Evening star., 1937-08-23

are exceptions to virtually uni
versal rule And certainly no camera
or makeup crew would please q di-
rector If it got the least bit slipshod
in its relation to the appearance OF any
of the screens leading ladies.
Painters with light is the name d.
rectors apply to their cameramen. 1t
was the ever-helpful Woody Van Dyke
Of Metro who instructed us in the rudi-
ments of seeing picture making from
this particular angle
His advice to us was to watch the
lighting of scene, to watch the cam
era work on given bit of action in
steao Of merely trying to see the ac-
ton. Watching a picture made from
that perspective instead Of concen-
trating on what Gary Cooper hap
pens to be doing in any given frag-
ment Of a film makes the process vast
ly more interesting
THROUGH it, one discovers that
there really are persons for whom
the fans are willing to die who could
not get the attention OF 4 clerk In the
corner delicatessen after 4 few wrong
angle. wronglight shots of them.
1t makes entirely credible the story
one hears At Warner Bros, for in
stance, OF newcomer plucked out OF
Federal theater project. Her name,
which is unimportant at the moment,
is nowhere in our notes. but she was
pointed out to us As q promising pros
pect. To our unpacticed eye, her
blond loveliness was flawless. To the
practiced ones of those who make pic
lures, it seems, she definitely belongs
in the problem child class.
1t is a small matter of 4 nose that
is too large, or something similarly
occult Are they thinking OF plastic
surgery, Or something like that? They
are not. The chaps in charge of the
ledgerdemain department are going
to change the girls nose without
changing it at all Its all done with
mirrors, We think. Or lenses and
lights.
You can come almost home for an
illustration of the point of the i'm
portance OF the cameraman as an
artist. There are many among her
friends out here who think that the
problem Of photographing Marsha
Hunt in order that she NAV be seen
at her beautiful best still remains un-
solved. Miss Hunt whose grand
mother lives in Washington and is the
nearest thing to Washington girl in
the featured player class out here, is
marvellous to look at either in life, or
in that still photo near Hudson Grune-
Walds desk in The Star Sunday
department. But out at Paramount
she stlll Is q comparative, guinea pig
Tor the makeup and camera staffs
who think her full value remains to
be captured for the screen.
On new type face sounds like
the composing room) like Miss Hunts
the beauty technicians are willing to
put in lot Of overtime finding the
correct way to bring out the best that
Is IN it. In spite Of the apparent stand
ardization of feminine charm and
beauty, Hollywood wants new faces,
AHa' Is why IL always Is sending out
talent scouts into the little theaters.
the restaurants the public parks. and
maybe even the tourist camps so far as
we know. 1t is going on wanting them,
searching for them and bringing them
out here even If, when they are de-
hvered at the studios, they immedi-
ately begin to make them look some
thing like the old faces.
In the meantime, the well-dressed
young on the Shoreham terrace, in
the lobby of the Carlton, or trying to
get across the street to their Offices
in the Commerce Building can go right
on hoping they look like Garbo. They
apparently are on the right track.
Even if We did not think so before we
landed in Hollywood and started wear
ing bright yellow belt!