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FEATURE FILM TO BE MADE IN QUEENSLAND
Queensland will. probably' be selected as 'the 'setting3 for a feature film pro duction to be made in Australia by an American' oreanisation. ' '
- Miss Margot Mason, special repre sentative of Columbia Pictures J?ty., Ud., has arrived in Brisbane prellmin iry to a tour of the State. She will re port to the company on Queensland's scenic attractions and the suitability -f various locations for filming 'Rangle River.' ' Miss Mason announced 'yesterday that the American actor. Victor .Torv.
would play lead in the film, and that Clarence Badger would be retained as director. Nance O'Neill, daughter of Dr. S. . A. Smith, well known Sydney physician, ? . has been invited by radio-telephone to play the feminine lead, following her work opposite Jack Hulbert in 'Jack Ahoy.' Should her Eng lish contracts tier
Miss Margot Mason
Miss Margot Mason
mic, sne win fly to Australia. . The story for 'Rangle River' will ae by Zane Grey, Miss Mason stated yesterday. The picture will be made In conjunction with National Studios. Ltd., of Pagewood, Sydney. Outdoor scenes and scenery 'shots' will be taken in Queensland. Miss Mason said her visit was sig nificant of awakening by American producers to the scenic attractions 3f Queensland and the suitability of the atmosphere far photography. Diver sity of scenery, from tropical' forests to grasslands, provided a selection of settings for all types of scenarios.