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The Washington times., 1936-12-26
HOLLYWOOD FINDS CHINA IRELAND FRANCE OR AFRICA JUST
KELLEY
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least $OOOOOO more than any other ceulod of 1886 will
gross.
Clark Gable again the runnerup The big heman with
ears and dimpes made three pictures for MeroGodwyn
Maver with "San Francisco" the leader costared in Cain
and Mabel" for Warner Bros.
Fred Astare and Ginger Rogers hold the No. position
with "Swng Time" and "Folow the Fleet their two 1886
pictures listed among features that rolled up imposing
crosses.
The surprise picture of the year Mr. Deeds Goes to
Town." Columbia feature directed by Frank Capra Be-
sides being successful product of this studio it ra
frmed the industrys opinion that Frank Capra is tops
among comedy directors While will not attain the phe-
nomena success of the 1884 It Happened One Night r
Deeds" will bracketed high in the list of money winners
Varietys survey the Top Picture Grosers of 1886
as Modern Times" Omitted Artists. San Francisco"
CMGM). "Swing Time" (RKO.). "Little Rebel" Given
teth Century -Fox) "Rose Marie" (MGM). Under Two
Flags" (Twentieth Century-Fox).
The five TOP MONEY DIRECTORS listed thus W. S.
Van Dyke Clarence Brown David Butler, William Wyer
and Norman Tanrog.
Van Dykes name was "San Francisco" "Rose Marie"
"Love the Rum Devil Is Sissy and "His Brothers
Wife"
Clarence Brown made "Ah Wilderness" "Wife Secre-
ary "The Gorgeous Hussy" and divided credit with Van
Dyke for "Love on the Run"
David Buffers contributions were under the direction of
"Captan January "Pigskin Parade" "White Fang and
reissue of the Will Rogers picture Connecticut Yankee
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sequences. For other French
scenes, the studios have discov-
cred they can use the famous
Busch Gardens, where the dueling
scenes for Camille" were filmed.
These gardens are another eX-
ample of location that can be
used for two countries. The park
scenes for 1.-The Barretts of VIM
pole Street" were also filmed
there.
Forty miles from the corner Of
Hollywood Boulevard and Vine a
film company can plunge into the
wilds of Africa" where the dis
trict of Sherwood Forest is To-
Gated. Months were spent in this
section during the filming Of
'"Tarzan Escapes"
The Agoura Ranch, about 80
miles away from Hollywood, serves
as a background for Missouri
scenes and for that reason a great
deal of "The Voice of Bugle Ann"
was filmed there, while ideal Cana
dian and Northern America back
grounds are supplied by the sum-
mer and winter resort Of Lake
Arrowhead.
Twenty-four miles off the Pa
cific Coast is the location man
ayers paradise, Catalina Island.
For the past 80 years this island
has served as Hollywood's film
South Seas. But it was also used
for the coast of Greece in II Live
My Life" "Mutiny on the Bounty
and Captains Courageous"
The Washington times., 1936-12-26
Hollywood Is
Just Full of
Oddities


a motion picture. In the annual
report of the Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer purchasing department is
surprisingly odd collectio o n.
Among the most curious are: Bees
wax, for polishing film and water
proofing canvas; razor blades, to
cut film, cloth, etc.; cheese cloth,
not to wrap cheeses but as a basis
for costumes and settings; and
apple cider, for synthetic cham
payne.
An invention, the "irOn egg"
has just been tried out on Cap
tainS Courageous" When the
camera is in it and swung from
framework it remains stable
within five degrees, no matter
how much the boat rocks. This
eliminated that Ocean-careening
effect so often seen in scenes
made at sea.
Most machine-gunS and "Tom-
mics" used in pictures are syn
thetic ones. However, studios do
own some real ones. They must
be carefully guarded, under gov
ernmental orders. At M-G-M, ma
chine-guns are kept in vaults under
care of studio police. When
brought out for use, a man. never
loses sight of the gun while it is
on a set.
Hardest thing for former stage
stars to do on movie sets is to read
between scenes, Gladys George
says. FOOtIight actors never read
in dressing rooms. This is not to
avoid missing cues, she says, but
becaue a reader puts oneself in
the character of the story, thereby
throwing the actor out Of the char
acter for the stage play.
Studios nearly always use pan
chromatic film. Ordinary film is
sensitive only to color in grada-
tions of black and white. Pan
chromatic, further sensitized by a
color dye, is sensitive to all cclors
and, therefore, offers new sharp
ness of detail in finished product.
Hollywood now ab0unds with
gag-writers, men who make a Iiv-
ing by writing laugh lines and
situations. The business started,
according to GrOuchO Marx, with
the story about the Philadelphia
pOstman being shot because h.
was mistaken for a Confederate
soldier. The line was in a Broad
way show which failed many years
ago. A vaudeville performer
bought rights to the joke for $500
and this started others to writing
laughs to sell.
Although there are 1,131 play.
erS, from stars down to bits, in
Hollywood who speak foreign Ian
guages, only five Chinese are listed
for regular uOrk Go uyhaIo ct,1
The Washington times., 1936-12-26
Horton Appears as
Own Uncle in Film

