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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18

were and we were the first motion picture company
there Of course trout fishermen get into the most
inaccessible Places and few Of them had discovered
Goods Country before the location department and Di
rector William Keghey found it.
If you remember the Curwood novel, which first
published in Cosmopolitan Magazine and then in book form
you'll recall that it story Of the logging country.
knew was in for tough session weeks ago when
Jack L. Warner vice president in charge of production
called in and said l had been for the picture.
I'm usually in pretty fair shape because play lot Of
tennis and golf and swim quite Bit too but | called in
Mushy Callahan-hes the former welterweight champion
you know and works for Warner Brothersand went
to work For three weeks boxed every day, ard all
the other conditioning stunts. worked hard though
/ had been booked to take Max Schmeling in 10
round fight and when flew up to Longview and reported
to Mr. Keighley was glad | had.
It's the toughest physical role I've ever had and if you
don't say I'm real herman of the North Woods when Goods
Country and the Woman" is shown in Washington, I'm
going to give up and take up tatting.
The picture being made entirely in technicoor and it
should top anything brought to the with the many
gorgeous scenic background shots the able
to capture.
One shot, in particular should make everyone who
the picture sit up and gasp The whole crew worked like
Troans to get it, and at that very uckywe might
have waited five years for the beautiful effect.
This particular made at Spirit Lake, which is
so miles from Longvew mountain road that
the tters it dangerous The
set up in the woods, while another woodsman and
self sawed through the fveoot boe of the edge
of the lake As the tree oppled and fell hit the water
Of the lake. and opened the most beautiful vista Imaginable
On the far side of the lake Mt St. Helen rises the Clouds
glacier halfway down it's slope.
With the blue of the water the Of the mountain the
buewhe of the glacier and the soft haze clouds hanging
over the top OF the mountain this shot should be worth
the price of admission itself hope anything
beautiful again.
Bette Davis with whom I'm costarred in Goods Country
and the Woman, will go with the next trip. She
should photograph beautifully in echnicoor in such mag
nificent natural surroundings
With very best regards,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18

the making of the picture We
called in Count Andre Tolstoy,
great granddaughter Of the Rus.
sian writer, veteran of the White
Russian counter-rebellion of 1919
and former machine gun in.
structor for the troops of the late
Chang Tso Lin, strong man of
Manchuria.
Based On Fact
Although based on fact, our
story is, of course, pure fiction
and our war lord a fictitious
character. Yet so much study
was put into the character of
General Yang (Akim Tamiroff)
that he might be taken as a
composite Of some of China's
most picturesque war lords in
Guiding Chang Tso Lin, in his
time the most powerful rival of
the present generalissimo of the
Marking forces, Gen. Chang Kai
Shek.
The weak son of Chang Hseuh
Lang, recently driven into hiber-
nation in the Yantze valley by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
Roy
Happy Over
Comeback

WOOD, July 10.
Charles Ray welcomes his screen
comeback.
while I have developed other
interests, such as v-riting-I've
done q novel and q volume of
short stories during the past
two years-and coaching embryo
actors and actresses still like
to smell greasepaint." Ray
admits.
He confesses that he was happy
when he won a role in Para
mounts Hollywood Boulevard"
which deals with a crisis in the
life of a former star who is slip
ping.
'It not only gave me a chance
to play a part but to renew
many old friendships and
acquaintance" he says. "Such
friends as Francis X. BuShman,
Betty COmpsOn, Maurice Cos
telIO, Bryant Washburn, Ethel
ClaytOl and Herbert RawlinsOn
worked with me and it was GER
tainly like old times"
Ray was born March Is, 1891,
in Jacksonville, ILL.,, and educated
in Springfield and Peoria. He en-.
tered motion pictures after dram
attic school and stock company eX-
perience. He was seen first in
hayward son" roles. His small
town boy who makes good" parts
came next and made him interna-
tionally famous.
Following the failure of his own
producing company he again
worked for others, making his last
silent picture about 10 years ago.
Years in vaudeville, on the stage
and in writing followed. He re-
turned to Hollywood about a year
ago, and since then has appeared,
in several productions, including
Ladies Should Listen" Ticket to
a Crime" and welcome Home"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
Bull in Studio
Is Problem

