New Britain herald., 1926-10-08
NEWS OF WOMEN
 FROM FAR AWAY
Dispatches Tell Of Their ACtiYi-
 ties Abroad
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
 Scott Mattraw, who once had James Cruze on his payroll at SIS week as member of a stock com pany. has played In more than 100 motion picture comedies since going to Hollywood three years ago. The 29o-pound comedian, who several years ago ran a string of fifteen theaters in New York, claims dis tinction of having eliminated the | Just a Moment Please" slide in | playhouses by using two projectors. Norma Shearer is an enthusiastic | advocate of the new cocktail" | gowns. It Is an ensemble gown, cap- able of being changed quickly, by means of an over jacket into a dress suitable for either tea or dinner wear. For years Lois Wilson refused to have her hair bobbed. Two months ago a role necessitated bobbed hair and she finally howed. Since then, there have been twice as many re- quests from magazine and news paper editors for. her photograph.
 A villain, to be convincing, must be true to life, believes John Roche, who plays the heavy roles for Fox. He should be consistent. Even a bad egg Is consistent A good villain is plausible one"
 Richard Dix, in his football pie ture, discarded the makeup of grease-p paint and powder in favor of mud baths The game which pro- vides the climax is played ostens!bly on a rain-deluged field, although the actual filming was done on sunny days The studio crews re- state of oozing mud by the use of fir. hose. AS fast as the sun dried and the mud caked, Dix and the other players acquired new coatings by throwing themselves down into slippery mess and rolling over and over.
 Bessie Love, a ukulele champ, has added another song to her reper- toire It's a Chinese love song. She picked 1t up from a little old Chinese lady who fell In love with Miss Love when she was in Los Angeles China town on location.
 When a screen scenario demands that scenes be made inside thea ter, a real playhouse often is used rather than studio set. Especially is this true in New York, where the sixty-two legitimate theaters offer g wide variety of types. The Lyceum home of Froman and Belasco stage successes, was used by Paramount Several tons of lights and equip ment. a large cast and enough extra to fill the orchestra seats, were tax on 10 the theater in the filming O a picture.
 Motion picture cameramen are now classed among those having hazardous occupations when apply ing for certain types Of life lnsur ance. Many have lost their llve' shooting scenes from the top o buildings, bridges airplanes, undel water and in many other dangerou places.
 That research work In the stagin of mammoth prologues Is more ex tensive than that of the film intro duced, Is the opinion of Sia Grau man, theatrical manager who tea tures movies with stage presenta tions.
 Grammar in making the stag spectacle introductory to no Juan" consulted many authorities O the customs and dress of the fiji teenth century. The knowledge musical and technical historians c spanish and Roman history wa summoned in.an effort to produc as nearly as possible, a Vehetia festival of five centuries ago.
 Thunder, the police dog. nearl lost his life while on location Rainier National Park recently 1T structed to leap to the other slo of Paradise river, the dog misundei stood the directions and jumped lr' the turbulent waters and was carrle down stream over q cataract pefoi being rescued.
 From corporal to commodore- can be done, military and naval e nerts notwithstanding. J. Farre Macdonald did it. Corporal Case in "The Iron Horse" Sergeant a sidy In the James Oliver CuE"o' story. "The Country Beyond" he h. now been elected commodore of u Balboa Yacht club of California
 Manufacturers of piano wire a now putting out special brand | use in motion picture studios.
 has a. million uses, mostly in colne' scenes where articles of furniture actors are hoisted about the stat mice are made to run across l. floor. windows must bang ope 1amns fall off tables, etc. The VII nainted black, becomes through 1T movement absolutely invisible the screen.
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