HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 24, 1937.
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John Meade's Woman"
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BACK TO STAGE AT 70 NEW COMEDY.TEAM
That De acter, Lyn Harding, who is 70, and has been on the stage for nearly 50 years la nego- tiating for a part in a forthcoming initial Hal production.
For
the last three years Mr. Harding has been engaged in fim He appeared recently in the "Four Pearls of the Crown."
work.
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S-
The Good Earth"
QUEEN'S:—
'Artists and Models"
ORIENTAL:-
"Things To Come"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"Artists and Models
STAR:--
"John Meade's Woman"
MAJESTIC:—
"Nobody's Baby"
Coming
KING'S:--
"Vogues of 1938"
QUEEN'S
"Souls At Sex. ORIENTAL:----
"Exclusive,"
ALHAMBRA :~-~-
"Sauls At. Sea.
STAR!~~
"In Person". MAJESTIC:
"One Rainy Afternoon"
NEWSPAPER MEN AND WOMEN
Make History In
Hollywood
Multiply a Five Star Final" by
five hundred-
Throw in a sniff of printer's Lok
A state of emergency- And Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars and executives could throw down
their movie work and turn out 3 bang-up newspaper before you could yell "Extra!"
And it wouldn't be any novelty newspaper, either. It wouldn't le around in souvenir packages. The by-line names on such a newspa- per would boost its circulation overnight to International figures. An incredible number of the movie great once upon a time were newspaper men and women. Mention the name of Nelson Eddy, and millions of people all over the world think of a hand- some and romantic singer. But if the emergency call should go cut you'd find Eddy on the copy desk in the briefest of twinklings, filling the kind of job he held on Philadelphia papers long before he ever thought of Hollywood.
A CITY EDITOR
If you need a smart managing editor you'd probably pick Nua- nally Johnson, one of America's most brilliant journalistic figures, now a writer-producer.
Mike Fessler, writer-producer, whose latest production is The Women Men Marry, for Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, would leap back into harness as a city editor., a post he filled with great capability
on several newspapers.
For editorials, you would and Sidney Blackmer tilted back in his swivel chair-just as he was a de- cade ago on the staff of news- papers.
For columnists--well, the Holly- wood woods are full of columnists. Probably Walter Winchell would be your man.
NOT A "RACKET”
Hal Roach introduces a new and decided stellar comedy team, Patsy' Kelly and Lyda Robert, in their STARS reply to
Roach-M-G-M full. length feature comedy, "Nobody's MARY PICKFORD Baby," showing at the Majestic Theatre for the next two days.
The picture is described as laughtest from the time Kitty Reilly (Palsy Kelly) and Lena
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ABOUT HOLLYWOOD
Hollywood has expressed in- terest in a recent reference to it
Pickford
50
Paul Muni....as Wang Lung. Luise Rainer
O Lan, the slave girl.
Sterling performances were given by these two players in "The Good Earth" current attraction at the King's Theatre.
JOAN CRAWFORD PREPARES FOR A
PICTURE
It is harder work preparing for a picture than making one.".
Authority for this statement is Joan Crawford, who recently was enjoying a vacation before starting her new starring picture
"At least it was a vacation in theory," Joan smiled, when dis- covered in Adrian's studio, looking over the sketches for the twenty- eight ultra-smart style creations she will wear in the film.
"Having three or four weeks' rest between productions is a pleasant prospect," she continued, "but it never works out that way. I have had one week in which to relax since finishing my last picture. From now on, my time will be taken up with costume fittings, selecting coiffures, make-up tests, going ever
details." the script and other preparatory
оп
Joan, one of the most energetic and exacting actresses the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot. likes to have her interpretation of the character she is to play defined be- fore the camera turns.
THE STARS ARE
ONLY HUMAN
The stars of Hollywood are by no means helpless.
..
In spite of the fact that there are many people to do things for them. there is always a time when little odd jobs present themselves. and when a player enjoys very much tackling the problem alone.
But like all other humans, there is always one thing that seems impossible, one hurdle that proves a problem. ·
Take the case of Warren Wil- lam, for example.
William is Hollywood's finest in- ventor. He can manufacture amaz- ing gadgets out of old chunks of metal and a length of rubber hose. But when it comes to building a
fire." William is "out." Time after
time he has tackled this job, and time after time the blaze flares, then simmers out.
Nails prove Robert Montgomery's Waterloo. This Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer star can't drive a nali straight under any circumstances.
Nalls, but finger-nalls this time. prove a problem to Virginia Bruce. She has never been able to give herself a satisfactory manicure.
BETTY AND OMELETTES Although Betty Furness would enjoy nothing more than "going into the kitchen and whipping up an omelette, she has had nothing but failures in this direction, n spite of the fact that she is really a good cook.
Considerable study and thought
is necessary to do this," she declar- ed. "I first read the script several times. until I am familiar with every angle of the plot, and not enly my own part, but the parts of other players. To really play a role convincingly, it is essential to have a feeling of actually living the life of the person portrayed."
Joan and Franchot Tone often work on a script together, taking important scenes and playing them on the stage of their "little thea- tre" at home. ..
This helps." said Joan. "in work- ing out mannerisms and actions for a characterization."
The day before a picture starts 13 the most difficult. according to the star.
"I am usually too nervous to eat or sleep." she said. "Most ac- tors go through this. Once the plc- ture begins, I feel better."
Joan approved Adrian's sketches and walked out to her car to go home.
"I'll be back to-morrow." she salg, "for my first atting, and the vacation will be over."
