MOVIE BALL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 178, 18 October 1927, Page 13

MOVIE BALL

“Something Different” TO-NIGHT’S GAIETY EVENING IN HOLLYWOOD “Something different” is the aim and object of the Movie Ball committee for the plain and fancy dress ball which is to be held at the Town Hall this evening. The Town Hall is to become Hollywood and the dancers are to move among familiar Hollywood sights, and to do the things that are popular in this Mecca of film stars. For example, at the Movie Ball there will be “hot dogs,” as many as anyone wants, and piping hot, just as they should be. The hall itself will be unrecognisable. It will be tranformed into a Moorish palace yard, with the moon and stars for a ceiling. The lighting effects will be reminiscent of Arabian Nights, and will paint the great hall in a thousand colours. Another novelty will be a movie studio where dancers can be cinematographed under the Kleig lights. There will also be a fortune teller’s cave. Dancers can visit the old witches and hear what the future has in store. Two orchestras will keep the dancing going without a pause, and there will be no time to get tired or dull. A musical innovation will be the Sousaphone, a new jazz instrument, to be specially imported from America in time for “A Night in Hollywood.” z One of the events of the evening will be the parade of the finalists and the presentation of a betrothal ring to “Miss New Zealand, 192 7.” This ring has been specially designed by Mr. James Pascoe, jeweller, and is exquisitely made with five hoops, representing in diverse jewels the five provinces of the Dominion. It will be presented to “Miss New Zealand” as a pledge of her loyalty to Maoriland while she fulfils her film contract with Metro-Golden-Mayer in Hollywood. Cash prizes of £3 3s each will be given for the best presentations of Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge, Betty Balfour, Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Sydney Chaplin, Lon Chaney, Colleen Moore, Laura la Plante, and Tom Mix. Prizes will also be given for the best team representing movie characters (not fewer than four in number), and also for a duo representing the Duncan Sisters in “Topsy and Eva” (“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”). The awards will be made by ballot of all atending the Movie Ball, including spectators. The prizes are donated by the Film Exchanges. Regent Theatre, and FullerHay ward Theatres. Colourful solo and ballet dance interludes on stage and dance floor will be given by Valeska and the StrandMajestic Ballet.