FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1930.
Behind the Scenes
Hollywood
A NEW VENTURE.
[By Dorothy Herzog.)
Gua Edwards has organised what he calls the Gus Edwards Theatrical Enterprise, with offices in the Security Trust Building, Holly- wood.
REQUIREMENTS.
This strikes me as intriguing, being an example of flicker carbon copies. A girl who aspires to dance in pictures muat qualify thus at the RKO studio:
Edwards is under contract to His contract expires the M. G. M.
In all fatter part of this month. probability it will be renewed. This will not interfere with the business proposition. For Al Kingston, crstwhile publicist. has ard than may be abided by except been made general manager of the for publication-but, nevertheless, enterprise in which Edwards and it narrows down the field to a cor his wife are at present sole stock-parative few. holders but which will soon, this
bureau is given to
flash four
Domes.
understand,
or five big picture
Edwards' iden la to corral talent.
Train girls and boys.
Put a few
THE
SEA GREEN EYES.
Career of Jeanette MacDonald.
Jeanette MacDonald, often call- ed in show circles "the girl with the red hair and the sea green eyes," is a native of Philadelphia and there obtained her early education. When the WIS In her early teens her family took her to New York whers they later made their home.
MAIL.
CHINA
ROUND THE CINEMAS
Movietone's Aces Shoot Successes.
"COCK-EYED WORLD.”
"PAUL PRY."
Posers for American *Citizens.
CENSUS PLANS.
Washington, Yesterday.
An army of 120,000 officials is con- That incomparable combination ducting a census which la Intended to of camera men, sound and silent, be the most complete tabulation of E. H. Hansen and Arthur Edeson, American citizens and their economic which functioned faultlessly in the conditions ever accomplished. production of "In Old Arizona," A long questionnaire deals not only figures again in Raoul Walsh's all with the size of the population, but in. talking Fox Movietone production.ludes the amount of unemployment "The Cock Eyed World," coming to and illiteracy and the number of house. the Queen's Theatre next week.
There are numerous queries which Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe! and Lily Damita are featured. are expected to give important data on Anderson wrote the story. Billy Kasked how many weeks they have been Laurence Stallings and Maxwell the farm problem. Special stress is laid on unemployment, workers being Wells wrete the dialogue.
Age limit-20 years. Height limit-5 feet 2 inches.
While still a child she studied Weight limit-110 pounds,
| singing and dancing in preparation Figure-Almost perfect. Experience must include-Tap, for a career on the stage, And too, adagio, hula, gypsy, Russian, through the ald of her sister, who ballet and ensemble dancing. Of course, this is a higher stand-was then playing in New York musical shows, Jeanette MacDonald a job in the chorus of a secured Ned Wayburn show at the Capitol Theatre. Her next engagement was with "The Night Boat" .com chorus girl and under pany as a study for the feminine principals in the cast, The following season she had a small part in "Irene," and later a better part was given) a
PAUL LUKAS.
under contract and pay them. Build In New Charles Rogers' her in "Tangerine."
them and place them either on the He may even stage or in pictures. follow in the footsteps of Ralph Farnum, New York digger for stage talent, and visit sundry cities, hold ing an audition in the largest theatres and selecting talent from the aspirants who demonstrate what they can do.
Film.
Paul Lukas, Paramount's tall Hungarian actor, has been cast to
role play the chief menace Charles "Buddy" Rogers' new star ring picture, called "Half Way To Heaven." His selection for the part was announced recently by B. P. Schulberg, Paramount's gen eral manager of west coast produc-
At this penning, Edwards has quite a few potential stars under contract. Arida, of course: the tien. Mexican who played the gypsy in
NORMA TALMADGE.
Norma Talmadge, star of United Artists "New York Nights" now showing at the Queen's Theatre, believes that the ultimata, in screen entertainment is achieved through
ÓWNOTE
at their present jobs, how many daya they worked last week, how many wecks they bave been unemployed, are Įthey able to work, and are they seeking a job. The inclusion of such questiona Green's assertion that there were near is specially interesting in view of Mr.
four million unemployed in February.- Reuter's American Service.
:
[Mr. Wm. Gréon, the president of the American Federation of Labour, made, his assertion before the Senate committee Investigating unemploy ment. He said the Government would have to provide for the un- employment or else would have a revolution.")-
ARSENAL FIRE.
Terrible Disaster in Poona Averted.
TIOOPS FIGHT FLAMES.
