AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1930, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES

“Wife DIVINE LADY

A SOUND SYNCHRONISED PICTURE TO-NIGHT.

it reproduction of -the Battle or- Trafalgar tV'ill be seen' hei'e when “Ttfe Drviiih. Lady,’’ Ctrinne '■lriffith’s laf&st pi bt tire begins at the princess Theatre to-night. Despite the magnitude of the maritime,scenes of ‘‘The I>i?ine Lady,” thisa-sequence by rio means dominates the picture, which deals with haval battles bhlyfiias' incidents ( ,i r ti the great love story of Lady Hamilton and ‘ Lord kelson. Miss, Grifeths, as .tile .lady of many i affairs find one splendid, ideal romance, worked in tKe A picture steadily for over more than-Six’months. while another, six’ months?ctyas devoted to preparations for filming the story.

The • eihehiatic hayal v’battles and other scenes with sailing ships ahd -men-b ! Vn t place along the entire California coast, from Monterey to San Die^,|' JLanding scenes were filmed .near Monterey, and three ,J hundred -miles'’ the principal battle scenes were taken at distances ranging from fiftf yfO ; one hundred miles from shore.! ships Were uSb(i as, “principals” in the sea efisodes, and from eight to fourteen , others for distant atmosphere, no action being shown on the decks of thb latter. In this, .way the whole • English arid FrenclV fleets were reproduced. The ca’st Miss Griffiths in “The Divine Lady,” is a notfiible one and includes Victor Varcotii fis Lord Nelson!;:'H. B. Warmer as Lord Haihilten, : lari Keith, Mon_tafeu Love, William Cpnklin; Marie Dressier,, Dorothy Cummings, Michael Vaviteh and others. ■Frank Lloyd always to be remembered gratefully for I hix. !f Sea Dawk,’’ directed. The supports to-titgnt' include three I short