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American Stars Captured Trim Two-Piece. Frock

for Britain R

RICHARD DIX AND

MADGE EVANS ·

The signing up of "all available movle, names" for British film pro- ductions, announced as his object. by Michael Baloon, general man

of ager of the Alm production Gaumont British, an his arrival in Hollywood a few weeks

igo, la proceeding apara.

Within the last few week's the following captures have been an- nounced:→

Helen Vinson, blonde star of "I ama Fugitive from a Chain Gang." who is believed in have alremly left for London;

Richard Dix, star of "Cimarron” and "Stingaree," who is starting at an early date, and will begin work at Shepherd's Bush studios;

C. Aubrey Smith, the veteran London-born actor, who will leave for England next month to appear In a British screen version of King's "Soldiers Three";

Madge Evius, the blunde star of "Dianer at Eight" und "Fugitive Lovers."

Another actor and two writers, i whose name have not yet been re-1 vealed, are also signing.

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Financial arrangements have not been revealed, but it is understood. that Gaumont British are offering|EASY WAY TO KEEP SLIM Hollywood salaries.

Richard Dix, who is reputed to varn £6,000 to £8,000' per picture in Hollywood, said that the British tax question had been satisfactory arranged, while the others hinted that they would be compensated for any nanetat loss they might ineur by going to Britain by the prominence of the roles they were naked to play there.

Mr. Samuel Goldwyn, on

mude a statement In which he

HERE is a new way for keeping

slim.

"MAY

1935.

BOARDERS' MENU AT THE ZOO

ANTS' EGGS FROM FINLAND

270, TONS OF HORSEFLESH

According to annual custóm, - a

| detailed inventory of the London Zoo's commissarint covering the past year has been Issued to the | Fellows of the Zoologleal Society. Amongst the many interesting fea- tures figuring on the bill of fire, which cast the Zoological Society close ON £12,000 during 1934. were:-

Plato 26 Mangoldč......... 32 form

Flab

Botzeßesh ...270 100

.....45 tons

Shrimp Buy

1,080 pinu

145 Men

Bread and biscuit

148 lone

152 tone

203,064 Miniworm

Clover

Asplen

Gra

Exku

26,100

Asterge 449) 11. 688 1b.

10 Nov Drie 12 Th.

3 km Bandhsgauers Who . .26,430

The origin of many of the items is of interest. "Dried flies," for example, are not lies bút a speciés of water box allied to our common water boatman and the collecting of these in the lakes of Mexico constitutes an important industry.

As illustrating the world-wide nature of the Zoo's menu, it may be mentioned that other strange national industries are the collee-

ton of ants' eggs in Finland and the breeding of mealworms -in Germany. In,Gemany the breed- It is recommended by the Alm) ing of meatworms ranks almost as netresa Rosemary Ames,

"get a large box of matches." says Miss Ames, and scatter the, matches all over the flour.

All

return to Hollywood from London, į That is all. But the threatened to transfer the studios must be kept straight, when he controls to Great Britain Jung down to pick

of the confiscatory matches, consequence taxation which is being discussed! by the State of California.

major industry, one farm near engaging hundreds pf "bands" for the tending and sort- ing of these valuable beetle

Larvae.

"Then I pick them up at n The sand-hoppers, commonly his time."

known as "beach deas," come from i the Sussex coast, and the collec-i knees tion of these is a one-hian mono- sloop-puly. The ants' eggs and dried these dies are used as food for birds, whilst the sandhopters form an important tem in the Aquarium "It generally takes about fifteen bill of fare. The shrimps are minutes to collect the lot," needed for the Bamingoes, and He hinted that be bad been offered special concessions by the declared Miss Ames. "You would form the nearest substitute for In the small snails on which the birds British Government if the studio surprised at the results. migrated ei masa across

does away with dieting, and it is normally feed and without which Atlantic.

really fun-after the first few they would snon Jose their vivid

colouring. attempts."

the

The film magnate declined Lo day to reveal who had made this

offer, but said, "Englund knows what it would mean to have at its him a part in his new spectacle,

AN ARRIVAL OF NOTE

The chief arrival of nate in the

disposal this world-wide medium of "The Crusades." But Clifford's Regent's Park menagerie is a expression and propaganda. As it wages will be more than a dollar!pecimen of Bosman's potto, a

is our legislators don't realise the significance of Britain's present raid on Hollywood."

