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“TOPSY AND EVA” Racing across huge snowdrifts with j Simon Legree and the bloodhounds in j pursuit would naturally be thought of j ; as a situation both harrowing and c exciting, but as it is presented on the j . screen at the Grand Theatre in the j ; Duncan film, “Topsy and Eva.” it be- | - comes uproariously funny. “Topsy.” played by Rosetta Dun- : can, finally eludes the snarling Legree I and his dogs, only to run full smack | : ! into a graveyard with hoot owls and i . live spooks. The snow scenes for this film ver- j sion of the musical comedy, made famous by the Duncan Sisters ' through four years of success in the \ United States and Europe, were made ] at Lake Tahoe, sometimes called “the 5 California Alps,” and at an altitude | ‘ of approximately 10.000 feet. j ' "Topsy and Eva” is the first film i 1 venture of the Duncan Sisters. who ] were finally persuaded by Joseph M j f Schenck to picturise their successful ] ' stage vehicles for United Artists, j ■ Included in the cast are Gibson Gow-ii land. Marjorie Daw, Nils Asther.; 1 Myrtle Ferguson, who toured in the M play with the sisters, Noble Johnson I ! and Henry Victor. - I
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 194, 5 November 1927, Page 14
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