Evening star., 1932-08-14
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, August 13
| NAN Al,-Producers ideas vary as
! to what money should or should not
be spent during the coming year. Spec
! tacles. considered an excellent pet Dy
some. are banned by others on tne
! ground that they do not bring BACK the
| percentage of pToflt: .,, -
The same day Warmers decided TO
produce Max Reinhardt's The Miracle,
with Loretta Young as the virgin, Para
mount indefinitely postponed the pro-
duction of Madame Butterfly '-Sylvla
Sidney's first starring vehicle-on the
oro,,nd that it will take too much
money. .coo,
But Fox, planning to present "CaVai-
cade." will have to spend close TO 4
million dollars in this venture. and
Cecil De Miles Sign of the Cross, !,
being given the most splendid sort OF
a setting, certainly does not come within
the listing of economical pictures.
And Ronald Colman's next after the
completion of "Cynara" will be SUB
marine story with Anna Sten, the Rus.
sian beauty. as his lead. Anna haSn
had enough to eat since she arrived in
ollywood-producers are trying 10 get
her down to the conventional weight
for this village. After all these thlrgS
are done, Colman will possibly 90, a
nlav in New York-hes lonesome 1or
the stage again. .-.
Ann Dvorak will make two pictures
in England and her studio here an
no,,nces it will do everything IN ltS
power to keep her from SO dong. II
YOU remember. Ann DVoraK thouehV
she was worth more money tnah oIle
was getting and took the same solC Vi
French leave young Jimmie Cagney oia.
The studio has cut every one ol !eo
contract players heaVlly-Jeorge al LOO
and Richard Barthelmess aione -
cented and they voluntarily accepted
cuts some time ago. With other salary
nlayers being reduced, it Is scarceiy
probable that Ann Dvorak will go up
into the listing of high-prlced players
under existing conditions.
Nothing is as much fun as watching
Mack Sennett direct one OF MS PIC
lures. The veteran producer KNOWS
ali every trick in the game. But oeyond
that his casual orders are graphlc ana
original and the atmosphere which per-
yades his sets always a relaxed ana
Don't use your IL o'clock now,
said Sennett to the comedian VINO put
too much into his opening hneS'
YOU shoot your II o'clock there's noth-
Ing there Wnen Il Y ClOSh COlASS'
And again. when one Of the actors
suffering from that strange malay
known as talent breakdown" said;
Gee, I don't know what's the matter
with me, I'm not getting the right
meaning. I'll have to get some one 70
coach me in these lines"
Nonsense" said Mack Sennett. ANY
one who understands line and teels
it can read it correctly. Just feel It,
then say it; it'll go all right If you
understand all the words you're say
ing"
And sure enough the player came
through with a very convincing version
of the speech. Another Sennett epi-
gram came forth few moments later:
Never dress a gag line" he said to an
actor who put q few extra words into
comedy speech in "Hypnotized. Say
1t with as few words as poss1bie-JuSt
the way it's written Remember, boys,
YOU can never dress a gag line"
7 think that should be printed on
banners and hung across the scenario
department Of every studio and be kept
in a conspicuous place on every sound
stage in Hollywood.
When it came to one player-Anna
May-all the wit of Mack Sennett and
the sophistication at his command for
making comedies failed Anna May, a
very handsome elephant. had to thrust
! her head through window at GER