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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1940.
CINEMA WORLD
SCHOOL FOR SCREAMING
By KITTY GWENN
Acting requires more than a pleasant smilo OF
shapely legs. Each film has its own require ments, and if the stars don't know them—well, they go to school and learn.
So Anished is their work when cinema audiences see it that film stars appear super- men and women in all arts and skills. Actually there is seldom a picture made where- in the stars are not called upon to learn something - from duction, that is; not in the finish
ed scene), and although this ac- handling a bow and
tor has played his pictured part down to the ordinary back-many hours on the stage, the yard talent of being able to "take"-making for the movie scream ia manner to lift the lasts so long he must know a great deal about swords and how hair.
to use them.
arrow
Even stars of years standing| have to be taught new tricks. Not long ago one
of Britain's leading actors had to put in three months intensive training in a sword school.
Pictures demand
He was enrolled in a swords school and the picture did not start until he was a true swords-
man.
Two-Hand Trick Bollywood actors on loan longer se- make Alms in England
a school to learn quences than the stage (in pro-have to gu fa
to often
"WILD HARVEST": Alan Ladd, trouble-hunter extra. ordinary, finds plenty of his favourite sport in the forthcom- Ing "Wild Harvest" (Paramount).
DOROTHY'S LAST ROAD
By Patricia Clary
The next "Road" picture, as far as Dorothy Lamour is con- cerned, will be "The Road to the Cemetery."
what they call the two-hand
trick. American eating practice is different from English." The American eals with fork alone held in the right hand; the Eng- ishman uses knife and fork, fork to the left.
It may seem a simple matter for a trained actor" to tako
up knife and fork and pretend to eat with both, but actors dur. Ing the shooting of a sceris ard under considerable atrain. They are liable to forget they should ba eating in the English man- ner and lay down their knives.
So for them is the school of cliquette of English manners and Customs. Once graduated,
no matter how tense the scene, and how they are remembering their hands, they ent Englishly. One notable told me that this fork-in-the-left business was one of his toughest trials,
"Singing Stars"
Lessons in singing (or at any rate singing gestures) are often necessary for store. Everyone knows that any voice con he dubbed in to suit the opening and shutting of a stor's mouth. In pletures where music is impor- tant either the star has to be good singer or a good voice Is dubbed.
ม
Sometimes, however, directors striving for naturalness let
the star sing in a sweet little natural voice of her own. The training behind these few bars often takes star months of hard woric.
| -- SHADOWS BEFORE -
(Queen's)
.
"A MAN AGOUT THE HOUSE"įchalets, and trouble, domestic and external, starts at once. Several stories are woven into "Holiday Camp", concerning the different holiday-makers and their troubles. The Huggett saga Includes a tender romance for Joan with a demobbed- sailor, Jimmy Jimmy Hanley), Harry's experience with card- sharpers, and the exposing of a fake Squadron Leader, "Birky" fake (Kieron Camp" might have been a better Hardwick (Dennis Price). "Crisis
villa name for this film, but, it is good fun with just the right dash of
Miss Lamour says five "Road".
Stars: Margaret Johnston, Jaunts with Irrepressible Bing Dulcic Gray, Kieron Moore. Crosby and Bob Hope were
Story:-Miss
and enough. A sixth would put her
Agnes Isit six feet under.
Miss Ellen Isit, two spinster im A
their last jaunt in teachers of 1007, are left a legacy sad year "Road to Rio," his Lamour still and an Italian villa by their un comembers with chuckies the cle. They go thora, to find a suave
major-domo, Salvatore antics along the way.
"As crazy as they were," she Moore), in charge. Salvatore is
to possess the determined
sa id.
"I think the craziest thing was insicting
that the picture for himself, and with this object excitement. (J. Arthur Rank). start the day after. Christmas. I he marries Agnes. Ellen, menn think this uncomfortable idea
en while, falls
had something to do with taxes suitor alls in love with a former
plutocrats
-though why those should worry. I'll never know."
of Agnes, Sir Benjamin | *. Dench (Guy Middleton). but be-
lieving he is still attached
to
Hope and Crosby had fluancial] Agnes she refuses to marry him. "THE CHASE" (Lee) worries on the picture, she vealed.
a
Hopeful
re-
Salvatore Is slowly
mn
poisoning
Morgan.
an
Even when music is dubbed-in ostar may have to go through much trial? before the dubbing registers realistically. An Eng- Usli actress played in a film in which she posed
famous planist. She could not play the plano, so she had to learn to ac! as though she could.
A 20
*
It took many hours of hard physical training to make hor wriate flexible, many more hard mock-playing over planola to master correct time, and to place her hands above kays on the mule plano used In the flim. Millions who saw the picture, though they knew the plano playing had boan
dubbed, were still amazed the reallam of the star's acted fingerwork.
