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Evening star., 1936-12-06
Mogoxins Section

circling microphones: :. And SO he
perished, my friends, true to his trust.
Not only did he complete the picture,
the greatest, most stupendous animal
feature of this or any other century,
but he saved the lives of those human
actors he had come to love with a
great, selfess, unfathomable devotion
Not only did he pit his own strength
against the maddened maniac of the
wilderness, he drove the invader out
into Gods great out of doors! UI
amongst the somber silences of the
eternal hills, there was fought the
last titanic battle! From that battle
Hero Heart - ah, how well named
my friends, never returned. Not ever
his mangled, insensate remains were
ever found. But his soul - like join
Browns body goes marching on!
Lady Silver came out of the snug
warm cave high up the mountain
precipitous slope, and sat down besid'
Hero-Heart. His long pointed muzzk
was resting between his paws. and hi
ears were pricked thoughtfully for
ward. Her slanted. green eyes took il
his attitude watchfully.
Whats eatin' you. Handsome?'f
she drawled in her most silken manner
He stared, guiltily. "Oh. l. Well
l just got to thinking. About hov
maybe / was untrue to my trust ant
all, running off with you the way
did. 1t was Passion, and the Impuls
of the Moment, l guess. l had to ex
plain to you on account of you though
l was biting you, and -"
She yawned, widely. you seriou
guys slay me-" she murmwed.
"Yes, but don't you understand?
have big responsibility. I'm Rim Til
Tins successor, and -"
Lady Silver showed signs of becom
ing annoyed. "Yuh didn't like bein'
celluloid Wonder Dog. did yuh7"
II hated it. But"
''An' you like it fine up here?">
"Oh, yes! I've never been SO happy
But -"
Responsibility is all that's eatin
yuh. huh?"
"Yes, that's it. It's against m
nature to run away from duty -.
Her eyes were cleaning srangel,
"Okay, Handsome. stick around. RI
sponsibility is what you're goin'
have plenty of. Your rabbit chasin
is lousy. And I'm ashamed of the wa
you come stamping up on a mountai
gopher. How're you goin' to be 1o
great big provider when there az
little hungry mouths to feed?" rs
Hero-Heart stared blankly for X
moment. Then an ecstatic light dawnd-
in his eyes. Darling! You mean wef
going to have -" le
I'VE sure are. Little footsteps pals
tering around the cave" h
Hero-Heart leaped to his feet. HE
whole being was transformed. "Gos'e
Gosh" he painted. This is wondan
full! This is real! Ill have reason fa-
doing things now, won't II" is
Lady Silver closed her pale, my
terious eyes to Sits. There was 10
amused. yet a determined glitter "
them. But she only murmued slecat
lily 49,. or
''M-m-m; you'll find outT or
Tie End e
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Films
Booked for
Next Week
Two Comedies and
Dance Band
Coming.

)AROLE LOMBARD and Fred
4 MacMurray, who became
popular as a screen team for
~ their light comedy in Hands
Across the Sea-" appear together again
in the new Paramount comedy, The
Princess Comes Across" which comes
to Warmers Earle Theater next Friday.
Carole is an American girl posing as
a princess to gain Hollywoods atten-
ton, and Fred is band leader bent
upon gaining any blonds attention.
Alison Skipworth is in the cast. Louise
Massey and the Westerners. stars of
popular radio program, will headline
the Earle vaudeville program.
Charles Ruggles and Mary Boland
appear as man and wife for the tenth
time in pictures in Early to Bed"
which will come to the Metropolitan
next Friday. This time the wedding
is postponed for 20 years, however, be-
cause of Charles secret sorrow-he
walks in his sleep and becomes some
thing of a tiger man" on his nocturnal
prowls.
OZZie Nelson will bring his orchestra.
popular with radio and dance fans, and
a revue featuring Harriet Hilliard,
well-liked singer, with the band, who
won film notice in Follow the Fleet" I"
to the stage of Loew's Fox Theater for
one week, starting next Friday. The
film attraction will be THE Crime Of
DR.. Forbes" based upon recent front
page story. Gloria Stuart heads the
cast and Robert Kent, j. Edward
Bromberg, Henry Armetta, Sarah
Haden and Alan Dinehart are featured
Remember Charles Laughton's read
ing of Lincoln's Gettysburg address liz
"Ruggles of Red Gap?" Because of
this famed sequence the Little Theater
has booked the film for a revival en-
gagement Fourth of July week, start
ing today. In addition to the memoir
able scene, the perturbation of Harry
Leon Wilson's hilarious tale will be
remembered as the film which made
movie history by establishing Laughton
as a master of comedy.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

