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Mr. Charles Laughton is in difficulty. Since he took the ad- vice of a Hollywood diet specialist he has lost so much weight that none of his suits fit him,
For years Mr. Laughton turned the scale at about 16st. At last the responsibility became too weighty for him and while in. Hollywood he consulted a woman specialist whose recommended dlet worked like a charm. The responsibility is now only 121st. and still getting lighter.
Mr. Laughton is greatly pleased with himself. But his wife (Elsa Lanchester to fim and theatre- goers), although she shares his pleasure, is worried about his clothes, This is what she said:
"None" of his clothes fit fim now. He had one or two sults "made only six or seven weeks ago. and already they are too big.. It is just like a child growing up.. "only "the other other way round.
"This slimming business has made a change in his appearance; too, especially from the back. Sometimes when I come. up to him from behind I do not recognize him for a few momenta. He often looks very like his brother, who is much slimmer than Mr. Laughton used to be.
Stül, he is certainly much At-" ting than he was, and feels far more comfortable than he did. He is under a trainer, with whom he boxes and wrestles and his favourite pastime is chopping down trees--all very good for the waist-Line.*
JUNE KNIGHT'S LATEST
June Knight has signed a new contract with Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer and will be one of the stellar performers in the BROAD- WAY MELODY OF 1935, soon to
ACTRESS NAMES HER SELECTIONS FOR AWARDS
Just to be different, she says, and not because she is discontent with the recent Motion Picture Academy awards for the best acting. Mary Ells would like to see the gold statuettes go to the following persons:
For the best performance of the
year:
-
"The little mother monkey who fought off the big baboons in the. Jungle picture, Baboona.” *
The best comedy performance. "Roland Young In 'Here Is My Heart.'"
The most spectacular perfor-
mance:
"The leaping horse in Lives of "a Bengal Lancer.'"
The best all-around" actor: "Charles Laughton."
The best all-round. actress: "Mae West."
The Paramount star of "Parls ́ in Spring knows that nothing will come of this, but she has made her selections and intends- to stick to them.
CAST FOR ANNA KARENINA
May Robson, Constance Collier and Gyles Isham, the last-named a recent arrival in Hollywood from London, have "been added ··· to the cast of ANNA KARENINA, in which Greta Garbo and Frad-- ric March have leading roles. -
Clarence Brown ist directing this adaption of Tolstoy's novel, with Eric von Stroheim assisting him in a technical capacity. The cast includes Freddle-Bartholo mew, ten-year-old star of DAVID COPPERFIELD, Maureen O'Su}]{- van, Basil Rathbone and Feginald Denny.
go into production. Roy del Ruth will direct the mim, and the pla- yers will include Jack Benny, Bid Bivers, Vilma and Buddy Ebson end Shirley Ross,
MARLENE TO PLAY AGAIN
The most interesting news from Hollywood is that Marlene Diet- rich, the famous Paramount star,. is to play the violin again,
It is well-known that, but for a severe wrist injury years ago, the star THE DEVIL 19 Á WOMAN, might have become a great concert violinist.
For ten years she has been un- dergoing almost daily treatment and her wrist is quite flexible again. The famous star has al- ready started practice under a celebrated teacher. "
THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN--- Miss Dietrich's, latest Paramount picture--is a triumph for the star. It is a Alm of glitter and. romance with Marlene moving gracefully and acting bril- liantly through scenes of the warm Bouth.
Her supporting cast includes Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero, All- *son Skipworth and Edward Ever-
ett Horton.
GARBO RECAPTURED POPULAR VOTE
Greta Garbo has recovered her leading place in the affections of British Alm-goers, according to the present indications of a poll conducted among 200,000 people by the "Picture-goer."
STARS AT HOME STUDIO GOSSIP
Robert Donat
have had Few young actors such a meteoric rise to fame as ROBERT DONAT who attracted notice in "The Private Life of Henry VIII made a tremendous success of the name part in "The Count of Monte Cristo" and who has just starred with Madeleine Carroll in the Gaumont British Spy thriller; "The Thirty-Nine Steps"
It has been able to ascertain that the early voting places her first. Norma second, and Nova Pilbeam the 14 year-old. London actress of "Little Friend, third,
Born at Withington near Man- chester on March 18th, 1905, Do- nat studied for the stage and for years gained an invaluable act- ing experience in the repertory theatres of the country. From the famous Liverpool Repertory Theatre he eventually, came to London and appeared in "Knave and Queen" at the Ambassador's. A year at the Embassy Theatre followed and then he came well to the fore with his brilliant port- rayal of "Gideon Sarn" in the dramatic version of Mary Webb's novel "Precious Rane" in 1931,
With the success of "The Count of Monte Cristo" this young mản who had once joined Frank Ben- son's company with two shillings in his pocket found himself well on a level with the great stars of the age and Mar Reinhardt has best placed him among the 10 actors alive. In the engaging "personality of Robert Donat there smoulders acting strength of great power. “Genius”
much maligned word, but Donat is fully 'entitled to have claim to it in all Its aspects. This tall, brown- haired man of thirty has a sense of command; his voice is rich, sincere, and resonant, he under- stands the art of reserve in acting and has power of character at his finger tips.
