“VAGABOND KING” IN COLOUR
BIG TALKIE PRODUCTION * Paramount is to film the well-known 1 musical comedy success. The \ayabond King," entirely in sound -nd technicoiour, according to advice just received from the Paramount studio* in Hollywood. Technicoiour has been used foi P'>rtions of Paramount talking pictures with excellent results. This 1? tn* first time that the enure picture will be in natural colours. Dennis King, an English star vhplayed the original title role in th« Broadway presentation of “The \ agj - bond King,” has beer signed to play the lead. Jeanette MacDonald who has just completed a singing role opI posit© Maurice Chevalier in “The Love Parade.” has been cast in the feminine lead The Australian- actor. P. O. Heggie, has another featured part. The addition of colour will give the i producers scope to present the picti'i** 1 with all the glitter that characterised • r j l<a stage production: but it will on a bigger and wider scale.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 789, 9 October 1929, Page 17
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