MASSIVE SET
PALACE SCENE FOR NEW FLv
Three hundred and ninety l—- ■ manned by one hundred and flm-" electricians, and consuming v thousand amperes ot electric*! rent, were required to illuminate'' huge palace garden setting of pmount’s all-colour singing rom _! j “The Vagabond King." ; Over two hundred person* » PPfi in the garden scene, which **. largest setting ever constructed j sound picture studio.
This scene was 250 feet lonj 75 feet high, completely fiUinc interior of one of the larges: j ! newest of the Paramount SM[ ; | stages. | Fifteen thousand square feet )f,.,
backing were painted for it. Vagabond King,” which has beer : dueed on a most lavish scale iParamount musical comedy star:: Dennis King, English actor, who sr: in the original New York stage r duction. A large cast, including Js:nette MacDonald, P. Heggie. ID" and Lillian Roth, supports the f*
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 846, 14 December 1929, Page 30
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140MASSIVE SET Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 846, 14 December 1929, Page 30
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