A bull in a box car is one thing
But-a bull on a motion picture
set designed to look like box car
to audiences is entirely something
elsel
Director Norman Taurog made
this discovery when he attempted
to get Cuddles, bull weighing
over a ton, to repeat a part of its
act with Bing crosby in Rhythm
on the Range"
Whether the bull considered this
repetition an affront at its histri-
onic ability, or whether it was just
attempting to express plain dis
gruntlement, Director Taurog will
never know.
The bull simply refused to stay
put" and the cast had to take
time out on the bull sequence
until the animal discovered what
might be called its own sense Of
humor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
Russian Actor
Comes toU.S S.

Joseph N. Errnolieff, father"
of the Russian motion picture in
dustry and generally recognized
as the greatest film producer in
Europe today, has arrived in Hol-
lywood under contract to RKO-
Radio. He was accompanied from
the East by his son, Nicholas.
Ermolieff, who began his pic
ture career in Russia in 1907 with
Pathe Freres and who was respon-
sible for the production of "Resur-
rection," Anna Karenina," Peter
the Great" and other notable pic
lures, has been signed as a fu-
ture producer for RKO and will
also serve as technical adviser on
the English version of Michael
Strogoff."
Ermoieff produced both the
French and German versions Of
Michael Strogoff," which was
purchased recently for RKO pro-
duction next october by Pandro
s. Berman.
Purchase of the English rights
to screening the Jules Verne novel
also involves the rights to use
spectacular scenes showing the
entire Bulgarian army in action,
as well as scenes in many locales
impossible to duplicate in this
country.
Ermolieff, who was graduated
from the University of Moscow as
doctor Of laws, at one time had
picture agencies all over Russia
and Siberia. Shortly before the
Russian revolution his company
was producing 4S pictures per
year. Forced out of Russia by
the revolution, he has since had
marked success producing in both
GERMANY and France
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
For technical adviser during

%ted direct to the Chinese govern
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
Mannish Trench Coat
Worn by Blonde Star

One Of Madeleine CAROLS top
coats for 1.-THE General Died at
Dawn" in which she is co-Starring
with Gary Cooper, is apt to inspire
milady'S coat trend for fall and
winter. OF navy blue suede, lined
in matching wool, the coat COM
bines q bulky. swager, effect with
definite, masculine tailored lines.
It suggests a mannish trench coat
but it's coloring and material is
flattering to Miss CAROLS BIZ pde-
ness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18

"a novel Of the same name by
Charles G.. Booth. And to do the
screen play we were fortunate
to obtain Clifford Odets, the
young New York playwright, who
has been turning down movie
offers right and left for two
years since the sensational sue
cess of his powerful Awake and
Sing!" and waiting for Lefty"
When we started we knew only
that we had a gripping drama
tic story. Now we have one as
typical as today'S headlines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
BY LEWIS MILESTONE
Paramount Director, Twice Winner 4
tho Academy PriZe)

tho Academy Prise)
Like Wall Street and the news
paper offices, Hollywood has be
come a nerve center of world
events.
Little of Importance happens
anywhere on the face of the globe
without having an important ef'
feet on the motion picture indus.
try.
Just now South China troops
are reported advancing into the
north in an attempt to drive out
the Japanese conquerors, and
press dispatches indicate Marking
Is mobilizing to stop them.
Ordinarily this might not be
enough to start an epidemic Of
Chinese war pictures in Holly
wood, but as it happens 1t might
almost be said that we anticipated
the news.
Picture of China
Already in production at Para
mount we have THE General Died
at Dawn" colorful, authentic pic
ture of chinese civil war as a back
ground for the romance of two
white people caught in the mael-
strom-Gary Cooper and Made
leine Carroll.
Months of research went into
the making of the picture before
a camera turned.
Sets were built in faithful con-
formity with fact. Hundreds Of
Chinese extras were uniformed
exactly like the troops now
marching in north China. A new
and somewhat revolutionary Chi
nese makeup-better, I believe,
than anything we have yet had
was devised by Wally ,Westmore,
Paramount makeup chief. And
all technical results wen submit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18

