Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1936 — Page 15

MARCH 31, 1936

HOLLYWOOD GETS SLAP IN FACE IN 'PERSONAL APPEARANCE'

Gladys George Is Almost Perfect as Brazen, Blond Star of Moving Pictures Story TeJls of Film Queen's Attempt to Win Country Lad, Who Isn’t Interested in Her; Play, Strictly Adult Fare, to Be Here Through Tomorrow. BY JOHN W. THOMPSON Gladys George, as a brazen, blond movie queen, deals Hollywood a resounding slap In “Personal Appearance" now at English's.

Although Lawrence Riley's vitriolic play is based on a type of female which is probably a minor quality in the film capitol, he has grabbed an idea which contains all the vitamins necessary for a barrpl of laughs. At least one would judge so from the reception last night's audience gave his plav. The first scene is presented on the screen, featuring Carole Arden (Miss George) In an overplayed skit from a Benjamin Z. production • he's her husband). “Drifting Lady" in which the heroine goes noble, sacrifices all to give her lover to another woman. Then Carole Arden on a personal appearance tour, walks on the stage, tells the folks in a syrupy tone that, she really is a quite normal person. Actually Starts in Second Scene The play artually starts with the second scene, which takes place in the run-down tourist home owned hv the Struthers family. Living there are Mrs. Struthers. who clings to family tradition in spite of depressed finances: her daughter. Joyce, in love with Chester Norton, a handsome lad who runs the filling station in front of the house, and modern-minded old Aunt Kate Barnaby. When her car breaks down, the glamorous Carole is forced to seek refuge in the Struthers home, along with her coterie. Gene Tuttle, press agent; Jessie, her maid, and Johnson, her chauffeur. Pestered by Gladys Kelcey, the movie-struck girl who lives next door, Carole is furious at the delay until she sights the broad-shoul-dered Chester. Then she decides to win him if it takes all night. But Chester Isn't Interested Chester, not in the least interested in Miss Arden’s physical charms, shows her a device he has invented to be used on talking picture cameras. She tells him she will take him to Hollywood and help him sell the idea to her husband, Mr. Fineberg. When Joyce finds Carole and Chester alone in the parlor at i in the morning, her jealousy gets the better of her and she gives Chester up for lost. But Aunt Kate saves the day. The role of Mr. Riley's expertly written play is given an almost flawless presentation by the versatile Miss George. One can not imagine the part placed better. One moment a temperamental egotist, the next an unsophisticated bird in a gilded cage, she is responsible for most of the play's success. The. best scene-stealer is little Florence Robinson who reminds us of Fannie Brice, in the role of Gladys, the movie fan next door. Merna Pace is pleasing as the real heroinp of the piece and Eula Guy does some fine character acting as Aunt Kate. Others are adequate. It's Strictly Adult Fare The play, which is to be presented tonight, tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night, is strictly adult fare. It has been well directed by Antoinette Perry, handsomely set by John Root. Typical scene: Miss Arden has called Mrs. Struthers’ home a “dump" and the latter is taken back. Mr. Tuttle explains that Mrs. Struthers is one of Miss Ardens staunchest admirers. With an upstage voice and grandiose manner. Miss Arden turns quickly, contradicts her first statement with: "You know, my dear. I just had to come in and see the inside of your lovely home. I wanted to see if the interior was as divine as the ulterior." Russians Will View New Chaplin Movie Timex Special NEW YORK. March 31.—The Soviet motion picture industry has secured distribution rights to "Modern Times," Charlie Chaplin’s new picture, it was announced here today. The distribution agreement also includes “City Lights." “Modern Times" is to be shown in Russian theaters ahead of "City Lights." the announcement said, to capitalize on the timeliness of the more recent, film and the international publicity the picture has obtained since it opened in many capitals of the world. Mr. Chaplin is to be invited to attend the opening in Moscow. Actor Turned From Easel Fred Mac Murray. opposifr Joan Bennett in “13 Hours by Air." studied commercial art to be a newspaper artist, the career pursued by John Barrymore and Gary Cooper before their acting debut. Collects Autographs on Wall Bing Crosby is an excellent auto- i graph collector, but instead of col- | lecting his autographs in a book he has his friends sign their names on a wall in the playroom of his I home. Brother Also Sings Jan Kiepura. Continental singing star who makes his American screen debut in "Give Us This Night,." has a brother, Ladislav, who also is a noted tenor. Dancing Star Has New Role Eleanore Whitney, dancing star : is to be seen next with a group of other young players in “Three Cheers for Love.”