ARTISTS AND, MODELS
"Artists and Models" is exactly as cock-ryed a melange of tunes, "gags and girls as you would expect from a Jack Benny opus. Jack plays the part of the head of the crewlest advertlating agency. in
.he world, which is headed for the rocks because he devotes all his lime to thinking, nct about busi- ness..but about the forthcoming Artists and Models Ball, of which he is chairman.
Jack's in a bad jam-he has sold Richard Arlen on. the idea of personalizing Dick's silverware by creating a "Silver Girl" for all the ads, and then find that he's Promised the job of posing for the Ida Lupino, whom Jack has "Silver Girl" to two gorgeous girls
promised to "marry, and Patrick. Dick's fancee. At the
Gail
same time, he's promised both girls that the one chosen will be elected Queen of the Artista and Models Ball.
Comes the Ball, with its glitter- ing show featuring routines by Martha Raye; Connie Boswell: England's most famous model. Sandra Storme; and the six great artists, Peter Arno, McClelland Barclay. Arthur William Brown. Rube Goldberg, John La Gatta and Russell Patterson and his "Per- sonettes." miniature animated marionettes.
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Jack doesn't know what to do~ if he marries both girls, he's a bigamist-it he marries either one, the other will sue him for breach of promise! But just at the Una Merkel's main difficulty moment when things look comes in the form of badminton. blackest, Gail Patrick gets Although the Metro-Goldwyn-
an, inspiration-at the Ball Mayer actress had a court erected she corrals the fout princi- la her garden, and although she pals-Jack. Ida, herself and Dick hired experts to teach her the land. tricks of the game, she can't mas-strategy. ter even the first principles.
So everybody is happy-the Clark Gable ands that things right guy gets the right gal-and electrical puzzle him completely.
the Ball goes on. If anything connected with the electric current of his home goes wrong. the star must alt by 'candle- light until an expert on the subject arrives.
Isa Miranda--lately arrived froci James Stewart on extent
the other
leading man for "Bringing, Up Ilaly, will have Fred MacMurray hand. is an "A number one" gad Frank Jenks, comedian of "That Baby" has ended. Cary Grant has and George Rigaud, Argentine sen- get repairer, but give him the Girl from Paris," has been signed been persuaded to postpone his sation from Paris, as her first lead- problem of cooking a meal, or even to a long-term contract by Univer- | holiday to play the part. one dish for that matter and he'll sal. Will have a leading part in run in terror. James. It seems Prescription for Romance." has never tried cooking with any thing but charcoal results,
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Mr. Harding said that the three Marchetti (Lyda Robert!) meet, by Miss Mary parts in his career that stand out ¦ applying for an amateur radio "racket." most clearly are: Bill Sykes in show audition, until the smash Miss Fickford advised young- "Oliver Twist," Dr. Rylott in "The finale.
sters at Indianapolis, Endiala, to Speckled Band" and Sir Franci Kitty and Lena, as student stay away from filma. Drake in Louls N. Parker's drama, nurses; comically clumsy in learni- "Drake." His last appearance on ing the technique of their trade, the London stage was in "Glamo- make some hilarious faux pas and have a series of hysterically funny adventures.
rous Night" at Drury Lane. ·
A NEW NEWSREEL
National News, a new British newsreel, was shown at the Cuzzon Cinema, Curzon-street, W., recent
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The
commentator
The producers are striving na
some
Mr. Warner Baxter, agreed with Miss Pickford to saying: If you have talent, you belong in Hollywood, but you must be prepared to prove your ability under fire."
Mr. Boris Karloff. of "Franken- stein." said: "If the film business is a racket it must be in the upper
far as possible to get away from | Bnancial structure. The players hackneyed subjects. They intend
comir
to combine topical items, a "story behind the headlines," a cartoon by Dentils Connolly, and Cmdr. a sequence in colour-in this case
Thomas Woodrooffe, well known glimpses of soldiers wearing tha for his BBC. broadcasts.
new dress tunic.
have no complaints.”:/
Mias. Bette Davis, the fim star. was alight'y dignant.
"Artists and Models" opens at the Queens' and Alhambra Thea- tres to-day.
Luise Rainer loves to cook. but once the cooking is finished, she to admit it, but she just can't curl regarda the kitchen with terror. It her own hair, try as she will. takes her hours to clean the place There is something about trying to this racket makes
up. Therefore she prefers to do
sce the back of her head that wealthy and famous · I should find the cooking herself, but leaves the proves too much for the youngster, very little to say against it," she † dishwashing to someone cise, and so her mother has to come to said.
Lattle Judy Garland doesn't like 1 her ála.
me
Gorgeous Dorothy Haas, latest recruit to the ranks of film beauties, who was one of the most beautiful girls in the world" selected to play in Jack Benny's "Artists And Model,” commen- cing simultaneously to-day at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres.
Katharine Hepburn's search for
ing men. Picture will be "Lady of the Tropics," about Cuban singer tu Vienna.
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Rosalind Russell is being om. cially promoted to stardom. at M-G-M. She'll have co-star billing Evelyn Brent Has been given an with Myrna Loy In The Four important part supporting Anna Marys."
May Wong in “East of Shanghai.”.
Sir Cedric Hardwicke is to play The Marx Brothons will play in for M-G-M In a medical blography. Radio's "Room Service for a fee The subject, is De.' William Norton, | st, 250,000. WUI also make two. discoverer of anesthetics.
more comedies for Radio.
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