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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02
4,OOO Feet Cut
 From Grand Hotel
Many Retakes Mark Film
 That Scored Hit
This is the final chapter of the Democrats story of the secrets behind the making of "Grand HOtel."
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 CHAPTER, Q.

j
 Director Edmund Goulding and Supervisor Irving Thalberg breath ed a deep sigh of relief when Grand Hotep' was done. All they had to show for their $960,000 and their seven great stars, was 12,000 feet of motion picture film in some nightly undecorative black boxes.
 They had made the film to the best or their ability, but it might be anything or nothing, as far as they knew. Only an audience could demonstrate whether it was good or not.
 One night, Thalberg and Gould ing quietly sneaked out of Holly wood with the little black boxes.
 And that same night, an unsus- pecting audience in a Monterey theater got the thrill of their lives.
 That audience had drowsed through the usual feature film and were getting ready to go home, when a sudden announcement flashed on the screen:
 "METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
 PRESENTS
 GRAND HOTEL"
 Eight hundred people in that theater gasped as one. Thalberg and Goulding were putting on the picture "cold," without advance announcement. without any bally- hoo.i
 The 800 spectators sat back and grinned, thankful to get anything extra for their money. And with Thalberg and Goulding shivering at the back of the house, the first scent of the girls at the telephone switchboard flashed across the screen. Grand Hotel" was having it's premiere at last, after AS days Of fncessant shooting. after the building of huge sets, after the tanning of temperamenta1 stars.
 The show was on! The audience bent forward in intense interest. But Goulding and Thalberg just continued to quiver with excite ment. Had they made mistake ture? Had they wasted nearly a million dollars? Had they pro- duced just another costly failure?
 Audience Like Picture.
 They didn't know until the last fickered on the silver sheet, and the audience struggled out, talking like mad about the surprise they had.
 Thalberg turned down his coat collar then: the audience liked the picture. They were saying so.
 But they liked things Thalberg didn't like, He thought the film was too long. so he cut 4.000 feet out of it.
 He didn't like Carlos first scene. he didn't like the love scenes be- tween Garbo and Barrymore. he didn't like a long scene in which Lionel. Barrymore and Joan Craw- ford appeared.
 And when John Barrymore dropped the dancers stolen neck lace it sounded like ton of coal sliding down a chute.
 Thalberg is cold and calm but relentless. He never gets excited, but he always knows what he wants and gets 1t.
 At Metro Goldwyn Mayer Grand Hotel'' went back into production. Cam eras clicked, lights purred, the retakes were on.
 And every scene Thalberg didn't like was done over again. Garbo and John Barrymore were brought back. Joan Crawford and Lionel Barrymore returned to the set.
 Scenes were shortened and changed. Dialogue was ruthlessly eliminated or changed. The busi- ness of Barrymore's disposal of the. stolen necklace was done in another way.
 Thalberg didn't hurry these re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02

Joseph Whitaker, who died re- recently, was a member of the county council at Notts, England, for 65 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02

Palestine's population has in- creased over 30 per cent in the last 10 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02
Dunn, Shannon
 in Society Girl''
Lyric Offers Tom Mix in
 Second Feature

Society Girl" Fox drama pre- senting James Dunn as a ring hero hopelessly' in love with pam pered pet of society, and with Peggy Shannon in the title role. will be the next featured screen attraction at the Lyric theater Sum- day and Monday.
 Dunn, whose rise to a promin- ent position among the leading male players of the cinema began with his superlative performance in Bad Girl" will again be seen as a representative youth from the masses in this romantic comedy. As 9 contender for the middle weight title, he is once more en- abled to use the diction of the sidewalks that made his character ization of the inarticulate husband In Bad Girl" one of the outstand- ing performances on the screen.
 The locale of the story, which revolves, around the romance of Dunn and Miss shannon, is sup posedly New York city although 1t may be any large city in Amer ica. After their meeting at a lawn fete given by Miss Shannon at her Southampton country home, the fighter and the society girl be- gin a whirlwind courtship that soon entangles them in more trou- ble than either had bargained for. Spencer Tracy, as Dunn's fight manager and closest pal, is the one to resent the constant intrusion of Miss shannon into the routine of the training camp. His orders are not carried out and Dunn receives a terrific beating in the ring.
 Second feature: At last-Tom Mix in his first talking picture!
 The greatest of all the western stars is coming back in one of the most romantically exciting cowboy pictures ever screened. He is bringing with him Toby, his famed horse, and fine cast in a real western film-beautiful Claudia Dell, Earle Foxe, Stanley Fields and hilarious Zasu Pitts.
 What more could Universal in. ject into one motion picture tc make 1t the best romantic thriller of the year?
 The title of Mix's first talkie fl "Destry Rides Again." All the ac- tion and romance you could desire l-packed in one, movie! An eve. ming of top-notch entertainment for the whole family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02