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Harlow Cast in j Espionage Film George Fitzmaurice to Be in Charge of ‘Suzy.’ [ Time .• Special HOLLYWOOD. March 31.—Jean Harlows next starring role is to be in “Suzy,” an exciting story of espionage, adapted from Herbert | Gorman’s novel. George Fitzmaurice, who directed Greta Garbo in “Mata Hari," is to be in charge of the picture. And, by coincidence, the adventurous Mata Hari is one of the characters in j “Suzy.” Miss Harlow, as Suzy, unwittingly uncovers evidence which leads to the notorious spy’s execution. Miss Harlow returns to her screen work after starring roles in three consecutive pictures: “Wife vs. Secretary.” with Clark Gable and Myrna Loy; “Riffraff,” with Spencer Tracy, and “China Seas," in which she appeared with Gable and Wallace Beery. Actors Favor Certain Roles Fred Astaire Reveals His Taste for Comedy. Timex Special HOLLYWOOD. March 31.—Nearly all movie stars find greater enjoyment in playing certain types of roles, but these parts are not always what one expects. For instance, Fred Astaire likes playing subtle comedy scenes even more than he does the brilliant dance steps for which he is famous. He analyzes comedy scenes as carefully as he prepares dance routines. His co-star. Ginger Rogers, prefers the rare emotional, dramatic scenes which come her way. Katharine Hepburn is another who finds the supreme thrill in emotional drama. Gene Raymond gets his biggest lift from athletic scenes. He had the time of his film life jumping hedges, diving through windows and belting outlaws in his latest feature, “Love on a Bet.” Randolph Scott, reared on a cinematic- diet of saddle leather and sage i brush, frankly admits he gets a kick j out of romantic scenes, and casts a I second vote for the dramatic mo- j ment,s which have come his way I since he graduated from the ranks of western stars. Stone Reaches 50-Year Mark Veteran Celebrates Jubilee With New Movie. Timex Special HOLLYWOOD, March 31.—Fred Stone celebrated his "golden jubilee” in the theatrical business with his recent completion of a starring role in “The Farmer in the Dell.” Stone began his career 50 years ago as a boy aerialist with a small circus, swung from the flying trapeze to the musical comedy stage, and now takes his place as a topnotcher on the screen. With three theatrically prominent daughters, the veteran actor also has "fathered” three well-known actresses in as many films. They are Katharine Hepburn, with whom he made his screen debut in "Alice Adams"; Sylvia Sidney in "The Trail | of the Lonesome Pine,” and Jean Parker in his current picture. Muni Is Given Farm Acclaim Actor Plants 10 Acres in California Citrus. Timr* Spccin' HOLLYWOOD. March 31.—Paul Muni's prowess as a farmer—not a movie farmer—but a real life j farmer, won him a resolution of commendation from the "highest- ; powered Chamber of Commerce” in the world. Following his planting of 10 acres! in citrus at his new ranch near! Encino. the actor was praised for his contribution to the community's development. He is a ’nem' jr of the chamber, which list vetive members A1 Jolson a. p.-.. „ent. Edward Everett Horton, Spencer Tracy and other movie celebrities. Singer Speaks Seven Languages Jan European singing idol now maMing his American screen debut in "Give Us This Night,” speaks seven languages.

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Off the screen for several months, petite Janet Gaynor (above), is to be seen in “Small Town Girl," with Robert Taylor, at Loew's early next month. Al-

Bullet Hole in Knight s Armor Seen as Mark Twain Inspiration Film Version of ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,' with Will Rogers, Returning to Apollo. How could a bullet hole come to be in the armor of a knight of King Arthur's Round Table? That question is said to have inspired Mark Twain to write “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,” the movie adaptation of which is to return to the Apollo Friday, with the late Will Rogers and Myrna Loy in leading roles.