ARLISS'S BIRTHDAY

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KIEPURA'S U, S. FILM

large-eyed nocturnal temur from tropical. Afrien. This small and juite harmless animal is strictly urboreal und hins prodigious grusp;

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OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

Acroes

1 Very generous, if cold stuff can

be included.

For the small fry, this would, of course, be fine.

"Never eat It" (anog).

10 Here you see us in a spot of

bother.

13 A ring for the head. 16 Irish county.

16 This may spoil one's face value 17 A cabinet maker two words). 18 Racial adjective. 20 An early gohtiess,

Jan Klepura, the tenor, In sooning powers. So tenacious indeed 21 This is only of outside interest to students of the human race. is its hold that many natives firm- its_start_on_his_first film for Para-y-believe that if the creature 2 One could take this in the box.

It is

The 67th birthday of George mount under his contract, Arliss Was celebrated recently, an original screen story especially In the same week, Mary Pickford written for him and is entitled, was 42. Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Douglas Fairbanks are Also April-born.

•

AFTER 20 YEARS

The first man who ever received

a salary from Paramount studios is back at work there after mare than 20 years,

Sing of Love."

CHAPLIN FILM STILL UNNAMED

Although Charlie Chaplin's Intent picture is now nearing completion, Chaplin has still failed to find satisfactory title for it.

once becomes attached to a hu-25 With this showman height comes

firal. man being it cannot be dislodged 26 Colloquial conceit. but must be carried about for 27 A famous vessel. life-an embarrassing situation which few care to hazard,

At Whipsnade the unusuady large number of peafowl bred fast year re now developing the characteristic "fan," and the birds; when seen in mass formation of thirty or more muke An unfor The comedian has spent nearly gettable display. The bears have £250,000 of his own money on this, this season displayed an interest- Juck Clifford got a Job Ba an his first film in four and a halfing trait which has not hitherto extra on the first day that Cecil B. years, and the few who have been been observed in this countr De Mille started filming his first privileged to Visit the closely. The animals have dug large basin- picture, "The Staw Man." The guarded Chaplin studio during prat ease facing the public and re like hollows, wherein they recline scene in which he appeared induction say they can welf believe eladed Dustin Farnum and Delit. Mille himself, as an extra. At the

Down

Our chief kidea of one of the hands across the sea.

Rascally sounding pasangu,

3 This has six feet and a swollen

head.

4 Turkey comes into this purely on

compulsion (two words),

6 Might be kind, but all life

Knows it can be cruel. 7 A kind of counter.

ceiving the usual contributions It's "KLIM WEEK" at whilst lying back luxuriously in

end of the day Clifford was first "A number of enormous and in-armchairs of their own construc Wing On's (Provision

in line at the cashier's office, retricate sets built specially for the tion. ceiving the first dollar-the rate picture," states a Hollywood report, for small players in those days-"must in themselves have account- that the company, which later beed for a big slice of Charlie's came Paramount, ever paid out. spare cash.

The local rabbits with a shrewd Dept.) commencing eye for earth which ean cusly bei

excavated, sometimes drive their Monday, the 6th instant. own tunnels into these depression,

For 18 years he was a vaudeville "One set in particular, built to and suddenly obtrude themselves star, and is now broadcasting. He resemble the interior of huge to the discomfort of the urame oc- met De Mille, for the first time power plant, with masses of moving cupant who finds his sista since "The Squaw Mon," a few machinery, is hundreds of feet dramatically interrupted from be months ago, and the director gave long and several storeys high." low.

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