Edward Everett Horton plays
not only himself but his late
lamented uncle in Paramount's
Lets Make a Million"
The famous comedian, learning
that he needed a picture Of a
purely fictitious Uncle Ezra for the
production, posed for the portrait
himself.
He emerged with frightened side
whiskers, a cap which held down
his luxurious locks and enough
wrinkles to make him look 80
years old. On seeing the picture
he didn't believe it himself,
The Washington times., 1936-12-26
Frances Purchases
Ranch Within City

Frances Langford purchased
the first "city ranch" in the
county of Los Angeles.
She bought a "citified" home in
Brentwood, near Joan Crawford's
estate, and also bought additional
adjoining acres on which she is
going to build a ranch house, log
cabin and stables for horses.
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Gable, Crawford to
Star in "Saratooa"

In a romance Of the big-time
racetracks, Clark Gable as a
plunging gambler and Joan Craw-
ford as a clever Handicapped are
to match wits in Metro Goldwyn-
Mayors Saratoga" scheduled
for early 1887 production.
Anita Loos and Robert Hopkins,
who collaborated on "San Fran
CISCO" wrote the story of the race
tracks. Production starts as soon
as Miss Crawford completes her
work in "The Last of Mrs.
Cheyney" and Gable is finished
in "Parnell."
The Washington times., 1936-12-26
Titles Galore
Are Worn By
Film Stars

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26.-All the
way from Kentucky colonels and
Nebraska admiralS to such serious
honors as the Coppa Mussolini
and the National Geographic So
ciety range the honorary titles be-
slowed on celebrities of the screen.
Some are honors for achievement.
Some are social, such as the 'Ken-
lucky colonelS." Some are in
recognition of an important SER
vice.
Wallace Beery, for instance,
holds a lieutenant commanders
commission in the Naval Reserve,
which, while it is in honor of his
work in "Heu Divers" is still Of
ficial, and he is an active flier,
holding also a full commercial
pilots license. Lewis Stones COM
mission Of major in the Army Re.
serve Corps is an official one and
he is on regular duty, but he holds
an honorary colopel's commission
in the California Lancers, a militia
cavalry organization he helped or
ganize.
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer has a
group Of Kentucky colonels. They
were appointed originally by Gov
ernor Ruby Laffoon, and the COM
missions expired when his term
expired, but the new administra-
ton reinstated them. They are
w. S. Van Dyke, Jeanette Mac
Donald, Pete Smith, Clark Gable
and Nelson Eddy.
The only admiral in Hollywood
Is Buster Keaton, who is admiral
in the Great Navy of Nebraska.
It's the only commission of its
kind in the world.
w. S. Van Dyke, leads the field
IN honors. Major in the Marine
Corps, Kentucky Colonel, member
OF the Order of the Rising Sun
OF Japan, adopted chief in the
1roquois tribe of Indians, honor
ary member of several adven-
turers' clubs, and elected member
OF the National Geographic So
clety, he is probably Hollywood's
champion honor holder.
ErneStine Schumann-Heink was
official mother of the American
Legion and of the Sigma Chi fra
ternity, in recognition of her war
work and the general love in
which the diva was held, until her
death.
Johnny Weissmuller, Tarzan of
the screen, is a regular member
OF the Santa Monica lifeguards.
Clarance Brown, the director, was
awarded the Coppa Mussolini for
his direction of Anna Karenina."
Jean Hersholt is an adopted
chief in the Seneca Indian tribe
in New York; Jean Harlow is
honorary chief of the Pasadena
fire department; Jean Parker,
honorary member of the Camp
Fire Girls; Cecilia Parker, an
honorary member Of the Beverly
Hills fire department; Frances
Langford, an honorary member of
the Lakeland (Fla.) police force.
Edmund Gween is a member Of
the Beefsteak Club of London, and
Winifred Shotter of the Ladies
Naval and Military Club of the
same capital. Charles Butter
worth is a member of the Indiana
Bar Association, Harvey Stephens
Of the Pacific Coast Glider Club,
Mickey Rooney of the Flying Aces,
a boys aviation organization
founded by Capt. Roscoe Turner,
and Jackie Cooper is an honorary
Boy Scout.
Robert Taylor is an honorary
Texas Ranger as the result of his
visit to the Dallas Centennial.
Spencer Tracy was recently elected
to the realty board of Encino, Cal.
The Washington times., 1936-12-26
All the Worlds a Stage But
Studios Locate California
Scenery to Fit Story

