THE PICTURE WORLD

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 140, 11 December 1930, Page 21

THE PICTURE WORLD

Jolson's Fourth. A considerable.' part.of 'Al- Jolson's fourth .Vitaphone.prodnetiou'for Warner Bros, has'be'en;filmed in teehnicolour, and, the results:. are'Very-..striking and unusual; The story deals" with the joys, and tribulations of a: travelling minstrel .trqirpe, and. •offers a-great" scope; for Jolson's talents. The cast'includes-Lowell Sherman, Louise Dresser," Lois Moran, Hobart Bosworth, and many:'others: Bank Robbery. ' A branch' of -the' Bank of Italy, Lbs Angeles,v-was 'transformed- into a 1 sound studio' for several ■. scenes, of' Universal's "Outside, tile ."law" 'during the. production of that picture. Director Tod Browning had sound 'wagon,.- cameras, and lights moved ■ to ■ the -downtown -institution- and spent five hours after midnight filming a bank robbery for the : production. Mary Nolan, ,'KdWard G. Robinson, and Oweu Moore "appeared in the: scenes. , '

"Beau Ideal." . . . 'Noah. .Beery, junr., son of the'famous character- actor,' will' play ■ a- pavt' in- "Beau Ideal," sequel to the prize-winning "Beau Geste/'. in,, which has father achieved .his greatest' fame as "Sergeant Lc Jeune." Herbert JJren'oh is now rehearsing "Beau Ideal," -with' Ralph Forbes, Douglas Fairbanks, junr.,, Lorelta/ Young, Don Alya-■ rado, andi other notables in the cast. ; .. His First.' "Way. Out West,". -William Haiuc's's latest starring vehicle,.is the.comedian's first attempt .'■ ■at 'a cowboy rale. Although 3letro-Goldwyn-ilayer had placed the star in almost, every sort of uniform and .athletic outfit,-it' was 'not until the-filming of this picture that he had the opportunity toiwear'spurs and sombrero. A -cast, including ;'Leila Hyams, the comic Polly jM6ran,i;arid Cliff Edwards, who sings; the lit song ;■ numbers, supports Haines. ■

M'Laglen. . Victor j M'Laglen, the he-man of. the screen,' is one of the busiest stars on the .Fox Movietone Studio lot these days. No sooner, does he complete one picture than he starts getting ready for another. Having': just, completed ■"A Devil With Women," which was directed by Irving Cummings, M'Laglen has now been cast for' the lead in "No Favours Asked, which will be.directed by Benjamin Stolofb':; It is a railway story by Leicester Ford. So far M'Laglen is the only player definitely^ cast for-this .production. Colman's Tie. . . In "Kaffles," his newest talking picture, as in "Bulldog Druinnibnd," the clothes ot ■Ronald Colman continue to be the ultimate in severity. It has been said .that the black tie which Colman fans will see in ■ the: pictui'e is probably the only one in Hollywood not owned by an undertaker.

Set Construction. The'1-real function of a. motion picture setting is not to ■.create beauty so much as to adapt' itself to the. mood of tlie -story and-of- the' characters portrayed, according, to Ernest Fcgtc, head set designer; at.^the Paramount Studios in New York.' In the case of "Animril Crackers," ■.the four-'"Marx'Brothers'.newest Paramount screen "farce, which contains little story, and is made up mostly of the noted quartet's clowning; ■ Fegte . designed mod-ernistic-sets of,no particular pattern. He felt that a. crazy and - exaggerated background would prove the ideal setting for suggesting thc'liappy-go-lucky spirit of the picture. "Animal Crackers" is adapted from ; the stage farce of the same nameiii which'the Marx Brothers achieved success. Lillian Roth and Hal Johnson play . tljie: juvenile leads, with Robert Greig and. '• Katherine Reese lending support. Victor Ifeerman- directed.