if you'll consult an atlas,
you II discover is just about
so miles north of Portland,
Ore.
Longview is in the heart
of the big tree country and
a more lovely section of the
United States l have yet to
see. Travel % miles from
town, where we I've been do
ing most of our work on
Warner Brothers adaptation
of Gods Country and the
Woman" the James Oliver
Curwood best-seller, and you
find absolutely virgin terri
tory.
Our main site was along
the Turtle River, a turbulent
mountain stream that flows
into the great Columbia at
Longview. Although it's
only eight miles off the ma
tional highway, very few
people have been in the par
ticular, district where we
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
Options
Taken Up

HOLLYWOOD, July 1S.-RKO-
Radio has taken up its options on
Leigh Jason, director, and four
contract players-Erik Rhodes,
Moroni Olsen, Anita Colby and
Alan Curtis.
Jason has made an astonishing
rise in the directorial field in re-
cent months. Formerly a director
Of short subjects, he scored q dis
tinct success with his first fea-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18

ture, "Love on a Bet" and more
recently completed the Barbara
Stanwyck starring vehicle, 1.-THE
Bride Walks Out"
His reward has been the assign
ment to direct Lily Pons in the IA
nous prima donna'S second RKO-
Radio starring vehicle, as yet I'm
titled. \
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
George Brent Views Gorgeous
Scenery on Picture
Location
Dear Andy:

It's long hop from Washington, D. Co., to the wooded
wllds of Washington State but perhaps cool breath from
the Northwest might be appreciated hot July day.
We've been location trip to Longvew Wash which.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-18
Dances Is Miles

Eleanor Powell danced Is miles,
by pedometer, during rehearsals
for the new musical, "BorE to
Dance"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-02
James J. Curtin Is
 Made Park Supt.
of City Engineer Robert A. Cairns.
 Made Steady Advance
sContinued from Page D

of City Engineer Robert A. Cairns.
 Made Steady Advance
 Through his ability MT. Curtin advanced gradually until he had reached leading place on the stan of the city engineer, supervising in various capacities numerous mulli- cipal projects. He is considered well fitted for his new duties because of his ability in the past to supervise engineering projects and handle men.
 -'ae salary of Superintendent Curtin was not fixed at yesterdays meeting. The late Superintendent Harrison received Q salary of e4,. 300, this including the current 10 per cent cut in salary still in effect in municipal posts.
 Concession Granted
 The concession for the sale of re- Treatments at Hamilton Park was granted to the IS. 2. Worden Go. for $1,60O per year. Secy. Thomas Moore reported Q marked increase in receipts at the Hamilton park dance pavilion. For the month of May they amounted to 44,400, the largest on record for any one month. He also reported that the municipal golf course was doing better, 9360 having been collected over the past weekend. Memorial to Harrison
 :. The following resolution was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-02
zIONCHECK ENDS
 HIS ESCAPADES

