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BOBBY JONES'
STYLE.
NOVEL METHOD OF STUDYINGTM IT.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, OCTOBER 18th, 1990.
Bobby Jones posing before the high-speed camera which made pictures of his golf form at the
rate of 3,200 pictures a second. The films will be available for the first time at the next annual P. G. A. meeting, scheduled in November at Lake Forest, Ill. At that time their merits will be dis- cussed and it will be determined how best to put them to use.
taller or with more or less girth than the champion might be com- pelled to make alterations here and there to achieve, identical results.
At last! The secrets stored away in Bobby Jones' right elbow, in his left arm, in his wrists and in all the other anatomical divi- Hons of the Atlanta barrister
With this in mind, the Associa- which have attuned themselves to
tion hopes to study the films with produce the greatest golfer of all
the sole idea of discovering cer to a time, are to be disclosed
The value of the pictures Insofar tain fundamentals applicable to breathless and par-seeking public.
as their historical worth is con- the whole field of golf. It will This generation and those to
cerned, goes unquestioned. Of seek similarities in the styles of to sit
three and .will follow soon may be able
what interest to-day would be the comfortably at home and figura celluloid reproduction of Old Tom them as a basis for what it hopes. tively take Mr. Jones apart to see Morris striking with fierce inten will be the beginning of a new what makes him that way. Then,
· having done so, it can go forth to sity into the gale sweeping off the and more certain era of teaching. sea across bleak St, Andrews? Sargent, after studying the
the nearest practice tee and do as! Bobby does.
Or tragedy-stricken Young Tom
use
bringing his ball out of an un-Jones pictures for only a short The Professional Golfers' As kempt chasm of sand and laying time, was said by Albert R. Gates, sociation of America has busied it dead to the pin as was his the new head of the professional itself this summer taking alow custom? Or of Ted Ray or Harry Association, to have reached the motion pictures of Jones with a Vardon in their prime days when conclusion that certain theories calling have been now device that retards the action the whole world of fairway and intructors to an unbelievable degree.
"fundamental" for years are all The bunker lay at their feet? Association even went so far as to
Such records would be priceless, wrong. Perhaps when he has had George
of dispatch
Sargent Columbus, a national open cham-although it is debatable how much a chance to digest the Wethered conclusion pion years ago and still a leader they would benefit the average and Hilton films he will change his comes as a startling hint as to in pro affairs, to England, where Sunday morning foursome at the mind, but this first
Club. pictures to the same type were
the what
experiment many made of Miss Joyce Wethered and
divulge. Harold Hilton. Miss Wethered unquestionably being the finest of all women players and Hilton à stylist whose renown is wide, the P. G. A. expects when it is finished with its work to have a pictorial record of all that is orthodox and fundamental in a golf swing, ranging from the put- ter to the driver.
The P. G. A., however, does not intend its films for promiscuous
Alex Pirie, P. G. A. President, is distribution. It has no intention of setting up Jones or Hilton as extremely optimistic over the out- world a copybook for all male golfers come of the venture. He has been and Miss Wethered as a living quoted, as saying that the films a nation of ehart for women. It recognizes may make. America that there are certain points about super-golfers, and professes to see the Jones swing, for example, that the country's acoring cut down by are suitable only for a man of his a full four or five strokes in five build. A player even slightly years.
SCENE OF BATTLE OF
YOUNG ACTRESS' FUTURE.
Dorothy Burgess Signs Up for Pathe.
Dorothy Burgess finally is going to be given a chance to play the role of a good girl.
The young New York" actress, who made such a hit in "In Old Arizona" and then dropped out of alght for nearly a year only, to come back again in "Swing High" and "Beyond Victory," was be ginning to fear that she had been stamped as a strictly vampire type when Pathe came along and signed her for the leading, femi- nine role in "The Painted Desert." which has just gone into produc tion.