THE Milky Way" when every one
from star to director took time out
with various serious illnesses.
The average premium charged by
Lloyds is so cents per 500 per per-
son. In the case Of the quintuplets.
with two Of the babies in frail health,
the rate is higher. A minor stars
insurance is around $4,000. Insurance
of 10 or IL important players costs
from $4,000 to 100000 for one pic
ture.
In insuring "Dodsworth" and
Come and Get It" for $1,000,000
each, Mr.. Goldwyn cannot insure the
stories or the good or bad reception
accorded the movies. He cannot list
the fact that "Dodsworth" cost him
$3.50 900 or that 100000 was paid for
Edna Ferber's Come and Get II"
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Fans Even Want Dates

of hearts, which may have some spe-
cial significance.
They're a little more timid about
Garbo," Reynolds continued. Her
admirers usually request a meeting
in her home-'just an hour to sit and
talk with you they plead"
Nor is it any different with the male
stars.
Most Of Clark Gables admirers
would be happieSt if he'd take them
to a polo game, especially If he would
ride. William Powell is asked to escort
them to tea tete-a-tete.
They'd like to hear Nelson Eddy
sing, of course" Reynolds went on.
but in most cases they suggest the
alternative of an afternoon stroll
along the boulevard.
Drifting in the current with him
in a rowboat would satisfy most of
Bruce Cabot's admirers. while the
Marx Brothers are asked to exert
themselves with parlor tricks. Spencer
Tracy is usually nominated for trip
to an amusement park.
Charles Laughton and Joseph CAL
LEILA are the strange ones. though.
Their fans seem to be a little afraid
of them and ask, nervously, If they
can be met at some such well-lighted
thoroughfare as Hollywood and Vine. y
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Roadside Opens "Meller.''

THE pure and noble here will again
match wits with the dastardly
william to save the gal out at the Red
Barn on the Rockville pike tomorrow
night when the Roadside Theater
opens a two week engagement Of Au-
gustin Days melodramatic thriller,
'Under the Gaslight."
Anton Hardt, whose previous pro-
ductions for the Roadside include
such ancient tear -jerkers as Murder
in the Red Barn." ITO Die at Dawn, !"
''The Drunkard." The Octoroon" and
"After Dark" is directing Under the
Gaslight"
The cast of Under the Gaslight"
includes Ann Garrett, Harold Stepler
Janet Coon, Howard Wierum, Joan
Bates Edith Sears, Jack Wells, Betty
Rice, Clyde Maxwell. Robert Snow.
Leo Brady, Elinor Evans, Mildred
Baitz, Jean Darier, Abbie Lee Krum,
Maurice Kimmel, Harold Minor,
Charles Grunwell, Clarence Ruebsam
and Robert T. Miller.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
"Kiddieland'
Rides Off to
Good Start
Feature Is Popular.
Other News of
Resorts.