Mcdowell. Ronald Harris and Will lis Marks, all of whom contribute Outstanding performances.
 In emotional appeal, in grandeur of backgrounds and settings, and
 completeness of production, this latest presentation of "Rebecca"
 must be ranked as the finest ever
 given the inspiring, stirring TO-
 nance of the little girl who thought the whole world was "just wonderful"
 Smith and Dale in Arabian Shrieks," Mickey Mouse and Fox Movietone News are other chapters of the show while Monday night brings the first of the Talent Quest shows, a / new version of amateur night with every oppor- tunity for youthful entertainers 'dn
 the flesh" to have their innings. A
 night of good fun, real talent and
 genuine opportunity staged in an
 orderly though happy fashion will
 be the portion Monday night in
 addition to the regular show.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02
Double Bill at
 The Alhambra

The Alhambra theatre present a most unique program for the week end. The first picture being Street of Women" with Kay Francis in her second starring vehicle. After tremendous hit in her first star ring picture Man Wanted" fans awaited her return to the fickers in a most unusual role in which she portrays in this picture. The second feature Is ''The Strange Love of Molly Louvain" with Ann Dvorak in her first starring cap acity. This young actress has been trying to make the cinema world for the last four years, she made quite an impression on the theatre going public in "Scarface" who demanded her in more films. The Alhambra has had a new cooling system installed for the benefit of their patrons. Come in and enjoy this system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02

The son of Napoleon's second marriage was in his cradle when proclaimed king of Rome.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02


 elected last months are as follows: William J. Pape, president; J. Warren Upson, first vice-president; Mrs Elinor Bronson, second vice. president; A. l.. Meyerhans, treas urer; E. H. Davis, secretary. E In addition to the above, the directors are Leo H. Cdrley, Mrs E. c. Northrop, John M. Burrall. Miss Alberta c. Edell, Miss Anna lDe Lancey, Mrs Louis F. Hirsch- baum, Mrs M. J. Galullo, Mrs J. C. Stettbacker, Walter H. Deacon There is a vacancy due to the res ignation of Roland H. Sheppardsor who is going to Honolulu to teach in the >Kamehameha school fol boys. It is probable that Loui' Liebeskind will be his successor. Norman Neale will be business manager, E. Cohen, auditor Emelyn Barrett, librarian ant Marion Hunt chairman of the pub Elicity committee.
 A cheerful note of defiance O. old Man Depression comes from President William J. Pape: "The Little Theater of Water bury was, a hard times a baby. I was born in 1929 just as we were heading into this sort of thing. Iti first production, Cock Robin" wa. given after the big smash and i has fourished in spite of every thing. Hard times are the only kind we have ever known. Watcf us grow when conditions are normal.
 "As it is we have given 29 pro. auctions all told, the membership has grown to 722, we have list o, 25O hardworking enthusiasts wht will tackle any job that is put be- fore them and they do things well think Waterbury has good req son to be proud of the kind ol lyoung people who are working fol it in the Little Theater. The goa lthis year is 1900 dues-payinl members"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02

Norman Neale will be business manager, E.. Cohen, auditor, Emelyn Barrett, librarian and
 Marion Hunt chairman of the pub llicity committee. Sa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02
''Grand Hotel"
 Closes To-day
''Rebecca of SunnybrO0k
 Farm" Opens Sunday

