Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1936 — Page 6
News Re ls Supply Rac Action Film
Hollywood Craftsmen Built Reproduction of Speedway for Loew’s Picture.
BY JOHN W. THOMPSON For timeliness in the distribution of motion pictures, an award should £0 to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for the appropriate showing of “Speed,” which opened today at Loew's with Grace Moore's new film, “The King Steps Out.” The new speed film devotes a large portion of its celluloid to the 500-mile race here. Although there aren't as many local “actors” and “actresses” appearing in this film as there were in “Speedway” made here several years ago. Even more spills and thrills are included. Starring James Stewart, Wendy Barrie, Una Merkel, Ted Healy and a newcomer, Weldon Heyburn, “Speed” is efficiently produced and results in grand entertainment of its limited type.
Develops New Carburetor
The story concerns Terry Martin, chief tester for a big automobile
company. His job is to drive cars|! at break-neck speed and then turn |:
them over or make them jump over fences. On the side he is developing a new type of carburetor which, if perfected, would revolutionize the industry. \ Jane Mitchell, niece of the con pany president, gets a job in publicity department under an sumed name. Terry falls for her on sight but finds he has a rival in Frank Lawson, brilliant young engineer. Terry tells Jane about his invention and she maneuvers to get him to work it out with Lawson. Together the two obtain some success
with the contraption, adapt it on a |
car for the 500-mile race here. Crash During Race
In the qualification trials, the carburetor works fine, but just as Terry and his mechanic, Gadget, are about to win the race, the carburetor g bad, and the car flies out toward the grandstand and both boys are badly battered up. Again Jane sets the wheels rolling by financing a huge race car, the Falcon, something like Sir Malcolm Campbell's Bluebird, on which is hooked up the Martin carburetor. At Muroc Dry Lake, Terry pilots the car the first half of the two- . mile course, at record speed, but gas fumes overcome him and flying
.rocks break the windshield. Flying
glass cuts veins in his neck. It is Frank Lawson who packs the wounded Terry back in the racer, drives it back along the , course to a new record and saves .-Terry's life at the same time. Each of the boys gets a girl, so everything comes out suitably. It is Ted Healy as Gadget, who steals the show. Mr, Healy's individual type of comedy is just right for this role and he makes the most of it. Mr. Stewart is again splendid as tLe hero, Terry. Miss Barrie makes a pleasant, if not Soo convincing, heroine.
“Speedway” Scenes Vivid
Mr. Heyburn, in his first picture, makes sure it won't be his last by giving a creditable account of himself as the semi-villian who saves the hero's life in the end. Una Merkel is her usual excellent self in a small part. The scenes of the race, taken from just about all the news reels made of the speed classic, are unusually vivid, The sets Hollywood craftsmen construct to resemble the Speedway, do more than that. They are masterpieces of cardboard and lumber. Even the background scenery has an Indianapolis touch. “Speed” is a thorough going piece of adventure. One can almost smell castor oil fumes at times.
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‘Death’ Nothing New for Veteran Actor
Times Special
HOLLYWOOD, May 29.—Some
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as strong and victorious. Others are required to experience some misfortune. Few, however, must enact the throes of violent death consistently in picture after picture as does Alan Mowbray. In the new production, “Fatal Lady,” the actor again suffers violent death before the camera. This time a knife, to all intents and audience purposes, buries itself in his heart.
Bright ‘Dumb’ Girl Marie Wilson, sometimes billed as
the “dumbest girl on the screen,”|
passed an I. Q. test with a higher rating than the average for women of the junior class at the University of Southern California.
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As a special feature for the benefit of the hundreds of young people who are going to try out Sunday for roles in The Times-Loew’s movie, “It Happened in Indianapolis,” The Times amusement department is presenting today a short course on acting, arranged by a master of the art, Jack Oakie, who stars in “Florida Special,” opening at the Circle today,. Mr. Oakie says the road to cinema success is paved ‘with big, healthy emotions, such as:
1. Deep feeling of anticipation. This one can be used on a piece of pie or a new film contract with alterations. 2. This, says Mr. Oakie, is nothing more or less than utter amazement. 3. This cute face displays how one
should look when he starts out to be coy. : 4. This facial contortion Mr. Oakie calls his “mighty mite of emotion” and contains all the art of pouting when things go in “this here big world of ours.” 5. Jack “Eat-Em-Alive” Oakie in this picture is trying to show you,
dear readers, just how deep, dyed-in-the-wool anger. should be portrayed on the screen.
6. Now, here’s great acting. This one, more or less obviously, is sor-
row. Jack’s sorry about something, maybe it’s because he doesn’t know any more faces. We can’t say that we feel quite that way about it.
Miss Holden
to Be Seen as Vampire
) Broadway Actress Makes
Fim Debut Playing ‘Dracula’s Daughter.’