CContinued from Page 1.) of President Roosevelt and obtain a warrant for the arrest of Vice. President Garner on charges of conspiracy" to detain his wife, were futile. .Al
 Makes New Threat
 "They can't keep me in here," Zioncheck was quoted as saying. ':I,ll turn this town upside down if I have to, to find my wife. know she'd come to me if she could"
 Mrs. Zioncheck remained missing. Reports that she had gone home to Texarkana, Ark, could not be con- firmed. Reporters went to the hos- pital when 1t was reported she was going there to see her husband, but she failed to appear. Police breath- ed @ deep sigh of relief when Zion- check finally was lodged at the hos- pital. They believed that if he is released before congress adjourns, he will be sent home to rest. He comes up for reelection in Novem- Der.
 Was Quiet Congressman
 The transformation of Zioncheck from one of the quietest of con- gressmen last session to the wild man. who has thrown all Washing ton into an uproar puzzled his asso- ciates. His police record began early New Years day when he took over the switchboard at an apart ment house and awakened all the occupants. Early Monday he went "on the loose" roaring through downtown traffic, past stop lights and over sidewalks to the White House. His demands that he see President Roosevelt were refused. He wanted the president to call out an army machine gun squad to lombard the Washington Hotel where he thought his bride might be hiding. The hotel is the residence of Garner.
 Acting on orders of Major Ernest W. Brown, police commissioner to ''bring him iil-he Is apparently a wild man." police took up the pur- suit of Zloncheck, who was racing 60 miles an hour down Pennsyl- yanla avenue in his roadster. The chase ended at Naval hospital. where two detectives cOllared him. After e scuffle he was forced into an automobile. Tn the police car he began to scream and yell. At the hospital he was aubdued.
 sAlI want is Q fair examination" lae said.
 Guards were posted outside his door and VigltoED were refused nds miaalon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-02
)KTNC OUT THE CANDIDATES"-ART
DOM RESPONDED TO FRAZIER HUNTS TEN QUESTIONS

<7\ Do you favor balancing budge advocate reducing relief expenditures increasing taxe' % taxes
 We should move towards balancing budget rapidly possible Let eicent basis the money propriated There are plenty places being wasted on needless experiments 90 that make the required reductions
 /N Should direct cash payments or as wagS \A) paid for and administered by the federal i government by the states, OF both?
 What the young people America really need and earnestly desire relief opportunity The first thing that ought to be done what the requirements actually are ana h1 wGnS @ M @ Ts p are entitled to know the facts about expenditures of their Not that they peeroee have the provide honest and effective relief system will those who need It ana oe- Uniois Union 1A1 '''''''' ''''
 Federal aid obviously necessary in our recent emergency but community knows best how 70 care TOT i own lacked the fexby to meet local conditions In many the way as De carried @ o nsS become chronic tndgens There are cruel % 5 % q TS Te C i to the person who is trying again to become self-supportng
 (3\ How should the problem and
 first have change in attitude and politics that will give encouragement person trying again to become uncertainty onto another keeps business upset and holds Is the only real solution relief problems jobs that will al people to keep their serespec and plan Tor their own and ployment comes from that American system of representative government is secure Confidence fr plans which Solving this problem of unem old pensions both humane and economic and shall solve it spite of past neglect and recent wen- utterly unavoidable hastily together maesht legislation The obligation protect old age lies straight before w \F/ content? believe form of currency imitation credit infIatOn return to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-02
MISSING YOUTH
 HAS BEEN FOUND
tcontinued from Page D

(Continued from Page 1.) His father had spent thousands of dollars for private detectives in an effort to find him.
 Young Theile was halfback of his school football team. Friends of the family said he had been unhappy because his father had refused to give him an automobile for his own use.
 Found In Hotel
 Chicago, June 2.--(UP)-NWilliann Webster Theile, IS, missing heir who disappeared from his home at Ma maroneCk, N. Y., Q month ago, was found today living in g s6 Q week hotel room on Chicago's north side, the Daily Times said in a copyright story. A reporter for the newspaper found the youth living under the name "Jay Webster" T was fed up on society life and decided to make my own way in the world," the boy, 6 descendant of Daniel Webster, was quoted as saying: "Now I guess I'll have to go back to breakfast -in- bed and chauffeur-driven autos"
 15 Gents in Pocket 4
 He had IS cents in his pocket and holes in his shoes when discovered living with Charles J. Fritz, 2i, whom he met three weeks ago when he got Q job selling magazine sub- scriptions from door to door. T didn't care to have my breakfast brought up to my room every morn. ing by Q maidp he said. And I got tired of having chauffeur drive me to the field whenever I corn- peted in an athletic meet"
 He was reluctant to return home, the newspaper said, but agreed to the trip when informed his mother was i'll and under care of Q phy- sician because of grief over his dis- appearance.
 T was just starting to get by." he said ruefully.
 Known as 'BiIp
 The youth was known to his new found friends as "Bill".
 "TIe seemed to me just regular fellow" Fritz was quoted as saying:
 we liked the way he buckled down and went to work. He was still pretty green but he was starting to catch on. He would have got by."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-02

