>£v FAN FARE {Z^r^^^^Jsi A weekly column of f**SßS^!*£^| Zais}P ott outs landt I ' ing new films. fMttTOLEN HOLIDAY," to which opens at thß Regent to-niori'rw, ..provides Kay Francis with an opportunity to add to her laurels as one o£ the most telling actresses of the screen. The story is based on the Stavisky swindles which shook the financial world a short time ago, and Kay, as the proprietress o£ a large frock salon in Paris, is an unwitting accomplice in his crimps. Tense drama of a sensational type is offered with Claude Rains, playing the swindler, and lan Hunter aud Alison Skipworth featured in the cast. *** * ; IN the cast, supporting Claudette Colbert, in "Maid of Salem," which is 'coming'to the Regent, there are two very interesting players. One of them is JBonitn UranviUe, the little girl who gave such an amazing display of concentrated venom in "These Three." She has a similar typo of part in "Maid of Salem," 'being responsible for the accusations of witchcraft against the heroine and other innocent inhabitants of a Puritan village. The other supporting player of special note is Gale So'udegaard, whose acting as "Faith" in "Anthony Adverse" won' her the Academy award for the best supporting performance by an actress "in 1980. *_I« i * * YOU who have pleasant* memories of "Magnificent Obsession," Lloyd 0. Douglas' great fiovql, will>9BHß|^Rj look forward to "Green pB^^PSJf! Liglif by the same author. jf¥r'4^S^f Errol Klynn gives a splen- jiS^!^B|| did performance in the role MJW-J^TOj o£ the young doctor, and KujLl3i4j he is supported by Anita njToJWM Loui.sc, Margaret Lind- |3|jlllfj say. aud Sir Cedric Hardwicke. " Green Light" I^W^^MHW™ comes to the Regent after "Stolen Holiday." Elizabeth Bcrgncr will be seen dancing the Rumba in "Dreaming Lips" which is now nearing completion under Paul Czinncr's direction. \7IVIEN LEIGH'S reward for her fine T performance in "Fire1 Over Eng« laud" was a long-term contract and a rol« to co-sar with Conrad Vcidt, in "DarH Journey." Her- big chance came tw« years ago, when she appeared on the stag* iv "Mask of Virtue," and a star waf born! Korda signed her up on a cou« 'tract that meant in terms of hard cash £50,000 to her. From then on Vivien was • front page news. Women writers nenrly went crazy when they discovered that this twenty-one-year-old child was the wife of a barrister mid the mother of a small son. After "Dark Journey" she will b< seo;i in "Storm in a Teacup,", anothc Victor Saville picture. '. Au rcroir until next week, ' Yours for cntcttainncnt, - "THE MAN IN THE STALLS."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1937, Page 21
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