The Pittsburgh Press from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 17

MONO A AUOTTST 17. J93 Other Press Departments, Court 12V) PITTSBURGH PRESS SEVENTEEN 'Birth of a Nation9 following ft major operation. He had been in declining health for HOLLYWOOD Co-Director Is Dead several years. Th director came to motion pic Hollywood Mourns John B. O'Brien tures from the stage where he had been an actor under the tutelege of Daniel Frohman.

After several Close Saturdays I P.M. Wh Helped Many to Fim By Sidney Skolsk Bp The United Press HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 17 Film-dom's veteran performers today mourned the death of John B. O'Brien, 51, who directed many of HOLLYWOOD, AUG. 17.

vaARBO, between scene i 7" years before the footlights, he turned to motion pictures and was credited with directing one of the first five-reel films made, "The Life of Buffalo Bill." Among prominent players of yesteryear that he directed were the late Wallace Reid, the late Lon Chaney, Mary Pickford, Blanche Sweet, Mae Murray, and Milton Sills. sounri -Camine." walking outside, near the the screen's leading stars of several decades ago. He assisted D. W. "Jf the line's she to play hand reading and memoriz-stagehetheJ'5'5 nootinS the extras were asked to get off the Permuted thm fenj C.n the 806116 witn Garbo.

Recently Garbo has Griffith in the production of "The Birth of a Nation." Mr. O'Brien died Saturday night -pi 11111 Wk vioed tv, iJU ana watcn, pro- udJenc? tha large audie, larger actress on Broadway in th? JyIor looks at Garbo somewhat mxt mo a movie lan- Thn the 15 playin an imate scene J1" Garbo i walking about turn ttd m(My "nell" to shell re. ShShw she doesnt know wnetner she knows you or not. they're SMALL they re CONVENIENT they're EFFICIENT! .01 Si ATeftc' Callian sitting in her dress-room at Paramount In Boys and Girls SPORTS SOX ry taking an English les- 7 "tc to under-Aer uA, nexf clter Victor Moore, unbuckling relaxing on the mot of olf and ehonne "He', the cutest thing." Merle Oberon eating an onion on Jr hamburger for lunch, and aftr KETTI GAT. LI AN 7" Play love "vn, rney noui eaci tAr uif nouA omens.

It is too bad that the camera isn't photographing the flicker, "Ladies maue, oecause tne gals, Constance Bennet, Janet uaynor, XZT Ioun ana tsimone Simon are something to watch. j.nere have been no "on the set scenes" among the ladies, which Mkesit better, for they are in there battling but in such a polite way. The four never appeared in the same scene together. Bennett, Gay-nor and Young play Simone has her scenes with Bennett. iiennett is too smart to squawk to Simone Simon on the set.

She goes to the front office to try and get what she wants. And Simone Knows mat the company is trying to build her up into a star, and there irre she will be protected. This makes it very entertaining when Con stance Bennett and Simone Simon iret. together nn the set. Regardless of what kind of a performance Constance Bennett gives tnis flicker, she continues to be a good business woman.

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Director A I Santell says, "This is only a rehearsal for the camera and lights." But Meredith plays it as if a Broadway audience is watching They're betting Hugh Herbert any money he wishes to wager ihat he'U fall into the large fish pond in the middle of his living room Jean Harlow, after playing scenes all afternoon with William Powell In 'Libeled Lady," completing work, says, "When will I see you, Bill?" Model 102 4- FOUR DAYS ONLY X-0 HANDETTE CLEANER 8.S5 BROADWAY By Ed Sullivan Built for convenience! Handy switch, dust-proof hag that's easy to empty long-necked nozzle for corner cleaning. Oilless motor! Convenient Payment With Low Carrying Charge BABY WEAR NEW YORK, AUG. 17 Reviewing Stand Mister Nick Blair is short, sharp-eyed, not thin and yet not fat He looks to be about 35 years old, and he runs the Paradise, one of the bigger minimum charge cabarets of Broadway In common with most cabaret entrepreneurs, Blair, for seasons past, has been paying a lot of money to big-name performers, trusting to the drawing power of these KAUFI71 ANN'S seventh floor Special! 45-piece Layette $10 18 diapers; 3 shirts; 3 gowns; 3 kimonos; 3 Gertrudes; 3-pc. bootie set; 1 crib blanket; 2 receiving blankets; 1 large pad; 2 small pads; 1 dress; 1 slip; 1 card of pins; 3 prs. hose.

names to nil his euro witn paying customers On occasion, the gross receipts have run as hieh as $22,000 in a week, but on totaling NOW these tea towels are i UP these figures, after paying off the big- V-X I names. Mr. Blair found to his sorrow that the if l. 4.1: Co) for (O periormers waisea on witn most oi mis money For the past six months, Blair has ducked these big-name performers, assembled good shows with lower-priced performers, and has been making a handsome profit each week "Never again will I hire big names," swears Mr. Blair solemnly "One week we did SI 9,000.

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Mail and Telephone Orders Filled! 7 MP iSSaM Most successful supper club operators in New York have been John Perona, Sherman Billingsley and Jimmy Kelly These three rarely viav rone in for elaborate floor shows Perona's only insistence is mB SAtg raeM fco6 It ir HI on a good American band, and a good rhumba band He has made a fortune, because the money he might have wasted on talent has been nut back into food and liquor Billingsley, patterning his Stork Club Tniw Alone- the same lines, has been tremendously successful Kelly jT I'll LI il 1 1 1 It 111! I i till i ii last of the bis: money-makers in Greenwich Village, watches his show iMispr. rnrpfiillv. snd weeklv finishes in the black The rest of them, engaged in ruinous competition for prestige performers, achieve artistic success and financial aistress. tl line which I A WMmrm mm, arranged here In Saratoga, and where nite club. hai4 (D are run hand-in-glove with gambling xne oig-namm pmr-former im a mound inveetment Every patron he attract, to such L.

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Snpakpr I innst Wautlful girl in "Ciow expect Sir Stork in January ri chp, tnrned Villenigue's into a big money-maker this season Pittsburgh Post-Gazetteer Harold Cohen weds Stephanie Diamond on hnnxvmnon at Dick Powell's Coast shack Dick A rr- I I ririno-R vour favnritft nroTam tr vnn I viS latest heart-attack is Lorraine Krug, Jersey o. William Blakeley, touted here months back II actly as it heard oy the studio audience: I wemiblioan GuDernatoriai rr-. aT RrhmeUne. Joe Jacobs and Max Machon Kjar vork That was Ernie Hoist suggests an addition to the la it. midnite i sevenin jioor i list of Stem Pests; the fellow who dances up to the leader of the band He di and asks if he can piay mat uun.

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