"MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION."

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 1, 2 January 1936, Page 14

"MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION."

Ie ;e The cast of "Magnificent Obsession c- has at last dispersed and three of th ir principals, Irene Dunne, Charles Bu '? terworth, and Betty Furness, havegon >* to New York. Their departure fror Universal City was not the signal fo *' the finish of this John M. Stahl pic J" ture, which' has occupied fifteen er £ tire weeks in its filming, in additio f to three months 'of intensive prepare „s tion. The picture itself was only con ?; pleted as far as its photography wa * concerned. Irene Dunne is in Ne\ '* York for a short rest, but more espec; £ ally to work with Oscar Hammersteii * on the new songs she is to sing ii f "Show, Boat" in the Carl. Laemmls «; Jun., production of which she wil * star. Betty Furness is on a visit to 'i.-her father who lives in Westcheste £ County, and Charles Butterworth has : week for a visit to the old home towi before returning to Hollywood to ful fil a radio engagement. "Magnificen Obsession," however, still has to bi cut and that will take cnosiderabli t time. It. is John Stahl's inyariabli 0 custom to shoot every scene a num .. ber of times and a number of ways ■y- to arrive at as near perfection as pos s sible. Lloyd C* Douglas, the author o s this story, is at present in California ._ and will be invited to the first preview , Featured with Irene Dunne is Rober 1 Taylor, with Charles Butterworth anc , Betty Furness leading a cast includ- , ing Ralph Morgan, Sara Haden, Henry l Armetta, Beryl Mercer, Gilbert Emery , and little Cora Sue Collins.