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WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 13, 193 17 Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy Face Future of Victor Herbert Melody STARS HONEYMOON ON "FLORIDA SPECIAL" Around and About in Hollywood BY READ KENDALL Imagine yourself to be an ob one of the important studios is ne with him Ainsworth gotiating with her for a contract. scure, hard-working young man who Variety of Subjects Available for Stars John Arledge and Heather Angel Awarded Leads in "Grand David Oliver, Ncwsreel Cameraman, Turns Actor She is the wife of Eddie Silton the agent. in a year finds himself catapulted to an undreamed-of fame, and you can understand the feelings of Fred ft MacMurray. STUDIO WORKER BECOMES ACTOR cousin of Herbert Marshall, and a recent arrival from England, will have an important role in "Emperor Jones' to be staged at the Wilshlre Ebell Theater on May 23, 24 and 25 Barbara Pepper and Ann Meril guests of honor at the Club La Salle tonight where Oeorge Dls-tel is g)vlng a "Showboat" party June Knight, back from her i A little more than twelve months aco MacMurray was just another A rush call to Central Casting yesterday brought six higher bracket of Hollywood's thousands of hope extras to the office of Alan Dwan, BY EDWIN SCIIALLERT fuls.

Today he has an unbroken chain of successful pictures to his credit and his popularity increases every time he is shown in a new Victor Herbert is well represented in the reservoir of subjects on the director at Twentieth Century-Fox, for an interview. He wanted successful musical In New York at which mav draw for its next season's productions. That one of them for a small part in the Casanova with Pinky Tomlin The Gary Coopers motored to Santa Barbara for dinner production. "Trouble Makers." means probably that Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy will be sup AH this, of course, was not an He was undecided which one he plied with vehicles. "The Red Mill," "Rose of Algeria" and "Sweet accident.

Natural aptitude and a would choose when Sammy Benson, wardrobe man for Brian Donlevy hearts" are among the operettas Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan watching the Stroud Brothers perform their new acrobatic dance at the Century Club Director There are some other Interesting wanted in ana tola Dwan he was has occasioned great surprise. Most of her friends thought she would lot of hard work and study put the curley-headed MacMurray on the top ranks of leading men. But the fact that his relative position in life possibilities, not musical, for varl reporting to supply the costume for Charlie Barton vacationing at Palm remain in her hermitage only a few the one selected. (i Springs Blnnie Barnes with weeks. Not long ago there was a underwent so rapid a change could ous stars including "Rape in Heaven," by James Hilton; "Rennie Peddigoe," Booth Tarkington; "Tlm-berline." Gene Fowler: "Vein of a handsome foreiener at Sardi- easily turn the head of a less foot Dwan stared at Benson, ordered him to get into make-up to take the part and dismissed the six extras.

Gene Lockhart batchine it fire in her abode in the mountains, due to a faulty flue. It occurred in the dead of night and she and her sure and steady individual. while his wife Kathleen is on location at Cordnado Queenie MacMurray hasn cnanged nor "gone Hollywood." He says he dog Moonbeam had to take refuge Benson went Thespian for a day. BEAUTY CONTEST in a neighboring cabin. Iron," Ellen Glasgow; "Woman of Spain," Scott O'DellJ "La Ten-dresse," Henri Bataille; "Lost Horizons," Harry Segal; "If I Were You," G.

Wodehouse and Guy doesn't go in for introspection but he does have a Sard time trying to Smith haunts the antique and novelty shops Jesse Lasky and the Pickford-Lasky casting execu A LA FRENCH analyze his feelings. He realizes he John Beat in tive, Phil Friedman, talkine business It wasn't very difficult for Helen is lucky and that hard work and Bolton; "Felix," Henry Bernstein; "Cat Across the Path," Ruth Fei- "Count Pete" at Levy's Tavern Mavor Vinson to serve as a judee of beauty contest at the French Riviera John Beal will be seen opposite Thomas English of Van Buren, visiting Paramount Gilda iff ner; "The Heavenly Sinner." T. Everett Hai rc; "Presenting Lily Mars," Booth Tarkington; "Sad Indian," Harriet Hillard in "Count Pete," at Cannes, according to a letter re ceived from her yesterday. ability alone seldom get a man to the top. The one thing he is particularly glad about is that he now has funds to do many things he has always wanted to do for his mother and that the swellcst feeling he has had Gray keeps green fern over her door as an omen of good luck for all who from the Francis C.

Cockrell maga fane described it as a perfect enter. beauty contest. Every entrv won a prize. zine story. Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby are writing some music for the feature, incidentally.

Most amusing, said Miss Vinson. since success came his way Is "seeing her happy." Beal will be one of the two col Thames Williamson, "The Transgressor," Anthony Richardson; and Espionage," Walter Hfickctt. Arlcdgc and Heather Angel in "Jury" It will "be John ArlcdRe and Heather Angel in "Grand Jury." Best opportunity for both. This young man is one of those was me race mat everything was decided before hand. It was a competition for th6 most beautiful car and girl dressed in ensemble to Theater's New Thrce-for-One I Policy Popular lege youths who respectively be anomalies of Hollywood, a bashful actor.