Banned Films

■ ... , ■ ♦ : • "Lilliom."" and "The Sea Wolf," two costly-talkie spectacles, have.been rejected by the British.Board.of Film Censors, says the London ', "Daily Mail." ' All trade show and.'booking arrangements for;the two films have been cancelled, aud the potential loss to the agency in Britain is estimated to oe .at least 1)200,000.; .-• . ' There is a : probability that severe cutting of: "The Sea .Wolf" nniy enable it to survive..!: second, examination by the censors, but "Lilliom," it is said, is hopeless" unlcss-the.producers arc-prepared to IH-actically remake the h'hn. "Lillioin," based on the play by Ferenc Molnar, has been condemned -on the ground that .its treatment of sacred subjects is^ irreverent, .if .not actually blasphemous.''- '■ ' . There''are scei^s1-. of an idealised Pullman car, ascending to heaven, and of a futuristic -Underground: Railway .carriage descending elsewhere. 11. 'B. Ay&r'ner;w','° pl?yed the Christ role-iii "King of .Kings,", is seen.in morn-ing-dress, on the Pulhnau observation car, ipassing; sentence -with.a riight-shirted aud elderly;arcHa'ngel.at his side. ' ; This vein,'of .crude- symbolism provides the'background to s story,concerned with •the .-return 'pi' ahum»i9 soul from the infernal'regions. '■ ■ . . . "Lilliom". • was'directed, by Frank Borzage,-: who/'-was-' responsible for "Seventh Heaven,", and -was.intended to repeat the success enjoyed by Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, but Miss Gaynor, one of the nios_t'; highly-paid stars .-in the world, liads a. disagreement' over her salary, with the result\that her part in "Lilliom" is played by, a'-.newcomer in Rose Hobart. "The■'receptibn given by-censors to "Lil-liom"-is not likely to heal the breach between Miss Gaynor and the Fox Corporation. -•■• - ■■•■■. "The Sea Wolf." based on Jack London's story, features the late Milton Sills and-Mitchell -Harris in ■ a.drama concerned with a-vendetta between two seafaring brothers. ■ .- . ■ . ■A Hollywood correspondent described this film-as "a graphic portrayal of sickening cruelty, -so*harrowing, so brutal, so filled, with hatred, that it:is a physical strain for. an adult to see it." Another. Marilyn' "Miller's second picture, "Sunny," is, almost ■ completed. Like "Sally,".'.Marilyn's new picture, ia based upon one of her greatest musical comedy successes.,-. As, a stage show "Sunny" ran for two years continuously in New York, and' iv the picture-edition a cast including Joe Donahue, Lawrence Gray, aud Inez Courtney supports the star. Dracula. With "Outside the Law," starring Mary Nolan, completed, Director, Tod Browning has been to direct 'Universals taking version of "Dracnla," Car) Laemirile, Jhr., lias announced. Browning is responsible for the direction of a score of Lon -.Chaney's- most successful features, and has.been- chosen to wield the megaphone for: Brain Stocker's famous mystery play-because of: his broad dramatic experience. • , Cliff Edwards. Cliff (Ukulele Ike) Edwards just can't seem to land a role that will fit into sonic portion of his personal experiences like most'acting folk. ■ In making his movie debut in'"So This is. College," Cliff was a glee club leader. Then he went_ into ,"Mariarine"*as -a-doughboy and switched to a cowboy part in "Montana Moon." Xpw he's'in : "Good News," gone collegiate as-a' football trainer for Metro-Gold-wyu-Mayer." "I've never seen the inside of a college, don't know which end of a gnu to shopt-i anil don't-know which part of a horse Hie bridle goes'on." ho wailed. ''Can't somebody be satisfied to let me be'just-another, ukulele player?" Bessie Love has the .leading feminine role in "Good' News." "Only Saps Work." The title "Only. Saps Work" has been given" to' ]?aramount's"allltalking mystery farce which' hitherto has been• known as "Social - Errors;" •In the .cast are Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Stuart Erwin, and Anderson-Lawler. Cyril Gardner, and Edwin.. Knopf, directed' the film, which; is-'adapted" from a story-by Owen Davis. . .

