Dietrich in England: Her First Film "Knight Without Armour" Exciting

Radio Record, Volume X, Issue 21, 4 December 1936, Unnumbered Page

Dietrich in England: Her First Film "Knight Without Armour" Exciting

THEIR NAMES WILL SHINE EVEN MORE BRIGHTLY SOONt-The three stars above are soon to be seen in New Zealand in three outstanding: films. Left iss Myrna Loy, who playsthe ‘part of Billie Burke in "The Great Ziegfeld," M.G.M.’s super-musical film, which is to be a Christmas attraction in Auckland. Centre is Janet Gaynor, who shines with a brilliant collection of stars in ‘Ladies in Love,’’ the Twentieth Century-Fox film, due for early release. Madeleine Carroll is the girl on the right. She’s coming at Christmas in ‘The General Died at Dawn," an excellent Paramount picture with Gary Cooper.

MARLENE DIETRICH, | to- ' gether with Robert Donat, are the. stars in "Knight Without Armour," from the screen version of James Hilton's best-seller. The story, as ‘written by Frances Marion, is an. exciting yarn concerning the exploits of a young Englishman in the British Secret Service in Russia, who inadvertently becomes a Soviet Commissar, and whose job it is to take a Russian Countess (Dietrich) to the execution block. He falls in love with her on the way, and helps her: to and their adventures in this. Avild flight will make "Knight Without Armour" a startling film. The picture is being. produced by Alexander Korda for United Artists. "Gay Desperado" A’ RARE treat is in store for ~" music-lovers’ when PickfordLasky’s "The Gay Desperado" brings Nino Martini, famous singing star of opera, to the screen: In addition*to the original’ songs written for Martini, there will be. several solos, and-a, number of Mexican folk songs. "The-World is Mine To-night," -written for the picture -by the British composers, Holt Marvel and George Posford, is already’ popular. on the air. Another — original number, "Adios. Mi Tierra," was, composed by the singer’s. own: accompanist, Miguel Sandoval, "Lhe Verdi aria,

"Celeste Aida,"’. will be the highlight of the operatic music’ and three famous Mexican songs, "Cielita Lindo," "Lamento Gitano’ and "Dstrellita" Will eomplete the star’s. diversified. repertoire in the picture. Incidental and

background music for’ the production, beside the studio symphony orchestra, is provided by the "Trovadores Chinacos," famous Mexican string band, and . "Senor Batista," Mexico’s greatest" guitar player. "The Gay Desperado"

marks the first film appearance of these Mexican artists. Ida Lupino and Leo Carrillo are featured in the gay romance. Modern China [Am against a background of modern war-torn China, Paramount’s "The General Died at Dawn" is a timely, fast-moving action drama of high adyenture among those littleknown, but highly-colourful, characters who make a busines of international intrigue. The growing spirit of resistance on the part of modern China ‘against: the’ predatory war lords’ who have subjugated the country is the _ basis of the story, which presents Gary Cooper again in a -soldier-of-fortune role. This time he is ‘in ‘the ranks of