Carlotta of Mexico in “Juarez” provides a contrasting highlight to the wide historical background. Brian Ahern, Claude Rains, John Garfield and a host of others make up a cast rich ill talent and personality. The film will be presented in the main cities of New Zealand shortly.

jpLARK GABLE and Carole Lombard v are taking flying lessons from Paul Mantz, famous Hollywood aviator. They plan to purchase their own plane just as soon as they obtain pilots’ licences. Gable starts work this month in “Boom Town” at M.G.M., a story cf the Texas oil fields, and Carole reverts to a lighter type of story, “Mr. and Mrs.,” a domestic comedy, following her very dramatic role in A. J. Cronin’s “Vigil in the Night,” the sombre tale of nurses in a London hospital.