Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-03-27 | Page 18 | Horse Stars at Showing of New Film

Horse Stars At Showing Of New Film HOLLYWOOD lAr The term "hen opera," heretofore applied to the lowly weatern film, from now on will have a new and dignified dig-nified meaning In Hollywood. "Florian," a Llppizan hone from Austria, making hia debut as a movie star In Tuesday night's preview pre-view of a picture named In his honor. Is responsible for that change. "Florian" is about the Austria that waa before the war, (old in the story of the white horses which were the symbol ef the golden days of the Hapsburg rule. Hone's Ufa Shewn It begins with the birth of the colt that became Florian, takes him through the training of the riding schools of Vienna to an audience au-dience before the emperor and to his eventual downfall paralleling except for the necessary happy finale the fall of the Hapaburga. The Llpplzans have unusual strength, grace and beauty and trainers say that, due to three centuries of breeding, they respond te commands more readily than any other breed. There are six In this country, four Imported by Wtnfteid flhechon, who produced the picture, and two colts born here. Hone Stars Florian, unusual and different la many respects, marks the resumption re-sumption of the production activities activ-ities of Sheehan, who waa head of the Fox studio for many years. The big white stallion is, judged by. the preview audience's applause, undisputed star of this story, but he has capable support from Robert Rob-ert young, Helen Gilbert, Charles Coburn, Lee Bowman and Ballerina Bal-lerina Irlana Baronova, also, making mak-ing her film debut. The picture Is based en Felix Saltan's book. .