FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1929.
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
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THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.
HORIZONTAL
1-Tuft of hair
• To assembla
9-A small Island
11-Golf term
HORIZONTAL (Cont.) | 46-Tha European
ring-dove
12-Large city of China 50-The fruiting part of
15-Help
17-The beard of rye
18-Title of courtesy
20-To attack
21-Sediment
23-A breach
24-A food fish
25-Alighted
27-One who gives
29-To bu tangled
31-To tear
33-A varnish gum
34-Prefix. For
.37-Male child 38-5mat bad
4-Girl's name
42-A coggy mass 43-A supple twig 45-Combining form.
Alr
48-N. W. State of the
U. 8.
grafa
$1-Exlut
62-Goes by
69-Pluck
VERTICAL
1-Locality
A kind coal -An outfit of tools
5-An astringent 6-Twitching of faolai
muscles
VERTICAL (Cont) 16-Buffix Likė 19-Pa
22-St. Peter's other
name
24-Dried I cocoanut
kernel
26-To strike gently
28 To pinch 30-Impiled by silence $2-Low-growing
thiekets
33-Abraham'e nephew 36-A wild am of Asla 30-A red mineral- 87-An old French coin. $9-And yet
7-The Trojan hero of 41-Combining form.
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slege of Troy B-Scarce 10-Boy's name (short) 13-Reverential fear 14-To find fault. 18-Quality affecting
sense of taste
42-A food fish 48-Articles of the same clas 44-Time-period 47-Possesses 149-A unit of work
(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
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INDIANS ASTOUNDED
SEE THEMSELVES ON SCREEN
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Chee Dodge, chief of the Navajos on the great reservation in Arizona and New Mexico, has lived to see a new miracle accomplished. He has seated himself before a white screen whereupon appeared his own image, Hving, breathing and dressed in the full splendour of his multi-coloured ceremonial robes, head dress and beaded leggings. About him were his tribesmen. The highest possible. praise for the acomplishment came. when Chee Dodge said, "That is good."
Chee Dodge and his Navajos of the region of the vast Canyon de Chelly, a red rock gorge that rivala the Grand Canyon of the Arizona are being photographed as they have lived for ages, by a group of picture makers from Hollywood. A com- pany sent in by Paramount, with Richard Dir in the starring role, is flming the Elizabeth Pickett story, Redskin, in natural colour. Each day, as the test rushes are returned from the studios in Hollywood, the footage is shown in the mess tent of the location camp, which is 100 miles from the nearest railroad at Gallup, New Mexico Chee Dodge and other head men of the tribe have been vastly interested specta- fors each time these rushes are show "Redskin' is being directed
by Victor Schertzinger.
havoc wrecdng auties and noes them bring the etory to a close that will
THE CHINA MAIL,
Behind the Scenero Hollywood
Hollywood-Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. If it does- great. If it doesn't what're the odds?
Our story concerns an English comedian recently arrived in Holly- wood. A certain studio desiring his services telephoned. He went over to talk business for a specific, film and was greeted thus:
"I hear you want $2,500 picture." said the producer.
"Really"
"That's too much."
"That's not enough."
"Why," bickered the producer, "I can get Ignatz Jones, whose name is five times bigger than yours, to play the part for $2,000,"
"Then get him," beamed the comic. "You're wasting my time." He got up to go.
"Wait a minute," soothed the pro- ducer. "What's your price for the pieture?"
The comic meditated, Then: "Look! If you pay me a nickel for the part and I'm not worth a nickel, that's too much money, Right?" The produeer nodded. "I'll tell you what I'll do with you-I'll gamble. I'll work ten weeks free. If you can find any three people in Hollywood who, at the end of that time, could play the part as well, I've worked for nothing. If you can't, you give me ten weeks' salary at $5,000 a week. Agreed?"
Not by a long shot it wasn't! The comedian walked out a free man and to the best of his knowledge the rumour is absolutely true that
December 10 sees the arrival of
Ina Clairo
WILLIAM POWELL
AN EPIC DRAMA
REVEALED IN “SHE GOES"
TO WAR"
Bringing to the screen a decidedly new phase of army activity result- ant from the World War and a story international in its appeal, Henry
in
| King, with his production, "She | Goes to War!”, shatters many tradi-
tions heretofore acceptable | motion picture entertainment.
King has had the courage to produce a motion picture with the World War as its background after many other war films had been made and exhibited. But he was encour [aged to direct "She Goes to War!". because of the fact that the women's side of the gigantic conflict had never been told.
Aside from the many dramatic | highlights visualised in this produc- tion which is the main are most authentic, he pictures with a most vigorous sweep, the extreme hard- ahips and sacrifices which became daily the routine of the women who went overseas and of whom little has been said.
King was confronted with hun- dreds of obstacles prior to the starting of the production. Every scene, every "prop," everything in | fact connected with the filming of this Rupert Hughes story must, of necessity, be genuine. There were, too, many men and women through- out the world, directly associated No longer will main titles on the with war work, who were in "on the screen read: "with William know" as regards things of wartime
nature.
NOW ELEVATED TO "STARDOM"
Powell."