Autograph hunters em- come companion and bodyguard. Darrass him greatly and for the There seems to be a distinction! matcn. she handed out fifty prizes and herself received a bronze plaque and a tortoise shell cigarette case. most part he remains out of the The companion is less hard-boiled, night life and away from gay "Harlem on Parade," sepia revue. a Caucasian burlesaue.

"Mavtime we assume, because Beal will play that part. He will go into the picture after "M'liss." Mammas," and a bill of vaudeville panies. He is now essaying his most important role to date in King Vidor's production of "The Texas Rangers" for Paramount. pmppm mi mi i iiuwmi mm mm if A are component parts of the new three-for-one policy at the Follies ODD AND INTERESTING HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP Hoot Gibson and June Gale evidently patched up their differences for they were seen two nights in a row at the Trocadero Others Theater this week. The Pageant of the Film World Featured in the colored troupe are Troy Brown, 300-pound comedian; I FIRST BIG ROLE CAUSES ILLNESS The strain of playing "Grand Jury" is the story about a civic clean-up, with melodrama tic plot, scheduled by Al Rogell is in charge as director, while James Edward Grant and Joseph Fields wrote the screen play from the Tom Lennon original.

In the sup Baoy Cox. heaallner of New York's iTOcmg it were Marlene Dietrich and Willis Goldbeck. Robert Tav- it- her first lor and Barbara Stanwyck and Dick Of course it's Just for screen purposes, but Jack Oakie and Sally Eilers get married on a southbound train in the film opening tomorrow at the Paramount. Ir cidentally, Oakie said he got the idea for his recent train marriage in private life from this cinema. rowen and Joan Blondell Broadway is paging Kay Llnaker for a new play Rav Mala Cotton Club; Bee Richardson, torch songstress; Floyd Ray's swing band, and a dance team.

Curley Kelly, recent addition to the fold, offers dance novelties, along with Billie Diamond, Bubbles Rogers, Leona Lewis and Connie Martin. important role on the screen resulted in Louise Latimer, late of Broadway, being ordered out of the city to escape a nervous breakdown. Miss Latimer worked too hard and worried too much while appearing In 1 captured a baby goat while hunting at Catalina and broueht it hnmp Victor McLaglen will be featured In "Big" rather than in "Everybody Sings" at Universal. The studio had secured the actor for a picture, but "Everybody Sings" was deemed unsuitable. "Big" has a steel mill background.

Owen Francis is the author, and Lewis R. Foster is preparing the screen play. Herbert and Dorothy Fields are working on "Love Insurance" for Universal studios. Often they constitute a writing team. Separately Miss Fields did the lyrics for "The King Steps Out," "Never Gonna Heather Angel Colette to Make Her Film Debut Producers Sigh With Relief as "Stage Mothers" Reform porting cast are James Gleason and wis Majesty, Bunker Bean" opposite Owen Davis, at her doctor declared yesterday.

Consequently she hopped into her Crowds Demand Hillstreet Open 9:15 A.M. Pontages 11:15 A.M. Frank M. Thomas. Miss Angel played in "The In former" and "Three Musketeers' automobile yesterday and left for an unnamed destination for Deace "Stage mothers," once the bane of at the studio.

"Grand Jury" will offer her one of the few American and quiet on a two weeks' vacation the producer's existence, aren't what Colette, a young lady whose talents as a writer have gained her international fame through the medium of her articles in well-known magazines, makes her debut as a dialogue writer with "Lac Aux granted by her studio, parts at which she has had chance. mother refused to allow it, even helping him when part-time jobs were scarce. The result was that the student appeared in a class play at Pomona College and won a contract with they used to be. Dance" and "Dream Too while Herbert worked on "Love Be Changed, indeed, for thy are now i- Jteaiii jmm, j.t "mi 1 1 ABOUT TIME SHE DID IT MM- iirl rarely ever seen at the studios con fore Breakfast" and "Kitchen Priv ll I Mil uames," French film which opens Friday at the Filmarte Theater. Newsrecl Cameraman Becomes Film Player Now his mother rarely Something different! A nwsreel fining their activities largely to domestic and business management.

The screen mothers are an entirely new type. Joan Crawford's parent la seen at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer only once for visits the lot but sees all his pic tures several times over. STARTED EARLY For a long time everybody In Hollywood wondered why Claudia Dell failed to get some of the plum roles being assigned around the various studios. Miss Dell never ilege." "Ziegfeld" to Continue Run cameraman turns actor! Simone Simon, Parisian star, is cast in the leading role as the elfin daughter of a famous actress and a philosopher. Jean Pierre Aubert heads the supporting cast.

