“THE CAT AND THE CANARY”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 261, 25 January 1928, Page 15

“THE CAT AND THE CANARY”

COMING TO PRINCESS, TIVOLI AND EVERYBODY'S One of the commonest links with the savage in our natures* is our fear of the dark, the unknown and mysterious. Back in the days of the dawn of mankind our skin-clad ancestors withdrew to their rocky caves with the first coming of night. So our greatest writers of mystery have taken the fullest advantage of

turnal mysteries by their selection of the mystic hour of midnight for the hatching of plots, the commission of murder and all manner of evildoing. John Willard lias compounded these elements in his absorbing mystery play, “The Cat and the Canary,” which }iad such successfully long runs in

every important city. This drama will toe shown on the screens of the Princess, Tivoli and Everybody’s Theatres to-morrow. Movie-goers are promised a treau in this screen presentation of a fast-mov-ing drama which has thrilled tern, of thousands. The director has attained the fullest possibilities of melodramatic value, it is said, by the employment of- bizarre light and shadow effects. Laura la Plante, the winsome blonde star of “The Midnight Sun," “Her Big Night," “Poker Faces," and “Butterflies in the .Rain," will be seen heading a distinguished company. She is surrounded by such players as Arthur Edmund Carew, Forrest Stanley, Creighton Hare, Gertrude Astor, Flora Finch, George Seigmann, Lucien Littlefield, Tully Marshall and Martha Mattox. ST. ANDREW’S CONCERT The Robert Burns Anniversary will be celebrated this evening by a concert arranged by the St. Andrew's Society to be held in the Unity Hall. A first-class programme has been prepared. Included among the artis:s is Miss Margaret McKenzie Aitken, the eminent Scotish contralto, who recently arrived from the United Kingdom. Miss Aitken comes with the high recommendations of London and M ilan. The concert numbers will include songs, highland dancing and elocutionary items. An address will be delivered by a past president, Mr. John Barr.

Several scenes of the Fox Picture, “Pyjamas," sta Tring Olive Borden, were photographed near the ILdlest mountain peaks in the Canadian Selkirks. Almost 11,000 feet high, the Sir Donald Peak, a Cyclopean pyramid of rock and ice, was named in honour of an energetic promoter, who caused the metal roadway to be built around its base. The supporting cast of “Pyjamas” includes Laurence Gray, Jerry Miley and John Clark. * * * “His Night" has been chosen a s the title for Ramon Novarro's latest starring picture. The story is laid in modem times, and Xovarro plays he role of a youthful king in a mythical Foropean kingdom. Renee Adoree ha;,- die leading feminine role, and the east includes Dorothy Cumming, Roy D Arcy, Edward Connelly, Jacqueline Gadsden, Alberta Vaughn, Shirley O’Hara and Marcello Corday. - ----1 _

Wanted—a title for the newest Emil Jannings picture. First it was called “The General.” then it was changed to “The Road to Glory.” That has been abandoned now and around the Paramount studio it is designated as “Production No. 112." Fay Wray and William Powell are in the cast, and Josef von Sternberg is directing.

Five writers have been added t< the Paramount staff and are engaged in developing special ideas on original screen stories under the direction of Monte Katterjohn. The new men are Jack Jevne, Scott Darling, Sydney Bookman, Arndt Giusti and Oil Pratt. AH have had experience in scenario ip past. *