GARBO ON VACATION
Miss Greta Garbo, the Swedish film actress, left New York re- cently for Copenhagen. She will spend two months in Swe- den before returning to Holly- wood. Persistent rumours regard- ing her wedding plans failed to bring any comment froth Miss Garbo
JACK HOLTS MISHAP
An automobile last week did what scores of bucking horses have failed to do, for Jack Holt is walking with a limp. He pull- ed a tendon in an automobile-
mäshTM up scene in "Awakening - of Jim Burke," but managed to get through the balance of the scenes without delaying the pic ture. Now he's wearing a cane for a few days at least,
GRACE MORE'S MAILS
MYRNA LOY IN ENGLAND
TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMME
The girl who put the married Broadcast by Z.B.W.
state back on the screen map. Myrna Loy, sneaked into England to-night.
In one day. Grace Moore's fan... mail included letters from forty- two-states of the United States, Canada, Mexico Cuba Brazil, China, Australia, England, Ire land, Portugal. France, Spain and. Germany.
The missives were written in French, German, Spanish, Portu- guese, English and Italian. Two secretaries do nothing but · open and read the correspondence. They tell us.Miss Moore felt ter- rible about not getting any mail from Japan that day.
DICKIE KEEPS FIT:
This miraculous Mim vamp .. turned super-sophisticate' crept、
L
no
like a little red-brown mouse. Cheerful freckles she has make-up, and the by-your-leave air of a dairymaid.
But vamplshness? No! Chic? Neverl Sophistication? The word is absurd.
Myrna Loy, who played Orlen- tal vamps as they have never never been played before, has seen an
The Oriental vamp. same woman who suddenly elect- rifted the world by her brilliant comedy performance as William. Powell's wife in "The Thin Man," has never been married, never remembers cracking 3 vintage joke.
walked
TO SEE THE WORLD A fortnight ago she but of a picture "Masquerade. because she didn't like her part, packed one trunk and a hat box and stole away to see the world she has seen as yet only on the screen, Very excited" she is about it-and very nervous. 'She tells
Ask Dickie Cromwell, Colum- bia's talented young star, how he keeps physically fit and he'll -snort. "Work," he says,Work!-me-all about it-
Maybe these drawing room actors who do nothing all day but, ex- charge. guy repartee between drinks-on the "screen, I mean- maybe they have to worry about keeping fit, but not It I get more exercise while I'm working than most professional athletes Lives of a Bengal Lancer I rode
"I ran away because the op- portunity suddenly came up." she said.
"Nobody knew where I was going-I didn't even know my- self. I had tot made up my. mind to come to England until
the In twelve hours before
boat
I
horseback for days on end. climbed mountains groomed horses, jumped around like an antelope all day long, and be-. tween times walked miles from my" dressing room to the various locations.
In 'Men of the Hour. I play a newsreel cameraman and it keeps. me on the go. I've climbed up and slid down cliffs like a moun- tain goat; I've scuttled up "al- leys and down streets like a rab- bit and I've raced along roofs like a prairie "dog looking for a holel 'How do I keep physically At? between pictures I leaf like a tramp. peint "pictures, or just sleep. I don't need tennis or golf to keep me from going flabby. I need rest to keep me from going stale!"
sailed" Now I am here I feel rather like & small girl playing truant from school,
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THOSE FRECKLES
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on 355 Metres
12.30 to 2.15 p.m.-European pro-
gramme,
12.30 p.m.-Recorded music. 1 p.m.-Local time, and weather
report.
1.15 pm-Hong Kong Hotel Or-
chestra.
1.20 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins,
Rugby Press. news, etc. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.
4 to 7 p.m.-Chinese programme. 7 to 11 p.m.-European programme 7 to 7.30 p.m.-
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Light Orchestral Selections
Fortissimo (Feigel...
An Evening with Liszt (Urbach). Shepherd's Hey (Grainger).
Molly on the Shore (Grainger).. Maruschka (da Leur),
Cuban Serenade) (Midgley). 7.30 to 8 p.m.-—--- ---
A Recital by Rale da Costa and Albert Sandler
1. Piano Solos:—
Goodnight. Vienna Medley "Sunshine Susie Medley-Rale
da Costa..
2" Violin Solos:— "
Song of Paradise Always-Albert Sandler,
3. Plano Solas:..
What are your intentions, T' string along with you.-.
Rale da Costa.
4. Violin Solos;--
Remembrance
Grinzing-Albert Sandler.
5. Plano Solo:-
Just one more chance.-Rale
da Costa,
8 p.m.-Local time and weather re-
port.
8.03 to 8.15 p.m.-
"You see I have never done anything like this before. I was born in Montana, where cowboys come, and when I was quite a small giri, went to Holly- wood to teach dancing. One
JI day, when was doing. · some crowd work, Rudolph Valentino ... and his wife, Natacha" Rambova, saw me and had some pictures takery of me.
