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The Washington times., 1936-09-05
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Star Made Stage Bow
In Acrobatic Role

Although Burgess Meredith,
now making his screen debut in
RKO Radios awaited production
of "Winterset," is conceded to be
one of the best dramatic actors
in the country, his ability to per-
form acrobatics was responsible
for his first stage role.
It was in Eva LIE Gallienne's
production of "Alice In Wonder.
land" and Meredith played the
role Of a Duck, as seen through
the eyes Of Lewis CAROLS
heroine. He made his stage en-
trance struggling under a huge
edifice of papier-mache, with two
pairs of roller skates strapped to
his Bonded legs - and his only
speech was "Quack. quackI"
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Hepburn, Turned Down
By the First Guessers

p"too diffident, shy and personality
lacking!"
picking raw material for future
screen Stardom is strictly one
man job" declares B. P. Schulz
berg, former Paramount produc'
ton head and now an independent
producer for Paramount release.
Groups cannot reach the unity
Of decision required" he con-
tinued, "any more than one man
in a group of three or more can
make all agree that his girl IS
the prettieSt.
Faith in judgment, confidence
In showmanship, a well-founded
sense of mass appeal on the part
of one man leads to the discovery
of stars. These qualities also make
a fighting man, ready to down all
opposition and to rise or fall with
the fate of his protege."
Schulberg's record of "discov.
cries" probably tops the industry.
The list includes Gary Cooper,
Nancy Carroll, Fredric March,
Clara Bow, Ruth Chatterton,
George Raft, Sylvia Sidney,
George Bancroft, william Powell
and Edward Arnold. IN recent
weeks he has given contracts to
several future hopes: Tamara,
Russian actress who scored as
Roberta" in New York: Joan
Gray, a 3-year-old histrionic pro-
dizzy; Katherine Locke, a talented
stage player from Broadway who
recently made a name for herself
in Paramount's straight From
the Shoulder" and Damian
OFlynn, now known as Damon
Ford" Broadway juvenile fayorite.
The Washington times., 1936-09-05

Olivia Is Frightened Over Falling
n LOve
In Love
1oILYWooD. sept. 5 (IN.sD..

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 5 IN.sJ.
When Olivia de Haviland finds
herself falling in love she does
something about it.
Sometimes she takes her mother
and sister into her confidence and
they all go away for vacation.
Then again she may go to her
hometown, Saratoga, CAL, and get
back her perspective by staying
there alone with friends or rela-
tives until the glamor Of possible
Hollywood romance has worn dull.
Once in a while she just stays
on in Hollywood, held by the ne
cessity of playing a role In a pic
ture, and suffers in silence until
her heart beats are normal again.
At 20 Olivia is determined to
make love wait until she is really
ready to think about it. This has
The Washington times., 1936-09-05


Warning! Get your ribs in extra
special good condition. The big
giggle, laugh and guffaw-getter Of
1886 is a-headin' your way with a
tuneful cyclone as an added at
traction to smack your funny bone
a resounding blow.
Scintillating Marion Davies has
her finest laugh hit in Cain and
Mabel" the latest Cosmopolitan
Warner production, which won a
tremendous ovation from Holly
woods toughest AUDIENCE group
of movie-wise preview addicts. No
finer compliment could have been
paid the side-splitting antics Of
Miss Davies, a rare coincidence in
deed.
Breezing along at a merry clip,
swapping out line after line Of
smart dialogue by Laird Doyle, Di.
rector Lloyd Bacon has set a ma
chine-gun-like tempo for amusing
situations, speedy bits of romance,
gorgeous musical interludeS and
gobs of comic routines.
I don't want to spoil your fun
by revealing all of the story plot,
but try and imagine the humor-
Gus result when Miss Davies, por.
traying a waitress, is suddenly
boosted to footlight fame by a
daffy press agent. Her rise is not
without its annoying moments.
There is a fresh prizefighter
CLARK CABLE who would like to
punch her in the nose, but ends
UP loving her. In the path of this
conflicting romance-and there's
plenty of laughable suspense there
we find such bright performers
as Walter Catlett, in splendid
4O4AAA eHAS VAC 44ySVC44SIA oA4OW P4O-
Queer; Allen jenkins, who is anus
ingly dumber than usual-and
that's dumb: Roscoe Harms, as the
fast-talking publicity mixer-upper:
William Collier, ST.. Ruth Don
nelly. Sammy White, David Car
lyle, Pert Kelton, Hobart Cava-
naugh and others aid greatly IN
the general rib-tickling process.
"I'll Sing You q Thousand Love
Songs" is a production number Of
really staggering beauty.
Packed and crammed full Of all
manner Of lavish musical effects,
many of them causing gaspS Of
awe from the preview audience.
there is still another exciting
event-the thrilling prize fight
scene in which Gable actually
knocked out Allen Pomeroy.
An especially large bow to Miss
Davies for her performance.
Ditto to Clark Gable. Applause
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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 5.-Did
you know, ladies and gentlemen Of
cinemaland and elsewhere, that II
the selection of future screen stars
were left to the combined efforts
of studio officials, the film firma-
ment would be barer Of conStella-
lions that Mother Hubbard's legen'
Diary cupboard?
Amazing as that may seem, it is
positively true that Hollywood'S
current lurninarieS would never
have reached the screen at all II
such were the case!
One man, a man Of courage,
confidence and faith in his own
Judgment, selects a star, and then,
according to authoritative informa-
ton, fights and fights his cohorts
until his choice gets the big chance,
There are many facts to sub.
Stantiate this.
For instance, it is common
knowledge in Hollywood that when
Clark Gables discoverer attempted
to "sell' Gable into stardom, his
usually cooperative aides and
chiefs literally pounded tables and
suffered with positive conviction
that the mans ears were "too,
too big: and that the fair sex
would never topple for a chap
thus rigged"!
It was commended that Kath-
arine Hepburn had mo charm at
ALL"
It was avowed that Fredr1c
March, who now undisputably is
one Of the screens most idolized
males, chad absolutely no appeal
for womenw
Gary Cooper, it was said. was
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Four Cities on Single
Set at Film Studio

