“DIVINE WOMAN” AT EDENDALE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 456, 11 September 1928, Page 18

“DIVINE WOMAN” AT EDENDALE

“The Divine Woman’ ’with dreta Garbo in the leading role, will be shown again this evening at the Eden, dale Theatre. Marianne, a peasant girl, is disowned by her own mother, and she nearly kills Legrande, a theatrical When she runs away, Lucien, a soldier, producer, for making love to hen deserts his regiment, and steals, to befriend and love her. Lucien is sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Then Marianne, at heart an actress, accepts Legrande’s offer for a chance on the stage. She rises to glittering fame. “The Wreck,” a dramatic story, starring Shirley Mason, will also be shown. Production has commenced on “The Fleets In,” .Calara Bow’s latest starring picture for Paramount. Ann Bodil Rosing has been cast as her mother in the production. Ann Rosing is one of the foremost character actresses on the screen to-day. James Hall and Jack Oakie have the principal male parts opposite Miss Bow. Joe Brandt, president of Columbia Pictures, is said to have entered into negotiations for the leasing of a Broadway theatre for an extended run premiere of the Columbia special, “The Scarlet Woman,” starring Lya de Putti. The story, about revolutionary Russia, is now being directed by Alan Crosland. Arrangements are also being made to synchronise the production with music supplied by a symphony orchestra.