The Archive · 1939

Subtle Touches

"Love Affair" (a recent Shanghai hit), is. known. to: the; ctitics as a "director's picture," meaning that subtle touches by the man behind the. seenes are more responsible for its such able. playęrs- as irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. The man behing "Love Affair" is, Leo a handsome fellow somewhat resembling Cary Grant and known to all actors as a "hush-hush": director. He stands round, absorbed in thought. His working crews talk only in whispers. He tells little anecdotes to inspire the proper: moods in his actors:

Among those who are sponsoring the play are: Dr. J. E. Baker, Messrs. Honan Chi, John W. T. Liang and Tungshan C. E. Liu and the Misses Jeanette Chi, Marion Chi and Helen Zia.

Part of the.proceeds will be given to the Shanghai Anti-Tuberculosis Association.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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