Once Again. It is a sm'all'world after all. Ten years ago a prominent .New York banker employed Edgar .Norton to stage and direct an all-child .cast-in '-"Pomander : Walk" for a charity..benefit.Among the members of the ■ cast were four attractive children named Tobin, Genevieve, \George, Robert, and Vivian. A short time ago Norton was east as\ the-'butler in "The Lady Surrenders," UniversaTs' adaptation of John Erskine's famous novel,' "Sincerity." Coming on the :et'one ; m6rning, an attractive blonde hailed "Norton from the other side ■■ of the stage. "Good moiling, Edgar, it's been years :since I've > seen you." Some-' what 'nonplussed, Norton confessed that he could not recall.the young lady. However, it wa~s :,none "other than the same Genevievej Tobin[to whom he had given her first 'lines in, "Pomander Walk"— now grown up." '-Miss Tobiu, who, since the charity show has become one :of Broadway's well-known .stars, is making her screen.debut- at -Universal and is featured with. Rose Hobartaud Conrad Nagel in "The Lady.' Surrenders." '- . "The Better Wife." ■ "The Better .Wife" replaces "Anybody's Woman".as. thV. title' of f Para mount's new all-talking .-.dramatic .film in which Ruth Chatterton and Clive'Brook are co-starred. It is an adaptation ,of the'novel of the same name by' Gouverneur Morris, and was directed'by Dorothy Arzner. Paul Lukas, Juliette ■• Compton, and. Huntley Gordon head; the supporting east. • French. ■■.'■•;•....-•;..■•/•■ ■"You're Simply...Delish" is t the title of the new. song .number 'Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is'about 'to 'popularise -via the talking screen.: .'TheI..soUg,is/by Joseph Meyer and Arthur.Freed, and is to make its debut in "Those Three French Girls," which Harry.-Beaumont--recently complete cd. According to information from the studio, Beaumont,'expressed a preference: for one outstanding ■number.' rather than a score of songs that-might, tend to slowup the >action'!and'rocluc'e, the tempo'of the dialogue.'Written- by;l'. G. Wodehouse. "Virtuous Sin.," Alexis DadidolY, who served for thirtyseven month's, in the Russian Army during the war, and became'ati"arLtllery .colonel, was technical ■ adviser .on "Tho Virtuous Sin," Paramount's-newly completed alltalking film in which Walter Huston, Kay Francis, aDd Kenneth MacKcnua are featured. This story "of'wartime Russia was directed by Louis Gasnier and George Cukor. ,'■•', Joan Crawford's Latest. Joan Crawford,. Anita.Page, and Dorothy Sebastian, who gave followers of the movie cult something to talk about with the highly entertaining "Our Dancing. Daugh ters," and Harry Beaumont,' who directed the silent film hit; have got together again and between ,them have produced what is without' doubt' one of the moot sparkling, invigoratirig, j and dramatically interesting talking.pictures in a long while, namely, "Our Blushing Brides." This time they are supported by a male contingent which includes the debonair Robert Monk gomery, the juvenile Raymond Hackett. and the mischievous John'Milja.ii, as engaging a' trio of rogues' as ever unwittingly did their best to bring unhappinesa into the lives of three' young girls ■'who worked ia a-tlepawtment^store.

Intimacies Revealed, ■ . •■ An important sequence .of- Clara Bow's new Paramount' all-talking film, "Her Wedding Night," takes place in an exclusive beauty salon, with Miss Bow and Geneva Mitchell-as the. customers. To ensure the proper ' depicting of ■ such a scene,, Director '..Frank -.-.Tuttle.' visited Hollywood's leading beauty emporium to acquire "atmosphere," and to secure professional operators, to take part in the action. A duplicate of the parlour was constructed on one of the sound stages of ' the studio, and: qualified : specialists handled the apparatus. .; "Her Wedding Night" is - the talking: screen; version of Avery Hopwopd's: amusing iarce "Little Miss - Bluebeard." Appearing in support of Miss Bow arc !-Ralph •Forbes, Charlie Ruggles, Skeets Gallagher, Natalie Kingston, and Rosita Moreno. "The Bat Whispers." . = '•■.■■. "The Bat Whispers," the. iilm which follows "Alibi" in the Roland West-Chester Morris cycle, has been completed, and Mr. West himself says it is better than "Alibi." The picture 'was made entirely at night. Actors went to - work'at-6 p.m. and stopped .in time for breakfast that was dinner to them. Secrecy .surrounded the whole business, and even.the script omitted the final scene of this mystery picture, while the doors of the projection rooms and cutting rooms at the United Artists' Studio in Hollywood are now .sealed tight against the curious. Nobody.'will see the picture until -it goes directly to the public. West used more than one- hundred sets, skyscraper apartments, police stations, mansions, bank buildings, city, roofs being among them,-in- which the.young man who was given his first chance by ■ West in ''Alibi"—-Chester, Morris—-now steps forth in a big role; following his work in "The Divorcee," "The Big House," and such films. A little more than- a;year ago he was unheard of by film audiences. Musical Interludes. Songs and fine music need not be excused when introdueediuto film stories. It is only, when the songs arc attempted by people who cannot sing and .when the music •is inferior, that' apologies should bo made by the producer of the picture. .So believes Ernst Lubitsch, Hollywood's consistent director of motion pictures, and the maker of "The Love Parade," ami the newly completed "Monte Carlo," in which Jack Buchanan aud Jbauette MacDonald are co-starred. "Monte Carlo," in which the stars are ably supported by Zasu. Pitts, Claud Allister,:Tyler Brooks, and JohD Roche, was recently received in New Zealand. rilm Chorus Girls. Motion pictures have revolutionised the working hours of the chorus girl. Where she once lived on a late-to-retire, late-to-rise schedule, she now works at all hours and catches a bit of sleep between times if possible. Fifty of Broadway's most beautiful chorus girls were recruited for tho cast of "Heads Up," a Paramount musical comedy in which Charles Rogers ;is starred. It is the -talking screen version of Aarons and Freedley's Broadway success of the sruno name Appearing in support of tho star are Margaret Breen in the feminine lead, Victor Moore, Helen Kane, Helen Carrington, Gene Gowing, fliul Harry Shannon, nil prominont gtage artists,.

