The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Chester Erskin to
Direct for
Movies
By HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright. 1892, King Features
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HOLLYWOOD, Calf, June q.
At last a Hollywood defender
among the wise lads who have
come out from Broadway.
Chester Erskin, one of Man
hattan's better.known stage direc-
tors, will return to Broadway to
do three plays and then will cast
his lot permanently with the
films.
In the world of the theater,
Mr.. Erskin was noted for his
direction of Subway Express"
Harlem" THE Criminal Code"
"The Last Mile" and other sue
cesses. For the last two months.
however, he has been going to
Cinema school under the tutelage
of Lewis Milestone.
He has seen the picture,
Rain" filmed from start to fin
ish and he is enthusiastic about
the screen medium. 1T is one Of
the steps in the development Of
the theater," he contends. Il in
tend to stick with it,"
Before he cleans up his Broad
way affairs, however, Erskin
hopes to develop picture material
with three plays. If it can be
arranged, the first will be a
dramatization of ChriStianson's
1.-TWO Living, One Dead"
In the meanwhile, he may try
his hand at directing one picture
for United Artists. He and Mile
stone are searching for a suitable
story.
Over at the Masquer's Club,
two Hollywood actors were dis
cussing Larry Wheat, a fellow
member who lately has abandoned
grease paint for the tailoring
business.
How come you don't give your
trade to Larry?" asked the first
actor. isn't he a friend OF
yours?"
"Sure he is. I used to be in
the same show with him."
"Then why?"
"For two reasons" replied the
second actor, Il am hard to fit
and I don't pay"
Boulevard Talk
Since those kidnapping threats,
Josef Won Sternberg is chaper-
oned by an armed guard, even on
the golf course. Phil Berg and
Polly Moran pulled the most
awful rib on young John Mehan,
the writer. Sorry, but it isn't re-
vealable here. for the time be-
ing, Jean Harlow and Paul Bern
plan no honeymoon trip. They'll
be married week from today and
will return to the studio on Mon
day. Jack Gilbert will be best
man. packing their camping
equipment on their car, Helen
Twelvetrees and Frank Woody
will leave shortly for months
vacation in the high SierraS.
Helen will not be back on the
screen again until after the i'm
pending visit of the Stork. Moe
Morton would add a rum run
ner's race to the Olympic events
E. visiting Paramount this week
was Larry Vejar, who'll call sig.
mails for Notre Dame next fall.
Clara Bow slipped quietly into
Hollywood for a few days but re-
turned to the ranch and further
reducing. plenty of drama pack
ed into that brief radio-gram the
studio received from w. S. Van
Dyke. I'm the ice, and the sun
did not set tonight" Accom-
panied by 19 technicians and a
small group of performers, Van
Dyke is Steaming northward to-
ward Point Barrow. The schooner
Nanook will be allowed to freeze
in there for the winter and the
film troupe will continue their
journey into the Eskimo country
by dog-team.
Someone asked Wilson Miner
if he had ever seen a professional
gambler put out Of countenance.
"YeS," replied Wilson. Gross
ing the Atlantic one time, a
friend of mine got in game
with a bunch of suckers. They
gave him a deck of cards to cut.
He did it and then turned pale.
The deck he'd returned had a
rubber band around it,"