Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-27
John Gilbert Gets Raspberry"

John Gilbert Gets Raspberry"
John Gilbert's first talkie had a try
out in San Bernardino the other night.
And that village audience, which is con-
Sidered one of the best typical reac-
ton audiences in the country, was in
clined to give Jack Gilbert the "rasp-
berry" There were couple of fll-con-
cealed outlaws from the rear of the
house and gales of merriment swept
the auditorium several times.
This is the Ztory of Tolstoi's "Re-
demption," made in talkie celluloid. It
was shelved in order to give Gilbert a
better vehicle for his first appearance
1.-THE Molnar," which report credits
with lukewarm reception throughout
the country.
There's something wrong somewhere.
Jack Gilbert is nice man to meet.
CHATS lukewarm word) I'd say
charming fellow. He has graces, a
direct eye, firm handclaSp, a crafty
ing frankneSS, definite decency of
speech and manner. did not find him
laughable in The Molnar," although
felt his voice work suggested the need
for more training. After all, he is an
artist of silent films But it takes more
There is the chance that Gilbert is
being given the wrong vehicles. I've
seen him do good work in the past. And
he's really a very lkeable personality.
Some day studios will develop suffi-
cient courage permanently to shelve
bad celluloid. Theatrical producers
withdraw plays that are below par. It's
thought.
'Tmprovised" Conversation.
The pianist was running his hands
lightly with those standing about.
Hes improvising," said a friend to
movie beauty in the group.
The next day she was heard to say:
* improviseS wonderfully. You
know--talking while he plays"
Quick-stepping little flappers with
bare legs thrust into galosheS hurry
along anywhere, everywhere, nowhere,
just to keep moving through the unac-
cuStomed cold. Lines at coffee coun-
tiers, blue hands reaching out for steam
ing cups-children Of the sun, stricken
with weather that would be reckoned
fair and warmer in parts East.
Warren Kerrigan, once a dashing
leading man, with a million girls sigh
ing at his every glance, bargains at
fruit stall, market basket slung across
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old-timer by q colony whose idols fall
swiftly and relentlessly into the discard
to make way for new faces and new
methods.
Little snub-nosed Fre1ch cars darting
through the traffic, the distinguishing
mark of that weirdest of all Hollywood's
groupS-its directors.
They lead a strange existence-gods
here in FINLAND, where every picture is
bur Nd
as mighty power. Unknown a days
journey from here, most of them. Few
people read who has carried a story
through to its celluloid completion. and
still fewer care.
They originated the fad for wearing
riding breeches and puttees and going
hatless. Within a few months every
extra boy in the colony with cash
enough to purchase a polo shirt had
eign-made runabout, resembling a bath
tub on wheels, was their own recourse
too expensive for the extra and not
snowy enough for the star.
Ruth Taylor coming out of a shop
moderne-a snub-noSed little blond, who
wouldn't cause ripple of excitement
at college prom with her lack of lure.
She rose to stardom in a night through
picture to keep star in the celluloid
heaven.
Bill Powell in a roadster whizzing by
one of the keen wits and genuinely
interesting personalities of the colony,
who is being showed under by an ava
lanche Of detective talkies that any
stock actor could make. The studio
mind has decided that Bill Powell looks
like bad man. He doesn't get chance
to be anything else.
Anthony Bushell, one of the new
corners to the colony, who is due to
knock EN- dead; handsome, a good
feet tall, charming manner, and a crisp
English accent that is winning some of
the best roles in the pictures now under
way. He was the juvenile in "Disraeli"
the somewhat diStasteful and priggish
Charles, who turns out to be a capital
fellow. He won his audience at this
first appearance, and producers have
been fighting for him ever since.
He and Russell Gleason are chafiing
each other
MY leading lady gave a great scene
this afternoon" says Russell, who has
been making a closeup scene with q
cockroach for IAN Quiet on the West
ern Front"
That's nothing" said Anthony
Bushell. 1--WE had II feroeious rats
| jumping about me this afternoon"
just little bit Of realism for Jour
ney's End"
The colony is up to its eyes in herman
pictures.
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