Here': is: Colour

Latest, arrival -in.the sunburst of colour ilms that-has come to,us during the last, ew months .is '-""Whoopee," the United irlists'.-all-colour-. Goldwyn-Ziegfeld yn> luction which has.been produced at great jains and with a new technique. A preview of the.film waß given at the Kcgent fheatro recently, and confirmed all the :hanges which have-been rung upon adjectives to.describe the beauty of its coljur work. . As .'a ■ spectacle, "Whoopee" ;vill take some surpassing. It is, of course, i filming, of the stager show with whichive aro familiar,' with the addition that ;he stage show having been designed .13. a vehicle for Eddie Cantor, the !ilin naturally hadto import Cantor to do itself justice. And Cantor is. funny, lie lias immense • quantities of work .to do md he is never unamlising, even after long minutes of fooling. When Cantor is around naturally enough- the spectacle fades and the concern is all-with laughter,: which is somewhat-a.pity,'for there is the very best of entertainment in the big numbers which stud'•the'-'film. There is credible in formation that. 74. changes of scene and 512 changes of costume mark "Whoopee," and one. can .only say that the eli'ect is remarkably restrained. The songs and dances are so' good—they touch the highwater mark ,ot this .sort of. thing in the films—that onecould bear -twice the quan-. tity.- The. dancing is,done by twenty-four girls, instead oftby a big chorus, and it is done with art and cleveruess. Two numbers, one where the girls form flower shapes, the other a sombrero dance, linger pleasantly in,the memory. The singing is excellent, particularly- the finale "Gods of the Mountain,"; with an Indian soloist and the usual Ziegfeld parade of beauties. But whether "Whoopee" is liked will depend not on singing or dancing or colour, for all these are mere, settings for Eddie Cantor. Whether. ".Whoopee" is liked will depend upon the response to Eddie Cantor, who continues ,to be the f' v. A Large Cast. : '. ' Two hundred actors and technicians, the largest party-ever sent to make outdoor talking pictures i since Paramount made "The Spoilers," has left Hollywood on. a-thirty-day; location trip.for "Fighting Caravansj" Paramount's picturisation. of Za'ue Grey's newest novel. Gary: Cooper md Lily Damita will play the- leading irolcs, and Otto Brower and David: Bjirton will direct. Nagel Films. - ; "The Eight of Way,"; from-the story by Sir Gilbert Parker;, will be, produced by First National and'Vitaphone, with Conrad Nagel, Lor'etta yo;ing, and Fred Kohler in the leading ; r6les.

