The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-24

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 There . whale of a difference between sidc-gtepping. to q touch down d whispering love to film siren in q dramatic boudoir scene. At least that's the discovery made by most of the campus heroes who I have ben ballyhcood to Hollywood through their gridiron names. i With the exception of romantic Johnny Mack Brown, former Ala ba;..A All-Americn back, and com ! edian 4 .idy Devine, who starred aS a RuDrd at Santa Clara university, Nx-grid stars l.aven't fared well In the moyIcs, Scores Of football players trek to Hollywood at the close of each grid season, obtain screen tests on thir regulations, and then go right back home.
 It's no secret that to become q success in Hollywood one must have q striking personality and pleasant voice. and be able to act. And it's no secret that 9D.D per cent of our college football play CTS lack these reguircments That's why ex-touchdown mnnufacturers fall to kick goals in Hollywood.
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 Weldon Hepburn played football at George Washington university in Alabama, but ns a Hollywood actor he wasn't 50 hot. Dry Moh- Ter. Southern Chiiforpia'B star quarter back two years back, took Il screen test and then went to work for an oil company.
 Duke Morrison, another Trojan pis-Skin icr, appeared in ono big picture under the name of John ny Wayne. but didn't make the grade.
 Big Jim Thorpe took n crack ht the iiickers and learned he wasn't suited for the game. Others, in- cluding the great Red" Grange, tried and discovered the same thing.
 Even as this is being written, Captain cliff Montgomery of Col umbia's Rose Bowl championship team. and Bill Smith, University of Wnsblngton's Ali-Ametica end, are tbinking about film careers. Mont g0mery took Il test during h visit to q Hollywood studio while he was in California, and he may forsake Gotham for movie town. Smith Is all set to preserve in eel Juloid the physique and features of the Abandonment football player in the west"
 Behind the scenes in Hollywood, however, several ex-grid stars arc doing right well by themselves. rRaechorsc Russ" Saunders, Mar shall DufficId, and "AIley Cop" Aaron Rosenberg. all former Tro- jan stars, are working ns assistant directors and ns prop men.
 Success
 Alan Dwan, former Ail-America ht Notre Dame, is n successful di- sector, and Jumbo" Pierce, lhto of Arizona, finds lucrative pay as q technical advisor. All these boys agree Hollywood is okeh, but nct- ing Is out for them.
 Brown was an All-America for two years at Alabama. attracted casting directors when his team played in Pasadcnh'H Rose Bowl in 1929. He's handsome, romantic and possesses IL pleasant voice with q heavy southern accent. He's due for several top roles fin HollyWood'B 1884 production schedules.
 Devine iB mB honely ns they make 'em, but Il gravel throat, per sonality and tho ability to net have carried him to the top since his footbai! playing days Ut Santa Clara university ended in Il blaze Of glory. Oddly. Dovine WAS spotted wearing his Santa Clara football sweater by an assistant director while walking along Hollywood boulevard. The n. q. thought the monogram stood for Southern Call 4ornia, and asked him If he wanted extra work in a football picture.
 Voice "C1Ickcd"
 When Devine replied in that crazy voice of his, his career was made. Since then he has played hundreds of roles. He stole top honors as Il prototype of George gIpp in the Spirit of Eotre Darnc," released about three years ago. But his efforts have not been in football pictures only. Likewise, Brown played in pictures for five years before he made Il gridiron story.
 Though former football players take it on tho chin in Hollywood town, other sports characters are doing right well. Johnny Weles- muller, one-tine swimming great, and Buster Crhbbe, 1882 Olympic Games swimming st1r. arc getting lots of work. Max Ener showed he was quite m actor in his flltn debut.
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