Fifty carpenters went to work
at Paramount Studio today enlarg.
ing the three-acre set being used
by Cecil B. DeMille for various
locales in THE Plainsman."
So far, the set has been used as
sections of st. Louis, Leavenworth
and Deadwood City. The section
being added will represent Hays
City, Kansas, as it looked in 1865.
The set is the most unique out
door assemblage ever constructed
and one of the largest sets Holly.
wood has yet built.
Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur
are costarred as Wild Bill Hickok
and Calamity Jane in the film,
which features James Ellison as
Buffalo Bill Cody and Helen Bur.
CESS as Mrs. Cody.
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TO Megaphonist Bacon for his en-
tertaining style of presentation.
To Scenarist Laird Doyle for his
high-rating wheezes. To Bobby
Connolly for his magnificent pro-
duction numbers. To TuneSmiths
Warren and Dublin for their catchy
tunes. To Stylist Orry-Kelly for
his lavish costuming.
Cain and Mabel spells long
lines at any hoX-office!
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Last Of the Mohicans'
Rdtinq: Splendid

RGt1ng: SpLeMd1d
Produced by Edward Small and
Harry M. GOetz for United Artists
release Featuring Randolph Scott,
Binnie Barnes and Bruce Cabot. Di-
rected by George b. SeitZ. Novel by
James FenimOre Cooper. Screen play
by John L. BalderstOn, Paul Perez and
Daniel Moore. Photographed by Rob-
ert Planck. Supervised by Edward
Small.
Il 4
The pomp and Splendor of such
costume dramas as David Cop
perfield," tale of Two Cities, -
Little Lord Fauntleroy," Mary
of Scotland" and others caught
the movie public's fancy because
they were out Of the rut, the ordi-
The Washington times., 1936-09-05