HOLLYWOOD Dec 26.-Al the worlds stage, but Holly
studios prefer set their stages in Southern California
because of the expense and trouble involved.
Strange it seems location for the various
studios have found location will for two
tries even though may be thousands of miles
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served for the location scenes in
the Oriental "The Good Earth" !"
France" is only so miles away
from the M-G-M studios and is
known as Laguna Beach. Because
of the rock formations along the
seacoast, this has been found to
be perfect for French SeacoaSt
The Washington times., 1936-12-26
Fun With TeIevision

James Stewart IS constructing a
television set and expects to have
a lot of fun with it. He has
rigged up a system for trans
mitting images from one room to
another.
The Washington times., 1936-12-26

There are seven establishments
IN Hollywood making saddles, be-
lleve it or not. Four of these
work solely on this type of prod
uct. Their patrons come from STU
dlos which require all types of
saddles and from the many who
ride bride paths. Hollywood also
aooundS with polo players, giving
further revenues to saddle makers,
The Washington times., 1936-12-26

This was true in the case OF
"Parnell," the Irish drama, CO.
starring Clark Gable and Myrna
10y. The locations for this were
shot at Chatsworth, which also
The Washington times., 1936-12-26

Although there are 1,131 play.
ers, from stars down to bits, in
Hollywood who speak foreign Ian
guages, only five Chinese are listed
for regular work. So when stu
dios want many Chinese in a pic
ture, they must go to Chinatown.
and hire non-professionals. On
movie lists are Alt French-speak-
ing actors, 372 Spanish, 278 Ger
man and go versed in Italian.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21
Newsree Cameramen TO Record Scenes, Music
Of 125-Piano Festival in FieIdhouse on Nav 3

Meanwhile, local committees of
the sorority are completing program
arrangements and preparing the
fieldhouse for the event. The pro-
gram is to open with a fanfare by
six trumpeters, pupils of Raymond
Oster. An added feature will be the
appearance of the combined choirs
of Butler University and Arthur
Jordan Conservatory of Music, di-
rected by Donald C. Gilley.
Technical High School pupils are
preparing large replica of the S..
A. I. badge, which is to hang above
the players. Four tall baskets of red
roses, the sorority flower, are to be
donated by the Wurlitzer Piano Co.,
which built the festival pianos.
Special sound equipment also is to
be installed.
Maj. Bowes has agreed to plug"
the. event on his radio program, &C.
cording to Mrs. Sterling.
There will be Is professional plan
lists to be heard with each of the
three groups of students, as we'll as
in a special group alone. They are:
Mesdames Arthur G. Monninger,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21
Acting No Snap,
Says Local Girl
Suffers Gold Has Closeup
of Miss Lawson.

Acting in movies is no snap, &C
cording to Priscilla Lawson, former
Indianapolis girl appearing briefly
in Suffers Gold" at the Indiana.
On a letter to The Times, Priscilla
describes her experiences while
working in this film.
81 worked about a week on the
set for Suffers Gold There were
more than 200 of us on location"
Miss Lawson writes. 'You can
imagine the noise they made chat
ting between takes. The finished
picture contains one closeup of me
for which 1 am grateful. The very
choice ones were left on the cutting
room floor"
Still Gets Jittery
When the director shouts quiet
and roll 'em" Priscilla confesses she
still gets bit jittery until the first
words of the scene have been
spoken, even though she has worked
in nearly every Universal picture
made since she received a contract.
Miss Lawson was chosen, with
other members of the cast, to go to
Sacramento for the films grand pre-
miere. The troupe also attended
special ceremonies at Suffers Fort
near there.
The former Shortridge High School
girl has just returned from a brief
vacation in the Sierra mountains
with her mother and will start to
work in another Universal film soon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21
Marshall
for His Charm
Gertrude Michael Prefers
Him as Leading Man.