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She had plenty of cause for her fears, too. Actors and actresses are very easily "typed" in this movic racket. All it takes is one outstanding portrayal of a certain type of character and they are very apt to find themselves in that groove during the remainder of their careers on the silver sheet. And Dorothy played three such
parts. No wonder she was be- ginning to think she would have living the rest to vamp men for 4 of her life..
on
Now She's Happy. However, somebody the Pathe lot saw in her the possi- bilities of a leading woman, a girl with plenty of the old sex appeal who could be romantic and could play scenes that would have the
BANNOCKBURN.
PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
CHARCOAL-BURNING IN ENGLAND.
Though charcoal burning by the centuries-old method of the "pit" is now almost a dead industry, there are some steel smelting furnaces which still prefer forest-burnt charcoal to the product of the retort, and it is also demanded by some chemical com- panies. Pits at Longhope, in the Forest of Dean, are built in three tiers of cordwood round a chimney, or flue. They are then covered with shavings, and finally cemented down with earth. Once burning has begun the charcoal burner has to visit the pit every two hours to check signs of flame. Top picture shows the charcoal burner making the chimney before piling up.the lengths of wood. This is the first process in making the "pit." Bottom picture showing the charcoal burner putting earth over the shavings. (Times copyright).
sympathy of audiences with her throughout. Consequently a test was made and it was followed by of Dorothy's à contract, Much time since signing for "The Paint ed Desert" has been spent in brushing up on her horsemanship as she will spend quite. a lot of time astride a horse in the pic- ture. She even has learned to use well as Will a rope almost as Rogers although she isn't certain that she will be given an oppor; tunity to display this newly ac- quired talent before the cameras.
HOLLYWOODS' LATEST FIND. Constance Cummings to Play Lead.
The
Our picture shows a view of the modern village of Chartershall, taken from the banks of Bannock Farm, which recalls the story of Bannockburn. precise alignment of the troops on the day of the battle (June 24, 1314) is disputed, but it is probable that the thickeat of the fighting took place round Charter- shall. (Times copyright).
Hollywood, Sept. 12. Hollywood seems to be overflow. ing with fairy godmothers these days and they certainly are do- ing well by their little Cinderellas, too...
York in hopes of doing bigger things.
During 1928 and 1929 Constance Becured work in the choruses of several musical productions due to her ability as a dancer plus a beau- tiful face and perfect figure. Last First it was Frances Dee, the spring she secured a small role in extra girl who had more ex- "June Moon" and understudied periences than Cinderella ever Linda Watkins, who was playing dreamed of when she was select the lead. One day Miss Watkins. ed as Maurice Chevalier's leading was taken ill and Constance played lady. And now Constance Cum- her role for several days and thus mings, 20-year-old Seattle girl, has was brought to Goldwyns atten- got the same kind of a break. tion. A screen and voice test re- She has been signed by Samuel sulted and Constance was brought Goldwyn to play opposite Ronald to Hollywood... Colman in his newest picture... "I think. Miss Cummings is one.
Beautiful, blonde Constance of the real finds of the year," Gold- never stepped in front of a motion wyn says. "If I didn't think she picture camera until a few weeks was exceptionally good I never ago when she was asked to take a would let her play the role of Col test for the part of Colman's lead man's leading lady, nor would I ing lady. She didn't even have have signed her to a five-year con- the extra experience that Miss tract. Those two things speak for Dee had.
themselves." P
Then how did she ever happen If the past can be taken as any to be chosen for such a cholce criterion, Miss Cummings certainly role? Well, it happened in this is due for a long ride in this film way. From the time she was a racket, It was Goldwyn who high school girl in Coronado, Miss brought Vilma Banky to this coun. Cummings had ambitions to be try and it was as Colman's lead- come an actress. At first she took ing lady that she enjoyed most of part in school plays. After her her success. It also was Goldwyn graduation she played two small who brought Lily Damita here bits with the Savoy players in Ban from France and she got her start Diego Then she went to New in a Colman picture.
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