Evening star., 1938-12-03

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If you want q grin instead Of .
receive your party invitations, here's
blow them out Of tilat deadly ho-h,
Below are plans for 4h6otinS tn
It is q new party idea which will
"enaote" in. q big way, and It's sure tt
Almost every one has the ."actin
give the mont. original costume party
Of the pre-holiday season. Laughs
come thick And fAst when Bill
bastes on a. mustache and . per-
petual scowl; there isn't any Ice to
break when Babs arrives, carrying
the unpaid mortgage under one arm
and the old homestead, reafisticAl-
N drawn or painted, under the
other.
Get started on the preparations
long before the big night. you'll
want to make Z movie camera with
crank ana tripod ana co1lc0ct q
scenario. Invitations 10 out In the
form Of letter which should reac
something like this:
Dear Guests name):
Our talent scout believes that
you are the movie discovery" Of
the year.. Because OF his en-
thusiasm we are Offering you 4
Leading role In our colossal pro-
duction of Little Nellies Escape,
or the Tragedy Of the FirentAfi's
Bride" Shooting on this epic
Of brave hearts torn Asunder
starts promptly at 3 O'Clock on
the evening Of date. Telephone
our casting director at (number)
for full information.
Hollywoodenly yours,
(Your Name,
President Stupendous Pictures.
Here's Tip ON
Whist to- Do.
Prepare a rough scenario from
your movie memory. Include in it
parts for all the guests and pour
IN all the melodramatic scenes you
can-tearful scenes, romantic scenes,
escape scenes, darkly villainous
scenes and "hero-battles-vi villain"
scenes. Don't worry about a plot,
but string the scenes all together
In any crazy order which suggests
itself. Dialogue should be Of the
"unhand her, you BEAST" and "Ro1-
10, dear Rollo, I've never loved any
one but you, so help mel" school Of
dramatic writing.
Let your imagination take charge.
If you're stuck, call in a friend
or two. Many a real scenario has
been "brewed" by three or four
writer's.
When the guests telephone tell
them what role they are to play
and ask them to come to the party
"in character" This means that
Grace, who win play Little Nellie.
arrives looking like an 1850 model
Of Shirley Temple. Bill, As Des-
perate Dude Desmond, the villain
of the movie, dresses the part, and
Hank, who portrays the role Of
Honest Harold Harkwright, the G.
Man, looks terribly strong and noble.
The guests, with . little help from
you, will happily enter into the
melodramatic spirit of the occa-
Sion-in both dress and manner.
When you're ready to begin the
party, seat yourself IN the directors
cf1air and appoint cameraman.
Then take up the first scene, ex-
plaining the action and reading
the dialogue. Then renearse the
scene several times before shooting"
it. BY the time the Gamers is sup
posedly turning the actors will be
able to really go to tUwn"-inject
ing hilarious dialogue and action
of their own. Don't worry If they
don't stick to the script, because
scenes are usually twice as funny
when they don't.
Your super-super production will
be one long howl! Imagine the fun
when Fred and Jack as Bloodhounds
One and Two, tree" the villain IN
top of a stepladder; when bashful
Hank proposes to Babs, the light of
both his real and reel life; when
Hank and the villain struggle on
the brink Of great precipfce. Every
body at the party will quickly en-
ter into the fun. You won't have
to worry about "wAllfiowers" and
breaking the ice.
OF course, you award a prize for
the best acting-flve slices Of ham
wrapped in ce1lophane.
Perhaps you can't become Holly
wood star, but you can give = stu
dio party. There's q four star op-
portunity for the clever host or
hostess that win provide many
laughs-loud and long.