THE weekly "Kiddieland Show
boat Cruise" starting last
Monday, got off to flying
start, with a near-capacity
load. The trips are held on the Will
son Line steamer City of Washing
ton every Monday morning. under the
direction of Joe Brown, popular radio
master of ceremonies and local talent
developer. The boat leaves the dock
at 10 o'clock.
Gangplank prizes. amateur con-
tests, radio additions and a special
program by the Joe Brown Kiddies
are in store for those taking the cruise
tomorrow.
The sunset cruise on the City Of
Washington is gaining favor, too,
vying with the moonlight for popu-
larity. Stephen LIE Sieur and his
Commodores are aboard to play dance
music on both the $50 and the $50
jaunts.
Schools out and the turnstiles are
clicking a merry tune over at Seaside
Park, at Chesapeake Beach, Nd,
popular saltwater resort just an hour
from town. The one-day family ex-
cursions to the park, inaugurated only
last week by the W., M. & A. Motor
Lines, already have made a decided
hit with mothers bent upon giving
the kiddies some fresh salt air and
fun out in the Open.
There's a sandy beach at Seaside
and bathing in the bay is safe for
children as we'll as grown-ups. for
there are no step-offs. There's salt
water bathing in the pool too, and
host of other park amusements.
The steamer Potomac of the Po-
tomac River Line, which covered the
10 miles to Colonial Beach in 3 hours
and 43 minutes back in 1884, makes
the first of a series of Sunday cruises
to that resort today. The boat leaves
its dock at am, returning at 7:30
pm.
The Potomac makes the regular
moonlight cruise every night at 8:45
o'clock, with dancing on board to
music by Bernie Jarboe's Night
Hawks.
Glen Echo's Crystal Pool has de-
clared a dividend, a bonus, become
profit sharing. The dividend is in
the form of free swimming lessons to
be given bathers at the popular pool.
Swim classes for grown-ups will be
held every morning from 1890 to IL
and every evening from 7 to 7:30,
and children under IA will be taught
the rudiments of staying above water
every day from 10 to 10:30 am. In
structors will be the senior Red Cross
life savers employed at the pool as
life guards.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Astaire Film Titled.

lowing TIME" has definitely been
selected as the title of the forth
coming screen musicale which will
co-star Fred Astaire and Ginger
Rogers and which has been in pro-
duction under the working titles IT
Won't Dance" and Never Gonna
Dance" The final title was decided
upon after filming one of the out
standing dances performed by the
stars and which Astaire termed a
waltz in swing time This. the ia
nous dancer asserts, probably will do
much to repopularize the waltz for
ball room dancing.
Supporting Astaire and Miss Rogers
in Swing Time" is a cast that in
cludes Eric Blore. Helen Broderick,
Victor Moore, Georges Metaxa. Jerome
Kern, who wrote the score for "Ro-
berta," composed the melodies for
''Swing Time"
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Strong's First Screen Play.

d ICHARD A. ROWLAND has signed
Austin Strong to write his first
original screen play, titled so This
Is Love" which will be the second
Rowland production for Paramount.
Strong, member of the American
Society of Dramatists, has to his
credit a number of successful plays
produced both in London and New
York. among them Seventh Heaven" T"
produced as one of the outstanding
silent motion picture successes. Strong
has turned down many writing con-
tracts offered him by the major
studios. He will work on the screen
play of so This Is Love" right through
to the shooting stages.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

with consummate skill, they discussed
the Joy of finding him once again
with the Napoleonic hat and collie,
leading his armies in and out of
Waterloo and possibly getting a brief
hint of his last days at St Helena.
Mr.. Rains will however, have to step
on it. Napoleons are bobbing up
everywhere. The theater market is
up to its neck in them. A few years
ago the Warner Bros we're set to star
Edward G. Robinson in a film which
was to be prepared by Emil Ludwig. A
little later Paul MUM was told to get
himself acquainted with the Eaglet Of
Elba. Now London is well satisfied
with the Sheriff version of st.
Helena" which Max Gordon plans to
bring over here next season. And
Robin Coons tells us from Hollywood
that Peter LORE will be presented on
Broadway this Fall in Sidney Kings
ley's adaptation of Ferdinand Bruck-
ner's play. Napoleon"
x x X :.
MR., LOIRE, able actor that he is,
H thus falls heir to one of Broad
ways juciest acting plums, leaving
the screen to any one who thinks he
might be able to f1ll his shoes
Why. then, doesn't Hollywood be-
stir itself and prepare that epic on
Napoleon before the stage shall have
pretty well mopped him up? Where
is that saga on Nappy and his Jose
phine which was planned long be-
fore Midsummer Nights Dream" and
which has been cooling its heels some
where in the Warmers cellar? Why
with a talented player such as Claude
Rains, making Warner stars" look
like so much cold mutton, don't the
Warmers bestir themselves and get a
Jump on the other Napoleons? They'd
better watch out or M-G-M will plunk
Charles Laughton into a similar role.
Then there'd be troubles
x
ALL of which reminds us that
"Ruggles of Red Gap will be at
the Little this Week-that hilarious
comedy in which Laughton recites the
Gettysburg address If you didn't see
this back in the days when the film
jammed the Earle and then the Met
we cordially advise you take an eve
ming off and find out what you've
missed
It's probably the first and last
times that Laughton and Zasu Pitts
will ever play together. AS "ro-
mantle" team they play rings around
Robert Taylor and Loretta Young!
Evening star., 1936-06-28
"Lesion of Dishonor."

