METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER has purchased the Robert Louis Stevenson story, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," from Paramount as a starring vehicle for Robert Donat. It is reported that Metro paid 100,000 dollars for the story which brought Fredric March fame when he made it some years ago. The production will be ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,471 wordsBaby Sands, who achieved screen fame in "East Side of Heaven" and "Unexpected Father," rises to greater heights in "Little Accident," now showing at the Tivoli Theatre. She plays an important part in this comedy, which ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 250 wordsCharles Chauvel has been working on a huge location setting among the sweeping sand dunes on the south headland of Botany Bay for action scenes in his ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 150 wordsThe directors of the Wintergarden Theatre announce that arrangements have been finalised for Fred MacDonald, the original "Dave" to visit Brisbane for the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 325 wordsLate war newsreels are featured at the Carlton Theatrette this week. One of the best shots taken since hostilities began is a Paramount film showing the protection ...
Article : 193 words"Surgery versus the soul, otherwise an old embittered scientist versus a young one who needs love as well as research. Some stinging dialogue and Akim Tamiroff as effective as ever. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 518 wordsA bright programme of vaudeville. in which all the 30 singing and dancing stars, will take part will bring the Barton's Follies Brisbane season to a grand finale ...
Article : 157 wordsLuna Park, Brisbane, which has been in construction for the last nine months or, more, will be opened on Friday, July 19. ...
Article : 91 wordsBUCHAREST, June 7.--The plane of Sir Stafford Cripps, the newly-appointed British Ambassador to Russia, was struck by lightning during a severe ...
Article : 65 wordsVigorous story of the American Civil War in a setting of Yankees, Confederates, covered waggons, and side-levers. Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, and Randolph Scott are an interesting trio. "City of Chance" ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 173 wordsHas passages of delightful fun at the expense of character rather than incident. Pleasant little comedy, never obvious or ordinary. Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart prove again that love is blind. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 537 wordsIt was not surprising that Robert Roberts, the man who on his last season in Brisbane completed a run of no less thin 182 productions at the Theatre Royal, recorded ...
Article : 186 wordsThe opening night and subsequent performances to be given at His Majesty's Theatre by Colonel de Basil's Covent Garden Company, commencing on Wednesday ...
Article : 335 wordsThe Royal family of Hollywood--Lionel, John and Ethel Barrymore--are the stars bf one of the most spectacular pictures made, "Rasputin and the Empress," now ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 109 wordsUnusual sounds from the lions make Mary suspicious. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 20 wordsA story brimful of Irish sentiment and incidents Showing the good heartedness of the race and its impulsiveness is "Three Cheers for the Irish," now showing at the ...
Article : 204 wordsThe current programme at His Majesty's Theatre has obviously been selected with discrimination. The two featured films provide first rote entertainment. ...
Article : 130 wordsTelling the story of the conditions experienced by prisoners in American gaols. " Years Without Days " is the main attraction at the Rex Theatre this week. ...
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The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Sat 8 Jun 1940, Page 11
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