Evening star., 1934-07-16

Our visit 10 the Montecito Apart
ments, where Mr. Zeal lives, was brief
But In those few minutes, this young
man who amazed Hollywood last
Summer by refusing a long term con-
tract and saying, I'm going back 10
Broadway 90 learn how 10 act" (at the
behest. II seems, OF an attentive lady
friend), turned over the wheels Of his
mind in lightning fashion Che played
one of the leads In She Loves Me
Not" last Winter and not only dis
cussed his grease paint plans. but
showed US sketches he had made and
a musical invention which he hopes
10 patent. In other words. Mr.. Beal
is what is known as versatile.
The reason we mention him at
length at this minute Is because the
role which he, at that time was in
hopes OF winning. and had Just been
tested for. that OF playing opposite
Katharine Hepburn in THE Little
Minister" has definitely been given 10
him.
MIR. Beal thus becomes, this morn
ing, one Of Hollywoods important per-
sonages. Being young man who has
knowledge as well as ambition for a
background. 1t seems logical to wish
him well on this new and electric
Journey up into fame and TO hope that
he will teach Miss Hepburn how to get
of q train In the right way when she
comes 10 new town (Shades OF Jed
Harris, where is he? and The Lake.")
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GLORIA SWANSON has been
placed" at last. Fox has signed
her up for Music in the Air"
Rumor had 1t that Bebe Daniels was
to have this role. But something
happened, so now Gloria gets the
break. John Boles will play opposite
her and Douglas Montgomery will
also be starred. Mr.. Montgomery
said: Il want TO play in light musi-
cal comedy Of this kind so as to prove
TO those who have criticized me for
my 'over-intense' acting that maybe
] can do something else"
X y
IRON out-of-town reports it is evil
dent that Walter Connolly, that
excellent actor Washington has seen
many times, both at the National
and the BelaSco, has at last won the
place he deserves on the screen. His
praise has been sung in many keys
since Whom the Gods Destroy" has
been released. Mr.. Connolly, being
neither young nor handsome, thus
crashes into a well-earned fame, and
should be assured from now on the
long and meticulous roles which are
his heritage. His new film follows
Miss Davis "Of Human Bondage"
into our local Keith's-and then we
shall see what We shall see.
TN AS much as single paragraph
we used the other day seems to
have tickled the fancy of a number
of shopping readers (the one about
the young lady who is so sweet on
the screen and not so sweet off the
screen) we have prepared a small
table of similarly veiled questions
which you may answer (and many
answered the last one right) if you
feel that you must. Now then
What leading mans wife is so
Jealous of her husbands admirers
that she has definitely seen to it that
his rise in pictures is not so meteoric
as he could wish?
What famous screen and stage
star, who once sprang from Washing
ton, Is sending her mother on two
year cruise around the world? And
why?
What blond cinema celebrity has
sent her husband to China with pur-
poses other than TOR him to pick
rice?
What M-G-M star is allowed 80 ''re-
takes" on her films when nobody else
is allowed more than 6?
What Warner star has a husband
who refuses to touch so much as a
nickel of his wife's money and goes
around Hollywood in a 1923 Ford
which he bought out of his own earn
ingS?
Why did Lillian Harvey suddenly
leave Hollywood?
Who is the foreign young man who
Is said to have the brightest future
on the screen and who is also said
10 be the most difficult person to work
with?'
What foreign star who made a name