GRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 160, 27 September 1927, Page 14

GRAND

“HIS NATURAL LIFE” Miss Marian Marcus Clart.e, [ t a daughter of the author of “Fa* tfet Term of Ills Natural Life,” whfc & :s now being shown at the Grand Theatre, has a splendid role h»rselt in the picture, which has been adajtfad to the screen from her father’s i»ot«l As Lady Devine she has an excellent opportunity of showing Australians the nigh standard of her artistic tUent Although she has done much literary work, she is not new to the theatrical profession, having played on the stage n America for six years, where one of her best roles was the missionary's wife in “Rain,” which she played far 40 weeks. Miss Clarke was also Registrar of Births and Deaths in Melbourne, a position which was also held by her mother and sister. She also played in “Seventh Heaven.” staged to Sydney under the J. C. Williamson management. Her various literary efforts are well known, and, in conjunction with the late Mr. ISrnest Clarke, she has dramatised all her father’s works. When “For the Term jof His Natural Life” was completed. die devoted herself again to her literary ! pursuits. “Steamboat Bill,” dealing with life <>n the Mississippi River, will be Buster Keaton's next story for United Anists. The plot will allow for both amusing and exciting incidents, and those who have had an insight into the possibilities of the story declare that it will be one of the finest thinrs the frozen-faced comedian has done.