Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-02-18 | Page 3 | Film 'Cavalcade' Coming to Victory for Week's Run

Film 'Cavalcade' j Coming: to Victory For Week's Run The current year, lnstesd of bringing bring-ing about retrenchment in the making mak-ing of talking pictures, is ushering in som of the most lavish and expensive expen-sive pictures ever produced. The first great road show production ot the season Fox Films' "Cavalcade," opens next Saturday for a week's engagement en-gagement at the Victory. The policy for the week will be two performances perform-ances dally, with all seats reserved. "Cavalcade," whose theme Is th effect ef-fect of world events on the home and family, has been hailed aa the greatest great-est written In the English language in a score of years. Written by Noel Coward, the stage production enjoyed an outstanding success in Europe and in London, where it ran for a solid year. A staff of experts was sent from Hollywood to see the play and photographed photo-graphed It for reference. Another large staff was put to work on, the research re-search necessary to bring a story that cover the colorful period from 1900 to 1013 to the screen was absolute accuracy ac-curacy of costumes, equipment and historical backgrounds. Mor than six months of preparation by a staff that numbered 300 preceded th actual ac-tual start of production. Hollywood. Nsw York and London war scoured for the player fitted by education, training and experience to interpret the forty principal roles. Cllve Brook and the London favorite. Diana Wyn-ward. Wyn-ward. were finally chosen for the starring parts. Thar also are 1700 extras, - The story of "Cavalcade" Is the story ot the Msrryot family, Jane and Robert and their two sons, Joe and Edward, and their servants, Ellen Bridges and their daughter. Fanny. While it is etched on a background of historical event of the last thirty-three thirty-three years, th story itself Is the principal prin-cipal feature of "Cavalcade."