Poona, Yesterday.
combination of. colourful malodrama with generous pro- Her first real success came during portions of humour and good the following season when she was į photography, cast for one of the leading roles in With its background of kalaldo- a Greenwich Village Theatre pre-scopic movement and sydipathetic induction "Fantastic Fricasee." Her mirroring of New York's gay home work brought her, the attention of of song and dance, "New York Henry Savage, who placed her under Nights" is destined to prove one contract. For him she played a of the greatest pleces of entertain- landing role in "The Magic Ring"iment since the advent of talking with Mitzi and two seasons later pictures. was given the ingenue prima donna Director Lewis Milestone, who Her follow-recently received formal recogni- role in "Tip Toes." The film is to be all-talking and ing engagements were in "Bubbling tion as director of the best straight John Barrymore's "General Crack." Lukas' natural accent will At Ideal Over." "Yes, Yes, Yvette," "Sunny comody films, has outdons himself He also has four-year-old Douglasly into the role he is to All, Days," "Angela", and "Boomin injecting his Infectious bits of Bcot. Douglas appeared with Marion Schulberg stated. His part is that Boom."
humour. In the picture, which has a
A terrible disaster to the Kirkee Davies in "Mariance." He also of a
foreign-born acrobat who When Paramount planned "No cast including Glibert Roland.
Wray, sang the amusing "Pooh-Pooh-De- speaks precise English with a de- thing But The Truth" as a Richard John
actor playwright, Arsenal area has been narrowly Da-Pooh' song in "Sunny Side Up" cided continental inflection.
Dix all-talking starring picture early Lilyan Tashman, Roscoe Karps, averted. Perry Askan, singer, is another con- Lukas is a specialist in unin 1920 Miss MacDonald was cons and Mary Doran, tractee. He has made a coupla sympathetic roles. He was the sidered for the leading feminine shorts for M-G-M and may be in a philandering broker who
came berole. But instead of playing in the tween music comedy ere long.
George Bancroft and Dix picture she was selected for the Baclanova In The Wolf of Wall more important role in "The Love Street" and was the amorous Parade", In which she played the theatrical producer of "Manhattan lovely Queen Louise. She was His film record contains chosen for the Maurice Chevaller Cocktail,"
production ("The Love Parade") by Ernst Lubitsch, the director, who had selected her for the part from among all other of Broadway's musical stars.
There must be plenty of gold to be made with trained dancers and aingers in this business.
PLENTY LAVISH.
woman
many such menace parts.
Jean Arthur has been cast as Rogers' leading
in this screen adaptation of Henry L. Gates' story. George Abbott, the Out on the Universal lot, pro- playwright and stage director who The libretto of "The Love duction goes steadily and lavishly directed Moran and Mack, the Two Parade" was written by Guy Bolton, ahead on the Paul Whiteman revue, direction John Murray Anderson. I Black Crows, in their first talking and the story was done by Ernst dropped in and glimpsed the grand plcture, "Why Bring That Up?" is. Vajda, the famous Hungarian play-
Anderson has had to direct.
finale scene.
built one of the largest sets ever to be construsted for a motion pic- ture. Two hundred and fifty girls and
in "Old Gold"-not a men, Whiteman-nicotine Adv.-vivify the Whiteman and his 32-plece
atage.
band occupy a revolving stage in the foreground and principals and
chorus participate in a rhythmical
CHAT ON LOCAL FOOTBALL
(Continued from Page 9.)
Athletic "A" only to score one goal to take both points. from The set was loaded with six South China "B". The Club gave decks of incandescent lights and S. China "A" a good game but were sun-light arcs. Cameraman Hal Mohr tells me he uses 20,000 am- peres in this shot alone. Ordinari- ly he could do with 10,000 but the scone is in technicolour and eats twice as much light.
finale as the Whiteman band plays Chinese Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue as managed only they can play (t.
beaton by three goals to one.
Mid-week Games.
wright.
"OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS”
A fire broke out in the main magazine soction of an ammuni- tion factory, and was controlled only after two hours of hard work by the second battalion. of the Harry Beaumont's production Royal Ulster Rifles and the Indian Our Dancing Daughters" opened Army Ordnance Corps.
The origin of the fire is a mys- its season for a three days run at the Star Theatre yesterday, and it tery. It is rumoured that an at is a film which is really worth while tempt was made to blow up the arsenal; and an official enquiry is seeing.
being made. Reuter.