CECIL B. DEMILLE has purchased
~ Legion of Dishonor," an original
by Ivan Lebedef and is putting it in
work as his next production following
This Breed of Men"
Most of the story's action takes place
in a cellar in No Mans Land where
deserters from various armies engaged
in the World War have taken refuge.
The cast is almost entirely male, with
no players as yet selected.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Dancers Debut.

D ECRUITED from the "Folies Ber-
gere" of Paris. Olympic Bradna
known throughout Europe as the
smallest sailor in France" is soon
to be seen in Paramount's tunefllm,
Three Cheers for Love"
With Eleanore Whitney, diminutive
tap dancer and Robert Cummings
Olympic will present generous sam
pies of the dances which have won
her acclaim.
Just IS, Miss Bradna Is youngest
of the Bradna family" noted French
professional troupe, contributor OF
dancers and singers to the European
stage for $50 years.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Added to "Winterset." :"

EDUARDO CIANNELLI, noted char
acter actor of the New York stage,
has signed a term contract with R-K-
O-Radio. His first assignment Is the
role Of T'rock in the forthcoming pic
turization Of "Winterset," the part
he played in the Broadway produc-
ton of the Maxwell Anderson hit.
Ciannelli currently Is playing the role
Of the Bishop Of Beauvais in Katha-
rine Cornell's play, Saint JOAN"
.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
leans Pupils Cast.
ZANE O'BRIEN and Frank Pr

ZANE O'BRIEN and Frank Prince,
- the two most promising proteges
Of Jean Muir, Warner Bros. actress, in
the TheaAer Workshop, which she con-
ducts as a hobby in Hollywood, were
recently signed to term contracts by
Warner Bros Pictures, Inc. They will
be known on the screen as Jane Bryan
and Robert Wells and they will begin
their motion picture careers by playing
the romantic leads in support Of Sybil
Jason and Guy Kibbee in Way of a
Pirate" soon to go into production.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Cast Increased.
WARD BOND, Edgar Deering, Wa

WARD BOND, Edgar Deering, Wade
w Boteler, Lloyd Ingraham, VIII
liam Gilbert Allen Wood and Sidney
Miller have been added to the cast
of Marry the Girl" now in produc-
ton at the R-K-O Radio studios, with
Barbara Stanwyck starred and Gene
Raymond opposite. Also in the cast
are Robert Young, Ned Sparks and
Helen Broderick. Leigh Jason Is
directing.
Evening star., 1936-06-28