WHERE, WHAT, WHEN ATOLI.O "Colleen," musical picture with Dick Powell. Joan Blondell. Jack Oakie, Ruby Keeler and Hugh Herbert. at 11:31, 1:31, 3:31. 5:31. 7:31. 9:31. CIRCLE "Give tJs This Night.” screen operetta with Jan kiepura and Gladys Swartout, at 11. 1:45. 4:30, 7:20 and 10:10. "Preview Murder Mystery," with Reginald Dennv. Frances Drake and Gail Patrick, at 12:45. 3:30, 6:20 and 9:05. ENGLISH'S “Personal Appearance, or How Far Is the Barn,” with Gladys George, Merna Pace, at 8:20. INDIANA "Love Before Breakfast.” with Carole Lombard and Preston Foster, at 1:01. 4:07 7:13. 10:19. Also "First a Girl." with Jessie Matthews, at 11:43, 2:49, 5:55, 9. KEITHS “The Brat,” Federal Players production. with New LeFevre, Jack Duval. Betty Anne Brown, at 8:15. LOEW’S "Robin Hood of El Dorado." with Warner Baxter and Ann Loring. at 11. 1:45, 4:30. 7:15. 10. Also “You May Be Next." with Ann Sothern and Lloyd Nolan, at 12:30, 3:15, 6, 8:50. LYRIC "Snowed Under.” on screen, with George Brent. Glenda Farrell. Genevieve Tobin, at 11:28. 2:21, 5:14, 8:07, 10:39. "Goi.iq; Hollvwood." on stage, with Harry Howard. 1:00 3:53, 6:46. 9:30.

Cukor Orders Italian Garden • Gets Duplicate of Scene in ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ Timex Special HOLLYWOOD. March 31.—An exact duplicate of the Italian garden used in the filming of "Romeo and Juliet" has been laid out at Director George Cukor s home. For several months, Southern Califorrya was combed for a fifteenth century Italian garden. When the search failed, the garden was built on a large sound stage from the plan of a garden in Verona. Impressed by the scene, Director Cukor ordered landscape artists io duplicate it for his own grounds. Norma Shearer aAd Leslie Howard, who play leading roles in "Romeo and Juliet," are to dedicate the garden by planting the first trees. Eric Blore in Ca^t Eric Blore, the amazing butler of “Top Hat,” has another of his hilarious servant roles in “The ExMrs. Bradford." new comedy mystery starring William Powell.

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though she has made comparatively few pictures, Miss Gaynor continues to hold her own as one of the 10 best boxoffice attractions in the movie world.

Although Mr. Twain never confided to any one just why he wrote the satire, friends have found clews here and there that lead them tc believe it came about this way: There Was Bullet Hole The author visited a British museum. Among the curios was a breast-plate, supposed to date back to the sixth century and to have belonged to Sir Sagramor, one of King Arthur’s knights. Twain examined it closely. He started. There was an unmistakabale bullet hole just over the heart. Carrying the heavy plate, Twain frantically sought an attendant. “That was far before the invention of gun-powder,” explained Twain. “I can’t understand how a knight of the sixth century could have been killed by a bullet.” Attendant Explains “He probably wasn't sir," replied the attendant, “it is supposed to have been the work of vandals in the time of Oliver Cromwell. They took great delight in destroying relics and it is probable that one of them put the bullet through the breast-plate.” “Your explanation.” said Twain, “shows a grasp of history but a lack of imagination.” He supplied the j imagination and soon published his book, based on the trip of a twentieth century gentleman to the sixth century setting where King Arthur's court held sway. This was one of the late Mr. Rogers’ first talking pictures and is j to be the beginning of a revival cf his films. Others in the cast include Maureen O'Sullivan and Frank Albertson. Selects Hairdress With Care Katharine Hepburn had tests made of 18 different styles of hairdress before she chose the one she wears in the dramatic "Mary of Scotland.” Dix Stardom Longest Richard Dix has enjoyed movie stardom for almost 15 years, longer than any other screen celebrity playing at the present time.

