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mA8nlncent salary OF $50 per. (BOo'S'
new contract assures him 81 900 ,000.)
But John Gilbert was getting his
highest remuneration - $250.00o .
film. Shortly after this. Gilbert's
contract, made in the silent era, ex-
pired-it was not renewed, and the
actor told reporters: Cd He had no
definite plans. but was considering
both stage and screen offers; ca he
had no complaints against his former
bosses or studio, (3) he blamed his
so-ealled decline on his first talkie
(Which was very bad) and a. he
was not unhappy because he still had
his health, vigor and talent and
"something's bound to break" (He
died two years later) .. Ann Hard
ing received 5000, 900 per picture with
q promised raise to 100000. Now
adays the studies give Ann the COM
plete cold shoulder-but she doesn't
care-she seems perfectly content to
be Mrs. Werner Jansen.)
Marie Dressler was the biggest box
odice draw Of 1888 Mae West was
running neck and neck with Greta
darbo Will Rogers received
$4,000 weekly-when working (but
the expected fortune was missing
after his death) Genevieve Tobin
starred in "0ood-by Again" (she Is
now playing . secondary role in
"Zaza") Evelyn Brent was on
the crest Of the Aim wave. Now she
is lucky If she gets = bit" in "B"
THE romances and divorces of
= 1898 Jack Oakie and Peggy
Hopkins Joyce were an inseparable
twosome At Hollywood parties {.
Gary Cooper and Lillian Harvey were
'that way" about each other (at the
Evening star., 1938-07-10

sounds innocuous enough, but Holly
wood has become so fearful that the
screen dares not treat with anything
that might cause an outburst from
any minority. There was time when
the only protests would have come
from foreign governments; today
small groups Of Americans are the
ones who object to anything that does
not conform to their own philosophy
It is = serious matter and it is forcing
the screen to conAne itself to Gin
derella and other escapist themes
which have been vigorously opposed
by those interested In the progress Of
the medium.
ON TOP of all the interference, die
tation and meddling OF other
groups, the I. A. T. S. E., the union
that controls most Of the manufacture
Of pictures and all Of their projection,
is reported rs about to set itself up as
a per-censoring body which will de-
termine whether Aims contain propa-
ganda. II, in the eyes Of the union,
the pictures are Objectionable, the pro-
jectionist will be permitted to refuse
to operate his machines and will not
be disciplined. While the unions stand
Is said to have been prompted by the
organizations desire to prevent the
showing OF pictures which may be
deemed un-American, those in close
touch with the movement profess to see
a more sinister motive in the trend.
METRO Is smiling through clinched
teeth and wondering whether
they did just the right thing in acquir-
(See CHURCHILL, Page F-2)
Evening star., 1938-07-10

