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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-02-21
YOUR GUIDING STAR
February Is. 1886

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Robinson, Samuel-Died Febru-
airy Is at Ancker Hospital. Beloved
Funeral services for Charles
Broom, 81, were held Monday, Feb.
II, at the Woodland Funeral
Chapel. Interment at Crystal
Lake Cemetery. He is survived by
a sister, Miss Broom of California,
a brother, Homer, of California.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-02-21

BY NELLIE DODSON

ID ~ GNGAAAG OOO0O1N
Because Of the numerous contri-
buttons Of poetry coming in, I'll
have to ask that all senders please
enclose a self-addressed, stamped
envelope with their poems, If they
want them back. Also, it is i'm
possible for me to print everything
that comes in as some Of the work
is not quite up to par. But if your
poems are rejected, please don't
be discouraged. Try again. I'll
try and enclose a fair criticism of
the work and tell why sent it
back. I had no idea that so many
would send in poetry, and I'm really
sorry that / can't accept all of it.
Sorry / couldn't take any of the
poems sent in this week. All of
them will be returned within few
days. Thanks to the senders. I'd
suggest that an attempt be made
to write in little palmer, un-
adorned language, and really SAY
something. Don't try to initiate
the lofty language Of such poets as
Lord Byron, John Keats, or Percy
Bysshe Shelley. Write what you
really feel in the clearest language
you can.
According to the publicity dope
sent in on the Twentieth Century
party, Hilda Moses has been voted
Twentieth Century Sweetheart,
and will be introduced at an inter
mission between dances. Jerome
Darlington, the popular tenor who
sings at the Nicollet Hotel in Min
neapolis, has been persuaded to
make an appearance at the party,
and several other surprise acts are
billed. Now that is what the pub
licity chairman told me, boys, so
if it's wrong don't jump on my
neck. Looks like everybody is
gonna be there. Or maybe every
body and his brother, aunt, uncle,
grandpa and the rest Of the family.
S'help me, through a terrible
oversight the names of Rosamund
Collier and Johnny McHie were
omitted from the intercollegiate
guest list in last weeks paper. But
they were there, and, incidentally,
can tell this yarn about Ro.
Seems as If she invited Johnny and
some others over for Sunday din
ner, a chicken dinner, my trans.
Well, Ro cooked the chicken, and
the story goes that the dawggone
fowl was so toughish that the knife
sprang from off it, bounded back
and nearly knocked McHie's eye
out! Mebbe the chicken was jest
natch'lly tough, and Ro's cooking
didn't have a thing to do with it.
Mebbe.
There are a lot Of humans run
ming around loose who wait for
the most inopportune moments to
given vent to their sense of hu-
NOR (?). Last Monday mawning in
Psychology lecture class over at
school, movies were shown which
demonstrated how feeble-minded
children reacted to. various intelli-
gence tests in contrast to normal
children. The cases of feeble
mindedness shown were really pa
thetic, but for some reason or an
other, they tickled the funny bones
Of the students in the class and
were causes for innumerable wise
cracks, some of which were alb
surdly UNfunny. Professor Pat
terson's explanatory remarks also
came in for a lot Of soto voice
wise-cracking, and one of the worst
offenders was a large, silly-looking
collegian sitting in the row in front
of me. Examples of this guys
brilliant wit are as follows:
Prof. Patterson: "The persons
shown in the next picture are high
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-02-21

Mrs. Anna Gross of 944 st. An
thony Ave. passed away at Ancker
Hospital after a lingering illness,
Saturday, February 8. Funeral
services were held Wednesday,
February IL, at Mt. Olivet Baptist
Church with Rev. ]. C. Bothic Off
ciating, assisted by Rev. VIM. B.
Guy, pastor of st. James A. M. E.
Church. Survivors include one son,
Lloyd, four daughters, Josephine,
Airline, Zettlla, and Lovett, broth
ers Isaac G. Thomas of st. Paul and
Adrian Thomas of Fairbanks, S.
D., sister, Mrs. ''Babe" Wright of
st. Paul and Mrs. Mary Day of
Fairbanks, s. d. Interment was in
Oakland Cemetery.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-02-21

husband of Mrs. Susie Robinson,
300 N. st. Adams. Funeral serv-
ices Monday, February IL, at 200
p. M, from NEAL FUNERAL
HOME, Inc. Interment Forest
Cemetery. Rev. w. L. Harris and
Rev. w. E. Guy officiating. -,
Benjamin, Ida May-Died Feb
ruary Is, at her residence, 756 lyle
hart Ave. Survived by husband,
William A., son, William, Jr. Two
daughters, Margaret L. and Harriet
E., a sister, Mrs. Lena Tyers, two
brothers, James L. and Charles F.
Lightfoot of New York and De-
troit, Mich. Services were held at
1000 a. m, from the residence.
NEAL FUNERAL HOME, Inc, in
charge. Father Lealtad officiating.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-02-21

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The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Bill Fields Is
An Author?