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'Brat' Given by Federal Play Group It’s Pleasant Story, Filled With Unpleasant Folk; Cast Does Well. BY JAMES THRASHER A pleasant play full of extremely unpleasant people is the week's offering by the Federal Players at Keith’s. It’s "The Brat," Maude Fulton's comedy success of a few years back. It opened last night with a cast headed by Betty Anne Browne, Jack Duval and Ned Le Fevre. "The Brat”—and she is known throughout the play by no other name—is a devastatingly genuine little creature, brought into a wealthy home by the smug, self-cen-tered, eldest son, who is an author. The household also contains a mother who dotes on MacMillan, the writer; her brother, a sanctimonious bishop, and his self-effac-ing wife; two snobbish young society ladies, both out to capture Mac, and the younger son. Stephen, driven to drink by the family's hypocrisy and complete lack of understanding. Mac is searching for a “type" for another best-seller, to be called “The Brat.” When he finds this penniless and homeless waif in police court he feeds her, labels her and proceeds to "pump” her to fill the pages of his book. Lines Are Rather Dated “The Brat,” falls hopelessly In love with Mac. but when Stephen, unable to endure the family any longer, starts for the West and kisses her good-by, she realizes where her affections really lie. Meanwhile, Mac has been “hooked" by one of the designing ladies. He discovers how completely he has been taken in. and by the time “The Brat” has told him what he really is. he feels pretty low. But the two lovers escape and the curtain falls. The play is rather dated in many of its lines, but after a limping first act, both the plot and the players last night carried on nobly. Miss Brown, after a too high-pitched beginning, played the title role with a sure touch, contrasting light comedy with a pathos appealing in spite of its exaggerated vernacular. Le Fevre Is Excellent As Stephen, Mr. Le Fevre was excellent. The bright spot in Act I came when he became completely and' convincingly inebriated. His deft handling of the situation recalled the beautiful “binge” in "Design for Living." Mr. Duval was a Mac whom one could dislike with pleasure. Others in the cast, including Elsa Ewell, Ruth Benefiel, Alice Arnold. Ira B. Klein and Caroline Dean, gave adequate portrayals. It's “The Brat’s” show, however, and Miss Brown’s capable handling of the role gives many moments of pleasure. Studios Want Spanish Actors They Are to Be Used in Latin American Movies. By United Presx HOLLYWOOD, March 31.—A new drive by Hollywood studios for Spanish actors to be starred in pictures intended primarily for the Latin American market was reported under way today. Jose Mojica, noted Mexican tenor, has been signed for three pictures which probably will be released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's South American exchanges. The singer is on a concert tour of Mexico at present but will arrive here within three weeks, George Hirliman, producer of the series, said today. English versions may be made of one or two pictures, Hirrman said, but they primarily are intended for Spanish audiences. Raul Roulien, Brazilian screen star, recently completed a deal with an independent producer. Frank Z. Clemente, to make several pictures that may be released by Paramount. Clemente was said to be negotiating with several Spanish actresses to play opposite Roulien. a top box- ; office attraction in South America. Given Feminine Lead For her fifth film role. Margaret Callahan will have the important feminine lead opposite Richard Dix in “Special Investigator.”

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Being Film Stars Doesn't Keep Younger Showmen From School Los Angeles Education Board Has Strict Rule Requiring Instruction for Ail Players Under Age of 18. BY PAUL HARRISON HOLLYWOOD, March 31. (NEA)—When a screen player is less than 18 years old, he or she goes to school three hours a day. Formal education is as unavoidable as death and taxes, and in a good many cases is just about as heartily welcomed.

As one of the more obstreperous examples, take Sunny O’Dea. Sunny didn't need simultaneous quadratic equations to help her dance on Broadway. She capered in London without an inkling of English medieval history. She danced with the Prince of Wales, now King Edward VIII. and he didn’t once ask her to conjugate an irregular Latin verb. Protests Ur heeded But in Hollywood, Sunny goes to school. “I’m a grown woman,” she protests, and there’s no one to contradict her except the Los Angeles Board of Education. That obdurate body, knowing that Miss o Dea isn't quite 18, assigns one of its teachers-at-large to drill the young hoofer in geometry, composition and the like. When she was one of the Goldwyn girls in “Strike Me Pink," Sunny and Elaine Johnson, another under-age show girl, had to report for lessons twice a day. Have to Make Up Time • It didn't do any good, either; to play hookey by dashing off to Palm Springs. They had to make up their school work or lose their movie jobs, the law being very strict in such cases. Take Shirley Temple. The supertot is an eager and able student, and wouldn't play hookey for anything. But it does seem a little strange to see a S4OOO-a-week actress under the supervision of a public welfare worker whose job it is to see that the stupendous starlet divides her time properly among recreation, study and toil before the camera. 12 Teach in Studios There are about a dozen studio school teachers who are sent by the Board of Education wherever school age minors are performing. They may have one pupil or a large class, and a class may include kindergarten children and youngsters of high school age. Miss Birdina Anderson, for example, was the instructor of Sunny O'Dea. Later, at the same studio, she taught 28 little girls who were

