Evening star., 1935-05-07

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Paramount's plans for filming "An-
napolis, Farewell" Immediately down
at Annapolis. Late last night q new
director, Alexander Hall, and an entire
new crew OF technicians left Holly
wood (by train) and will arrive In
Annapolis in time to start production
Saturday. They 60 first to Baltimore.
THERE'S a bit of q race going on
l down at Annapolis, too. Seems
that the Warner Bros. are getting set
to do a picture there as well as
Paramount-and that it is more than
likely that the two companies will be
shooting at the same time. While
the name and cast of the Warner
film has not been divulged, 1t Is more
than certain that Sir Guy Standing
and Richard Cromwell will head the
cast of Annapolis, Farewell"
+ 4 Il \
IN RESPONSE to M. A. BIS request
l to have "One Night of Love" shown
again at some local theater, there has
come to light the fact that at least
one person has seen the film IA times.
We should like oow to find out If
some one hasn't seen 1t is times. Or
what Is the record anyway?
X X y X
1.-THE Irish character, many-sided
and complicated by currents Of
idealism, passion, valor. pride. and
gentle faith, has rarely been caught
in literature-has not ever been
caught in its entirety on the screen.
Thus IN making Liam O'Flaherty's
"The Informer," coming to R-K-O
Keith's on Friday-R-K-O-Radio
pioneered q new field-the field Of the
shamrock, where, in the face Of mis-
understanding, green hope has always
grown.
1.-The 1nformer' goes deep into the
heart Of the men of Ireland to linn
their elemental virtues with startling
realism. It strengthens its drawing
of the sturdy qualities Of people
with the dramatic contrast of the
spiritual decay of an Irish giant whose
weakness was greater than his
strength. but who was true to himself
and the traditions of his race, at least.
"Gypo Nolan, played by Victor Nc
Laglen in one Of his most remarkable
screen characterizatioos, is the prim-
tive Irishman, who, fighting, loving,
and laughing, meets a doom of his
own making in the whirlwind of the
Irish revolution.
"A universal figure is Gypo Nolan,
and yet he is strongly marked as q
son of Ireland. And thus he evidences
all those elements which go to make
men and women the world over-the
ills that the flesh is heir to and the
anodyne of faith which soothes those
ills-while providing vivid portrait
of a man caught in the net of his
own passions.
supporting Victor McLaglen IN
this saga of Ireland's days Of strife
is cast that includes Heather Angel,
Margot Grahame, Preston Foster,
Wallace Ford and Una O'Connor."
These impassioned words come from
the pen of Hardie Meakin, sage man
author of no mean ability. A dabbler
in many arts, Mr.. Meakin, who has
acted, written and managed through
much of his interesting career, Is all
agog over this new film, inasmuch as
Bob Sisk, former R-K-O press chief
and before that head of the literary
forces Of the Theater Guild, is really
sponsoring it.
This would be Mr.. Sisk's first film
under his new producing contract
with R-K-O. He flew East with a
print of it tucked under his arm. It
was screened few days ago in New
York. Rumor has it that it's a very
good film and that Mr.. Sisk should
be congratulated for his share Of the
work that went into it. He Is hereby
congratulated-even ahead of time.