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. %
G.N.SD. - introducing Americas
newest mystery writer, w. C.
Fields.
Bed-ridden, maybe for weeks
to come, Hollywood'S beloved
comedian has turned novelist, his
friends declare, and is now work
ing on a thriller dealing with a
murder in a hospital.
According to Fields, he got the
idea for the plot while lying in an
oxygen tent at the Riverside Hos.
pital some weeks ago.
He is now debating the story to
his secretary, Mickey Michaelson.
at the rate of one hour a day.
Physicians refuse to allow the
comedian any more time for his
literary endeavors for fear it will
tax his strength.
The working title Of the novel
is in true Fieldsian humor. Bill
calls his thriller:
Murder in a hospital, or keep
those horses out of the solarium. !"
Despite this, the book is not
burleSque, but an attempt at seri-
Gus mystery fiction.
The star also has done a little
work on the script for his next
picture, bag Of Tricks"
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

How did Winston help Bette
Davis? Let him tell you.
IT was directing The Silver
Cord at the Cape Playhouse in
Dennis, Mass, with Laura Hope
Crews in the lead. One day Bette
walked into my office and begged
for part in the play-any part.
She was pert, pretty, determined
and refused to take mo- for an
answer.
"There's no part open in the
play now I told her, but if you
really want to work with the show
I'll give you a job as usherette and
your salary will be $40 a week.
She took the part and before the
play opened player took sick and
in the emergency Bette got the
part because she had learned the
lines of everybody in the cast, in
Guiding the leading mani"
Margaret Sullivan was directed
by Winston in stock in There's
Always Juliet" 1t was a big break
for the then unknown actress who
now is a Hollywood star.
Ann Harding got her first start
in the theater while Winston was
at the Provincetown Theater in
New York. It was in this theater,
with the Columbia director at the
helm that Claudette Colbert made
her theatrical debut.
"She was attending high school
at the time I first met her." Win
ston said. "She finally got her
chance in a one-act play called
The Widows Veil Miss Colbert
enacted the role Of the widow and
she didn't say a word during the
entire play"
Winston did all the testing for
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

Ever wonder what the rest of the company doing when
actors face appears in closeup on the screen.
This week at Columbia Director Norman Mcleod has the
focused Bng Crosby who is presumably sitting
across cafe table from Madge Evans.
As Bing talks Madge has to give him the cues but she is
really sitting beside the with script in her hand
trckier moment when Bing supposed to lean
the table kiss her After which she saps him.
For the kiss Bling leans toward the and purses
his lips
Then Madge speaks line of dialogue.
The sound of the slap is supplied by Director Mcleod
who simply smacks his hands together.
They'll show the real slap another shot but this is how
the closeup filmed in pennies from Heaven"
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

Frank Capra for roles in both
Mr.. Deeds Goes to Town" and
Lost Horizon" the magnificent
perturbation Of James Hilton'S
famed novel which has been filmed
for the screen with Ronald Col
man in the starring role.
Hundreds of persons were tested
for the many roles in Lost Hori-
ION" by Winston, but Isabel Jewell,
Jane Wyatt, John Howard, Thomas
Mitchell, H. B. Warner, Sam Jaffe
and a host of others won the COW
eted roles as a result Of the screen
tests given by the Columbia di-
rector.
Work is the only background
that anyone needs to become sue
ceSsful on tho screen-provided he
or she has that spark that means
ability to act" says Winston.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Movies Cleared by
CHICAGO MAGISTRATE

Only in isolated cases can child
delinquency be traced to the effect
of motion pictures.
Such is the decision of Judge J.
M. Braude, presiding judge OF the
Chicago Boys Court, as he
watched Freddie Bartholomew.
Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney
enacting a sequence for MONS
''The Devil Is a Sissy"
Hollywood has been doing a
fine job of cleaning house." Judge
Braude went on. I'VE place films
way down on the list Of causes of
delinquency these days.
There's not much difference
between a film studio and a peni-
tertiary. With the studio, it's al
most impossible to get in. With
the penitentiary. it's just as hard
to get out"
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Dance Mentor Must
Teach 200 to Waltz

