Films and the Studios

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 922, 15 March 1930, Page 24

Films and the Studios

Vina Delmar, novelist and short story writer, will leave New Yc**k shortly for Warner Brothers’ studios, where she will begin work immediately on Vitaphcne stories for next season’s schedule. Starring Nancy Carroll, “The Devil’s Sunday” wfll he produced by Paramount. The story is an original one by Edmund Goulding, who will direct the picture. He is the author and director of Gloria Swanson’s “The Trespasser,” and also wrote “The Broadway Melody” and the stage play, ; "Dancing Mothers.” The Tiffany sound picture, "Pea- ! cock Alley,” represents one more of ] those subjects which, having been j splendid successes as “silents,” are ! being remade as “talkies.” Mae Mur- | ray has a good speaking voice, and the cast is practically an all-star one. Tiffany having linked up with new technicoiour process, “Peacock Alley” will be all in colour, to which its gorgeous settings particularly lend themselves. FOUR WAR PLAYS Four war pictures are being filmed in Hollywood at present, each one dealing with the World War from a different viewpoint. The pictures are: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Journey’s End,” “Young Eagles,” and “The Case of Sergeant Grischa.” PARIS DEFIED The women of Hollywood are defying Paris. They have organised against long skirts and have formed what is now known as the American Women’s Short Skirt Association. Corinne Griffith is the president, and Clara Bow the vice president. They have both apparently grown weary of long skirts in the space of a few weeks. New members are coming into i the society rapidly, and all are enthusiastic about short skirts, for everything but evening wear. LOOKINa YOUNGER That technicoiour will make almost any actress look years younger than she does when photographed on the black and white screen is the contention of Joan Bennett, leading woman in “Puttin’ On the Ritz(” Harry Richman’s new technicoiour picture. She takes the part of Alice in Wonderland in the revue. Miss Bennett was made up for the part of the young heroine, and was the topic of conversation for I a groxip of visitors, who inquired how such a little girl attended school during the making of the picture. When told that Miss Bennett was well over age the visitors were quite surprised.