The Washington times., 1935-06-12

| lied she had lost her box office
power and retired.
"HELL'S ANGELS"-1n this
picture the blond Jean Harlow,
half undreSSed flashed into print
hence. Since then her platinum
treSses and good management
have taken her to the top. She
needs better pictures than "Reck-
less" her last release to stay there.
GOOD NEWS''-Had Mary
Lawler, Bessie Love, Bus Shy and
Cliff Edwards. Mary Lawlor mar
ried Lyn Larry now with the
Washington ball club, and retired.
Bessie Love married a director
and quit. Gus Shy and Cliff Ed
wards now play bits.
"KISMET"-With Otis Skin
ner. This was the picture that
proved to Warner Bros. the Skin
ner voice could not hurdle sound.
LADIES OF LEISURE"-ThiS
picture made Barbara Stanwyck
star and convinced Columbia they
had a great director in Frank
Capra. Today Stanwyck is free
lancing after Warner Bros. tried
vainly to fit her with a story as
good as her first. Capra is now
Hollywood's No. l director in the
opinion of most critics.
"A LADY'S MORALS"-Believe
it or not but this was the life of
Jenny Lind and had Grace Moore
as its star. Same Grace
who is dynamite in 1885 at the
movie box office. But this pic
ture lost money. To be truthful
about it sound recording was not
as good then as it is today.
"LILIES OF THE FIELD
Corinne Griffith's first and last
attempt to maintain her Stardom
with the coming of sound. She
rated $4,000 a week when the
microphone licked her and was
the prize beauty of Hollywood.
''MAN WHO CAME BACK
This was the picture which
proved to Fox that Janet Gaynor
and Charlie Farrell were lost in
heavy dramatic roles. Gaynor
wanted to do them but is now
satisfied to stick to the sugar
plums. Farrell tried it alone and
got lost somewhere in the Holly.
wood shuttle.
"MORROCO"-This was the
picture which introduced a new
foreigner to American audiences
-Marlene Dietrich. She had
Gary Cooper for leading man
and Cooper raised hades because
she was billed over him and got
more publicity. Since then La
Dietrich has had her ups and
downs. Mostly downs recently.
Gary Cooper is still big league
with the women movie-goers.
"OLD ENGLISH"-With George
Arliss. The greatest acting tech.
nlcian in Hollywood who fooled
Warner Bros. by going elsewhere
when they thought he was
washed up. In 1885 he is still
with the box office leaders al
though the young folks claim he
plays all historical characters
alike.
PARAMOUNT ON PARADE"-
This had the greatest all-star cast
ever collected, but was just a mild
success. Proving that you need
more than stars for a hit. Those
in 1t included: Richard Arlen,
George Bancroft, Clara Bow, Eve
Ign Brent, Mary Brian, Give
Brook, Virginia Bruce, Nancy Car
roll, Ruth Chatterton, Maurice
Chevalier, Gary Cooper, Leon
Enrol, Stuart Erwin, Kay Francis,
Skeets Gallagher, Harry Green,
Mitzi Green, James Hall, Phillips
Holmes, Helen Kane, Dennis King,
Abe Lyman and band, Fredric
March, Nino Martini, Mitzi May
fair, David Newell, Jack Oakie,
Warner GLAND, William Powell
and Buddy Rogers.
PUTIN ON THE RITZ
With Harry Richman. It proved
to United Artists that Richman
was not star caliber although he
still reignS in the night clubs.
RAIN OR SHINE"-With Joe
Cook. Cook is now a radio star.
"SONG OF MY HEART"-With
John Mccormack. The Irish tenor
collected 100000 from Winnie
Sheehan, of Fox, for this picture.
He sang IL songs in the feature
which introduced Maureen O'Sul-
Ivan to Hollywood. Fox never re-
newed the Mccormack option, so
it is presumed they lost money on
the picture. Maureen O'Sullivan
is on the edge of Stardom.
TANNING OF THE SHREW"-
The first and last costarring pic.
ture of Mary Pickford and Douglas
Fairbanks. Since then their mar.
riage has gone flooey and both
have faded into third-rate draws
on the movie marques. 1t proved
also that movie audiences didn't
care for Shakespeare. Not the
way they did it.
There are many tear drops and
tragedies concealed in the stories
behind the 1880 records. So I ask,
where will the movie stars Of 1885
be when 1910 makes its bowP You
figure out your own answer.