Did You Know That?
Harold Lloyd is said to be on the verge of making a talking film. It will be the first instance of a sound device used in comedy. Although Lloyd has made no announcement, he and his staff have been busy on experiments in this field.
Edmund Goulding, author and playwright, has returned to Hollywood from New York, where he has completed the dramatisation of his book, “Fury,” and has prepared “The Virago” for Florence Reed.
After years of struggle as an extra woman, Margaret Mann, aged 60, has been given a starring role in “Four Sons,” a drama of the “mother” type. The Empire Theatre, Dunedin, which will be opened shortly, is the first of the atmospheric type to be built in New Zealand. It has a seating capacity of over 2,600. An English organ has been installed, but it is an instrument of ordinary type with theatrical effects added.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 460, 15 September 1928, Page 24
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154Did You Know That? Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 460, 15 September 1928, Page 24
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