Show janet gaynor scores success in daddy long loing legs the hope of every screen actress is to pet get a vehicle that is is perfectly suited to her talents an excellent actress may by sheer technique and ability play the role that quite the type and make it real and convincing but she can always do infinitely better if the part fits her in the case of janet gaynor however lio wever this hope lia has been realized not once but twice the first time was when she played the memorable idane diane of ath heaven a role that might have been written to order for her unusual personality y and her i wistful appeal now the lightning strikes a second time in her latest vehicle daddy long legs opening at the cinema theatre Satur saturday dai As the im immortal mortal judy the little orphan girl whose courage wins her eventual happiness miss bliss gaynor again has a part that measures up p to her own standards of boig nant charm while fox studio officials had long realized the appropriateness of the well known jean Web webster play for their star the peculiar suitability of the part was not apparent until director alfred santell and sonya levien the scenarist began work on the pic tuie the part of judy was as ideally suited to miss bliss gaynor that it was utterly out of the question to change it in any way other than the unavoidable condensation of a two hour and a quarter play to make an hour and twenty min ute picture warner baxter is co starred with miss bliss gaynor in the film una Bl erkel john arledge claud Gilling wa ter kathlyn williams elizabeth patterson louise clos j ser hale effie ellsler and other favorites are also in the cast new moon bloon nearly a thousand extras were employed for spectacular scenes in new moon creten preten pretentious t i ou 9 co 0 starring vehicle for lawn lawrence ce tib tibbett and grace moore which will be the feature at the cinema theatre wednesday thursday and friday the picture was adapt ed cd from the new york stage success which ran more than a year at the imperial theatre despite the oft heard contention that large groups of extras are difficult to handle in a production with music jack conway the director contrived to depict armies in battle trained his cameras and microphones on hundreds of dancers in a huge palace ballroom and in particular outdid himself in a vivid scene in which tibbett rides and sings at the head of cavalrymen who form a rousing male chorus settings are equally elaborate the most unusual is that of a complete russian steamer said to be one of the largest sets ever built at metro goldwyn mayor mayer another is a replica of an isolated fort in turkestan Turk estan peopled by a regiment of soldiers A siege and midnight attack were staged in and about this fort constructed strutted ted on oil a vast property on the outskirts of culver city |