Beauty, in, Africa

Paul Hoeller, leader of the Colorado African Expedition, who is responsible for the film "Africa Speaks," :is . said to be the iirst white ruari. to. cross. Equatorial Africa from Mombasa, on the east coast, to Lagos, on the west coast. While trekking this territory lie-photographed 60,000 feet of film with sound by means of a portable microphone set, which constitutes a record of tribal and animal life he encountered en route, and is the first sound lilm to'emerge from the dark contiucnt. ■ . . ■ Harold Austin, a Californian, and a few assistants he met at Mombasa, the party, in two automobile trucks, went in search of a land of giants, pygmies, disc-lipped women, and other curiosities found in Africa.' They; at first went in search of the Kaunda, a tribe of sevenfoot giants in the Belgian Congo, but when they reached the edge of the territory they were told by the authorities that a plflgue was wiping out the natives by the thousands, and that thirty to fory thousand natives had died within the stricken zone. The news of this major African calamity did not reach the civilised world, according to Mr. Hoeffler, until two years after it bad occurred, so difficult is it for sueh1 events topeuetrate to the civilised world. The explorer brought back motion pictures of the big-lipped-women of the race of Sara Kyabc, or popularly-, known as the Übaugi, and recently exhibited in New York at the circus.: This tribe lives at the. edge of the Sahara Desert, and the story of how the disca became, popular was told by Mr. Hoefler. Many.years ago, according to the traveller, the Arabs. swept down, across the Sahara, .and raided the native villages for slaves. They took with, them all_ the comely young girls of the Sara Kyabe whose good features and graceful figures had made them long desirable in the slave market.' The natives tried to resist the invaders with little • success until finally they clubbed together at a large water hole, built" a''fort, of matted grasses and awaited the Arabs.. :. ' But their preparations were of little avail. Their primitive spears and bows and arrows were no use against guns, and the women were taken away. The chieftains came, together--once-; again, and tins time decided that the only way left to discourage pillagiug was to disfigure their beautiful'women. So each man returned to his.home.and slashed his wife's cheek, rubbing dirt in the cut to make huge, ugly blisters and sores, and slitted the girl child's'.lip and inserted a small disc in it. This'disc was.enlarged as the child grew older, 'until .maturity, when the disc sometimes reached a diameter of eight or nine inches.

New.Use For Talkies

A 2000-foot-talking .picture.'is now in process or' being' filmed at Metropolitan Sound Studios for Alaska-Wasbingtom Airways, Inc. ,Jt is one more-indication of the desire of business to adapt 'itself, to the new ; and popular cinematographic method of telling its story to.the-public. This picture,, which is being, made over Western Electric sound system, will con- • stitute a complete record of an actual aeroplane flight from Seattle' to Juneau, Alaska, and return, ICOO-miles, requiring a day each way. . The film will naturally "profit by the wealth of scenic beauty over which the 'planes fly. It will include- views of the Seattle waterfront,'. .■' the beautiful San Juan Islands, the' cities of Victoria and Vancouver, 8.C., and -the snow-capped mountains and glaciers of the,inside water passage to Juneau. At this latter city various scenes;.-will be made depicting big game hunting and' fishing ■. in nearby lakes and inlets. ': ... ' The company intends to use the-picture to promote the -use'■ of <■• aeroplane, transportation between . America . and. Alaska by executives-of-large fishing and: packing corporations, mine owners, lumbermen, wealthy sportsmen, and regular commercial business-travellers:,-The.steamer trip from Seattle to Juneau requires-sis and a half days, the v aeroplane journey takes eight hours. In view, of the. time- saved, the cost ; by aeroplane is - much. cheaper than the'steamer: fare. . The picture, will bring out the_ safety and time-saving advantages of -this form. of travel' through 'a ■ wide-distribution to community 'groups, -chamber of ■ commerce gatherings, '■. conventions, - schools, ■ travel bureaux,: and . exclusive sportsmen's. associations, such; as -thfi 'Explorers' Club, in New York City. ■'• ■ "Right to Love." Ruth Chatterton has started work on her next Paramount -all-talking dramatic production, "The Right to Love," at the Hollywood studios. Tha film play is an adaptation of Susan Glaspell's widely-read novel, "Brook Evans." Paul Lukas and David Manners are featured in the chief supporting roles, and Richard Wallace is directing. Must Have Talent. All the pretty girls in Hollywood had better find-themselves ■'■nice-husbands and count their numbered days on the audible screen. No less an authority on tbe;subject than D. W. Griffith,; most widely known of all directors, sees no future ra the movies for unintelligent beauty. Not that he believes all-beauty will.be barred from the screen to-morrow, but that looks will bo inconsequential and the face will be of secondary importance. "But what of the close-ups?" the originator of them was asked. "They'll go out because thenusefulness .is,over.. We will have a new screen technique with the movie public liking better what it hears than what it sees. Not that .the screen figures will be unattractive,, but that we.will not subject them to the taxing close shots which at present rule out a talented.actress because she hasn't a perfect nose or a prettymouth. The dumbbells are going off the celluloid," said , Mr. Griffith, with vehemence. The famous director has just completed what he. believes to be the biggest production of-his "entire career, "Abraham Lincoln." If all-goes-well and "Abraham Lincoln" does well '-during. the coming months, Griffith.- is planning: to ■ produce "John Brown's - Body" on celluloid.' Griffith, who helped a lot. of golden-haired girls to become'famous in his earlier films, doesn't think the. type has Buch- an .important place in the scheme of things. The important actresses of to-morrow will'bo much older than the youngsters of the silent days, he holds, because intelligence,and experience will be.the important factors in moulding talent for film characterisations. King's Next. After . completing "Lightnm'," the Will .Rogers starring.-picture produced by Fox Films, Henry King will direct 'The Spider," adapted from the piay by Fulton Oursler. ' Warner _Baxter will." have the leading role. . , . ■ Soon. ■ ; ' Loretta Young and : Grant.Withers," who eloped and got-married so sensationally a few months ago, will shortly be ■ seen in First National, and . Vitaphone's: "Broken. Dishes," a domestic ; story .of ;home life.

