The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-15
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Yesterday nobodyAtoday 8 world celebrity!
 The screen is spangled with players who scared almost over- sight to stardom in the movies, and before reaching the top they were, most of them, unknown, anheard of :. obscure dancers, shopgirls, clerks, stenographers.
 But will this history of the screen repeat itself?
 Executives of the Metro-Gold- Wyn-Mayer company, worlds great est motion picture producing or- ganization, and the company which today has more stars on its roster than any other individual film concern, believe that it will.
 The stars of tomorrow, they be- lieve, will come up from the ranks of today's "unknowns" ., just as did Greta Garbo, Joan Craw- ford. Norma Shearer. and some of their other great stars.
 And so in keeping with the poll icy that has placed Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer on the topmost rung of the motion picture ladder, a worldwide search has been under taken to discover possible new
 
 children with charm, personality, voice appeal and talent.
 Are there any girls in the vicin- ity of Waterbury With screen pos- abilities? Are there any children appealing and talented enough to duplicate the success Jackie Coop CT has achieved on the screen.
 The Metro Goldwyn-M Mayer com pany is anxious to find out, and the aid of the Democrat and Pal ace theater has been enlisted in the search which is now being made in this territory.
 Studio Here This Week
 In this connection, the great motion picture company is. send ing to Waterbury next week it's Studio. This lavish studio on wheels designed and constructed at cost of $150,000 is fully equipped for the taking of screen and voice tests.
 And so, during its visit to the Palace theater. sepeen and voice tests will be made of outstanding girls and talented. children. These tests, which are to be made on the stage of the Palace theaters will be supervised by expert camera and sound men long experienced in just this sort of work at the Metro Goldwyn- Mayer studios in Culver City,, California.
 The Metro o-Goldwyn-M c Mayer com pany is particularly anxous to dis cover a girl whom they may her aid throughout the world as "Americas Perfect Feminine Screen Find" They hope to find Q girl with the allure of Garbo the sex appeal of Joan Crawford the wistful charm of Marion Davies and Norma Shearer. And 1t is the task of the Democrat and the Palace theater to determine whether this girl Is q resident here.
 Have. You Charm?
 Do you think you would screen well? DO you think you have voice appeal? Have your friends ever told you that you possessed looks, personality and charm enough to be in the movies?
 If you feel that you can make good on the screen and would like to have u screen and voice test when the travelling studio arrives. i'll out the application blank printed In today's paper and mail it with good photograph of yourself to Metro-G Goldwyn- Mayer Screen Test Editor. the Democrat.
 There are no strings attached to this marvellous offer, no tangled maze of rules to qualify. Any girl over IS and not more than 2S years of age, and resident of Water bury or any of its nearby towns, Is eligible to enroll. And 1t doesn't cost ono cent!
 Children-they may be either boys of girls-must be between the ages of three and twelve, and they, too. must reside within the speci- fled zone.