Times Special
HOLLYWOOD, April 21.-Blonds
prefer gentlemen. or more specifical-
ly, Gertrude Michael prefers the
suave Herbert Marshall as her lead
ing man. Public reaction seems to
back up Miss Michael.
Says Gertrude: 1T isn't that he
just displays good manners. Herbert
has charm that is part of him,
on the screen and off. 1t isn't just
put on for special occasions. And
he has happy faculty of making
you feel that he doesn't take himself
too seriously"
Robert Florey, who directed Mar
shall and Miss Michael in their
latest picture, IT'LL We Meet
Again" supplements the actress
viewpoint with this observation:
Herb has the most seductive
voice in pictures. He can express
any mood at will merely by chang
ing his voice. He has mobile face
but he doesn't need to rely upon
facial expressions to get across his
haracterizations."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21

Hollywood doesn't want pretty
faces" he declared. THE thing that
counts is character. Too often, the
girl with conventional beauty is
merely another pretty girl. But
there is another type of beauty the
screen is demanding. 1t is beauty
that reflects personality.
For example-last night I drove
up to one of those drive-in ham
burger stands and ordered sand
wich. I noticed a little girl run
ming backwards and forwards.
asked that she be sent over to me,
and after talking to her, I asked
her to call at the office the next
day. Naturally she was dubious,
and came-with three other people
with her.
"The dramatic coach also be-
lieved her unusual, so now she is
attending our dramatic school in
the afternoons, and has agreed to
attend for at least three months. If
she develops as we think she will,
she will be signed. But she is not
beautiful. She merely is different
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21

we have to change" he told us. 1--WE
all started together, and each men,
Der works for the entire organiza-
ton, not for himself"
The Brigadiers will close their
local stay Thursday night with a
CHS broadcast through WFBM.
The program is to originate in the
Columbia Club ballroom.
Then they leave for Cleveland
theater engagement. This. summer
they are to return to the Drake
Hotel at Chicago.
Their radio sponsor has said the
broadcasts are to continue through
the summer, so there will be plenty
of work ahead for Horace Heidi and
His Brigadiers. (By R. NJ
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21

Visible and audible records of In
dianapolis' 125-piano festival are to
be made by cameramep from Fox,
Universal, Pathe and Fearst-Movie-
tone newsreel companies, who will
be on hand for the performances
May at Butler Fieldhouse. The
afternoon concert is TO be broad
cast at $3.50 on the NBC-WEAF net
work.
Arrangements for the newsreel
pictures were made by representa-
tives who attended the first grand
rehearsal" of the statewide en-
semble at the fieldhouse Saturday.
Four rehearsals of groups of 200
each were held Saturday and Sum-
day, all under the direction of Frank
o. Viking, who is to conduct the
performances.
Among visitors who are to attend
the festival program are Miss Ger
trude Evans, Ithaca, N. Y, national
president of Sigma Alpha Iota, pro-
fessional music sorority, and Miss
Cecilia Brayberry, Chicago, who
helped install the local chapter
more than 30 years ago. The 1876
piano festival is being presented by
the sorority for the benefit of its
scholarship and student loan funds.
Delegations from Cincinnati. Chi
cago, Louisville and other cities are
expected, according to Mrs. F. H.
Sterling, general charm n.
Throughout Indiana preparations
are being made no finance entrants
rehearsal trips and overnight ex-
penses the weekend of the perform
ance. In Michigan City a card
party, benefit movie and food sale
have been held, and one automobile
dealer is to provide an automobile
to bring participants to Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21
THE GREAT ZEGFELD' COMING TO lows THEATER NAY
Movie Story
Depicts Life
of Snowman
Stars, Cast Of Hundreds
Appear in Lavish
Production.

