“THE AMERICAN PRISONER”

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 961, 2 May 1930, Page 15

“THE AMERICAN PRISONER”

i^? e . n Phillpot’s famous novel “The i nrn eric ‘}h Prisoner.” has been made , ‘talkie.” The principal role is voirP ZK Carl Brisson, whose pleasant tion With its Pure English interpretation r ? cords wonderfully well on the wSh!?- e * The all-British east is - extraordinarily good, moor the “shooting” of the Dartlutp Prison sequences for this picsound 3, VaHt space in the rear of the reaiiv J* tudio was converted into a at sA** 0 ® replica of the actual prison culii7 lncet:own * complete with portan(« * exercise yard, prison buildings wail a C^ rtyard - The parapet of the a ( . n even was made practicable, and *tet2u ncln * Kuard of Wellingtonian Paraded thereon, looking Ijjfce and gallant. tlvu. ar< *. °f 250 extras were involved v ctur e. comprising not only but ai«° r P ris °n<?rs and their guards, "'eiaAT 0 Dev onshire peasantry, who J ) r.ann ei ! CouraKed to right into the tho ln ? rder to establish a market th« sa ‘® foodstuffs, to eke out days lserat) le prison fare of those

as a 133 th time in his 14 years Oliver ramount featured player, Guy Ve teran actor, has been asDrin'* t Bh ? riff role. He will portray ard A.i, I ; rv * s > crooked sheriff in Richof star ring vehicle, “The Eight *torv ♦Jr 1 ? Star s.” the first Zane Grey filmed in full sound and film JJJ®* This is Guy Oliver’s 337th