GENTLEMEN PREFER—?

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 56, 28 May 1927, Page 23 (Supplement)

GENTLEMEN PREFER—?

The only genuine duke in pictures is ! about to play the role of a duke on the j screen. He is Mario Carillo, wellknown Italian actor, who is to play I the grand duke in “Anna Karenina.” , Carillo is his film name—in private life; he is the heir to a dukedom in Naples, and one of the principal streets in Naples, the Via Cacciarulo, is named after his family. Lars Hanson, famous Swedish actor, whose latest screen role is with Lillian Gish in her new vehicle, “The Wind.” is learning to twirl a rope and handle a lariat to play a real American cowboy. He says with practice he may become “the Swedish Tim McCoy.” “Dance Magic,” Robert Kane’s next picture, is scheduled to go into production at the Cosmopolitan Studios, New York. Ben Lyon has the leading i ale role with a supporting cast headed by Barbara Stan wick, Louis John Bartels and Joyce Collyer. “Dance Magic” is the screen adaptation of Clarence Buddington Kelland’s recent serial of the i same name.

Gary Cooper, the tall, young man. i | whose magnetic smile and winning per- j sonality resulted in his meteoric rise in pictures, has just been launched on ] j his starring career for Paramount, less 1 | than a year since he first stepped be- j t fore a motion picture camera. Cooper | l lias just commenced work on “Arizona | | Bound,” with Betty Jewel. Cooper’s ; I most recent work has been as a mem- j i ber of the all-star cast of “Children |of Divorce,” in which Clara Bow, Esther Ralston. Cooper and Einar. | Hanson have the roles. | Who will be wearing the laurels i in movie land at this time next year? I Will the favourites who reign now continue to bask in public approval? Or will young, unexpected rivals, studying ! now in minor roles, prep schools of I movie fame, usurp their places? Marj shall Neilan. who has made stars, j thinks they will. This is going to be la great year for stars; aside from a few meteoric rises from obscurity to I fame, last year saw little of star- ! making. It is difficult to say just where j fame will land,” says Neilan.

FOR FOX FANS—

NEWS FROM THE STUDIOS

The comedy in the John Golden stage play, “The Holy Terror,” will be retained in the Fox film.

In the East. Allan Dwan is producing “The Joy Girl.” The Fox attraction made in >the Berlin studios, “Madame Wants No Children,” will soon reach the screen.

Earle Foxe has the lead in the Fox picture, “The Grand Flapper, ’ being directed by J. G. Blystone. It is adapted from Nina Wilcox Put ham's story in the “Saturday Post.”

On one of the “Sunrise” sols F. \V. Munau used 15,900 electric lights. .The scene represents an amusement park ‘built on the Fox lot.

Admirers of Louise Fazenda may not recognise her at once in “Cradle Snatchers" •>o c a u s e she is adorned by a blonde wig in that Fox offering. * * * Allan Dwan states that the story of “The Joy Girl” could not fit Olive Borden’s

personality better if Louise Fazenda May Edginton hail known the Fox actress all her li f e.

Tom Mix, who takes a portable gymnasium on location, declares he has plenty of exercise before the camera in “Outlaws of Red River,” and does not have to resort to mechanical devices.

Dolores Del Rio, who has lived in Mexico and Spain almost all her lite, declares that Victor McLaglen is startlingly realistic in his role of the toreador in the Fox picture, “Carmen.”

Edmund Lowe made such a hit as the hard-boiled Sergeant Quirt in “What Price Glory” that he was chosen for the copper-riveted steel-reinforced fight manager in “Is Zat So?” nowbeing directed by Alfred E. Green. “What Price Glory” is due in Auckland this week.

Los Angeles policemen have stopped a number of cars with licence plat's which came from no known country in the world. Investigation revealed the autos were used in “The City from Nowh ‘re.” shown in the Fox attraction “Sunrise,” which F. W. Murnau has given a cosmopolitan atmosphere.

Albert Gran, the cabby in the F*- : picture. “Seventh Heaven,” forgot his pet pipe, and between sequences, without removing his grotesque make-up. he rushed home. The maid refused to let him in. and he needed a half-hour to prove his identity.

Fortunately, height does not make Janet Gaynor dizzy or terrify her. In “Seventh Heaven” several scenes require that she walk across a narrow plank between two roof-tops high above the ground. According to Janet, it was “a big thrill.” Frank Borzage directing the Fox offering states that everybody on the set gets a kick out of her cool manner in walking the plank when many men might quail. Charles Farrell. playing the male lead, said admiringly, “Janet, you have more nerve than an aviator on leave in Paris.”

Production rolls along swiftly at Fo.t Studios. In Hollywood, “Sunrise.” directed by F. W. Murnau. has reached final stages of editing. “Seventh Heaven,” under Frank Borzage’s guidance, proceeds according to schedule. Raoul Walsh swings into the making of “Carmen.” “Is Zat So?” rollicks along with Alfred E. Green at the helm. Howard Hawks develops the smooth comedy of “Cradle Snatchers.'” “The Heart of Salome.” directed by Victor Schertzinger, is almost finished. Al. Ray has started “Rich But Honest,” and J. G. Blystone has launched “The Grand Flapper.” Lew Seiler nears completion of the Tom Mix picture, “Outlaws of Red River.” “The Holy i Terror” is being directed by Lambert ! Hillyer.