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WEST SIDE ST iTP 2*02 W7loth St. “ 1 A 1 E Frank MeHurh Patricia Alice “FRESHMAN LOVE” COMEDY NOVELTY BELMONT w -^f^ nt Eddie Cantor “STRIKE ME PINK’’ “PADDY O’DAY’* Da fft u r 2540 W. Mich. St. /\ I N Y Double Feature Ronald Colman “CLIVE OF INDIA” “CHEERS OF THE CROWD" NORTH SIDE Ri rp rw Illinois at 34th 11 L Double Feature John Boles “ROSE OF THE RANCHO” “EXCLUSIVE STORY” UPTOWN S— £s Irene Dunne “MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION” “EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT” GARRICK Double Feature* James Cagney “FRISCO KID” "TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL” OT A in St - c,air * Ft. Wayne M. GLAIR Double Feature “MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION”’" “PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER” j nrv 30th at Nerthw’t’n IvLA Double Feature , _ Wallace Berry “AH WILDERNESS" “HERE COMES COOKIE” T A I D/\'I v r Talbot A22nd 1 /VLuU 1 1 Double Feature Bette Daris “DANGEROUS” “RIFF RAFF" STRATFORD Double Feature j •sp ;ed DEVILS" 1 Ke,,T “THE THROWBACK" Mn p p * Noble £ Maas. JL, GG A Double Feature ; Zasu Pitts “SHE GETS HER MAN” “SUNSET OF POWER” r\n p i if 2301 Station St URL AM D 2 a ? le r e * ,or * Pat O Brien “THE FRONT PAGE” “BARS OF HATE” EAST SIDE RIV OLI ■>’SS/viSiT' Eddie Cantor “S'RIKE ME PINK” “ROSZ OF T HE RANCHO” P

tors. He is one of the principals in "Too Many Parents.” a feature opening at. the Indiana Theater Friday. Billy does some tap dancing this time.

players and stand-ins for “These Three." Miss Anderson is a kindly wom;.n, but infinitely scrupulous. No studio emergency, impatient director or reluctant pupil can deter her from her task. On the lot, she orders property men to erect benches, and holds her classes in some quite and inviolate corner. On location, she does the best she can. When the “Rose Marie" company was on location at Lake Tahoe, she taught in a tepee, and most of her pupils were young Nevada Indians. At Bakersfield, during the filming of “Under the Pampas Moon," a. supply truck with a tarpaulin awning was her classroom. The kids were mostly Mexicans. High in the Sierras, Miss Anderson held classes iF an unheated, tumbledown shack. C-; desert location she herded her pupils into the shanty of a railroad la&man. She says movie youngsters a. e pretty bright, considering. n a a Outline for a movie biography: Ambitions in Dubuque. Ingenue in stock. Broadway. Film contract. A stateroom on the Chief. Being met at Pasadena. Once-overs at the studio. Bathing-suit pictures. Interviews. Conferences. Supporting roles. Stardom. Free-lancing. Character parts. Bits. Bankruptcy. Benefits. • Is Veteran Actor Rose McQuoid, stand-in for Esther Dale in “Farmer in the Dell,” was a featured player with the old Kalem Cos. in silent picture days. Mae Favors Old-Timers Mae V/est is known for her willingness to give the old-timers a break in her pictures.

