Show r w v Z S ae ta C R E E a zi 91 10 0 by VIRGINIA VALE released by western newspaper union HEN columbia decided ato WHEN to film the tree of liberty they decided to give the public more than good value many of the scenes of the book are laid in williamsburg va at the time of the revolution and just afterward and since the rocke tellers fellers have obligingly restored most of the buildings of the town so that they look as they did then columbia sent the company to williamsburg they also invited newspaper writers down to see cary grant sir cedric hardwicke richard car carle e and others working under the very able direction of frank lloyd students from william and mary college acted as extras in a scene made in wind and rain in front of raleigh tavern see them dressed as students of the college were in the seventeen hundreds the next afternoon grant was to be photographed riding up to the door of a famous old plantation the governor of virginia and crowds ot of enthusiastic fans assembled to watch when you see that scene imagine the governor and the rest GARY CARY GRANT of us shivering in a chilly wind from the james river waiting tor for the sun to come out while grant patiently rode his horse up and down until somebody pointed a candid camera at it at close range making it so nervous that it ran away A bit of news was that the title had to be changed to the howards of virginia because the other one ne sounded too much like a warner brothers patriotic short and that martha scott instead of joan fontaine would play the lead its going to be a swell picture one of frank lloyds best recommendation enough for any movie 14 director john stahl who has been connected with only two studios metro and universal during the past 25 years has broken away along with such producers as walter and frank capra to enjoy the freedom of making his own picture selections you must remember his back street with irene dunne and only yesterday with margaret SuH sullavan avan to mention just a few of his bis successes hes chosen tite life of daniel webster for his first free picture and has signed with james roosevelt to direct the boy grew older for him lanny ross was recently nominated as the perfect date by a group of pretty girls who act as professional fashion models to show his appreciation he invited tour four of them to be his guests at a very smart and very expensive ni night 9 ht club when the night was over lanny who was selected as the perfect date because he knows just what to do when escorting a woman found that he pay the check c because hed left his wallet at home |