a two-way system Of payment-for
partial or total loss. THE Great
Ziegfeld," on which M-G-M spent
50 900 900, could be protected for only
half that sum. as the insurance COM
pany considers no picture worth more
than 81 100000. If, near the compile
ton of the movie, William Powell.
Myrna 10y or Luise Rainier had been
forced out of the cast by an "act OF
God" the studio would have been
81 900 900 out of pocket.
Eddie Cantor's next picture has a
spending schedule of $500 900.
Should anything happen to him after
the picture starts shooting, the extra
$780, 900 loss will be sustained by Mr..
Goldwyn.
Insurance of productions and players
is a recent innovation, caused by ex-
pensive experience in the past. Dur
ing the filming of Under Two Flags"
the uninsured Simone Simon fell III
and was finally removed from the
cast-cost to the studio, S25, 200 to
$4,000. Claudette Colbert. who took
her place, became sick shortly after
ward. But Twentieth Century-Fox
suffered no further loss as it was able
to shoot" around her-working on
film sequences in which she did not
appear-until she recovered.
The hold-up in production of I'm
perial Hotel cost Paramount ST.
100000. The first financial catastrophe
occurred when Marlene Dietrich fol-
lowed Ernst Lubitsch out of the pro-
duction. Margaret SULLIVAN, her sue
cessor, was forced to retire from the
film when she broke her arm.
Claire Trevor's illness toward the
end of Human Cargo" necessitated
cessation Of work for about a week
and cost $4,000 for electricians and
props to remake the dismantled set
Sam Hardy's death when half way
through his role in Strike Me Pink
necessitated reshooting the sequences
in which he appeared and cost his
studio about $4,000.
Lowell Sherman succeeded in strug-
Cling through two sequences OF
Becky Sharp" then collapsed and
died. Almost 10 days shooting had
gone into the cameras. The loss to
the studio was sl50,OO0. Then Miriam
Hopkins fell i'll. Another 10 days
hold-up. When she was we'll enough
to resume work, both Director Reuben
Mamoulian and Frances Dee went
down with influenza. Another work
stoppage. The delays postponed the
originally planned Easter release to the
middle of Summer, when theater
crosses are at their lowest.
Clara Bow was operated upon at the
height of her career and for minutes
was dead" on the operating table.
The injection Of a sharp steel needle
into her heart caused it to beat again.
But two months elapsed before she
was ready to start work on the picture
abandoned by her illness and many
thousands of dollars were lost.
During the shooting of Poppy -
the presarious health of w. C. Fields
was guarded more closely than the
British crown jewels. He was not al
lowed to work more than an hour or
two a day and doctor was in con-
slant readiness. Had illness over
taken him during, instead of after,
the picture, Paramount would have
lost close on a million dollars. The
same studio took it on the chin
financially during the making OF
Evening star., 1936-06-28

Zanuck Is worth
a similar sum to
Twentieth Cen
tury-Foy. Louis
B. Mayer, Irving
T h a ! b erg. Joe
S C h e n ck and.
among the top
a C ting names,
Norma Shearer,
Miriam Hopkins,
Clark Gable and
EdQle cantor are
all worth $l,000,-
600 each to their
studios when
and if they died.
IloydS follows
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Cobb to Do Novel.

IRWIN S. COBB, whose most recent
acting assignment has been fea-
tured role in Jane Withers' film, Pep
per-" Is planning to leave Hollywood
for an extended vacation in the Ari-
zona Desert. where he will work on
a new novel.
Evening star., 1936-06-28


have tea in her own home.
Joan Crawford receives about the
same number of written overtures.
She's almost always invited dancing.
Jean HarloW's asked to eat 10 din
ners night, at the best restaurants.
These statements are based on fig
ures compiled by the Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer mailing Office, where all fan
latters are read and assorted before
their distribution.
Each star holds some special at
traction for his or her followers" says
Duke Reynolds. in charge of the stu
dos post office. whenever fan
contemplates trip to Hollywood,
letter is first written to the star, ask
ing for date"
Reynolds said that most of jeanette
MacDonald's letters request permis-
sion to hear her sing "'just one song,
in the privacy of your home'-you see,
I know the phrase by heart"
Myrna 10y, he said. is usually in
vited on an afternoon date. to go tea
dancing. Madge Evans fans want her
to play tennis with them, or 60 rid
ing Virginia Bruce gets any number
of bids to play cards-often a game
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Benchley's New Short.