The worlds largest dancing
class today was going through its
PAGES under the direction Of Leroy
Prinz. Paramount's dance director.
Nearly 200 persons, ranging
from 10 to rs years Of age. were in
the class to learn the VienneSe
waltz for a scene in the new
Gladys Swarthout-Fred MacMur-
ray musical. Champagne Waltz"
It was impossible to find that
many persons who were able to
waltz correctly so Prinz brought
the 200 together and taught them
before they appeared before the
camera.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

character had faced before he took
test for the role of MARCOS father.
His son. Noel Madison tried prepare him in advance
"You expect to look very different the SCREEN
he said. "The camera does strange things to you"
Moscovitchs curiosity aroused that he urged D
rector Santel:
Gwen if don't get the part will you please let
my test"
This arranged, but by mistake, the operator put on
the that Henry Koker made for the roe and with
the actor playing opposite.
Afterwards, Moscovitch told of his reactions.
&c" sat in the dark projectonroom he sad and told
SELF Yes the does perform miracles Can that be
me? It doesn't look like me- but the lines the and
the other actor is the same. It must be
"Yet, there is mystery can't figure out How did
they get that mustache my face?'
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
HOLLYWOOD. Aug. %.


Meet Harold Winston and you
may become a screen star!
You see, Harold Winston gives
screen tests at Columbia Studios
to the ambitious young men and
women who have aroused suffi-
cient interest in the casting direc-
tor to merit a test on the silver
screen.
Well known on the New York
stage where he was successful
both as an actor and director,
Winston brought to light some of
Hollywood'S greatest screen stars
long before he ever set foot in the
film capital.
Bette Davis and Harry Fonda
owe their start in the theater in
part to the Columbia director.
Ann Harding, katharine Hepburn,
Margaret Sullivan and Claudette
Colbert were also recognized by
Winston while he was directing
plays in New York. More than
seven years ago he gave them
small parts in good plays and pre-
sented them with the opportunity
to advance in the theater.
There are definite rules that
q man giving an actor a screen
test must follow" says winston.
IF he observed these things in
an intrinsically talented, but in
experienced actor, he is certain
to uncover a succeeding line of
future theatrical greats"
What are WinSton's demands
for the young man or woman
taking a screen test as a means
of getting into the movies?
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

HThere are just five rules, he says.
BE yourself" That's his first
and most important rule. Don't
try to emulate Greta Carlo,
Grace Moore, Jean Arthur or
any other known player. You'll
only end up by winning posi-
ton as a Stand.in to one Of
them.
Don't try to be glamorous.
That's the second rule. Highly
colored makeup and other affec-
tationS hinder rather than help
the young actor striving to prove
he has real acting ability.
Improve your voice is the
third rule. Reading poetry and
feeling the words you read is
the best way to improve your
voice." declares winston.
The Columbia director is con-
WINGED that many young persons
with excellent histrionic abilities
lose out on screen contracts be-
cause they have not learned the
meaning OF WORDS.
Train yourself as an observer, :"
is the fourth admonition Of Win
ston. "Since you must enact va
ried roles on the screen you must
observe how people act and be
able to understand those charac-
teristicS Of real people under O
given circumstance"
Fifth of the rules laid down by
the Columbia tester for wouldbe
movie stars is this: Have tenn
permanent, but control it until the
proper time. The day has long
since passed when screen stars
give vent to emotions while max
ing a picture. They restrict their
! temperamental outbursts to the
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

has Dick Powell slip the stage and take seat back
with extras
! 60 over to Dick and rib him little
''Why don't you two get married| ask.
He probably thinking cts of your business but
all he does grin amaby and get to meet JOAN who is
coming off the set on her way to lunch
walk off the stage with them and front of everybody
Dick puts his around Joan. He keeps there they
loiter along on their way to the commissary.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

time that it is necessary for them
to do so while enacting their parts
in the picture"
Follow these five rules If you're
lucky enough to get a screen test
in q Hollywood studio and you'll
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

this week for Three Men on
a Horse" 1t is the sequence
where Frank McHugh, the
little greeting card writer, is
being kept a prisoner by the
racketeers who have discov-
cred his uncanny ability to
pick winning horses from
form charts.
McHugh is in bed with
nothing on but suit of long
winter underwear. Guarding
him is Joan Blondell, who
plays the slangy blonde
sweetheart of one of his
captors.
In the scene, Frank is try
ing to get out of bed to call
his wife and Joan is keeping
him from it.
She has a lot of fast dia-
logue and, before each take,
Director Leroy urges:
GAIL right, dear, let's
punch this over"
When he calls "Cut,"
Joan's eyes always wander
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
ZyU7 NEIIIS MAKING
Hollywood
GiggIes

