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WHAT THE STARS ARE DOING
Claudette Colbert starring in the "Sign Of The Cross" has under- gone a auccessful operation for appendicitis.
Adrienne Ames has been given long-term contract. with Para
mount.
Karen Morley, wife of Charles Vidor, the director, has given birth to a son.
Loretta Young plans to leave Hollywood for her holiday in England as soon as she finishes the picture "A Man's Castle," with Spencer Tracy.
Louise Dresser, seen recently, as the Mother in "State Fair," is to play the important part of a Prioress in Dorothea Wieck's first Hollywood picture "Cradle Song"
Benita Hume who has returned to London from Hollywood, may appear in one or more British films before she goes back in January to the film city. She is to be married shortly to Jack Dunfee, the racing motorist.
Tom Mix is to visit Russia shortly to give a series of riding exhibitions in the Moscow State Circus.
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A MUGH DISCUSSED
PROBLEM AT LAST «
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A young Brooklyn, New York girl has, after exhaustive tests been selected to play the part of "Alice"
Paramount's screen version of Alice In Wonderland, which will be directed by Norman McLeod.
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Her nahie. is Miss Charlotte Heary. She is eighteen years of age and only 5 feet 1 inch in height, and has blue eyes and light brown hair.
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The hice has only been made. after months of talent-searching in Great Britain and the United States. Paramount were inundated with applications for the part "and spent a vast sum in making camera and wound tests of hundreds of girls.
Miss Henry has had a great deal of screen experience although she is so young. When she was four- teen she walked into a casting office, and obtained her first small part on the spot. She played the part of a young daughter in"Forbidden" and last year gave a very good performance in her only big role on the screen-the title role in "Lena Rivers." Yet she is comparatively unknown as stars go.
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This Alm deals with the affairs
of a ballet dancer who imposed by a waster in her student days, cherishes this, her first romance, 25 a thing of beauty. As time goes on the memory of that first love grows dimmer until e sudden appearance of the man unsettles her once again. Elissa Landi" and Warner Baxter two of the favourites of the screen will delight you with their startling formances Victor Jary, Mirian Hopkins are also on the cast as well as a great many other Stars. There is to be an added attraction "on the same bill, there are twelve artists who will entertain you with their clever songs and dances.
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FLICKERS FROM HOLLYWOOD
Achiued Abdullah, the famous author who has, joined the Para- mount, writing staff, has forty-seven shirts and not one of the same colour.. His favourite colour is melon-pink.
Mae West, who will soon be seen in I'm No Angel, has one favourite. dish-broiled sword fish.
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George Barbier, the veteran Paramount actor, holds the Holly- wood record for marriage. His has lasted thirty-four years
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Believe it or not, Cecil De- Mille is importing natives to the Hawaiian Islands for small parts in his Paramount picture, Four Frightened People.
Dorothea Wieck, shortly to be seen in Paramount's Cradle Song. is the wife of Baran" Ernest "von den Decken.
Anu Dvorak, playing opposite Maurice Chevalier in The Way To Love, was a tennis champion during her school days.
Josef von Sternberg, the Para- mount director, has the widest acf- ection of spats in Hollywood
Seven players on Paramount a contract list were born in England, They are Charles Laughton, Cary. Grant, Herbert Marshall, Brian
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WHEN HE EARNED £8
When Alison Skipworth was the star of a stock company in Albany, New York, soon after her arrival from England, a young man named Douglas Fairbanks was a member of the same company, earning £8 per week.
*WESTWARD BOUND"
Westward Bound is to be shown
at the Central Theatre, and judging from the cast it promises to be This was recalled by Miss Skip excollent. Anne Harding as Olivia worth. She did not see Fairbanks, Van Tyne, Laurence Oliver as Nick again until 36 years later when she ¦ made her first film...
""TOPOZE"
Allan, Zasu Pitts as Mrs. Gruesdale, Juliette Compton as Henriette Irving Pichel as Harry Lanman and a host of others this picture should be a great success, The story is of a woman who loves and
"Topaze is the name of the lead ing character in the story and is portrayed by John Barrynure, marries, but finds out she has made Myma Loy is the leading lady and a terrible mistake, and so ends it this sounds like something sinister by the usual procedure divorce, and when these two are costarred, but;
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Claudette Colbert,, the Paramount star of The Sign Of The Cross and it is not so in this particular tries a "second marriage. She is Torch Singer, who is known as "the instance, Reginald Mason plays torn between two passions one the best-dressed woman in Hollywood," the role of the seroundel who sells first love of her life and wonders has been shopping for her autumn germ laden waler to the public as if she could really love again. clothes. This is what she says: purified, and when he comes upon
There
are velvets and what velvets ! Are we going to be picturesque this autumn The black velvet ensembles trimmed with sable and mink have already caught my eye. Many of them show frocks with attached blouses of massed beads and also in black or contrast- ing white ruffled organdie.