Rita La Roy. : Rita La Roy has signeor to play-the part of the duchess in "Hook, Line, and Sinker." with Wheeler and.iWoolsey, an KIvO Radio Pictures' production.; : . Lupo Velez. ' Returning- from San Francisco, where she appeared in scenes made'in'the California city's : famous Chinatown, ' Lupe Velcz has completed'her'work. -'as"Ming Roy in "East is West." Lupe is.to have a two weeks' vacation prior- to' beginuiug a Spanish talking-version of this famous Oriental stage story. > Studio.officials who have checked tlie '.daily; •"rushes"- from "East is West" state that'the .dynamic Universal player, gives her ■ best, performance as the. Chinese-American, girl.- r.Lewis. Ayres plays opposite : Miss .'Velez-inv/'Ea'st is West" , with Ed. Robinson--, cast" as Charlie Yong, a half-caste-Chinese. :Monta Bell has directed' the1, filming?of the play.

"Kismet."' ' > ■ '■*''■. '*■ . ,Otis Skinner has- completed »"Kismet" for First National, and Vitajahone. It. is the screen version: of the= famous; actor's greatest role. As a picture, "Kismet":is perhaps the most . elaborate , production ever made-at the First National Studio. A strong cast supports Skjnuer, headed by such players as ■ Loretta: Young, David Manners, Sidney Blaekmer, ■ and " Mary Duncan. ■ . • Stags Star. " Arnold Korff,' distinguished. stage • character actor, has been ■■■.awarded.-an. important role in Paramount'sftalkirig version of "The Royal' Family,wl.in-pro-duction at the New. York; studios. .With, the selection of Korff, the., cast; is complete, with Ina Claire,' Fredric March,,. Mary Brian, and Charles Starett!playing. the. leads. George > Cukor; and: Cyril;: Gard-. ner are directing.

Evelyn Layo in "Raffles." '. . ; Two Pulitzer*'• prize .winners- worked on the. script of • "Raffles,^ the modernised ■ s'.crook . ,-melodrama, with , Konald .Colm'an, as, ..its star. Sidney Howard adapted the thriller front the stories .of :E. W. Hornung • and th» plyy of Hornung . and ' Eugene.'Presbr.ey. Louis Bromfield saf,at'his'elbow th« meanwhile, learning the'tricks of the trade, later to be puttouse.in'Br'omfield's fir_st talking picture for Samuel Goldwyn ■' i* which :Evelyn Laye' is to' star:' ■. • ' Esther' Ralston. ■ . : . : Esther 'Ralston,' blonde "leading---wonian. of the screen, has,won. one'of'the most important' roles of^the-'season.' • She has been cast to play "Ahtonia,"'the; heroine in:"The Southerner,"'Lawrence -Tibbett'* forthcoming Metrb-Goldwyn-Hayer starring vehicle. HarryPollardds'directing.

Undersea ,Shots. i ' i -A-unique-system.- ivof'Osignals ■ ■wei» used by Eichard Arlen • aiid the^cameraman who photographed'him in',, aetioa on the ocean ±iooi"fpr'Paraniount's alltalking adventure, romance," The Sea God." 'In,.the film:Arlen is supported by Fay'AVrayj" Eugene .•Pallettejvßobert • Glackler,' Mauriee/Blackj'.and ; Kobev* Perry. Goorgo, .'Abbott.' wrote iht> adaptation, and directed. " • Did .Well. .. ; Dorothy Mackaill will nest, be ; seenJik the First Natio'nal-and^Vitaphone'produo' tion, "Bright Lights,"-a story-.of; the 6'tag4 and its ■ people,- their private Jives, ttei* loves, and hates. In addition :to £ the vivid hues •of teclinicolour,' the ■■.story ■,-itself Vi« colourful. It-was. on the ; strength;;of her performance in,"Bright-Lights";'that Miss Mackaill was accorded,-,a" new.. long-term contract by First: National.- -_...- : t .. ■