Films and the Studios

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 910, 1 March 1930, Page 24

Films and the Studios

DUXCAX X/STKKS Another case of stage players making good was recorded when Vivian and Rosetta Duncan signed a long-term contract to make talking pictures for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Los Angeles. The first is to be “It’s a Great Life,” which was recently completed at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. At least two pictures will be made by the Duncans each year, under the terms of the new contract. MAE MURRAY TALKS Mae Murray is making talkie versions of some of her old silent hits. More than any other star of the silent I regime, she defies the vicissitudes of the screen, observes a gossip writer. She has a little difficulty opening her eyes, due to the miracles of facial modernity; but the Murray figure is the same, round alluring silhouette which first fascinated the public. 1 understand that meat is entirely out of her dietary. Nuts, dates, honey and vegetables are her daily menu, and plenty of ice keeps the girlish contour of a countenance which science preserves eternally young. JA PAXEFE FILM-31 A KIXG The cinema in Japan has become extremely popular, and there is now a determined effort on the part of the Japanese film companies to keep pace with the expanding market, and to j establish the industry on a firm b»asis. In 192 S the aggregate attendance at the pictures amounted to more than 136,000,000 people. Some idea of the progress made in the production of films in Japan can be gathered from the fact that, of the total shown, the proportion of Japanese films has risen from 10 to 85 per cent, during the last six years.