"HOME-MADE MOVIES" a bur-
lesque, will be the next M-G-M
fun film from Robert Benchley, whose
How To Sleep" won the 1885 Acad-
emy Award Later Benchley will essay
q comic film treatise on How To Re-
duce."
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Tibbett's Next.

T AWRENCE TIBBETT, supported
49, by a cast which will include Ar
thur Treacher and Slim Summerville,
will star in Love Flight" soon to go
into production at goth Century Fox
under the directionAof o. L. Prem
niger, who directed the stage play
Libel" John Stone is associate pro-
ducer
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Vidor Assigned.

CHARLES VIDOR has been as
~ signed by R-K-O Radio to direct
Man Must Live" recently purchased
original story by Ben Grammar Kohn
and Jerome Horwin. Vidor's last pic
ture was "Muss En- Up," starring
Preston Foster.
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Margo in cLost Horizon"

MARCO, young Mexican actress
who made her screen debut in
the Hecht and Macarthur picture,
Crime Without Passion" has been
signed by Columbia Studios for an
important role in the current Frank
Capra production, Lost Horizon" in
which Ronald Coleman Is starred.
Evening star., 1936-06-28


to Washington The GOOD
possibly next to Paul Mum being at the top OF
trained doesn't himself
that
build until quivers with da-
that the other involved might
as somewhere playing marbles
around the fact that a
would fullNengh
brief
Evening star., 1936-06-28

prOductlOn EXECUTIVE, SIaI-IIUI eACeP0-
ing the Dionne quintuplets-is now
insured with the British company
against picture losses caused by &C
cident and death.
Samuel GoldWyn Is carried at ST.
100000 by United Artists. Daryl
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Public Wants Claude Rains
To Play Role of Napoleon
Warner Bros Actor Scores in "Hearts Di-
vided''- Suggested as Ideal Type for
Napoleonic Film Long Overdue.
Bv E. de s. MeICher.

interest tight
Bethesda and NAPOLEON Napoleon probably came second
practically
enthusiasm
couldn't the
State with 8 horn.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

cared for MISS Marion Dawes Well
oiled performance as Betsy Patterson of
Baltimore, in Hearts Divided" we're
very much satisfied with Claude Rains
the great Nappy. As he sat in his
bath. surrounded by ministers of state.
letters and soap, he seemed indeed very
much like that excellent portrait that
DR.. MacLaurin has given us in his
Post Mortems." and while he didn't
snarl over his tummy- aches, it was ap-
Evening star., 1936-06-28
GREEN HAVE THEIR EYE ON
All Hollywood Insured
By Noted London Firm
Losses in the Past Cause Studios to
Protect Investments in Stars,
Directors and Time
Bv ,Shei[ak Graham.


June III
| Hollywood wrapped
temperature taken few
temptations
greater 80 miles hour.
sotud that practically studio
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Today's Film Schedule

R-K-O KEITH'S - "show
Boat" at 2, 4:33, 7:06 and
9:39 pm. March of Time"
at 4:O3, 6:36 and 900 pm.
LOEW'S FOX-"Three Wise
Guys" at 2, 4:35, 7:20 and
10 pm. Stage shows at $40,
$50 and 9:l5 pm.
PALACE Private Number"
at 2, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45
pm.
METROPOLITAN-"Abdul the
Damned" at 2, $50, $40,
7:35 and 9:40 pm.
COLUMBIA - Under Two
Flags" at 2::40, S. tbs and
9::35 pm.
LITTLE-"Ruggles of Red
Gap" at 2, 1858, 5:46, TAO
and 9::35 pm.
WARMERS EARLE-"Bullets
or Ballots" at 2:45, Sis,
7:35 and 10 pm. Stage
shows at 2:05, 4:30, 6:55 and
$40 pm.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

yORMA SHEARER is asked for a
\ date" about 800 times
" month. She's usually asked to
have tea in her own home.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

TINE weekly "Kiddieland Show
boat Cruise" starting last
Monday, got off to a flying
Il start with near-capacity