HOLLYWOOD, May 29.—“Dracula’s Daughter,” which is to open at the Circle June 12, is the picture in which Gloria Holden, a successful Broadway actress, makes her debut on the screen. She believes if the public likes her characterization of the unfortunate child of a famous vampire they will like her in anything. “Yes,” Miss Holden said, laughing, “I expected a role like the one I played in ‘The Long Frontier,’ a New York production. I have always thought a girl, reared close to the soil, primitive and impulsive as is my character in that play, was the role to which I was best adapted. Imagine, then, my surprise, when I was cast for the mysterious daughter of Dracula. In a way though it was best. She was all I am not and no doubt the role was the most difficult I ever played.” Gloria Holden was born in London but came to the United States when she was 2. She went to school in Philadelphia and decided to become a musical comedy singer at 17.
Sought Ziegfeld Audience
“I had heard of Florenz Ziegfeld and his revues so I went to New York to see him. That in itself is humorous, seeing the Great Zjegfeld without an agent. After two futile attempts, I went back for the third and last time. As I went up in the elevator, I heard some one address a man, calling him Ziegfeld. As the man spoken to got out of the elevator I stopped
him. “Mr. Ziegfeld, I am Gloria Holden and I came from Philadelphia to sing for you.” “Only from Philadelphia? That's two hours away—they sometimes come from Texas,” he said, “but I'll hear you.” “How amused he must have been
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when I produced a torn copy ‘Pale Hands I Loved’ a of a popular song of the day! He watched me while I sang and I thought I had succeeded but then he gave me the best advice I have ever had.
Found Dramatic Ability
“Young lady,” he said, “you sing rather well but you are for the drama. Give up this idea of musical comedy and opera. Go out and find a small speaking part. I don’t know exactly what immediate success you will have and I can not help you. But stick to it; don’t give up because you have decided dramatic ability.” “I thought of his words many times in the following years in which I played in small parts in several productions; understudied Ann Andrews in the ‘Royal Family,’ modeled dresses, and managed stores for Elizabeth Arden. “While working for Miss Arden, I met many theatrical celebrities. I always shed a few tears after they had gone. I was a store manager, used to work fiercely, but my heart was never in it. One day I went to Miss Arden and resigned. “I think you are making a mistake, Gloria,” she said. “The theater is uncertain unless you go into pictures and you haven't the facial requirements for that.” “‘But the day is over when just a beautiful face is necessary. They want brains and talent today. I am not thinking of Hollywood—yet. I am going to stay in the theater until I star in a Broadway success and Hollywood will come to me.’
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an the ilk and produce industries, pin-ball and “num bers” games, and so on. Edward G. Robinson, the star, again plays “cops and robbers,” this time on the side of the law, but he’s plenty tough, at that. In the role of Johnny Blake, Mr. Robinson is a New York detective demoted to a beat in the Bronx. He hopes that when his friend, Capt. McLaren (Joseph King) is police commissioner he will be reinstated. Instead, he is fired for inefficiency.
Beats Up Old Friend
When Blake meets McLaren in Madison Square Garden and knocks him down, Al Kruger (Barton McLane) invites the deposed officer to join his racket. Blake accepts, much to the disgust of “Buggs” Fenner (Humphrey Bogart), Kruger’s chief henchman, who retains many unpleasant memories of Blake. A traffic officer ~“insulis Blake, who attacks him and is jailed for it. Blake meets McLaren in his cell, and it is discovered that Blake is an undercover man for the police department. His job is to find Kruger’s superjors and break the organization from the top.
Edward G. Robinson Back in Gang Film at Apollo, This Time on Side of Law
Character Actor Gives Fine Portrayal in Fast-Moving Vehicle Exposing Racket Operations of Underworld
Hoodlums.
BY JAMES THRASHER Beating the Spesdway Jace Semon: v.34 hows, Dirscior Wiliam Keighley opens up the throttle in “Bullets and Ballots,” starting at the Apalic totay, snd gives 18 3 WhiElWind aqdition 10 the list of -Tasi-moving “racketeer” pict
Police raids smash most of the paying rackets, and Blake has to take over the “numbers” game, rua by his girl friend, Lee Morgan (Joan Blondell), to deceive his associates. Fenner kills Kruger, whom he does not trust, and goes after Blake. In a gun battle, Fenner is killed and Blake mortally wounded, but he tips off the police, who capture the leaders before he expires. There are no outstanding dramatic performances in “Bullets and Ballots,” because no one has a chance to stop long enough to do much real acting. There is not much for Miss Blondell to do in one of her infrequent serious roles, since the “love interest” is played down for the. sake of swift action. And not even Frank McHugh’s unique comedy gift can salvage anything from his brief and feeble assignment. The rest of the entirely masculine cast is chosen wisely, and includes such seasoned players as George E, Stone, Henry O'Neill, Henry Kolker, Gilbert Emery and Herbert Rawlinson
For those who do not feel that the gangster theme has been overdone, and who like their movies fast and exciting, “Bullets or Ballots” is
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