NEWS OF THE CINEMA.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19899, 30 May 1936, Page 19 (Supplement)

NEWS OF THE CINEMA.

Fred Aete‘lre Hates Publicity. “It has been suggested several times that I appear in a picture in which there is no dancing." said Fred Astaire. “but as long as people want to see me dance—~snd I think I‘ll probably be good for another five years—l'm going to dance." Fred seldom attends previews of his films, solely because of his dislike of crowds and personal publicity. This dislike is shared by his wife, formerly Phyllis Potter, of New York. to whom he has been married three years. “In His Steps” to be Filmed. An independent Hollywood company is to flint “ln Ills Steps." Charles Monroe Sheldon wrote it in 1899, and the book has since sold approximately 8,000,000 copies “ Beau Gene” In colour. Paramount are to produce their new version 0! “Bean Geste" in colour. with Gary Cooper leading the cast. “Beau Geste“ was produced as a silent film in 1926 and starred Ronald Colman. Sequel to “ Count. of Monte Crista." Robert Donat (who won popularity in “The Ghost Goes West ") is to make a film for Reliance Pictures. This may be it sequel to “The Count 01‘ Monte Cristo," xcnllcd “ Son of Monte Cristo." Pnld £40,000 for Screening Rights. The ’l‘ivoli, in the Strand, London, paid £vio,ooo to be the llrst cinema. in

Great Britain to presont “ Modern Times," the Charles Chaplin trim. For the first. night every seat in the Tivoil “as made hookahic at prices ranging from 25 lid to its. -—————.__