"Grand Hotel'' closes its engage ment at the Pon Palace theater to- day with two performances, the afternoon at 2:30 and the evening at 8:30. The tremendous welcome given this film by Waterbury proves that an eager public is ever awaiting the unusual on the screen
 Something of the unusual comes tomorrow, too, in "Rebecca of Sum- nybrook Farm"
 The charm of Marian Nixon is the impression carried away after witnessing the Fox version of the famous Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson masterpiece, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm As enacted by her, Rebecca is an imaginative, impulsive girl whose penchant for adopting everyone's troubles, a remembered trait of the heroine in the original book, is again made the motivating infiu- ence in the plot.
 Opening at Sunnybrook Farm, created for the filming in all it's peaceful beauty near Santa Cruz, California, the film story carries Rebecca quickly to her aunts' home in Riverboro. Here she lives with Aunts Jane and Miranda, played by Mae Marsh and Louise Closer Hale, a process that involves many heartaches in the learning.
 Here, too, she finds Jack Lam tern, son of the village ne'er-do well, played by Alan Hale and an unwed mother, portrayed by Eula Guy. Her innocnet and quite un- derstandable attempt to adopt Jack-O as a member of the aunts' household is met with stern rebuke from puritanical, cold-hearted Aunt Miranda; but she finds .solace in the appealing sympathy given her by Aunt Jane and by the kindly understanding of Dr Adam Ladd. a part made vivid and believable by Ralph Bellamy in his first entirely sympathetic screen role.
 Romance Reaches Climax
 His stout defense of Rebecca wins for Dr Ladd the right to pay court for her hand, a privilege which he assumes with much eag- erness. Their fine, inspirational romance builds the strong bulwarlx against which they stand when the drama reaches it's climax, a time when 1t appears that Rebecca's ideals and all her hopes are to be shattered.
 In wealth of production detail, this vefsion of "Rebecca" reflects throughout the sensitive guiding hand of Alfred Santell, the direc- tor. He has closely adhered to the theme of the book in his screen treatment of the story, the scenario of whcih was prepared by s. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. Addi- tional members of the supporting cast include Alphonz Ethier, Sarah Padden, Charlotte Henry, Claire
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02

Sam Hardy and Vivienne Osborne.
 This picture may well be tabled as 100 per cent entertainment, with added interest because of its timeliness and the realism that has been injected into 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-02

takers, he wanted them done right and he knew precisely what he wanted. He was willing to spend little more money on the picture and have it perfect.
 And it was perfect when it moved into Hollywood for its premiere. The night of its show ing made motion picture history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
BIG ARMISTICE DAY
GRID TITLE IN DIXIE
Chattanooga Mercer Meeting May
Settle S. I. A. A. Race-Clemson
and Georgia Play.

BY the Associated Press.
A TLANTA. November 11.-Georgia
n plays Clemson and Mercer battles
Chattanooga in the South's Ar
mistice day foot ball headliners.
Leroy Young who has been the start
ing quarterback for Georgia for several
weeks, and End Freddie Miller will be
kept out of the contest at Clemson, S.
c.. because of injuries.
However. Georgia will have Cy Grant,
the sensational sophomore halfback,
back in the lineup and the rest OF the
squad is in fine shape.
The Southern intercollegiate A. A.
championship may be decided at Chat
tanooga as Mercer meets the Chat
tanooga Moccasins. Mercer Is unbeat-
en- with in the association and Chat
tanooga is its final loop opponent. Mer-
GER is favored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
Navy Boy as Fast
AS OldLine Backs

4 NNAPOLIS, November IL
n Nays foot ball squad has in
Johnny Waybright player who
can dispute with Earl Widmyer of
Maryland the title of the fastest
back in the game this year.
Widmyer is a regular halfback,
while Waybright is substitute full
back. but the latter has been in
every game this year when Re was
in physical condition and is likely to
have a chance at some time in the
Maryland tilt in the Baltimore
Stadium tomorrow.
Widmyer and Waybright never
have met on the track. but each
has a performance of 98 seconds
for the hundred yards. There is,
however, every prospect that they
will meet on April %, next, when
Maryland and the Navy clash in
meet here.
Even though the foot ball game
may not bring about a direct COM
parison Of speed between the two,
it would afford a great spectacle if
one could get clear with the ball and
the other be a yard or two behind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
Pixlee, Kellison
Kid Each Other?