Bay:
Research Work
From now on, they're going to
"William Powell in" As a reward for more than aj Mouths of research were neces~; score of rotable performances dur-(sary. More than two thousand ing the past three and a half years, volumes of war data were perused, Paramount to-day announced the foreign as well as American. For elevation of Powell to stardom. the production with its release. The news was forthcoming from through United Artists is destined Jackie Coogan has been engaged to R. P. Schulberg, general manager of to be distributed to the four corners substitute for Wallie Beery,
west coast production for Para- of the earth and there must be no Wedley Ruggles and Paul Scofield mount, who stated that the new cause for undue criticism as regards in New York, where they remain ranking goes into immediate effect, costumes, customs and the like. until the middle of January. Wes "The Greene Murder Case."
with the launching of production of His story details the impelling adventures and splendid romance of is the lad who will megaphone 'Paul
In this new S. S. Van Dine a youthful American miss of social Whiteman's initial motion picture bow under the Universal banner and mystery story, Powell will be starred prominence and political influence Paul is penning the story. White-as Philo Vance, scientific society who tried to attain the utmost per
detective, a sequel to the same role soral glory and still serve her man has been reducing for the pur- in "The Canary Murder Case. country at a time when war was at pose of presenting a sylph-like form
white heat.
screen.**
What He Has Done
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Among the other playors in the cast are such well known names and favourites as Margaret Seddon and Eulalie Jensen.
Aside from the numerous human
to the camera. He has lost ninety. "Powell has given to the screen pounds and to-day weighs a paltry some truly remarkable perform her adventures we are brought to And as we follow this girl through two hundred and fifty. When Wes ances," said Schulberg, "and he has the realisation that the women who and Paul return West they will be built up a big following that induced went overseas worked just as hard accompanied by Ferde Grofe, the us to accord him starring laurels. as the boys at the front; suffered wizard who prepares Whiteman's Powell will go far on the talking as they suffered endured the hard- scores. Grole is too busy himself scoring the picture, which
ships of the doughboys; braved will
Powell joined Paramount, three untold dangers, carried on their be called after the song
and a half years ago, following his work to completion and in many that. has the best shanice
performance in a picture called "Too instances died as heroines to become a hit. Whiteman's
Many Kissés, starring Richard Dix. In broadcasting the picture, initial musical celluloider may prove Since, he has appeared in twenty- Henry King selected Eleanor Board to be something of a sensational four productions, among them havman to enact the leading feminine novelty. It will have aa its only ing been "Beau Geste," "The Last role. It marks Miss Boardman's A St. John, whose bumorous rival the production Famous Players Command," "The Drag Net," "For first 'free-lance engagement and antics have been the source of much inspiring as well as being one of is to make. "Rhapsody in Blue," by gotten Faces," "Interference," "The her work in the entire production pleasure to old and young alike, the most gigantic exposes ever con- and with George Gershwin. Inci- Canary Murder Cass," "The Four thus far filmed is claimed to be by aboulders the responsibility for the ceived for a motion picture. He dentally, Whiteman's Carnegie Hall Feathers" and the newly completed those concert in New York on December
20 will be Movietoned and be in- Icluded in his flicker.
"The Marriage Holiday."
FOR HOLLYWOOD
FIGHT "WHOOPEE" GIRLS WANTED
Hollywood is being scoured for shout eight girls who can
"Peg" Talmadge, mother of Norma and Connie writes from Britain that she and Norma are seeing a bit of Europe whilst Connie (completes her cinema in Nice. They join the youngest Talmadge early in December and then trail to Paris, where they will spend Christmas. "Whoopee!", snap their fingera, clap They're not due back here until the their hands and tap their heels on end of January
Frances the floor in the best giggle water Goldwyn in light green and Lilyan manner, but who at the same time Tashman in red lunching at ye must be little ladies of a select girl's. Montmartre .... The male actors school. The eight modern maidens are going in for noisy shirts these are wanted for hey-hey parts in | days. Eddie Lowe flaunted a broad- Clara Bow's picture for Paramount,
casting pink one tother day. Jim- "The Wild Party"
mie Hall came through with a The Hollywood studio is under- Shamrock green. It's getting so stood to have scouts out each even- jone's ears can't believe their eyes!
IIN
Goes to Waris an epic OLD TAYLOR
was produced.
AGED BY TIME
ing throughout the apartment house districts, the duty of these lieuten ants being to listen in for sounds of revelry as they pass brightly lighted windows. Every time they hear an especially musical feminine voice lifted in yips of galety, the scout crashes the party and invites the fair merry maker to the studio for a microphone test.
A
"The Wild Party," by the author
Fabian, is to be directed by Dorothy Arzner E. Lloyd Sheldon wrote
the adaptation.
SILENT FILM SLUMP
WHITEHALL FILMS LIMITED
CLOSE £31,000
Lendon, Juse 24. The slump In silent films since the appearance of the "talkies” was reflected at an animated first annual meeting of Whitehall Films, Limit- ed, whose studio was reputed to be the finest in Europe, possibly the finest in the world. The accounts showed a loss of $31,000.
General Sir Edward Bethune, pre- siding, said that not only had the operation of the Flips Quota Act In the first gen handicapped rather then help
ures - by causing a rush on production but the talking picture momentarily had
Rect on the commercial
re Th their studios were
the
John Holland, newcomer to the screen and incidentally chap brought to light by Henry King, in the leading male role brings to the film fans a refreshing personality. and one destined for great things in pictures.
touches in the production, for which Henry King is justly famous, he presents a climax that is most awe
who have witnessed the comedy highlights → and aside from reveals the largest engines of war rushes, the best of her long and this reveals some dramatic touches in all their military splendour and successful career.
that sparkle.
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Cigarettes are cigaretes
that
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