The Washington times., 1936-07-03

fairs" Fox; zone Hour With You,
Paramount; in 1882: Love Me To
night, Paramount. In 1894: 'The
Cat and the Fiddle" The Merry
Widow" MGM. In 1885," Naughty
Marietta" M-G-M, Rose Marie
and San Francisco"
WANT PAY RAISE
Winning of the Academy gold
medal is generally accompanied
by pay raise for the lucky stars.
Studios have been accustomed to
tearing up the old agreements
and passing out new contracts to
the Academy champions.
I have no means Of knOWing
whether this Academy decoration
was a factor in Bette Davis con-
tract rebellion. She is reported
in the dispatches as having de-
manded a revision of a $4,000 per
week contract.
Victor MacLaglen, after winning
the male title for "The Informer," D."
Immediately announced his price
per picture was 100000 and that
he would accept no roles at that
figure unless he could act. A year
ago they would have laughed at
such demands. Now they say,
Actor MacLaglen, q free lance
player, is getting his asking price.
MOVIES AT ASTORIA
Paramount is making pictures
again at Astoria. Long Island and
if all goes well this department
hopes to ride across the Queens
boro bridge very soon and spend
day or two watching the shoot
ing.
Astoria is only 20 minutes by
taxi from Times Square and the
Paramount studio there is per
fectly equipped for making fea-
ture pictures.
On the occasion of my last visit
to Astoria. Paramount was making
three features. One was Helen
Morgan in Applause" with Rou-
ben Mamoulian as director.
Another had Gertrude Lawrence in
a gosh awful thing called "The
Battle of Paris" A third was
"Glorifying the American Girl"
an alleged attempt to capture the
Ziegeld glory with Mary Eaton as
the star.
All three pictures went into the
tin cans for exhibitors and turned
out rank failures. 1t washed up
L. Monta Bell as production boss
at Astoria and it influenced Para
mount in the belief that Hollywood
alone had the secret OF successful
pictures.
Now they are about to try again.
Fortified with studio pass from
Caryl Odell, it is my hope that l
may see some fall screen product
in the making. 1 also expect to
drop over to the Warner Bros.
studio in Flatbush and watch
rhem make comedy shorts. Frank
La Falce, take notice.
Ann Suter forwards some photo
graphs of herself as reminder
that a Washington girl is one of
the big hits of Murder in the Old
Red Barn." a melodramatic an
tjque that is making long run his
tory at the American Music Hall
m New York.
Carter Barron was among the
audience that looked over her per-
torrance a few nights ago with a
possible Fox Theater booking IN
mind. Let's trust it eventuates.
FRANK LA FALCE, AUTHOR
Frank La Falce breaks out to-
day as a summer author. His
booklet on How to Keep Cool"
will be distributed free OF charge
in the Warner Bros. theaters which
is one of the reasons why it will
not be a best seller.
I won't keep you in suspense.
His best chapter and his recipe for
maintaining a North Pole temper
ature these nice warm day is to
visit a Warner Bros. theater.
Gene Ford gets back from va
cation at the Fox today and
plunges right into mass Of skitS
and songs submitted for prize
winning consideration for the All.
Washington revue.
Additions for entertainers will
be held July 13 and IA at a place
to be announced later.