The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-02

diSO bt dHllu the pidClltdl SuIIOuhu-
ings of the finest motion picture
studio in the world.
The school term will be six
months, and twenty students, ten
young men and ten young women,
will compose the class for each term.
These students will be drawn from
all sections of the United States.
The Board OF Directors of the
Paramount School, Inc, has as it's
chairman, Adolph Zukor, president
Of the Famous Players-Lasky Cor.
poration, and includes Jesse l..
Lasky; Joseph Hergesheimer, the
noted author; Daniel Frohman, presi-
dent Of the Actors Fund of Amer
lea; Gilbert Miller, general manager
for Charles Frohman, Inc; John
Emerson, president Of the Actors
Equity Association; Thomas Mel
CHAN screen star and Shepherd of
the Lambs; and d. w. Griffith, one
Of the worlds foremost directors.
The actual operation of the school
will be in the hands of an executive
council Of which Basky is chairman.
The other members are Walter
Wanger. Claude II. Mitchell. John
w. Butler. Edwin C. King. Tom
Terriss, Bijou Fernandez and
Charles E. Mccarthy.
Plan Of Admission
The general plan Of admission has
been carefully prepared. Thirty rep
resentatives have been appointed in
different parts of the United States.
The representative for this district
is the local Famous Players Lasky
office here.
Any young man from eighteen to
thirty years old or any girl from
sixteen to twenty-five may send an
application to the representative
nearest his or her home. sending also
three photographs-front view, side
view and full length figure. These
applications will be weeded out UNI
til five from each district, or $50 in
all. are left. The $50 applications
and the accompanying photographs
win be sent to the Paramount
School where the wedding out pro-
cess will continue until rs remain.
Each OF these IS will be notified
by telegraph to report at one of the
branch offices of the Famous
Players-Lasky Corporation. These
central reporting points will be To-
Gated in New York, Atlanta, New
Orleans. Chicago. Kansas City, Den
yer, Salt Lake City, Portland. Ore
gon and Los Angeles. At these Of
fees will be stationed cameramen
who will make film tests to the
candidates. The cost of making
these tests will be borne by the
Paramount Pictures School, but the
candidates viii be expected to defray
their own expenses from and to
their homes.
Film Tests
These film tests will be submitted
to the school authorities who will
select fifty as being worthy of per.
sonal interviews by Mr.. Lasky or
his representatives. Fifteen candi.
dates from the east will report at
the Paramount Long Island studio.
Fifteen from the west will go to the
Famous Players-Lasky Hollywood
studio and twenty from the middle
section of the country will report
in Chicago.
The result Of the interviews with
these fifty by Mr.. Lasky or his rep
resentatives viii be that twenty, ten
young men and ten young women,
will be selected actually to enter the
school. They will reach New York
on July and the school term will
open on July 10. The term will close
on Dec. 5 and graduating exercises
will take place on Dec. II. The cur
riculum of the school will include
complete and thorough instruction in
the movie acts.
Indiana indorsers of photoplays
this week indorse for adults the
features at Ohio, Apollo and Colonial;
family, the Circle and Crystal.
The new bill opening today at the
Palace features Doc Baker and his
"Protean Revue" Bill includes Lii
onel Ames. Kelly and Pollack. Good
Morning Lady" and Raymond and
Geneva.
Houdini is the headline Offering at
Keith's, Bernard Granville is at the
Lyric, why Men Leave Home" at
English's: "Charley's Aunt" at the
Circle; Excuse Me-" at the Apollo;
1.-The Dressmaker From Paris" at
the Ohio. and complete new show
at the Isis.