adopted on the death of Irving Harrison:
 Resolved: That there be enc tered in the minutes of this Yneet- ing of the board of park commits sioners of the City of Waterbury Q record of the death of Irving Warren Harrison, for 13 years from May, 1923 to May, 1936, superintendent of parks of the City of Waterbury.
 That further record be made of the deep appreciation felt by the board and its individual members of his character, loyalty, and faithful public service. His eulogy may be read in the land- scape of OUT parks and words cannot match the power of ex. pression of his own handiwork.
 And be 1t further resolved that an engrosed copy of this res- olution be prepared end sent to Mrs. Harrison"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-02

aDle pfODIem or Ameflcan Ile. MOSC or CneIF questions he hadn't answered because he insisted on playing rigdly fair with all writer's and secondly, because he simply hadn't figured out the final answers to some of them He didn't pro- pose to go of half-cocked.
 Of course if you wanted to be Q hardened old political cynic you could wink your left eye and give so-called "Yeahl" cheer. You could add that this side-steppng was part of the build-up of the great Landon myth = the strong silent man of the broad prairies = the Kansas Cal, with little porch- rocking thrown in for good measure. Or you might even call 1t the wisdom of the inexperienced.
 Certainly 1t is evident that Governor Landon's appetite has grown considerably with eatng as the French say He has enjoyed the various sensations of an extraordinary and unprecedented boom. It is dis- tinctly something to be way out ahead in 8 pre- convention presidential nomination popularitY contest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-02

sewing room after conferences with William M. Harris, director of the Lincoln House, and Mrs. Margaret verdon, superintendent of welfare. She also conferred with Senator Matthew Daly, state WPA adminis- trator, and Attorney Thomas Dodd, assistant state administrator. she said.
 Employees Cared For
 The 70 women now employed at the sewing shop will be cared for by the public welfare department of the City of Waterbury, according to Miss Hughart, who said that Mrs. Verdon had assured here that the women would be given aid. Miss Hughart declared that she realized there would be criticism of the clos ing down of the project, especially since the charges made by employees about conditions there, but said: That's Q risk I have to run" Em- ployes have already been informed that their jobs end this week. Up to this afternoon, however, they had not decided what steps to take. The employees make no secret of their be- lief that the project is being closed because of protests made about con- ditions there.
 Improve Efficiency
 Miss Hughart said that she be- lieved the efficiency of the sewing room could be improved by the changes which will be made. The physical layout will be changed, and new machines, to be purchased by the City of Waterbury, will be installed. Knitting machines will be installed. She said that the reorganization" is in line with adjustments" being made all over the state. She answered in the af- firmatice when asked whether 1t was necessary to shut down the shop while the changes were being made.
 Spoke Of Complaints
 Touching 0a the complaints, Miss Hughart declared that the local sewing project was the only one from which complaints were heard. She had been studying the local site uation intensively for the past sev- eral weeks. she stated, but had the ''reorganization" in mind for some time before that. Anyone who be- lieves that the project is being closed because the employees dared to pro- test about conditions is only ~miG- interpreting" the facts, Miss Hug- hart asserted.
 Asked # t were not the policy of the WPA to give work relief and not charity, and # the present step were not iil direct oppo9ition to that principle. Mlss Hughart said merely: There's no law against closing a pFoieet.s '
 Lest xheaF TsmDegg
 sWhen you have 6 buncl ol voc men eogstlaegs or men eItntgs" sns