the slave-girl, O'Lan, given to
wang, the farmer, because he
could afford no better, in THE
Good Earth"
There have been others, Of
course, in earlier days, notably
Helen Hayes in 1.-The Sin Of Mad
elon Claudet," the role which
first brought her screen fame.
and Carlo as the slattern OF
Susan Lennox."
And older stars, like May Rob
son, the Apple Annie of Lady
for a Day." and the late Marie
Dressler, who gloried in the
'Tugboat Annie" type OF part.
But until recently, beauty has
iealously "kept her lustrous eyes.
where beauty was considered the
stock in trade.
Not so, though, with Florence
Rice, for example, one Of the rev
genuine blue-eyed blondes Of film
dom. In two consecutive roles
Florence has had at least one Sc
ouence from which she has
emerged the most bedraggled
creature on the set. In Sworn
Enemy" she deliberately made
herself up as the brazen hussy
type, to fool Joseph Callela. sne
was dragged unconscious from a
penthouse fire, streaked Win
CRIME and smoke.
In M-G-M's mystery thriller,
The Longest Night" she Is
drenched with water in the CHI
matte scene, which had to be
shot twice because Of mechanical
difficulties. Each time she was
soaked to the skin, her hair plas'
tered in rat-tailS against her 1ace'
In "Riffraff," Jean Harlow ap-
reared in the plain and OFT
times ragged dress Of the water
front. Even Shirley Temple, IN
"The Littlest Rebel" dared TO
show herself as a ragamu11!n'
playing in the mud and dlrt. IN
"Cain and Mable," Marion Dawes
submits to being doused with a.
bucket of ice-water. by Clark
cable. AS the Nurse in Romeo
and Juliet" Edna May Oliver is
a caricature compared to the
really attractive Miss Oliver Oh
private life. 4ons
at the same time most willing VIC
TIM is Maureen O'Suulvan. In
every Tarzan picture, Maureen un'
SsrgoeS process that would make
more prissy stars shudder. ana
the current '"TarZan Escapes Is
no exception. Drenched with water,
rolled in the mud, her hair run OF
dead leaves, scratched by oramnIeS.
to saw nothing of being swung
around the landscape by Johnny
Tarzan Weissmuller, Maureens lot
is not an enviable one. And yet
she loves it. . e..
But speaking of gluttons Tor
punishment, consider the case OF
.JuIie Hayden. Completing her role
in "The Longest Night she'd
been murdered in the preceding
scene-Julie deliberately donned
greasy dark wig and dirty apron.
: streaked her face and padded her
clothes and mixed with the dozen
other extras who were playing de-
partment store ScrubWomen in one
of the concluding scenes. Not I'M
til she was given a line of dialogue
!; and screamed it in a Swedish &C
cent, did a soul on the set rec
} ognize her. And she's in the pic
ture that way. See if you can find
her
The Washington times., 1936-09-05

You see, there was n woman
at this party who had for
merly been a stage actress,
and who lately has been do
ing very we'll in pictures.
But to hear her tell it, you'd
think she had done it all by
herself, without any h e Up
from anyone, and was she
taking it Big! That's what
set me thinking and fl
nally I've come to this con-
clusion:
Motion pictures are a col
lective art. Every branch of
the industry is equally i'm
portant the electricians,
the writer's, the directors, the
makeup men, the photog-
raphers, and so on, are just
as important as the actors,
who only count, in my mind,
as about 10 per cent of the
whole setup. And it's won
derful what these other peo-
pie can do with you! They
are the ones who are most
responsible for an actor s in
The Washington times., 1936-09-05

dividua So any actor who starts be-
ievng the compliments in his fan mail has the wrong
idea believe. Deusions of grandeur-especaly in Holly
wood-are just plain silly.
Then all of this led me another conclusion And that
u.s. fair comparison be made between stage and
screendespe the fact that critics. writers and actors alike
love spend fair share of their time making them The
two arts and they both arts entirely different And
particularly true of acting On the stage the idea IS to
project emotions great distance the proscenum arch
to the last the balcony But in pictures it restraint
that's mcclellan emotional feeling that's kept inside but
allowed to shine through. For that reason value my
training cafe singer lit really dramatic talking
more than sngng) than l do my theatrical
perience-because it intimate, closer to my
audience and therefore nearly like my present
work before
BrO1dGU1y High-BrOsUs
Another thing that has always annoyed the way actors
always coming back to New York after contract in
Hollywood and saying "O the stage my only love-
Pm just interested pictures the money get out
of them really my dear Hollywood just awful
they don't understand the ideals of the theauh and
have been in Hollywood for months I've made
five pictures and looks though going make
pictures. like Hollywood love the movie industry am
happy here and grateful to them because they let
stay want to go record feeling that way-and
might add that don't think it either becoming good
taste for people to take digs Hollywood behind back
after taking all of her money that they get.
You know this is amusing place. though. If they
pin superatv actress they're perfectly happy The
smallest feet the longest lashes the prettiest mouth
the bestdessed the most perfect figure the biggest
ord for anything you get what mean Well when
my way out here said to myself Beverly guess you'll
just have to be of the mob You aren't the best the
smallest the most unusual anything But made it! I'm
"only" the only girl in Hollywood who rides
motorcycle! ask you amt that something's You see when
kid boy knew showed me how to of the
things day happened to the studio garage
took out and tried it. and presto I'm right in the
swim with the rest of them
It develops that I've been wrong another precon-
ceived notion had about Hollywood too. thought they
took easy the time out here That the studios
shut down. that everybody had chance to spend long, lazy
days the beaches and that life just round Of
garden parties must have been reading the movie
magazines guessD Well, got put in picture, "China
Clipper toward the end of spring We spent week in the
August haven't been to the beach yet And week.
they tell Warner Brothers will have the biggest schedule
in its history with 10 pictures in production all Ho
hum-who said "the good old tme?" But don't
think I'm complaining just keep pinching myself if
it's really true that the privilege of being small part of
this wonderful business is really NINE
Yours very truly the founder of the Society for the
Prevention of Deusions Of Grandeur.
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Pnot always been easy In Hollywood
any more than it might be easy
anywhere else where an attractive
young woman is more or less con-
tinuously In the company Of at
tractive young men during the
filming of a picture.
Olivia's leading men have all
been married, with the single ex'
ception Of Dick Powell. But there
have been single men enough In
each of the casts in which she has
worked to turn the head Of any
average girl. And Olivia is the
first to admit that in matters Of
this sort, she is exactly average.
VOTE AMERIcAN-
Back From High Seas
Allan Jones, bronzed like a
cocoanut, is back at M-G-M after
his first lengthy cruise on his new
65-foot yacht.
The Washington times., 1936-09-05
Beverly Roberts Rops Those
From Broadway Fond Of
Hi-Hotting Movies
Dear Andy Kelley:

intended to write to you yesterday, but I'm glad
didn't because last night attended Hollywood party and
it started whole train of thought Would you
like to hear about itR
WE'LL the of this train is "Deusions of Grandeur"
attitude not confined to Hollywood by
but happen to feel very strongly about the moment
The Washington times., 1936-09-05

screens most
beautiful stars
n o W deliber-
ately sacrifice
their looks and
conceal thei r
charm Of face
and figure in
the roles they
play.
Premier ex-
ample is Luise
Rainier, the gor-
geouS An n a
Held Of 1.-The
Gre at Zieg-
field" ira n s.
81 int0
The Washington times., 1936-09-05

Defeating his stirring produc'
ton to a group Of brave men
1.-THE Texas F ngerS"-Whose pio-
neer spirit and courage gave the
Lone Star State its start toward
prosperity and Importance, King
Vidor has performed a worthy
cinematic achievement.
Not only has the sympathetic
Vidor invested his story with the
true feelings Of those early days
when lawleSSneSS was rampant, he
has found an interesting and
thrilling style Of picturing an era
which was wildly written with
blood on history's pages. A period
when the Law consisted of the
quickest trigger finger!
Many a yarn has been told OF
the daring Gays Of the Texas
Rangers and the fearless men
who made up this LEGION" that
emptied its guns into the ban
dts, cattle thieves and claim
jumpers and emptied what was to
become a great State Of its great
est menace.
Vidor is particularly clever at
sustaining suspense filled conflict,
or the friendly enemy type OF
drama, in which onetime robber
pals find themselves fighting each
other, killing each other.
Devoting little time to the aver
age formula type movie love yarn,
Vidor has, nevertheless, hesitated
long enough to inject sufficient
romantic interest between Fred
| MacMurTay and Jean Parker to
The Washington times., 1936-09-05
Cain and Mabel
Rntin0: ErceNent

Produced by Cosmopolitan Productions
for Warner Brothers. Starring Marion
Davies with Clark Gable. Directed
BY Lloyd Bacon. story by Fl. C. Wit
wer. Screen play by Laird Doyle.
Dance numbers by Bobby Connolly.
Music and lyrics by Harry Warren
and Al Dublin. Photographed by
George Barnes.
The Washington times., 1936-09-05
Beauty BOWS
If Art
Calls

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 5.
Beauty merely gluts the mar
ket, in Hollywood.
So much so. that some Of the
The Washington times., 1936-09-05
Texas Rangers"
RntiMn: Good

Produced by Paramount. Costarring
Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie.
Directed by King Vidor. Story by
King VidOr and Elizabeth Hill. Screen
play by Louis Stevens. Based on data
from Walter Prescott Webb's book,
1.-THE Texas Rangers" Photographed
by Edward CrOnjager. Supervised by
King VidOP,
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more than that to make it very
delicious.
found that the following recipe
which will serve of 6 people costs
about 80 cents. So you see it's not
expensive either.
BIGOSS FOR 5
l large head red cabbage.
u ID. pork link sausage.
u pint sour cream.
u ID. butter.
large onion.
i bay leaf.
Pinch of thyme, etc.
First, fry the pork sausage links
until nicely Drowned on all sides.
Shred the cabbage fine. There
should be about 6 cups.
Melt the butter in a large sauce
pan or kettle and put the shredded
cabbage in the melted butter over
very low fire. Add the bay leaf,
pinch of thyme, dash of nutmeg, a
little allspice or whatever herbs you
may happen to have.
Add the onion sliced thin.
Now let the cabbage stew in but
ter about 4 hour, stirring frequent
ly and turning it so that it will be
thoroughly cooked at the end OF
/ that time.
When the cabbage is cooked (and
it will look delicious stewed in the
butter) add the sausage links cut
into 1-inch pieces.
Heat for few minutes and Just
before serving turn in the u pint of
sour cream. Do not cook after add
ing the cream-just heat and then
serve at once, steaming hot.
With this excellent dish serve
flaky buttered rice.
You must try this. It's SO differ
ent and tasty.
I'm sure you could use white cab
bage; however, red looks better and,
in my opinion, tastes better, too,
plus the fact that the red cabbage
has little or no odor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21

