NEWS OF THE CINEMA

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20923, 30 September 1939, Page 17 (Supplement)

NEWS OF THE CINEMA

[ Lovely “Redhead’s” New Role Lana Turner, the lovely “redhead” of “Calling Dr. Kildare,” danced her way into her first top feature role in motion pictures when production started on “The Glamour Girls,” in which she is starred with Lew Ayres. As 'the dancer who invades the . ancient and sacred portals of Kingston University during their tradi- • I tional “house parties” week, throw- ’ ing consternation into the ranks of the undergraduates and envy into the hearts of New York's sub-deb. glamour girls, Lana has the biggest role of her career. It was her performance with Lew Ayres in “Calling Dr. Kildare” that was the decisive argument in her rise. David Niven’s New Film David Niven is very busy these days. At the moment he is at work ■with Loretta Young on “Eternally Yours ” In this film. Niven and Loretta have the unusual roles of a magician and his partner, who is also his wife -n one scene David makes Loretta kiss him—through hypnotism—when she is really in a rage with him. The supporting cast includes Hugh Herbert, C. Aubrey Smith (as a bishop), Broderick Crawford and Virginia Field. The Popular Barry K. Barnes Barry K. Barnes and his wife, Diana Churchill, have never appeared in either a play or a film together. Very soon, however, they may be seen on the London stage. For some time, Barry has been searching for a suitable play, in which he and his wife could appear. Now he thinks he has found one. New one of the most popular leading men in British films, Barry has been working almost continuously for the past year. At the moment, he is starring in “The Midas Touch,” at Teddington. Directing it is David MacDonald, who, more than anybody else, has been responsible for Barry's screen success. It was MacDonald who first conceived the idea of casting Barnes in the reporter role in “This Man is News,” which was followed by “This Man in Paris.” Only recently, he was again in charge of Barry’s “Spies of the Air.” Mr Barnes was in New Zealand some years ago playing opposite Margaret Rawlings in the stage version of “The Barretts of Wimpole Street.”