FROM ELSTREE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1070, 6 September 1930, Page 25

FROM ELSTREE

Attractive British Films Coming STAGE PLAY ADAPTATIONS A business tour throughout New Zealand with the object of establishing British pictures still more firmly in the country’s market is being carried out at present by Mr. J. A. Lipman. the representative in Australia and New Zealand for British International Pictures, of Elstree. “I am able to say that our Elstree studios are now equal to any in the world.” Mr. Lipman told The Sun. “ ‘Atlantic,’ the first big British talkie, was made at Elstree, and there is no doubt that the pictures to come will maintain the same high standard. “ ‘Elstree Calling' is a revue, but follows more on the lines of highclass vaudeville and, in this way, is different from those made in Hollywood.

“ ‘Loose Ends,' ‘Young Woodley,’ and ‘Cape Forlorn’ (Frank Harvey’s play) are talkie versions of wellknown and successful stage productions.” Mr. Lipman added that another forthcoming release was "Two Worlds,” (he director of which was A. E. Dupont, of “Atlantic” fame. In addition there were three talkies of the thriller type—“ The W Plan,” “The Man at Six,” and Edgar Wallace's “ The Yellow Mask.”

It would he seen, he said, that the programme set by British International was one of wide variety and provided a range, of subjects that should meet all tastes.