Newest Hollywood one to fall
for the current KNOCK Knock"
game is the reluctant Greta Carlo.
The cast Of Camille" in which
she is paired with Robert Taylor,
were at the new fad outside her
dressing room.
One of the venturesome ones
ups to her door and gave it the
knock, knock" Who's there?"
called Greta.
"Minna," was the reply.
"Minna who?" asked the sphinx
"Minna brave hearts are asleep
in the Deep" was the answer.
Greta came out, still puzzled,
and listened to this one:
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Eddie.
Eddie who?
Eddie little movement has a
meaning all its own.
The star began to catch on and
was given the topper:
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Greta?
Greta who?
Greta long, little doggy, greta
long.
Whereupon the star burst out in
long peal of Swedish laughter
and Director George Cukor made
everyone go back to work.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Why Don't You Get Married?
Says Frying Reporter to
BIondeIl-PoWeII
BY HARRISON CARROLL

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 22-After months of heavy drama in
Anhony Adverse pntsized Mervyn Leroy has gone back
to his old love- comedy. He is directing bedroom
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

Ny guide through the set,
Director Al Santell, points
out that the "dead-end"
street is no illusion. There
are only two exits.
Worried lest the actors be
trapped in case of fire, the
studio has built a system of
tunnels underneath the
street. By these, Mango,
Burgess Meredith, Maurice
Moscovitch and the other
players can reach their dress
ing-rooms, or, in case of
emergency, a fire-door.
Santell relates a swell
story a bout Moscovitch's
first sight of himself on the
Scraen Tho 6istin
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

A director described a dumb &C
tress thusly: "She's so stupid that
if she appeared as Godiva, the
horse would steal the show.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

Georges Germonprez claims one
Hollywood lover puts it this way:
You're dear today and gone to-
morrow"
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Dear Diary"

Dear Diary
Lynne Overman, who played the
lawyer in w. C. Fields Poppy"
tells Of the extra girl who was very
fond of reading and told him she
dipped into her diary every night,
and it was already in 10 volumes.
"Why?" he asked her.
IT always sleep better after read
ing something sensational"
Apropos Of the well-known diary
that has been front-paged, the
Vogue Theater in Hollywood fea-
tured this line: Those We Love"
With Mary AStor.
Charley Williams contributes
society note"-The daughter of
a famous picture star got married.
She looked beautiful as she
walked down the aisle in her
mothers divorce dress!
Ethel sykes tells one about the
producer who is always making
funny remarks: why should I
sign any more ia ent?" he
wheezed. give got a dearth of
talent"
Charley Williams tells about
meeting an extra girl on set at
Universal. She's so strong" says
Charley, that she can read An
thony Adverse with one hand"
The extra" girl says: "Calf
love is just a foolish vealing!"
"Some gals marry for money,
but most men marry for a fancy
figure!"
Money Is the road to femme"
VOTE AMERICAN-
The Washington times., 1936-08-22
Talks Lake o. Dog

Actors sometimes find it just hard to get into the mood
for laughing for crying On the champagne Waltz set
this week. Gladys Swarthou and Fred MacMurray have to
play light love sitting under table in cafe.
They aren't just keyed up for it, Director Eddie Suther
land calls on Bobby Vernon.
Bobby writer now, but he used to be comedian and
he has of voices that he make high
low at will. (Remember w. c. Fields talking dog in
"Poppy"2 That Bobbys voice..
His job at this moment though is to get Miss Swarthout
and MacMurray into the mood for laughing.
He gives each a different routine.
For MacMurray he apes Fred doing scene from The
Texas Rangers
For "Wnterset" RKO has reproduced New York scene
realistic that it's hard to believe in sound stage
It cobbetoned deadend street the North River with
its twin of shabby buildings and with view OF Brook
Ign Bridge archng the river in the background
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

Charles Williams tells of the two
Hollywood fleas that were SO rich
they bought themselves a dog!
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

end up with one of those nice
long-term contracts in your
pocket.
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

-YorE AMERIcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-08-22

The extra" girl says: calf
love is just a foolish vealing!"
The Washington times., 1936-07-21
ALFONSO QUIET
AT MAR|ENBAD

MARIENBAD, CZechoSlovakia,
July 81 U.N.SD.-Former King Al
fonso Of Spain told International
News Service today through his
court marshal that he intends to
remain indefinitely" as the guest
of Count Metternich at Castle
Koenigswart, near here.
THE King does not desire 1T
present to make any further
statement regarding develop
mentS in Spain"
The marshal, referring to Al
fonso's declaration yesterday that
the uprising was mot of q mon.
archistic character, said:
The Kings stay At KOenigs-
wart, where he has repeatedly
sOjourned, remains indefinitely"
Alfonso, he said, received the
news Of the death Of Gen. Jose
Sanjurjo, leader of the 1884 revo-
luton, in an air crash in Portugal
with the greatest interest and re-
greet"