The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-10
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HOLLYWOOD, July 1o.-The re-
cent arrest of the proprietor and con-
ductor of a screen makeup school
on charge of annoying girls who
sought movie employment from him
is an indication of the rise in Holly
woods standard of decorum.
He kissed the girls, or attempted
to. And the girls told on him.
Straightway the makeup man was
marched to the hoosegow-at the in
stance of the Better Business Blu
reau. which is sort Of chaperone
at large in the film capital.
Time was when many of movie
donls nniddlemen-those who under
took or pretended to undertake the
hiring of novices for screen COM
panies-cor.sidered the kissing of ap-
plicants as a privilege of their trade.
But that time is past. The more
self.assertive girls began to protest
these advances. Official Hollywood
began to weed out the type, Of man
who used real or protested authority
as a guise for improprieties. Only
few Of them still hang on at the out
skirts of the industry.
kissing as bride for picture op-
portunity Is becoming scarcer. Con-
fning it to it's place as a recognized
emotional commodity before the
movie camera has become a matter
of better business. And most of the
girls in the beginner ranks know
enough to set up an outcry when an
agent seeks to overstep the boundary
OF business.
College boys cannot or will not act
collegiate" when a movie camera is
trained upon them. This discovery
was made by Jack Conway, director
Of the excellent Brown Of Harv-
ard" after he had tested the genu-
inc university youth by scores at
Harvard, University of California,
and University of Southern Call
fornia. Conway had to fall back on
motion picture actors for the more
intimate shots.
So desperately did Huntley Gordon
yearn for great open space roles, fol
lowing endless dress suit parts, that
he trigged himself out Ia Bill Hart
and had photos made of himself thus
attired. This bait, judiciously scat
tered among producers, has thus far
resulted in two parts in which he is
cast as q mining engineer.
Hollywood's most hilarious recent
party was a social gathering OF the
parents of, Hal Roach's "Our Gang::
all attired in duplicate of their ia
nous children's buds. The slogan Of
the party was "So's Your Old Man"
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Because of the risk to actor who
will be required to work under sea
in o-Goldwyn-Mayer's vThe
Mysterious Island" all players tenta-
lively engaged are being aiven a
courage test. az
They are asked, Are you willing
to go fifty feet below the surface
of the ocean in diving helmets, re-
lieving the company of all blame in
case of accident or death?"
Dread has already eliminated sew
eral candidates. But it must be said
for the majority Of actors in movies
that they do not hesitate to assume
the gravest risk.
Jack Holt, Jr., shares his famous
movie fathers love of horses. Re
Gently he acquired ownership Of
convicted pinto pony. by dint Of
arduous labors, such as picking
snails in Florence vjdor's garden,
sweeping porches and wedding for
Ernest Terrence, and sundry chores
for other neighbor celebrities. But
feeding horse is more costly than
buying one, young Holt discovered.
He solved this problem of supporting
"Saggie" in the manner to which
she was accustomed by renting the
pony to picture companies. Both
horse and owner are doing we'll
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