“THE WEDDING MARCH”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 155, 21 September 1927, Page 14

“THE WEDDING MARCH”

HUNTING LODGE SCENE Perhaps the most remarkable “set" in the forthcoming' Paramount p .cture, “The Wedding March,” filmed in Los Angeles by Erich von Stroheim, was the interior of a hunting lodge In the Tyrolean Alps, where the director-star was at work for over five weeks. This setting, though smaller than many of the others in the picture, was a marvel of completeness, and was entirely “boxed in” so that the cameras could be trained on the scene from any desired direction. The average motion picture set is open at one end. and can thus only be photographed from certain angles. Literally hundreds of articles were in place in the set—objects so typically Tyrolean that the studio property department was taxed to the utmost to fill many of the orders issued by von Stroheim. Mucli of the action in these scenes transpires at the height of a terrific storm, and the screen shows a remarkably realistic simulation of wind, hail, sleet, lightning and rolling barks of fog. For downright realism, it is said that these sequences excel anything else ever done by the noted director — who, by the way, also plays the leading role of Prince “Nicki,” fl.rst lieutenant in Emperor Franz Joseph's resplendent Austrian cavalry regiment, the Life Guard Mounted. With the addition of Philip Sleeman, the oast of “After Midright,” Norma Shearer’s new starring p cture, is now complete. Philip Sleeman plays the part of a proprietor of a New York night club. “After Midnight” marks Lawrence Gray’s second appearance for Metro-Goldwyn -Mayer. Gwen Lee has the most important role of her screen career. The supporting cast includes Edward Slurgies and P.ose Burdick.

Roosevelt was a man, who achieved fame outside of his own land,” declares Jesse L. Lasky, first vice-pre-sident of Paramount. “For this reason Paramount has made “The Rough Riders” for world-wide distribution, and we expect it to be an even greater picture than “The Covered Wagon” which broke box office records in every land.”