"The pictures did not show freckles, but måde me look like an Eastern" varop. and that is what they made me, and I wish they hadn't. It took me three years to persuade them that really I would prefer to play light come- dy."
Verree Teasdale seems to betelling a thing or two to George' Brent and Jc sa Muix" in this "secne from the new Warner Bros. picture, "Desirable." featuring" the three" po- pular favourites seen above. "Desirable" will be shown at the Alhambra Theatre be rinning Wed
GREAT HOTEL
At The King's
MURDER
a heavy-footed and equally hefty- brained hotel "dick" out to outdo Sherlock Holmes.
A rib-rocking mystery thriller When a sinister murder occurs these friendly enemies, ong all that dispenses laughs and suspense theory, the other opposed to
CAROL ANN BEERY IN CHINA SEAS
Hollywood is preparing to wel- come: B new juvenile actress. Carol. Ann Beery, five-year-old adopted daughter of Wallace Beery, will make her fim debut in CHINA SEAS,
From the Studio "So this is Hong Kong" by
Tourist.
-8.15 to 8.45 p.m.-
Variety Items Vocal Duet--I'm on a See-Saw ("J Darling "). Foulse Browne and John Mills, Instrumental-E at Blues. Basin Street Blues.-Nat Gonella
and his Georgians. Vocal-Limehouse Blues — The
Mills Brothers. Vocal-Take me Boots of “when
ah dies The Hill Billies. Organ Solos I hate myself, Love in Bloom-Sidney Torch. - Vocal-You-oughts-be-in-Pictues
--Derickson and Brown.. Orchestra-Songs of Home. 8.45 to 9.15 pm
Band Selections from Opéra Prince Igor Ballet Dances
(Borodin, arr, Sir Dan God-- frey).
"Mefistofele-Prologue. (Bolto). "Tales of Hoffmann”—Selection
(Offenbach).
"Traviata" Selection (Verdi). 9.15 to 8.45 pm-
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From the Studio
A one Act Play "The Boy Comes
Home" by A. A. Milne cast by Local Amateurs:
8.45 to 10 pm-
The JH, Squire Celeste Octet Memories of Tschaikovsky (arr.
Bear).
Silver threads among the gold
(arr. Willoughby)..
My Sweetheart when a Boy (arr.
Willoughby).
10 p.mReuter Press Bulletins. 10.05 to 11 p.r.---
From the Studio
Dance Music by the Band of the 2nd Batin. The East Lancashire Regiment by kind permission of Lieut. Col. A. C. Marsh and Officers.
10:30 p.m.-Rugby mid-day Press-
news.
11 p.m.-Close down,
Comparison
"Come and have your face washed, darling It's a beautiful face when it's clean".
“I don't want a beautiful face, Mummy; I want one like dad's.",
All Aboard!
An Irishman got a Job in à rail- way station. When the first train- came in, however, he forgot the
Goldwyn-Mayer Executives that out:
formarces during 1934 and 10
The poll is on individial per in equal measure, is offered by FOX theories, follow a hundred clues Screen tests convinced Metro name of the station, so he called· actresses and 10 actors gure in the final results which will not be published for some weeks
In 1933 the leading three in each group were Norma Shearer, Diana Wynyard and Madeleine Carroll, and Clive Brook. Ranald
Coliman and Gary Cooper.✨✨
Greta Garbo was fourth for her work in "Grand Hotel”, Nova Pilbeam has just been assigned her second film in the Gaumont British-the-name-part
Edgar Jepsons' Lady Nogg,
Film in "The Great Hotel Murder, day at the King's Theatre. which starts its engagement to
Laglen, that popular team of easy-
Edmund Lowe add Victor Me goine busoons who have appeared Jointly in eight pictures since they were spot-lighted in What Price Glory are co-featured in this comedy drama-
and Bght over every clue. The setting is a de luxe hotel. The key to the mystery is held in the delicate hands of a young beauty. tense emotions
Fine comedy alternates with
In the supporting cast are such talents an Rosemary Amics, Mary Carlisle, Henry O'Neill, C, Henry Gordon, William Janney, Charles They portray two sleuths, one a C. Wilson, John Wray, John Qua- polished writer of murder stories len, Herman Bing, Madge Bellamy, who tries his amateur hand at Robert Gleckler and Clarence B. Bolving real murders, and the other Wilson.
the youthful Carol Ann should be "Here ye are for where ye are given a job before the cameras, going. All in there for here, come Instead of just watching her out. BEAS 18 being directed by Tay father from the sidelines. CHINA
Garnett, with Wallace Beery, Jean
Harlow and Clark Gable in lead- ing roles.
Precaution
Flower Woman: “Flowers? Yes, ele- what kind would you like? Bome nice chrysthemums?
Reveller (purchasing, pesCE- offering).
no something a
It is a Stone production directed ittle easier to shay-Giv'sh bunch
Eugene Forde.