Cney aQnere WIN uQellLy 10 the 1Or.'
mula of the earlier cycle except that in
the end the criminals must 60 to Jail.
This seems regrettable for in most
cases the gangsters are engaging fell
lows, kind to those they love and all
possessing a commendable sense of
humor.
The towns perchant for B films is
largely responsible for the surge of
underworld yarns. Dealing with direct
action they require little thought In
the writing or performing and conse-
quently can be quickly made at low
cost. While most of the stories are
designed for the second and third rate
films. the A schedules have their
share. At Warmers THE Amazing DR..
Clitterhouse" was previewed this week
and Unlawful" has been finished.
This latter film is a remake Of "Dr.
Socrates" with the characters reversed;
Kay Francis plays the Paul Muni role
and James Stephenson is seen in the
part created by Ann Dvorak Also In
the upper bracket Is Angels With
Dirty Faces" which went before the
camera this week. Warmers have
total Of nine on the FIRE as has Co.
lumbia. Universal has i've, all Bs,
and Paramount has four. The rest
are scattered among the various lots.
Variety estimated the other day that
in excess of IS per cent of the low
cost features are marked by the GRIM
inal motif.
The Hays Office deplores the ex-
cessive number of machine gun epics,
but can do nothing about it. Pro-
ducers meet the requirements of the
production code by having retribution
meted out in the final few feet, but
aside from this the pictures do not
differ from the earlier form. Addi-
tions are being constantly made to
the original restrictions of the code,
but the producers, who are q shrewd
lot, manager to circumvent the rules.
WHILE there are many in Holly
w wood who prefer that the gang
ster cycle end. they are grateful that
there has been no organized OPPOSE
ton to the cops and robbers films for
even the most caustic of the screens
critics feel that too many people are
telling the industry what to do. The
largest Negro paper in the country
has started campaign to organize its
race In boycott against pictures that
show colored people in low comedy
parts. There have been indications
that governmental agencies have exc
erted influence on producers to have
certain elements in film stories re-
moved. The pressure applied by for
eign governments and American In
dustries and institutions Is well
known.
The bitter and expensive experience
Of Walter Wanger In releasing Block
ade" has caused that producer to
abandon Personal History" by Vim
cent Sheean, because Of the fear Of
. controversy inspired by some mi
nority. The plot Of the story concerns
= college youth who regards Ameri-
can institutions with disdain and who
goes to Europe and learns how other
countries treat their citizens. He re-
turns to the United States thankful
that he is an American and the con-
cluding scene In the script shows him
punching another college lad In the
nose for making the identical speech
he made in the opening sequence. It
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same time, Lillian was receiving
flowers from Maurice Chevalier) /.
Marlene Dietrich was reported to be
in love with Brian Aherne George
Raft consoled himself for the absence
Of Constance Cummings Gin England)
with Myrna Kennedy Romances
included Gene Raymond-Raquel Tor
res. Eric Linden-Frances Dee, Dor
othy Jordan Merriam Cooper, who mar
ried shortly afterward-as did Vir-
sinia Cherrill and Cary Grant, Glenda
Farrell-Allen jenkins, Ginger Rogers
Howard Hawks, Ernst Lubitsch Jocelyn
Lee, Anita Louise-Tom Brown. And
Claudette Colbert and husband Nor
man Foster announced they would
live together-but temporarily.
Dorothy Dunbar filed suit for Q
divorce from her third husband
Max Baer Lew Ayres and Lola
Lane were divorced, with Lola getting
. $35.000 settlement Janet Gay
nor shed Lydell Peck-refused to be
interviewed, stating they can say
what they please, but they can't quote
me"-completely opposite tactics to
those adopted by Joan Crawford and
Douglas Fairbanks. jr., who indulged
in any orgy Of verbosity explaining
their marital split-up.
Said Doug: Il permitted myself to
become merely q husband. I allowed
myself to fall into the rut in which
so many American husbands wallow.
I accepted marriage as . matter-of-
fact convenience. ceased to court
my WIFE"
Said Joan: II have been terribly
unhappy-not entirely because Of
things my husband has done, but
because Of the things he has not
DONE"
Mary Pickford optimistically told .
reporter, Douglas Is making me leave
Hollywood q soon as Secrets is nm
ished and join him abroad for q rest
and change" MARY and Doug, ST.,
did not meet again until after they
were divorced.)
THE newest star on the 1898 Holly
wood scene was-legalised beer
And ace stylist Adrian had this to say
II don't believe beer will be guzzled
to such an extent that figures will be
affected" But, in spite Of him, the
grapevine limited that curves were
coming back. Constance Bennett
arrived home from Europe with five
new pounds. Clara Bows waistline was
one whole inch larger. Ditto Ann
Dvorak's. Chorus girls Of 1888 were
allowed to be 10 pounds heavier than
In 1890. Carlos 1888 figure included
. 27-inch waistline, bust IS inches,
hips 80 inches. The smallest waist
line in Hollywood belonged to Bette
Davis, II inches.
Marlene Dietrich persuaded Maurice
Chevalier to thin his eyebrows. 4.
Carol Lombard, who was then Mrs.
william Powell, introduced what the
fashion experts called the Satanic
eyebrow line" Dresses reached to
near the ankles. Alice Brady ar
rived in Hollywood. challenging Llyan
Tashman's pancake headsear with
huge picture hats different one
each day. Peggy Hopkins Joyce
was cited as the fashion leader Of the
year.
(cepyrisht. 1885, b the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Ine.)
Evening star., 1938-07-10
Ginger Rogers and Wanger
Are Nominated as Models
For Hollywood Statues
Both Have Spirit of the Pioneer
In Creating New Frontiers for
The Minds of Film Makers.
By Jay Carm0dy.