Marc Allegret directed. His name is David Oliver, and he has furnished many shots for The Mrs. Maude Evans began Madge's every picture the star makes. She career as a 2-year-old model for looked better In her life and it was gratifying to hear yesterday that was a visitor, silent on the sidelines, famous artists, then piloted her Times-Universal talking newsreel seen hereabouts. He was active in phototrraDhinB the revolution in through child stardom to success as the day "The Gorgeous Hussy went a mature actress, the first time the into production.

The engagement of "The Great Cuba. gap had ever been bridged. Ziegfeld" at the Carthay Circle Jean Harlow's mother leaves her to work out her career alone, but Last night's PREMIER AUDIENCE acclaimed it "The GREATEST PICTURE EVER MADE!" Theater continues into its second Recently he conceived the bright Idea of turning his camera on the man who lost on the Irish Sweep Now that Madge is on the escalator to note, her mother stays far month. takes over most of the domestic de tails for their home. VISITS INFREQUENT The picture had its premiere stakes and getting his story on the irom the sound stages.

When Luise Rainer's mother vis LAST 2 DAYS sound track. Also he worked up a April 15, marking a revival of the road show tradition. It is playing humorously pathetic act for him ited her in Hollywood, she put her foot down on only one thing, Although Jeanette MacDonald's mother is often seen with her in twenty-two principal cities of the "inoomicHT IHUROER M-G-M EVENING NEWS TALENT QUEST IHIRLIT ROSt Sier "AnrHw Coi" ANN 10RINO WIIOON HITIURN CHINISI Blmr' "THREE LITTIE WCLVEt" self to go with the sweepstakes se ouence. pajamas. She forbade her daugn United States and Canada, and, ac daughter in public, she visited the ft BAXTER Rosin Hood El Dorado cording to reports received at studio for the first time in six ter to adopt the Hollywood custom.

Virginia Bruce's mother accompanies her daughter on shopping CHISTIR MORRIS MADOI IVAN IIOCARRIUO studios, has been viewed Charles E. Ford, editor of the newsreel, then assigned him to create a comedy "gag" episode pertain- tfet by more than 2,000,000 people. months when a musical scene was filmed for "San Francisco," to listen with Clark Gable and others of the tours, but rarely is seen at the stu Hunt Stromberg produced "The lnsr to Easter Sunday, instead of dios. ICtw YfoMiest Rommk Great Ziegfeld," which was directed the usual Fifth-avenue style parade, cast. by Robert Z.

Leonard, from a story Even young Jackie Coojyr's mother, once the cameras have Nelson Eddy often refers to his i ii inn by William Anthony McGuire. Oliver commenced to get fan letters, and attracted the attention of Charles R. Rogers, chief producer begun turning, leaves her talented mother as his best friend, and he frequently escorts her to public William Powell. Myrna Loy and son to his own resources. places, but she takes no part in his Luise Rainer are co-stars, with Vlr ginia Bruce, Frank Morgan, Regi of the U.

Also he was engaged for the Rudy Vallee radio hour. 1 I tA Lecw'f Sht ami I Grauman's Chinese Rubles a "Champ" Charlie Ruggles Is probably fllm- nald Owen, Nat Pendleton, Fannie Brice, Ray Bolger, Harriet Hoctor The upshot of the whole thing is that he is here as an actor, "and as film affairs. Eleanor Powell's mother, on the other hand, is almost always with her daughter on the set, but never voices an opinion about official mat and other players in support. dom's best handball player. He has won numerous cups and other trophies.

H'Darty Cast in ters, When Robert Taylor's father died some years ago, Robert wanted to leave school and go to work. His "Emperor Jones" Ainsworth DHarty will play the role of Henry Smithers, a white signed to "Postal Inspector." which Robert Presnell is preparing for production. Mrs. Campbell May Still Do "Mrs. Kleek" Listing of "Mrs.

Van Kleek" at reminds that Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who has gone into retirement at Skyforest near Lake Arrowhead, was once mentioned for the title role. The picture is still on the fire, and one hears rumors that Mrs. Campbell may again be considered. The fact that Mrs.

Campbell's retirement has continued so long i V- re honored to pre- r' 3T 4-1 sent 4 great Sur, in JXi OuiJa'sttirrinim- passioned romance I yv 4 trader, in Eugene O'Neill's "The Em peror Jones," which will be pre sented at the Wilshire-Ebell The MEYER $Tl fst FUN" A ffjf run. a ater for a limited engagement of three days, starting May 23. Clarence Muse, Negro actor and composer, will star in the play, which will also feature Frleta Shaw's Ethiopian choir. 7y -Ni "TTsnnnrnrr3' ZIEGFELD SOLD OUT FOR PwiUY. Visits i WEEKS TO THERE ARE GOOD SEATS FOR ALL PERFORMANCES FOR ROTH SNOWS! TODAY nd TOMORROW -tX 1 with ALLAN JONES CHAS.

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