Evening star., 1938-06-19
Studio School
Launched by
.Reinhardt
Director to Teach
Film Crafts in
Hollywood.
By Sheilah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD,

By Sheilah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.
7 Tow would you like to make
"A pictures With Paul NUM-.
Walter Huston, Edward @.
= = Robinson, Basil Rathbone
and Ralph Bellamy7 How would you
like to be directed In . motion picture
by William Dieterle, who megaphoned
The Story Of Louis Pasteur" and
''The Life Of Emile Zola"? or by
George Cukor-"Bill Of Divorcement,"
Holiday" Romeo and Juliet? or
by William Wyler-"These Three"
"Dodsworth," "Jezebel'? How would
you like to be photographed for the
screen by Karl Freund, Rudolph Mate
and Tony Gaudio - -front-ranking
camera kings, with Garbo, Mae West,
Bette Davis, Gary Cooper, Norma
Shearer and Kay Francis among their
favored clients? And, above all, how
would you like to be produced" by
World Famous Impresario Max Rein
Of Marlene Dietrich, Luise Rainer.
Ernst Lubitsch, Emil Janninss. Frances
Lederer. Elizabeth Bergner, Olivia De
Havilland, Mickey Rooney and scores
Of others?
To come down to earth. The above
Is not q pipe-dream, but q very solid
something that can be enjoyed by
everyone and anyone-possessing the
beginnings Of talent-commencing
June ~, this year Of grace, 1898.
For long time. Mr.. Reinhardt has
considered the idea Of forming school
in Hollywood similar to his School
Of Deutsches Theater" in Berlin and
his Academy" in Vienna. For . long
time also. cultural and civic leaders
Of Los Angeles have realized that
what this corner Of California needs
most is q series of artistic festivals
with which to lure tourists from all
parts Of the world, In the same way
Salzburg has BOUNDED by Reinhardt
1S years ago..
THE two ideas got together q couple
Of months ago, and the result
IS . gigantic enterprise that will COM
bine everything associated with the
theater, motion pictures, radio and
television-including q workshop In
which all branches pertaining to act
ing will be taught, and ambitious pro-
ductions that will be staged indoors
and outdoors and embrace every type
of offering-from Maeterlinck's blue
Bird" Goethe's Faust" to . Thorn
ton Wilder comedy with music, The
Merchant of Yonkers."
Any young man or woman who feels
that he or she possesses talent Is elig-
ible to enter the Reinhardt work
shop" and be taught the business from
the ground up by famous experts. OF
course, there are fees-but only for
those who can afford them. Regular
prices are 81 500 year, with $500 for
. special summer term, from June ~
until September Is. For those who
several scholarships which give two
years free tuition in the Workshop"
Most Of the scholarships will be en-
dowed by motion picture stars Of the
caliber Of Norma Shearer and Paul
NUM-, and producers such Is Jack
Warner. A method Is being evolved
whereby talented youngsters In other
cities can compete for this free acting
education in their home towns.
Pupils are limited to 100, and only
those who know they have acting, writ
ing, or technical talent are advised to
try. First, you must apply to the
registrar Of the Max Reinhardt work.
shop on Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood.
Then comes the first audition-they
are held every day-and which, If
successful, is followed by . second audi
ton. (No cost for either). Then .
two-month trial period. If the pupil
is still considered talented after this,
he or she is ofdcially enrolled.
1T WILL not be easy to enter the
school," Mr.. Reinhardt told me in
the beautiful library of his home. high
up on . mountain overlooking Holly
wood. "The idea Of the workshop Is
to discover and train the actors and
dramatists Of tomorrow along the same
lines Is my school in Berlin and vi
emma. OF all places in the world,
Hollywood is the most ideal training
center for the arts. The best teachers
are here-and the best opportunities.
Every two weeks. my pupils will give
some kind Of performance to an audi
ence comprising movie and stage stars.
talent scouts and every important film
and radio producer.
The method Of teaching will be in
formal and very practical. For in
stance, In the classes of Eddie g. Rob-
inson, his pupils will have round table
talks and informal chats with him. All
! Of them will be cast in . play and dis
cuss their parts with him, getting the
benefit of his years Of acting expert
ence. And the same from Walter
Huston, Paul NUM- and the other
front-ranking star-teachers. Those
desiring to work in radio will get ex-
pert advice and coaching from Will
liam Bacher irresponsible for Holly
| wood Hotel and the inception Of the
M. G. M. Good News broadcast).
Other subjects taught include ballet,
motion picture production, (chief in
structor, Henry Blanke Of Robin Hood"
fame), musical recording (Eric Wolf
gang Korngold, responsible for Robin.
Hood" Anthony Adversely, diction
Constance Collier), play writing
Samuel Raphaelson, Accent on
Youth" The JAN Stnser'), expert
mental camera and lighting and cine
matcgraphy." (And everything else you
can think off,
Mr.. Reinhardt does not guarantee
his graduating pupils . Job. But that
u not necessary. The lucky hundred
should md eveuy studio and radio door
In Hollywood wide open.