Adventurous Gary Cooper in Chinese Revolt Story
BRILLIANT PLAYRIGHT SCRIxxS "THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN" (Regent: Screening Saturday.) Gary Cooper, the screen’s most famous soldier of fortune, will be seen again in liis favourite role in “The General Died at Dawn," a Paramount picture of adventure, romance and intrigue in modern war-torn China. Having established himself as filmdoin’s outstanding portrayer of romantic roles in the French Foreign Legion the Bengal Lancers and the Italian anc American armies, Cooper now coincs tc the screen as a roving soldier of fortune in modern war-torn China.
Appearing opposite him is beautitu. blonde Madeleine Carroll in the role of the lure put out by a scheming w'ar lord to trap Cooper. This is an entire ly new role for Miss Carroll who ha: already captivated America despite hej few axipearauces before tho cameras Akim Tamiroff, famed for his jjortray als of sinister roles, is cast in the rol< of the ruthless war-lord.
The producers of “The General Died at Dawn" were determined to recapture the magnitude and significance of modern China, a popular uprising against oppression witiiout a parallel in history. To accomplish this, Clifford Odets, brilliant young playwright whose works have caused a sensation for their startling reality and rigid adherence to fact, was assigned to write tlic
screenplay. Lewis Milestone directed the picture. In order to produce a picture of outstanding merit, it was necessary to recruit over 700 Chinese residents of Los Angeles and the San Joaquin valley to serve as soldiers and civilians in the scenes. An entire Chinese village had to be built of bamboo and paper, and a Chinese “junk," which was pronounced as seaworthy as a cup-
defender, hud to bo built. After tli. vessel was completed a crew of exper enced Yanktse river sailors had to 1: imported from China to navigate i
‘‘Tho General Died at Dawn" is a :story built around the romance between a soldier of fortune to whom danger is the breath of life, and a beautiful woman adventuress w'ho is given the task o destroying him. Their fortunes are
closely involved with the fate of China's teeming millions, and their lot is decided for them as it only could be in the mysterious Orient.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 22, 27 January 1937, Page 11 (Supplement)
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