The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-11
Hollywood Shorts
Federated Press)
BY JOHN r. CHAPLIN

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Trout. "has extended the spirit of dc
mocracy, which comes in straigh
line from old Athens, to the entir
country"
He goes on to add that in moderl
American life the forum provided b.
the radio has taken the place of tn
old town meeting.
True enough. The powerful arm o
the radio has knit this nation togethe
in consciousness which has neve
existed before. Some enterprisint
forums, certain important dramatic
programs such as The Pursuit of Hap
piness, the Columbia Workshop an(
occasional other broadcasts have
given us feeling of what the radio
might truly mean if it were in the
hands of the people.
Unfortunately, optimistic pronounce
ments to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, the radio today is still a monop
oily. in control of few big magnates
Democracy wants expression of the
people, not of a few powerful million
aires.
"The most photographed street in
all the world" Universal Studios fam
Gus western street set, built in 1916,
and in constant use for cowboy pic
lures since then, has been renamed
Tom Mix ST., in memory of the late
star Complete shooting script of
the recent picture Our Town has been
made part of the curriculum of study
of motion picture technique at Column
bia University -.
Even movie war is dangerous Dur
ing the filming of war scenes for Tin
Pan Alley, 740 atmosphere players
composed the studio army. BY the
end of the first days work, 81 of them
were casualties. Most of them had
let their rifles slip through their fin
gers, iniuring their toes; the rest had
cut or scratched their hands on their
bayonets.
Twentieth Century-Fox is consider
ing changing Linda Darnell's first
name for South American consump-
ton. In Spanish, linda" means beau
tiful, and the studio, quite understand
ably, feels that it might sound too
immodest to South Americans
Walter Wanger was recently asked
by Ilka Chase, on a radio broadcast,
for "a word of advice on how to try
to get into pictures" "a word?" said
Wanger. yes" answered Miss Chase.
Wanger's word was Don't"
Frank Readick of the airwaves
quips: "And the meek shall inherit the
earth-but it looks as If there won't
be much left to inherit
The Max Factor Makeup Studios
keep file of actual hair from the
heads of famous people for whom they
make wigs or whose hair they dress.
The file includes hair of Mrs. Leslie
Carter. Sarah Bernhard, Charlie
Chaplin, Mabel Normand, and many
more 1t was first put to actual use
in recreating Mrs. Carter's wigs for
Miriam Hopkins role in The Lady
With Red Hair. -
Super-trivia: William Holden does
Ills wv tOOhluS anu
(but Brenda Marshall will be doing it
for him soon, if Hollywood gossips
are right. i. Walter Pidgeon always
answers his own phone, using various
dialects, usually Chinese, Filipino or
Greek. Warren William has in
vented an electric lawn sweeper. .
Enrol Flynn sleeps with the lights
on, because he gets scared by his
dreams (tutt tut and he's such big
boy, tooD. =. Irene Dunno performs
her nightly beauty cares sitting up in
THE NEW FILMS
Seven Sinners (Univ): One of Mar
lene Dietrich's most fascinating films.
Stupid, conventional yarn, but made
truly exciting by the Dietrich charm,
Tay Garnett's good direction and swell |
performances by Broderick Crawford |
and Albert Decker
The Mark of Zorro Goth Fox): |
Minor adventure yarn, but definitely |
worth seeing, for western entertain
ment of the purest type with strong |
current of revolt against tyranny |
directed by Reuben Nam
ou1ian, who makes Tyrone Power |