Such stars as Joan Crawford, Anita Page, and Dorothy Sebastian are seen, while John Mack Brown, Nils Aather and. Edward Nugent take the masculine rolés
The film, on the whale, is enter- talning.
Juniors should be between the Navy. and Chinese Athletic 8-0 "A" but
Somersets.
St. First Round-Defeated Joseph's. Second Round-Draw with
Athletic after extra time 1-1 Tie awarded the "Sets" on account of Athletic's inability to turn out in mid-week
0-0 Semi-Final Defeated Kow-
loon
Totalo-
3-0
7-1
In their League struggles the "Sets" last October were victorious by five goals without response and in the return game the Navy just craped home by the only goal scored. The Navy are undoubtedly battlers as was proved last Saturday against the Police, but if the past results are to be helpful the "Sets appear to have the best chance, especially with four of the Navy's beat players still away. This final tle should be a big draw for the Services and there is every prospect of their faithful followers having
Neither of the Senior-games was contested but the five Juniors were. The Navy had a field day against the "Saints" by scoring ten goals The revue has six or seven weeks without the fall of their own charge more of production. John Boles Their challenge to the K.O.S.B. is will appear in a few song numbers. now a serious one for if the Navy Likewise, the entire Universal star can win their remaining four games brigade Laura La Plante, Mary and keep their improved goal aver- Nolan, Glenn Tryon, and all. Before age they can equal the "Sets" on the picture is in the "box," it will points and beat them in goal aver reach or nearly reach the two milage. " lion mark, Yet from the stand-
S. China "A" are definitely out point of lavishnoss and effective- of the running for the Junior ness, John Murray Anderson has Trophy by their defeat by the something that will be to film goers "Sels" bfour goals to all. With what his "Almanac" was to theatre the soldiers superior in all depart dition in New York. Andersonments the "A" side did not stand may remain at Univeran3‚áfter the much chance,
expected completion of the revue to produce Ar a musical comedy. He's enthusiastic letic "A bagged both points "B" and Eastern. Both teams had over motion pictures, particularly from the "Gunners" and now byes in the first round and in the as it won't be long now before the take third place in the table defeated the Club 2-0 and second round Chinese Athletic. grandeur screen-twice the size of To-morrow's game with the the present one will be in movie Navy will tell us if the Eastern only managed one goal theatres. Then a director will really Chinese-Athletic "A" will be against Ewo. Odd goal verdicts have scope and get the utmost from concerned in the League leader were gained in the semi-final sets that roam into the spectacular ship this season.
round by the former over the Sets 21 and the latter
Chinese Ath-
value for their money. I anticipate the soldiers, being successful, but they may have to go to extra time
to gain the verdict.
The Junior final will be contested by Chinese Athletic
I understand the Roxy Theatre, Ewo continued their run of suc over Kowloon 8-2 so we have In Manhattan, has already con- ceas, by defeating the University by tracted to have the grandeur screen three goals to one and made a fura 41 total goals, scored as against
put in.
low,
4.2. The Chinese. Athletic Other theatres will fol- ther jump in the table
team is in reality, theit Eastern were too good for the Ibellave, so taking Clab to the extent of two clear goals.
ed. I have looked up Programme. A A and Eastern's Shields will be ings and find tha the Club easily mas
NO JOKE.
fican
alley by four
Navy to nil
with the "A". alde in the Shield Final as “B” the Navy should make sure that this results in their favour with a clear | margin.
With Ewo still in their winning) vein S, China "A" will have to watch their step but I think "A" will win. If Kowloon can get a full side together they should account for the Club, while a further big margla score should be recorded by the "Seta" over the University. A divl slon of the spoils is likely between St. Joseph's and the R.A
FULL PROGRAMME.
The full programms and League
Tables to date are appended: ---
Shields Finis. 7 Senior (4.45 m)” Somersets y. Navy The Club Ground, Happy Valley
Junior (2.45 pim.). Chinese Athletic "B" v. Eastern,
Division, L (4.30 p.m.); Chinese Athletic v Kowloon, The Stadium, North Point, AR
The Clab Ground, Happy Valley.
Division IL (3 p.m.). Club v Kowloon,The Chinese, Ground, Happy Valley.
Somersets v. University, The China "A" y. Ewo, Caroline Military Ground, Sookumpoo.
·Hill Ground. - -
St Joseph's v. RA., St Joseph's Ground, Happy Navy v Chi Ground, 1
LEAGUE TABLA
The Navy
TO DATE
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
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(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in to-morrow's lenue along with a new crossword puzzle.)
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