sister is so popular why shouldn't
be? When I was younger I did not
want to go anywhere. When girl
friends came to my house I pushed
them on to my sister to entertain.
I depended on her, but now 1 see my
mistake. When younger I never
liked to be teased, but that doesn t
bother me any more, but / can not
stand to be made fun of. Will you
please give me some good hints?
MARTHA.
Answer suspect that all your
life you've been discouraged by the
keen competition offered by your
sister. The times when you crack
jokes and are jolly probably are
times when your sister is not
present and you do not feel over
Swallowed by her personality. It
would be instructive for you to in
qulre closely into your feelings for
your sister. What you feel for her
now will not be so enlightening as
what you felt when you were little,
Were you the eldest adored by
your parents until she came along
to infringe on your territory? Or
was she already established when
you were born, constantly running
ahead with you bringing up in the
rear? Either situation can and does
promote difficulties with a child who
is easily discouraged.
What I am looking for is a deep
rooted feeling of jealousy which you
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21
AMERICAN WAR
MOTHERS MEET

Mrs. Ida Judkins was hostess to-
day to Marion County Chapter,
American War Mothers, at BIRTH
day party. Members whose birth
days are in January. February,
March and April assisted tn e
hostess
Mrs. M D. Didway arranged the
program, which included songs by
Miss Irma Day and Mrs, George S.
Healey: readings by Mrs. M. S.
Conner and a talk by the Rev
Daisy Douglass Barr.
Mrs. Healey, Mrs. Robert L.
Fitch. Mrs. Anna Luebking and
Mrs. Mary E. Goodwin arranged the
party.
Mrs. E. May Hahn. past state
president, was guest at the lunch
con given today by Capitol City
Chapter at Mrs. Martha Bishops
home, 50o6 Park-ar. Mrs. Ger
trude Lowell presided at the busi-
ness meeting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21

Pay Tribute

The Marion County Council of
Republican Women honored the
memory of Miss Dorothy Cunning
ham, Republican leader, at meet
ing today in the Claypool. They
contributed jelly for the Indianap-
oils Day Nursery, of which Miss
Cunningham was a board member.
Candidates for state Offices were
introduced by Mrs. John Askren,
president A musical program was
given by Jack Tilson. Mrs. Mary
Rainier talked on new legislation.
Hostesses included Mesdames Del
bert Wilmeth, Louise Brink Fletcher,
j. j. Mcdowell, Mae Marcum ia
cobs, Addison Bowling, John Engei-
Ike, Frank Hatfield, Mary Andrews,
David Armitage, Oscar Merrill and
Ray Thompson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21

have tried to bury but which still
is active in the grave to which you
consigned it. OF course you're too
fair to blame your sister for your
isolation, but wouldn't be SURPRISED
II in some secret recess of your be-
ing you hold her responsible for
your failure with people.
Ii this is true your first stem is
to forgive her for being alive and
your next to stop comparing her
with yourself to your own detri-
ment. Succeed at something bet
ter than your sister. If you like
sports why not be the best ten
mis- player in your group or it's
equivalent? Whatever you do,
prove to yourself that you have
abilities equal to hers.
IT you're in the same school.
why don't you choose a different
school where you won't be COM
pared with your sister? Join some
clubs or organizations in which she
isn't interested, where you won't be
discouraged by her conquests. Your
personal insecurity is revealed in
the fact that you used to dislike
teasing and now can't bear ridicule
gracefully. The insecurity is prob
ably of your own making with no
basis in fact.
The real secret of popularity is
simply to be genuinely interested
in others. 1t isn't enough to come
out of your preoccupation with
your own problem long enough
to pass few compliments. You
must flow outward toward others
most of the time. Isn't it true
that you withdraw into yourself,
expecting attention to come to
you, oftener than you go forth to
get it? You owe yourself some
encouragement. Count up your
assets and put them to work.