AYBE day Hol3 a
Rogers opened gateway
thought studio executives More than other
tbuns to the untypn nl
dancing girl splendid
matte actress that the
Hence the idea that
familiar with at least the history their enterprise single
Rogers as pioneer and rear statue in her honor or her BOTH
And while the subject Hollywood
suitable Tor companion to the item might easily
that Of Walter wang.
Mr. wange spirits
not exactly crowded the
his courage leads him ends
each of them virtually alone itself.
Forgetting the Davado which the worst could be called that
introduce new element in nm making Asers" the
the lap Of time New faces new talent m sbsev. ~ r to s' %
thing fresh
executives meetings Hollywood unanimously
public needs escape
familiarity by which the
breakfast table day Having that
the executives
boys and girls
THE two
those profoundly
with their personalities that they
They Miss HEIDI Lamar
rey young
who played the leading feminine
Miss ourie was introduced the n
Both young ladies probably will surprise audiences
the ban that ocial publicity appear
anc gives promise Of emerging the best foreign importation
Dsniee Darreux Vic 'A'''''@' "e''
things old Ecstasy fans will notice first about Miss
Lamar that she does picture
Whether it because Hollywood has
whether it the effect
more pleasant to look that it Is unbelievable.
Entirely from the
opportunity
Wanger for bringing Miss Lamar
Cochran promises his oney
Theater
Not only will then
The Lady Has Heart"
Broadway carly fall Other
lively Irene Purcell in "Tonah S3o the
cycle and eonie eototch
fourth
Rehearsa Miss 1andi with
al the through will be limited
ing She will be unable
part thoroughly it probably q
.AND1D
we'll At
them which revealing
which show what stars look like when caught
The thing constitutes
when the studios received outside
virtually open That however
armed with instrument
by the stars that looked
mashed potatoes gobbing = sandwich.
That all right for comedians
the glamour people much a
all informal
trusted give formal notice to the beautiful
Evening star., 1938-07-10
The Seasons
Guide Film
Producers
They Make Pictures
With an Eye on
The Weather.
By Harry Macarthur.

%HE motion picture producers, for
all their faults (about which
too many people are continu-
L ally telling them), are generally
pretty canny citizens All their efforts
Ut screen entertainment are not mas
terpieces, to be sure, If you do not
mind q little dissection Of the obvious,
but the boys generally know fairly well
lust what the public is liking by way
Of hlmfare this month.
The moviemakers hop on the head
GDes with sufncient alacrity. They
keep tab on the seasons and every
summer get to work on the falls foot
ball pictures. They know q country
with troubles on its mind does not
want more troubles on its screens, so
they give depression -harassed people
daffy comedy. They know also that
eight summer entertainment" as the
boys who have to see too much of it
fondly call it. Is just what the Gus
toners want when 1t Is summer time.
And in the summer time they give
you light summer entertainment, not
exactly because they do not want to
waste epics when the movie business
Is slack, but because they know mans
inclination to think drops in exact
ratio to the rise Of the mercury. Para
mount, with an eye on the weather, is
bringing out its Spawn Of the North"
In August, for the very good reason
that Spawn of the North" will have
icebergs as an antidote for the heat
Paramount has every reason to believe
will be prevalent in August.
PARAMOUNT also is bringing out
- "Tropic Holiday" this month, and
releasing a Aim with such warm
title in July is not as daft as it might
ut first seem. The tropics may not be
exactly the antidote for what We are
having here by way of weather. but
tropics mean travel, and this is the
time Of the year when travel folders
are probably both better reading and
more popular than the best sellers.
And that is the reason Paramount is
releasing a picture called "Tropic Holi-
day" in July
In "Tropic Holiday" you will find
(when 1t comes to the Earle Friday
Ray Milland, Dorothy Lamour, Martha
Raye and Bob Burns involved in a
light little yarn about a movie script
writer who crosses the border to get
away from 1t all" and lands practically
In the lap Of little Mexican senorita
You also will find Miss Raye (pow
known in the publicity as the ultra
violent Raye") turning matador to
enter the bull ring. And there Is q
lot Of new music by Augustin Lara,
whose name you may not know, but
Who Is responsible for . lot Of the
tangoes and rhumbas to which you
have tired to dance. He is Mexico,s
most popular composer.
Another item anent the Earle's next
program, which should make you
happy, is that the stage show will be
headlined by the Minnevitch Harmon
lea Rascals.
ERIDAY also will bring another tell
ing Of an ever-popular yarn, the
mother-love theme. this time involving
Barbara Stanwyck as the woman who
loved and who fought valiantly for
the happiness she considered her
woman's right" The picture is al
ways oood-by" and 1t comes to the
tsee MACARTHUR, Page F-23
Evening star., 1938-07-10

tsee MACARTHUR, Page F-2.)
Evening star., 1938-07-10

@HE motion picture producers, for
all their faults (about which
too many people are continu-
ally telling them), are generally
Evening star., 1938-07-10
Technique
Varies With
The Years
0.Year.Old Film
Romance Is Now
Laughable.
By Harold Hefernan.
HOLLYWOOD.
7 T SHOULDN'T be surprising that
audiences are laughing boisterously
at the ponderous love-mAking


