Films and The Studios

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 810, 2 November 1929, Page 27

Films and The Studios

g nXER'S PARTS Georges Carpentler, who was brought to Hollywood for a sketch jn Warners’ “Show of Shows,” a celluloid musical comedy. He is remaining for a second role in the talkies, a prize-fighter part in “Hold Everything.” an adaptation of the stage success. Featured with the French actor-boxer are Sally O’Neil, Joe E. Brown and others. YACHT .s/.vaw The last day’s “shooting” of “Condemned,” the film in which Ronald Colman plays the part of a prisoner on Devil’s Island, was attended by a minor disaster when the yacht, valued at several thousand dollars, that was used for the pursuit in the jungle and swamp sequences, sank fifteen feet when a hoisting crane broke. It settled in shallow water off Catalina Island. » * » A FAIRBANKS FAILURE An amusing incident marked the visit of the Graf Zeppelin to Los Angeles. Douglas Fairbanks came home and said, ""Well, Mary, bow would you like to start East on the Zeppelin tonight?” Mary was thrilled, packed her trunks, and was all ready to walk up the ladder, when the sad news came that the Graf Zeppelin could not possibly take them, money and celebrity notwithstanding. TWO SPECIAL FILMS •'On With the Show” and “The Gold Diggers of Broadway,” two special Warner Brothers productions, will arrive in New Zealand next week according to Mr. H. E, Sehureck, New Zealand general manager for Warner Brothers and First National, who reamed from Sydney on Tuesday. Both are full talking films in technicolour—the first to combine these two innovations in a complete way. Warners, says Mr, Sehureck, are at present asting for grand opera and among the singers whose services have been secured is Martinelle, of the New York Opera Company. * * ■» VEW KHKRT.OCK HOLMES Sherlock Holmes’s method of detection is as modern as ever was, but his mode of dress would never do for this generation. As a result Clive Brook, who plays the title role in “Tho Return of Sherlock Holmes,” discards Holmes’s illustrious double-peaked, checked cap for a more up-to-date bit of headgear. Picturegoers of today would smile at a picture even of their beloved Sherlock, were he shown aboard a modern transatlantic liner, where most of the action of “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” takes place, wearing checkered, fore-and-aft cap. However, Brook will smoke his curled pipe aid will even play the violin when in deep thought.