"HONEST JOHN" KELLISON,
i i coach of the William and
Mary Indians, the team that
defeated Navy and lost to v. P. I. by
only one TOUCHDOWN is pessimistic
III his view of tonight's game be-
tween the Williamsburg, Va, eleven
and George Washington in Griffith
Stadium.
The loss Of Capt. Halligan, right
end, and Quirk, right tackle, be-
cause of illness, seemed to weigh
heavily upon the Indian mentor.
"Of course, we'll do our best,"
declared Kellison, "but I can't see
how we can win from this strong
George Washington club. If we
had Halligan and Quirk in there,
we'd give 'em a real run for their
money. However, Halligan and
Quirk are back home in the hospital
and think our chances OF winning
were left behind with those two
players"
Kellison's viewpoint Is not shared
by George Washington's coaches.
I'VE look for plenty Of trouble" Pix
lee and Walsh chorused, "for Will
liam and Mary is strong in reserves
and can replace Halligan and Qurk
with very capable men,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
FOOT BALL LOSER
IN DEATH OF HALL
Dominant Figure of Rules
Body Got Game Through
Two Great Crises.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n Jew YORK, November lin
nj tercollegiate foot ball has lost
one Of its wisest counSellors In
the death of Edward Kimball
Hall yesterday. at his home In Han
over, N. H.
For more than quarter century he
had been a dominating figure on the
National Foot Ball Rules Committee,
powerful influence in the correcting OF
conditions that led to the two major
crises the game has faced in that span.
First, in 1906, when foot ball was in
danger Of being thoroughly discredited
because of the uninteresting mass plays
and the unsportsmanlike actions Of the
players, Hall was summoned to the
newly organized Rules Committee to
bring about, through changes in the
code, a new era in which the emphasis
could be placed on speed and ntelli-
gence rather than the brute strength
that then was intercollegiate foot ball.
THEN again last year, he was a leader
i in the fight to make the game
safer for the players after an I'M
precedented list of deaths and injuries
had precipitated another crisis.
The dangers that faced the game In
1906 were overcome in a few years by
closer supervision, strict enforcement OF
the rules, the introduction OF new
plays, especially the forward pass, that
Opened up the game and made 1t q
much more interesting spectacle to the
public.
and his fellow-members of the Rules
Committee take steps last Spring to
reduce injuries. The flying block and
tackle were barred, the use of the hands
by defensive linemen was curbed, . new
dead ball" rule was adopted to proven,
Crawling" the substitutionS rule was
liberalized, and changes were made In
equipment specifications.
IN all these changes, Hall, as Chairman
i of the committee, was forcefu
figure. Testifying to the importan,
Part he had played in the shaping Of
the game were the hundreds Of tribute!
paid by his friends and associates Al
over the country.
William s. Langford, secretary Of tn
Rules Com nittee, said Of him:
He had not only an intimate knowl'
edge Of the game in all its phases, bu
infinite tact and diplomacy in compos
ing and reconciling widely divergent
theories which were advanced at differ
ent times, particularly in the crise:
which the game faced in 1906 and 1882
I'VE are all immeasureably saddenee
by his going, but the mark Of fine up
standing sportsmanship with which n
has endowed foot ball will remain as
lasting memorial to him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
Louie Likes G. W., Navy, Cards
Sees Beating for Hoyas-Has Hunch MacFarlane and
Armour in Kenwood Open.

the sailors from getting too ambitious.
and the Whattaman feels that Jack
Hagerty's boys have not smoothed out
their offense well enough to take the
determined West Virginians. G. W.,
argues the chin scraper, is going to
have first-haN trouble with the boys
from Williamsburg. but series of line
jabbing and an unexpected long for
ward pass are going to upset the Vir-
ginianS to the extent Of tossing them
of balance for another score to quickly
follow.
7 OUIS likes Tommy Armour in any
IL tourney, because the man can
really play tunes with that little
ban. And he dominates Willie Mac
farland to pe up there too for the rea-
son that Willie COPIED it last year.
The boys in goofdom have faculty of
making certain Journeys their pet ones
where they do their best shooting. This
Kenwood layout, believes Louie, is
Willie's mutton.
But the upsets last week have not
5tilted the style Of the great man. No,
sir That, Louie is back picking the
tough ones just as if nothing had hap
pened. When asked for his picks on
the big games in the other fellows
yards, the garrulous gabber smacked
down this assortment:
Ohio State over Pennsylvania
Penn good, but not good enough.
Tennesse to take Vanderbilt
Roberts will be stopped.
Cornell to defeat Dartmouth
Dobie will put out his tricks.
Alabama to take Georgia Tech
It's an of year for the Peach.
Tulane to wallop Kentucky-The
Colonials have been seesawing.
v. p. i. to win over Virginia-A
runaway, sho' huff.
Princeton to take Yale-Because
it should.
Columbia to take Brown-Mr.
Montgomery is due back.
Pitt over Nebraska-The Panther
will defend his crown.
Duke to defeat N. C. Statewide
IS coming headlong.
North Carolina to take David son
And why not?
Johns Hopkins TO smack Han,p-
den-Sydney-One touchdown.
Notre Dame winner over North
western-Hunk Anderson is peeved.
Villan0va to defeat Detroit
Stuhldreher has o good crew.
w. and J. to whip Bucknell-
The Bison misses great back.
That's how the Whattaman feels
about this weeks foot ball card, one
Of the best Of the year. The Columbia
Brown clash should be an Eastern
classic. the Tiger-Yale game another
and the Vandy-Vol combat. peaches In
Georgia.
UpSets this week will not be upsets
Just one good team beating another.
The garrulous gabber rests his case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
MARYLAND CLASH
|. HAS NAVY ON EDGE
Midshipmen Ready for Hard
Fight in Decisive Tilt of
Three-Game Set.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


