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Mar. 17, 1934
UNIVERSAL WEEKLY
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'iRTHCOMING FILMS
“The Humbug ” in Production
With Nils Asther and Gloria Stuart
in the Featured Roles
"THE HUMBUG" went into production at Universal ^ City Tuesday under the direction of Max Marcin, who wrote the play from which the screen version is derived. He will have the assistance of Edward Venturini on the dialogue sequences. "The Humbug" will feature Nils Asther and Gloria Stuart, who has just finished her role in "I'll Tell the World" with Lee Tracy.
Nils Asther has recently appeared in two Universal pictures, "By Candlelight" and "Madame Spy." Gloria Stuart has been in ten Universal pictures during the past two years and has just signed a new long time contract to be Featured or co-featured in every forthcoming picture.
The cast of "The Humbug" includes Paul Kelly, John Wray, Erin O'Brien Moore, Robert Greig, Virginia Kami and Ellalee Ruby. Karen deWolf wrote the screenplay.
: "THE AFFAIRS OR PAUL LUKAS
rection by Edwin L. Marin. Only two of the eight women who will constitute one of the most interesting casts assembled at Universal City in a long time, have been chosen. They are Alice White and Lilian Bond.
Alice White's last picture for Universal was "Cross Country Cruise."
Alice White, the very first affair chosen by Paul Lukas in “Affairs of a Gentleman .**
lienee Gadd and Edward Everett Horton in “Uncertain Lady.” Nothing uncertain about its success.
Two Stars Make Debut In “ Uncertain Lady 99
"TVO DEBUTS IN ONE" is the case with "Uncertain Lady," the film just completed at Universal City. In this picture two well-known stars make their initial screen bows to American audiences. One is Mary Nash, for years a prominent stage figure. The other is Renee Gadd, English star.
Carl Laemmle, Jr. is the first to succeed in luring Miss Nash to Hollywood. As the star of such stage triumphs as "Captain Applejack," "Thy Name Is Woman," and "The Lady," she felt the screen had little to offer her. Not until Laemmle, Jr. outlined her part in "Uncertain Lady" would she consent to sign a contract.
Renee Gadd only recently arrived in Hollywood from England. There she has been on both stage and screen. Among her British films are
"Aren't We All?" "Maid of the Mountai ns," and "Letting in the Sunshine." When Carl Laemmle, Jr. first had reports on her he began negotiations to bring her to Universal City.
Two old favorites, Edward Everett Horton and Genevieve Tobin, are featured in "Uncertain Lady." The story, which is based on the play by Harry Segall, has to do with an ultramodern wife, who offers to give up her husband to the "other woman," on condition that the latter replace her old husband with a new one. Other members of the cast, who become involved in this unique situation, are Paul Cavanagh, George Meeker, Dorothy Petersen, Donald Reed, Herbert Corthell, Arthur Hoyt, Gay Seabrook, and James Durkin. Karl Freund directed.