TT SHOULDN'T be surprising that
audiences are laughing boisterously
at the ponderow love-making
L antics Of Rudolph Valentino and
Wilma Banky in movie theaters this
summer.
Their deeds were enacted 10 years
ago-and nothing about the screen
changes 50 rapidly as its modes In
romancing.
The serious peter Of yesterday be-
comes the comic Of today.
The passionate kiss and clutch Of
1918 have no part In today's romancing
technique. When our current heroes
and heroines wish to reveal admiration
for one another. they resort to fist and
furniture throwing-or gestures equally
as indirect
The vogue for making screen love
20 years ago. as memory is refreshed
through revivals of THE Sheik" and
its sequel, "Son of the Sheik," was
accepted Is proper by patrons Of that
time. In contrast to ridiculers of to-
day, the fans Of 1918 sighed ecstatically
as Rudy leered long and menacingly
at the anguished Wilma. They ap-
plauded silently and enviously when
the Latin lover swept Wilma into his
arms and kissed her with q passionate
abandon that today would smash the
cooling system In Will Hays ofice.
HOW about 20 years hence? The
fans then probably will laugh Just
as gleefully at the Lombards, Gables,
Flynns, Powers and Colberts Of today.
Their revivals probably will prove
even more astounding to paying
patrons Of that future era, for the
idea Of wooing beautiful girl through
sock In the jaw or pushing q grape.
fruit into her face may seem a bit
strange to them.
Robert Taylor and Margspet Sulla.
van Will look as ridiculous tn 1858 with
their love-making as the hand -soueez-
Ing technique Of James Kirkwood and
Mary Pickford, which boiled the blood
to romantic fervor along in 1915. That
was palpitating stuff in those DAYS.
And. 10 years earlier, Albert Johnson
used to propose to Our Mary" on
oended knee, quoting sentimental
poetry the while.
But, 20 years from now, If precedent
holds true, not only the neckine but
the acting of todays movie pets viii
be a. outdated q q month h-old pancake
We in Hollywood are hardened into
believing that . special picture. be-
cause Of its current popularity and
artistic merit, Il . work Of art. like a
book or . piece Of sculpture" said Sol
Lesser, one Of the pioneer producers
and distributors Of the industry. But
the relatively short history Of motion
picture entertainment clearly disproves
this. Ninty per cent Of all motion pic
lures made are - impermanent q q
sentiment written On sand.
&c" CONSIDER that the only pictures
produced today which will have
any merit 20 years from now are the
cartoons I mean such work q Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs.' And
maybe an occasional picture stressins
juvenile problems. But the customs
and mannerisms Of the srown-ups-
vary 70 radically every i've years or %
that what vas once romance ana
(see HEFTERNAN. Page F-3.9
Evening star., 1938-07-10
Another Cycle Returns
The Cinema Once Again Turns to
Underworld for Stories.
By Douglas ". Churchill.
By Douglas ". Churchill.
HOLLYWOOD.

HE sangster cycle labeled dead two three is
nourng with avishness unknown during the scarace"
Little Caesar" and Public Enemy.
woods best Intentions wandered point along the
there so films either recently completed gong
While all profess point the
Evening star., 1938-07-10
Just Half a Decade Ago
+ Hollywood Was About the Same,
With Few Different Names. - {.
By Sheilah Graham.
HOLLYWOOD.
-hyA -. --}~-


WAS Holywoodhut earning
$500 to $3.50 to-day period)
$145o George Raft paid $35obm
coming how!
while now) Robert Taylor making
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STAR COLLEGIANS

NEW YORK. Sept. g.
Poor old CoIlegians! They're
no match for this profession
u world
Although holding the Pros
with powerful All Star
College front wall. especially
strong this year the Cole
gians could not get in the way
Of the talented Toe Of Ward
Cuff. VINO sailed the Pigskin
within the goal posts in the
second quarter and again in
the final quarter from the
amazing distance Of 43 yards
each time to score six points
TO the All Stars none.
Forty thousand fans pack
ed the Polo Grounds TO see
the close game last night.
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