Crying is an art that troubles Rome ctors, Chemicals can be ured to stimulate or simulate tears, but some directors do not think cheraleal tears convincing enough. At a draina school there.
a-teacher-who specialises in tears, and many English stars have taken her course.
Stars are learning all the time. Much of what they learn might appear useless-and perhaps is, apart from pictures. One young actress had first to learn to scream, another to attend physical-culture school to learn how to fall without heing hurt when the hero hurled her to the floor in a scene for the screen, a third to handle a young brby. Film-starring is no easy life.-
"CAS 8 TIMBERLANEK Spencer Tracy, twice winner of the Academy Award, la the conservative judge who fights to save his marriage to an unconventional girl.
(M-G-M).
MANNEQUIN PARADE
pure
Agnes, hoping to get the villa on Stare:-Robert Cummings, Michele her death, not knowing that Ellen is part inheritess. His plot is re- "We don't have any money veated by
neeldent,
Story: This is and
involved. Invested; the bank's taking all
Ben and he
high-powered story of a U.S. fight rlak," Crosby the
told hor.
out on the top of the cliffs, Navy veteran, Chuck Scott "That's right," Hope chimed Salvatore, his bright dream dis- (Robert Cummings), down on his In. All WE had to do was put solving, throws himself over the luck, who gets a job as chauffeur In a couple of MY kids as OUR
For cliff Surprisingly, for such a to ruthless Eddle Roman (Sleve
fashion interest Recurity"
powerful
morbid and
picture, Cochrany. Miss Lamour said Hope and there is a conventional but be- (Michele Morgan) and Chuck fall standing as its
Eddie's wife, Lorna "Bond Street" will be as out.
title Crosby developed all sorts of
suggests. decide to llevable "happy ending." (Lon-in love, and muscles in a daily tug-of-war on don Films).
escape This film portrays life in the together to: Havana. the purse
Eddie's celebrated London thoroughfare strings. They were
bodyguard, Gino (Peter Lorre), from dawn to dusk, including a paying part of the cost of the
finds their ticket
stubbs
and mannequin parade in
ex- they are followed
drees salon. Havana. clusive
Even Lorna is killed in
Howard, the Icading nightclub, Ronald
modelling. He and Chuck, accused of the crime, man, does same
the shows off his pin-striped blue
"I can still hear Bob screaming
Paramount picture.
when he found out one of
my
'bust bolero' evening gowns cost "CASS TIMBERLANE" them about $400," she said, "Ye
Gods,' he howled, that thing
will!
At Margaret O'Brien before wel
get our dough back out of it,'"
Hope actually was very gener-
(Queen's)
to n
from
forced to escape is for police. Wounded and bewildered.sult of the type which Britain's he later rings the naval hospital Government issues free to every in Miami, and the whole episodevices! It is, in fact,
SPIT man demobilised from the Ber- Ronald's is revealed Stars: Spencer Tracy, Lana caused by, his "shocked" mental six years in the Royal
as another dream own suit. He got it following state. A terrific climax comes Ronald is the only son of
Navy.
the tickets the fur-lined Story: Stold, Conventional when he finds
to lato Leslle Howard and. ВО In "Road to Judge Cass Timberlane (Spencer Havana in his pocket-and re-amazingly like his famous father Utopia" had something to do Tracy) meets and falls in love the "real-life" Eddle and Gino. first see him, think he must be turns in time to save Lorna from that many people, when they with a girl from "the wrong side United Artists). "The Rest"
a twin brother!
"Whenever I
ous about buying Miss Lamour's Turner. wardrobe, she said, but she won- ders it maybe serong she wore
with it.
of the tracks." Jinns. (Lana Turner), a tomboy at heart, is word ond unhappy with the Judge's society theme strapless gowns," the friends in Grand Republic, and said, "Bob-Insisted-on-nothing begins to see more and more of but closeups." There was one day, she recall-a young lawyer, Bradd ed, when producers Bing and (Zachary Scott). Bob told her she could spend the whole day resting.
"But they forgot to tell me," she added, that I was supposed to do my resting in a bed on
Criley
After their baby is stillborn, Cass Timberlane takes Jinny to New York to try to make her happier, but Bradd is also there, and Cass, after a quarrel
with
the set, for a scene. They went Jinny, returns to Grand, Republic out and played golf all day." without her. Jinny eventually
"Those jokes,"
"were killing me."
sho sighed, discovers Brodd's: We him bl
by
and endeavours to leave walking out of his moving car, She and Cass are' re-united in Grand Republic, The story is
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