Imperial Valley press., 1936-08-23
Reel Facts About Hollywood

Uric is returning to MGM for part in "Ca.
mille," in support of Robert Taylor, Greta Carlo
and John Barrymore. She'll find a different
hollywood from the one in which she so often
let her temperament run rampant
Joan Benefits first starrer for Walter
Wanger will be fashion musical, "vogues of
1887" Producer Wanger is negotiating with
tne eminent Schiaparelli of Paris to design
the gown for the sartorial opus. .. ..
George Raft has new chant these davs
winch goes "Everythings been done before, but
II It's good-why-let's have more" Mean
ing TO illustrate that he Is prevailing upon
paramount to purchase the story '"The Light
Tnat Failed" which Bert Lytell did fifteen
years ago for the old Metro company.
And tell me now are the producers singing
that song hit of yore, "Tell Me- Pretty Maiden
Are Ihere Any More at Home Like Your" At
any rate, the sister vogue seems popular. for
Mary Jane Russell sister of MGM's Rosalind.
mas been brought here for screen tests
flimland is reaching a peak in cosmopou-
Canism. There have been hundreds of Chinese
working at MGM and Paramount Egyptians at
RkO and Arabians at Selznick International
win preparation of 1.-THE Plough and the Stars"
ensuing at RKO, the Irish are congrepatine
there. Direct from the Emerald Isle have come
.ne renowned Abbey Players to support Bar
para Stanwyck and Preston Foster in this ve
hicie Another pretty lady to enhance the story
Is Erin oBrien-Moore, who made theatrical
history In the original version of Street Scene
one 5 genuine cinema cameo whom the 1lrno-
guls have too long neglected. =.
commodore j. Stuart Blackton has gathered
.osether all the no-so-old oldtimers under the
odhner OF Associated Cinema Stars" They will
pohoer several proposed ventures to bring
many Oh them back into the limelight. Promi-
nent IN the group is Agnes Ayres who was
loadino lar, in
THE sky's the limit when stars tb. r,,..
] We attach this little note to the news that
zotn Century-Fox is revealing so much purcba.-
ing power In its efforts to secure the services of
Hiacie Fieios' British comedienne, whom thew
ore oiering mere S250000 per picture And
yet this represents but $4,000 more per picture
than she is already receiving from Assoc,otad
Talklng Pictures in London. The local Interest
IN MISS f1elds is due to her great popularity in
lhe Australian and British markets
Inc Eastman Kodak Company is beginning
uehVery on new projection machine designed
TO preserve newspaper files compactlv and
safely Each newspaper page is photographed
then the machine projects it on small screen
wnere 1t may be read with ease. It is possible to
get 800 pages on 100 feet of film, which will
shrink newspaper files to about two per cent of
their present bulk.
Little Crown Jewels from the [ OTIS: Dorotbv
Ates, singing daughter of comedian Roscoe is
headlining Gene Austin's new nitery and should
soon De on the cinema path. . Marion Talley
sprained her ankle and had to limp through
FOLLOW Your Heart" at Republic. Warmers
nave signed descendant of Francis Scott
Key our national anthem author Jean Muir
has closed the doors of her theater-playhouse.
Clark Gable himself has killed all that
foolish publicity about him thinking about a
night career. Bob Burns just had a confer
ence with manufacturer about marketing
some oaby bazookas MGM has bought the
Erich Remarque novel, Comrades"
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