Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), Saturday 22 November 1952, page 7


Anthony Steel in Malta film

LONDON, Sat: Anthony Steel has been chosen to co-star with Alec Guinness in the picture, tentatively ? titled: 'The Malta Story,' about the George Cross island in World War II.

Steel has the part of Guinness' commanding officer. For both ex-naval lieutenant Guinness and ex-paratrooper Steel it is their first appearance in Air Force clue. Steel, a Grenadier Guardsman at 18, was badly wounded on patrol in the Middle East, was again wounded in the Far East, and then turned parachutist, making nine operational jumps.Guinness Guinness is looking forward to making this picture. 'It will revive old memories for me,' he said. 'I played at the Opera House on Malta with the Old Vic in 1939. The theatre was later destroyed by bombing. 'From the invasion onwards I was constantly in and out of Malta as a lieutenant in command of a small craft. On one occasion I was brought back as a survivor from a ship wrecked in a storm in the Adriatic.' ? * DAVID Farrar and Peter Reynolds are the British stars in one sequence of a three-part Italian production, 'Our Children.' Filming was done in Rome, London, and Paris. ? * 'T\INAH Sheridan seems ?*-' fated to face unusual competition in her movies. In 'Where No Vultures Fly' it was animals — a menagerie of them. Now in 'Genevieve' she has to stand up to the opposition of 50 veteran cars. The new comedy has Dinah, with film husband John Gregson, taking part in the annual London to Brighton car rally. And after 'Genevieve '? Dinah has more competi

tion — back among the animals for a sequel to 'Vultures.' Scripter Harry Watt is working on the story now. TAMES Robertson Justice ' plays Henry VIII. in the Walt Disney production 'The Sword and the Rose.' Glynis Johns is Mary Tudor, the King's sister.

GLYNIS JOHNS costumed as a Tudor page for a scene in 'The Sword and the Rose,' Walt Disney's third British picture.

GLYNIS JOHNS costumed as a Tudor page for a scene in 'The Sword and the Rose,' Walt Disney's third British picture.

DEBBIE REYNOLDS meets John Gielgud, leading British Shakespearean actor in Hollywood to play Cassius in 'Julius Caesar.'

DEBBIE REYNOLDS meets John Gielgud, leading British Shakespearean actor in Hollywood to play Cassius in 'Julius Caesar.'