THE NATIVE QUARTER
SEEN IN “ALGIERS.’ The bustling streets of the native quarter. of Algiers wore literally set down in a sound stage at the United Artists studios recently. “The Casbah,’ as the district is called, is distinct from the modern French city which is the capital and chief seaport of Algeria on the Mediterranean coast of Africa and is the home of Arabs, Moors, Berbers, Kabyles, Libyans and picturesque members of countless other nations and tribes. Primitive customs prevail, and the district is a refuge for criminals from all parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. The settings representing the Casbah were erected as the scene of action in “Algiers,” the production in which Charles Boyer will star at the State Theatre tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the role of Pepe le Moko, a devil-may-care international jewel thief, for whose love glamorous Sigrid Gurie and alluring Hedy Lamarr are rivals. The massive settings take in a large
area of the strange region with a veritable labyrinth of obscure passages and stairways leading to the rooftops. Prominently featured in the supporting cast are Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart and Mme. Nina Koshetz.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 December 1938, Page 8
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