"IT ISN'T DONE"

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 69, 8 April 1937, Page 6

"IT ISN'T DONE"

Hastings Obtains "Premiere" of Film REGENT, SATURDAY The Eegent Theatre, Hastings, is ha* ing honoured with a Kew Zealand pre* miere on Saturday, when "It Isu't Done." will be screened at four • sea* sions, 2.15, 4.45, 8 and 10.30 Thi« is the first Australian pieture made with the intention of world distribm tion Advance reports and the appear* ance .of the ' ' trailer ' ' suggest that it should achieve success. A Cinesound production, it is the, first Australian picture with a really first-class, all* star east. ' The players are Cecil Kelleway, Shirley- Ann Richards, Jbhn Longden, Frank Harvey, Nellie Fergu. son and Campbell Copelin. Kelleway and Harvey are well-known to Hastings thealre-goers, the former ag a comedian and the latter as a dramatie actor. • Kelleway plays the part of an Australian squatter who falls heir to an earldom. He goes to 'London and causes a stir in Society by big undon* ventional ways, much to the amazement of the " best people " ' and the amusement of picture patrons. . " Leading English studios 'co-operated in the overseas sequences of "It Isn't , Done," which marks another step forward in Australian production, , with pho'tograph, settings, sound, direction, east performances, and, above all, entertainment value ineasuring righf up to oversea standards. The picture wai directed by Austraiia 's "ace" direc. tor, Ken G. Hall.