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EAST SIDE T>l TV I? F\l\ -*O3O E. New York 1 UALDU Double Feature Jean Harlow “RIFF RAFF” "IF COULD ONLY COOK” T A rmi A 2442 E. Waih. St. IAGOMA Double Feature Joe Penner “COLLEGIATE" “MARY BURNS. FUGITIVE” IRVING i All-Star Cast “CAPTAIN BLOOD” “IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK” EMERSON " Warner Baxter “KING OF BURLESQUE" “EXCLUSIVE STORY" HAMILTON SS£'!SSi Franchot Tone “EXCLUSIVE STORY" "THE INFORMER” PARKER Y&Z Wallace Beery “AH WILDERNESS” “CURLY TOP' ST n A II IN 1332 E. Wash. St. 1 K A lM) Doub,e F*tore Richard McLafleu “PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER" “YOUR UNCLE DUDLEY" RA V V 2 * 21 E - Wa,h - s *. U A l Double Feature “SWEEPSTAKE ANNIE” “DANGER AHEAD” Paramount “SPLENDOR" C COMEDY NOVELTY SOUTH SIDE FOUNTAIN SQUARE - Double Feature John Boles "ROSE OF THE RANCHO” “THE CALLING OF PAN MATHEWS” SANDERS Double Feature ■. Helen Twelvetreea “SPANISH CAPE MYSTERY" “KENTUCKY BLUE STREAK” Air 4 | 4 -v Prospect-Churchman VAL (J N ? onb J; Feature Ronald Co.man “TALE OF TWO CITIES” “FOUR STAR BOH PER'' ORIENTAL ‘ “RED SALUTE” GARFIELD ^V' h %‘e tBr * Wallace Berry “AH WILDERNESS" “MAKE BURNS, FUGITIVE”

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Lilly Players Do Comedy Competently Cast Does Well in ‘Whole Town’s Talking’ at Civic Theater. BY RALPH NORMAN Vigorous comedy reigns supreme at the presentations of "The Whole Towns Talking” by the Eli Lilly players at the Civic Theater. The play opened last night and is to be given again tonight and tomorrow night. The competent cast is headed by Earl Davis as Henry Simmons, a past middle-aged business man grown young, and Eli Messenger as Chester Binnev, his bashful partner and prospective son-in-law. They get the most from the entertaining John Emerson-Anita Loos comedy. It was a funfest, for every one who saw the performance last night. Mr. Simmons promotes a scheme to get his attractive daughter Ethel • Helen Johnston) engaged to bashful Chester. A movie siren and his own dancing teacher almost catch up with him on several occasions, but he outwits every one, including his wife (.Inez Ritchey), occasionally. Ladies Want Romance The ladies, it. seems, want romance. They believe that men who have sowed their wild oats while young make the best husbands. Mr. Simmons makes several suggestions on the proper way to undertake such an enterprise. Lettie L.vthe (Adelaide Jacobs), the movie queen, and Roger Shields • Harry Latham Jr ), who speaks French with a Midwestern accent, complicate Mr. Simmons’ arrangements. The ladies are much impressed by Roger, but Lettie arrives on the scene at the wrong time. Her fiance, Donald Swift (James Cooney), causes enough trouble by himself for a complete play. Minor roles are taken by Lucille Robbins, James Goble, Dorothy Dunkel, Dorothy Supple and Inez Smith. The play is directed by Kenneth E. Lemons, costumes are by Edith Byewaters and Dorothy Rearick, properties by Norma Johnston. Stage manager is N. Thompson, assisted by Earl Mattox and Martin Fisher. Brown Robbins is business manager. “The Whole Town's Talking” is sponsored by the Athletic Board ct Eli Lilly <fc Cos. Papa Dionne Signs Family for Movie By United Presx CALLANDER. Ont.. March 31. Oliva Dionne, father of the quintuplets. today signed a contract with Universal Pictures Corn, for himself, his wife and their five other children to make a picture of their Ufa in Callander. Miss Lillian Baker, feature writer for a New York newspaper, who is to write the story in which the Dionnes are to be featured, said no date for filming the story has been set. The Dionnes are to go to Hollywood to make the picture, it is understood. Wears Smart Frocks Business girls will admire the smart office frocks worn by Ann Harding in her new picture, "The Witness Chair,” in which the blond star plays the role of a secretary.

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