Evening star., 1935-05-17

that speech as though he had bee
"Golly," said young Tom Brown,
Hollywood juvenile, as also Anita
Louise's most constant companion and
q member Of the Paramount company
filming Annapolis, Farewell in the
grounds of the Academy, "you should
have seen that officer He wasn't
scared one bit. No sir! The camera
was only about foot away from him.
But did he mind? should say not!"
Later we observed one of the young
Hollywood actors rehearsing a scene
sitting at a mess table. He was so
nervous that his hand shook as he
picked up glass Of water. He looked
a little green as the lights played on
him and the directors quiet voice told
him the why's and the wherefores. He
only had one line to speak. But that
just about f1oored him. He swallowed
some water. Then he spoke his line.
He was OK.
But some of the others seemed to
think the Navy might have been bet
teri
CIR GUY STANDING was to have
~ done little outside work yester-
day at the Academy. But after COM
ing over in the great gray bus which
wheels the company every morning at
o'clock over from Baltimore they
return every evening at y and after
smearing himself gently with make
up the sky became heavy and the
weather poor, so after sitting about
for bit in his yellow paint and but
tons Sir Guy gave up in favor of some
indoor Shooting" in the mess room.
where the Navy generously feeds some
1,649 now daily.
Visiting for the most part had been
called OF. That had been made nee
essary by the fact that the day be-
fore young Mr.. Brown had been found
hiding in sack up in the balcony in
one OF the halls as over 200 young
girls stormed around him waiting for
him to come out and give them his
autograph. Richard Cromwell had
had even worse time. And since Mr..
Cromwell Is a shy. quiet sort of per-
son with no desire to spend his days
signing his name. and since he had
come to Annapolis to play an impor-
tant role in what may be an impor-
tant picture. he pleaded to be let off
The mess hall was, therefore, rather
more deserted than it might have
been. There were only about ~ Mid
dies, so Chinese walters in their white
sailor suits, 2 or 3 directors (Alex-
ander Hall-he married handsome
Lola Lane-and his assistant Mr..
1rishman Hogan, the still camera
man from Hollywood, the dozen or so
actors from Hollywood, the dozen or
more technicians, Lieut.. Newman Of
the Navy, in charge of the local end
Of the production, and such visitors
as Lieut.. Comdr Gerald Wright, who.
with martial bearing, long strides and
immaculate appearance, suggested that
If HOLLYWOOD calls. he, too, may make a
break for the great Western spaces.
X u X n
THE first thing that really happened
as the lights blazed, the camera
buzzed and the visitors were told not to
move. was that some one threw a cup !
across the mess table at which the |
middies were sitting.
At that point, Lieut. Newman was
seen tearing his hair what there is
OF it, in wild gesticulations.
What's the matter" we asked |
timidly don't they throw cups at |
the Academy"
Eyes, they do" he answered. "but !
We don't particularly want the public |
to know about it,"
At the second try the CUP was |
thrown too hard-and it crashed on |
the floor with clatter A howl went |
up. Later one of the cast told us |
that he had found out that there is
$1,000 worth of damage in breakage
alone done in the mess hall year.
.(Is that right?)
1t was difficult to tell yesterday |
where the real middies ended and the |
Hollywood actors began. Sitting at |
the same table and with no indication |
OF fear or false modesty, the middies |
behaved themselves quite as well as
their brother actors Some IS or 40
of them are selected to work in this
film each day. and since it is examina-
tion period the relaxation offered to
them in this new medium is being
hailed enthusiastically.
There's only one trouble-from the
actors point OF view-and that is the
training they are having to undergo
The have had to have severe Navy
haircuts, something which is a real
pain to real actor. Yes, SIR" said
one Of the members of the production
unit, IF they're meant to be middies
they're going to look like middies-
and, by golly, we're not going to have
any of the lads with curls growing
over their ears"
So there they sit-the real middies
and the Hollywood middies (the blue
uniforms for the actors were tailored
in Hollywood, but everything else
shirts, colalrs, buttons, high black
shoes-are straight "Navy'), the mid
dies behaving as they would any day
in the mess hall, and therefore playing
their roles very easily and naturally
and the Hollywood boys not quite so
sure what it's all about-and little