The film story of Florenz Zieg-
fields life, The Great ziegfeld," is
to open at Loew's May for road
show run of one week, L. Ward
Farar, Loew's manager, announced
today.
The picture, starring William
Powell, Myrna 10y, Luise Rainier
and boasting cast of hundreds, has
been produced on vast scale, even
more "glorified" than the "Follies"
which Mr.. Ziegfeld presented.
Before the picture went into &C
tual filming, months were spent in
research, and an effort was made to
reproduce in detail all the little
things which are remembered about
Mr.. ziegfeld; his Office furniture,
his home life, his idiosyncrasies. Ac-
cording to the New York drama
critics, THE Great Ziegfeld" has
turned the trick
Famous Names In Cast
It's presentation at Loew's will
mark the first time picture has
been road shown" at a local movie
theater. Prices will be from so
cents to $3.50.
AS to the cast, Metro-G Goodwin
Mayer has surrounded the story
with several box-office names. Myr-
ma 10y plays Billie Burke, ziegfelds
wife; Mr.. Powell portrays the great
Ziegfeld and Miss Rainier takes the
part of Anna Held.
Others in the picture include Vir-
ginia Bruce as Mr.. ziegfeld's most
"glorified" beauty; Fanny Brice,
Frank Morgan, Harriet Hector,
Anna Pennington. Reginald owen,
Nat Pendleton, Gilda Gray and a
new dance star, Ray Bolger, who
was awarded a new long-term con-
tract with the studio after officials
saw his dancing.
1872 In Dancing Chorus
Artists models from all parts of
the country and a dancing chorus
of 1872 we're used to form the back
ground for the film. Adrian, Holly
wood designer, created hundreds of
Ziegfeldian costumes for the picture.
One set used in the picture
weighed 90 tons, was operated by
synchronized electric motor. In the
background was a cyclorama, 260 feet
long and as high as a seven-story
building. On this were constructed
the sky and stars, the latter being
5000 automobile headlights flashing
on and off.
At the end of the scene in which
this set was used a huge curtain
of 1900 yards of silk weighing 1900
pounds, swept in front of the set.
The outside of the curtain was
white, the inside blending from
white to black in % shades.
Everything upon which the great
showman's success was based APP
pears in the film-except nudity. Mr..
ziegfeld didn't have to worry about
the Hays Office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21

Lie play, WHICH uldkcS ID ul6InO6IS
of the Federal Theater project in
Indiana work hard to earn their pay,
confirms our belief that its author,
Henry K. Burton, is an excellent
theater manager.
The story has to do with Uncle
Jimmy Waterbury, whose relatives
leave him at the county poor farm,
where he is content TO play his
fiddle When he comes into con-
siderable fortune the same rela-
tiveS fight to entertain him in their
luxurious homes and Uncle Jimmy
again plays his fiddle. The play
closes sentimentally at the end with
Uncle Jimmy playing the very same
fiddle.
Music Is Highlight
Although the drama is heaped
with mortgages, lynn, cheatin and
romance, its highlights are the
scenes in which Charles Althoff
plays when You and Were
Young, Maggie" Lights Out" and
an old-fashioned hoe-down.
Mr.. Althoff, the guest star this
week at Keith's, always has been an
able vaudeville comedian. That his
act doesn't just seem to At into the
limitations imposed by what we
,%ppose was intended to be melo-
drama, is to be expected. His make
up and eccentricities are we'll done.
His violin work is entertaining in a
rustic way.
Among the large cast Jack Du-
val, as Abe Salisbury, Uncle Jimmy's
pal, stands out. All of Mr.. Duvals
transformations with the Federal
Players have been on a high level.
Ned LeFevre also does a nice job
with Walter Kane, the young law
yers who saves Uncle Jimmy from
his grasping relations.
Newcomer Has Role
Ira B. Klein is convincing as
Henry Haslep, superintendent at the
poor farm. A newcomer, C'Mari de
oOAl4PPCA, OIL uSSltS bllI OuSll dl ul-
sympathetic role, as one of the
scheming kin.
The two sets, first in the Jasper
County, Indiana, poor house, and
then in palatial indianapolis resi-
dence, are the best seen at Keith's
this season. Lighting and makeup
have improved greatly since the
players first production.
The moral of the play the Golden
Rule, is brought out in the last act
when Uncle Jimmy tenderly for
gives those who have trespaSsed and
admits that, although he has never
been much for religion, he has tried
to live according to the Scriptures.
Capable of Better Things
There may be several laughs here
and there for those who enjoy Mr..
Althoff's antics, but we feel that
the Federal Players, and Mr.. Bur-
ton, are capable of better things.
The play will be repeated each
night this week with a matinee
Saturday. Starting Monday, the
Players will present Behold This
Dreamer"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21

chairman; Berta Miller Ruick,
chairman of music committee; w. j.
Stark. B. A. Richardson, John Kol-
mer, T. P. Woodson, T. M. Rybolt,
Clifford Dunphy, Paul E. Brown,
Natalia Conner, S. A. Greene, H. w.
Brady, Harold Sweeney, Frank O.
Viking, Elmer Roberts, Leoline
Jacquith Newly, William Tolleson
Jr., j. K. Vance Jr., Carolyn Ayres
Turner, Misses Marguerite McCarty,
Mae Henri Lane, Sarah Elizabeth
Marks, Dorothy Merrill and Helen
Starost, all of Indianapolis, and
Miss Evelyn Poston of Martinsville.