And that reminds me, I believe in organdie even for winter uso. In Torch Singer I wear a black organdie striped in silver, which is really sensational. And I. have a copy to wear in the streets
"Just for a contrast I want to mention a summer or autumn outfil I have just bought. Over a white cotton skirt I wear a tunic accom- nlished from, a South Sea Barong in bright red and white. The whole effect is topped by dashing little: white sailor hat."
MAE WEST AGAIN
They are saying on the Mae Weat set these days that her costumes in I'm No Angel will start many new Her elaborate sequin fashions. gowns, hair ornaments and boudoir Costumes will have great influence on forthcoming winter fashions.
One interesting item in the West collection is a negligee of black chiffon embroidered with spider webs of brillianta At the waist Fire of the foundation slip of black satin Mise West cleverlywears a diamante spider, This reminds one of the jewelled-insect craze some fifteen years ago.
PARAMOUNT NEWS
One of Hollywood's leading "dan- gerous stunt men" is Steve Clemen. to champion knife and cutlery thrower of the United States. In
Cecil B. De Mille directed" his Paramount's French production of
first film in 1913. He has spent 20 Chevalier's new film, The Way To
years in the film business, and his Love, he frames, a girl within a
latest achievement is "The Sign Of circle of knives; tomahawks, hatch-
The Cross," He has directed some sta, 18-16 battle axes, pickaxes and spears Steve has various prices
wonderful spectacles but this latest picture is about the most stupend... for "throwing" for the Bereen, great actress. She is ably sup ous of his carrer. The cast included ranging from a minimum of £10 a ported by a strong cast of stars who 21 stars in the lending roles, and very cleverly bring the stirring from all accounts theatre fans are The girl at the receiving end of chapters of Americat evolution to film. This is to be shown on Friday going to enjoy every inch of this the iroaware is Dorothy Parry, the screen. To those who are down- 27th at the Queen's Theatre. wife of a stunt actor. She was a
stunt to £50.
This is a specacular film and again proves that Am Harding is
"LOYALTIES"!
featured screen actress for some hearted and have lost faith in the time, but evidfatly found it too economic stability of the world, this tame for her. She has certainly film will haly encourages great learned to controlh her reflexes many. It proves that the economic when knives and battleaxes burt depression is but a temporary her way. A movement of half an affair, which courage, and hope can inch would be fatal, but she has dispel. The performance of theject directed by Basil Dear in never had a scratch in her four various stars throughout the pictare achieving normons success at the years' experience...
A
Loyalties the Galsworthy sub-
is cleverly portrayed and worthy Carlton, Haymarket and has been of the utmost praise for this film held over for an extended period. deals with a truly difficult problem. The principal players are Basi incidentally has never Richard Displaye opposite Rathbone, Heather Thatcher, Miles been-screened though ballets, based Miss Harding as well as May Mander and Joan Wyndham. This on the story have been included in Oliver Quy Kibber, and many is to be shown at one of our local "talkies.'
athers
thestrea" in the near future,
John Barrymore as Topaze who is Anne Harding is superb and scar- timid and of a retiring nature cely needs hoy introduction to seizes this opportunity to get his movie fans. She is grand in this aid in his work. John Barrymore film and supported by a strong cast is unusually good in this role since this should be excellent, entertain- he chose this in the play that made ment. Zagu Pitta is delightfully Broadway throngs laugh and ery funny in this as in all other roles. for a year. This is to be shown at Irving Pichel in the leading male the Central Theatre very shorthly, I role as worthy of special mention,
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OF
1934
A MODERN SINGING DANCING REVUE WITH 15 ARTISTS.
THE SEVEN STYLISH STEPPERS A BEVY OF DANCING BEAUTIES
FRANK
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A MUSICAL-COMEDY-PICTURE STAK.
BETTY AND ARLENE
ACROBATIO DANCING MARVELSA