A NNAPoLIs. Md. November IL
~ The prospect of the game with
~ the University Of Maryland TO-
morrow in the Baltimore Sta
dunn seems to be having the impor-
tant psychological effect upon the Naval
Academy Of developing "the will to win"
much-used phrase during the World
War.
Navy people want to win every game,
but the continued defeat in nearly
every important contest, and some that
were not classed that way, has un-
doubtedly had some effect of lowering
causing them to enter the game with the
subconscious feeling that defeat might
be expected.
There is no such attitude toward the
Maryland game. The Navy coaches.
players and followers all feel that this
contest, the third and decirins one Of
the present series, must be won and
must be won decisively. At least, the
Navy has been able to dominate her
immediate section, and in all its history
it has seldom been defeated by team
from right at hand. 1t will be keenly
disappointed If it loses to Maryland.
THIS is why the naval players will
i enter the game Saturday as they
have started no other game this
season. The attitude is regarded as the
right one for them to have and Is ex-
pected by overcoming defeatiSt frame
of mind to have important effect upon
the games the team has yet to play this
season and, probably, on the games OF
next year.
A number Of individual contests will
be watched with interest and the work
of a number of players on both sides
will be made the basis for comparisons.
For instance, there should be great
duel between the opposing centers, Har-
bold, Navy, and Webb, Maryland. Har-
bold is rapidly developing into great
player in the position. He was spoken
of by a notable sports writer as Nays
super center" He puts up wonderful
defense as rover in his position. Webb
has also delighted the friends of his
team by his work in the position, In
which he is considered one of the best.
Harbold has the advantage In weight,
202 pounds to 100.
Yesterday afternoons practice was
devoted largely to polishing up the at.
| tack, both ground and aerial, special at
| tention being given to a number OF
| alternate backs. Three complete back
! fields were used at intervals.
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Farm Calls Stage, Grid Coach
Veteran Chicago Mentor May Turn to Land After
Quitting Foot Ball.

However, he said he had been
offered the opportunity Of doing
missionary work In the West, and
might accept.
Game into the West to do my
work at Chicago. and perhaps could
go West again." he said. Il still
have the missionary spirit within
me-"
He revealed that there is q farm
owned by the Stage family and that
he might have 60 at farming.
II have said many times that I
could 60 to q farm and be happy"
he said. I'VE have . farm in our
family which has taken $1,000 Of my
salary this year, and nom which
We should get some good. I think ]
could get . living on . farm"
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shoulders the defensive right tackle
and then goes out for the defensive
quarter. and 10 shoots out to en-
gage the right closeup defensive
back.
The powerful blocking on the de-
fensive left end and tackle, coupled
with the manner in which the car
rier is protected against the sec
.ondary defense, make this a great
} play. Oregon, the Trojan opponent
next Saturday, will have to look out
for 1t. Last year against California,
1t was used in the second period,
after . reverse play with Sparkling
TO Set the bah in position, and Moh-
Ter advanced 8 yards to the touch
down that won the gamA ..-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-11-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
)H1CAGo. November IL
Amos Alonzo Stage, the
University Of Chicago's foot
ball coach, may become
Amos Alonzo Stage the farmer or
missionary. If a coaching position
does not present itself when he is
retired next June.
At a banquet last night given by
Maroon Alumni for the team which
meets Michigan Saturday, Stage
limited at what he may do next
year. He already has been offered
the position Of chairman of the
Committee on Intercollegiate Ath-
Ietics, created for him when his
retirement was announced, and has
tentatively accepted Il.