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John Cameron Is to Begin

Duties With Coming Comedy Production:

BY JOHN W. THOMPSON Dr. Lee R. Norvelle, state director the Federal Pheater Project, iday that Charles Berkell, who has directed the local stock ‘company of the project at

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March, Cameron, tor and duger. Mr. Berkell has been made supervising director of the state project, Mr. Nor He will take up his duties immediately. MT. Cameron arrived from New York - yesterday to take of - the cast at Keith's. A native New Yorker, Mr. Cameron has spent most of his life in the atmosphere of the theater motion picture studios

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profession al ‘career began the age of 12 he was made movie actors at movie

His when a one of the child the old Vitagraph in New York "under the 5H. Ince. the pioneer that

in lick= ers’ at the Vitagraph at included Norma and Talmadge, Richard Barthelmess, ‘ Anita Stewart, Lillian and Dorothy Gish, all destined to become big names in the cinema circles. Since that time Mr. Cameron has alternated between stage and the screen. Much of his training came as a student actor withi the Wright Plavers in New York, wheére he remained four and director. vid Belasc8's years.| He: was with kins, the producer, one-half and John | Golden. Mr. the original cade” which play, “liam Keighley, gave Jimmy Cagney and George send-off, toward caréers. ¢

he company for Charles Hopfor served

Then

cast of “Penny directed by Wil-

Joan Blon-

tive screen

Staged Numerous Hits

In 1932 Mr. Cameron went to Los Angeles where he assisted Mr. Keighley in directing the stage production novel, “Grand Hotel.” stay in Los Angeles and Hollywood, Mr. Cameron staged Victor Herbert's “The Only Girl” ‘Robertson, now star of the “Great Waltz,” Charlotte Lansing, Dick Powell, Jack Sheehan, Gertrude Short and Wyndham Standing the lead roles. He also produced | “The Copperhead” with Ian Keith, seen of Scotland.”

Returning to New York and the |S

stage, Mr. Cameron producing field there. He brought | out such plays as “Creeping Fire,” “The Gods We Make,” “Woman of the Soil,” and “The House of Rem- | son.” >

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KEITH'S “Broken Dishes,” a comedy’ sented by Federal Players.

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Executive Husband Can’t! Take it, May Seek - Divorce.

BY PAUL HARRISON HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 2—(NEA).— Short takes: An executive who married a little extra girl is” thinking of divorce. because .she nags and

| lectures him so much. George Jessel

says he ought to be patient with her —it’s the girl's first speaking part. = ” = * Knock-knock. Who's Astor. 'A st or who? Astor whether: she keeps a diary. (Oh, all right; skip it.) Eleanor Powell keeps a diary and admits it. Una Merkel admits she doesn’t keep a diary any more, 2 ” n Far from fact were rumors that

there?

the film of “Dodsworth” would be

scrapped because Mary Astor is one of the principals. Theater men are

release date will be advanced instead. Miss Astor went back to the studio for retakes of a few scenes in which she had :- showed = some strain of the custody suit. Locks fine now. un ” ”

When Irvin S. Gobb, shown above with Jane Withers, was asked

what he thought of movie acting,

he said he figured when he went

before the cameras he had probably reached the bottom of the ladder.

He said movie acting made his feet hurt.

above we’ll warrant it wasn't only starred in “Pepper” to the Lyric Friday.

After the “jailbreak” scene his feet that hurt. The two are

which, with Slim Summerville in the cast, comes

Urge to Write Mystery Tales

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three and | with |

But Alas! on Their ‘Thriiler

. HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 2.—Almost story writer. Maybe eight out of 10 o that | they | away in a lower bureau drawer or in | Actors, it seems, | celebrities have swell ideas for the

are no exceptions to the rule.

Even Moves ves Staid Film Folk!

Busvietors Just Car Just Can’t Find“Time to Work

s of a Century.’

every one is a potential mystery f your friends will admit reluctantly

have an unfinished manuscript of a detective story hidden

the trunk-in the attic. Many Hollywood “perfect” thriller which they now

have in outline form or intend to write if they ever get time. Like the other citizens, film folk rarely find the time to write, and

| s0 em@ryonic mysteries usually get no Errol Flynn Writes Book

and actresses wouldn't get to first | «

base when scanned by studio execu- | | tives with an eye to filming. | When production on “The Case of | the Black Cat’ started recently, it | was found that a number of the | | cast members had half-finished out~- | | lines of stories they intended to | | W rite. {

| Ricardo Cortez, leading man, has |

| the skeleton of a story he intends] | to call “They Always Die in Four- | | Poster Beds,” which, | pleted, | And if Ricardo finishes the first { book he intends to stretch the endeavor into a series of three.

June Travis Has Plot June Travis, the picture’s heroine, |

has sketched a plot she wants to] “The Diamond Murder Case.”

call

if “ever com- |: will be in a satirical vein. | i

farther than the elementary stages.

| It doesn’t have to do with precious gems but with baseball players and the star player is killed on the eve | of the big game. Nedda Harrigan, a recruit from | the legitimate stage who appears in | “The Case of the Black Cat,” is | half through writing “Hangman’s | Polly.” ‘She is the wife of Walter | Connolly. There are many others. Technicians as well as the stars are avid ‘subconscious’ authors. Who knows what Miltons' or Shakespeares lie { dormant in Hollywood?

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The *‘‘Bunker Bean’ Stars in another grand comedy! RAND JURY" With Fred Stone, Owen Davis, Jr., Louise Latimer

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Early this autumn, there’ll be a rush of American stars returning | from abroad. Sylvia Sidney, Henry {Founda Edward Everett Horton, and Genevieve Tobin are due any min- | ute, with Marlene Dietrich, Basil Rathbone and Ann Harding follow- | ng as soon as they can. Richard | Arlen wend to England for six weeks and has remained six months; the picture took that long, but has paid him $100,000. | #2 4 9 Betty Grable is rueing her bargain with her studio not to marry until early next year. She wants a release from that clause. It'll be Jackie Coogan, of cours, : #n Futility: hin ortrdl Casting Bureau placed 15, 275 extra players in one or more jobs each during the first six months of 1936. Only 35 in every thousand averaged as much as $19 a week, and 13463 earned less than S200 during the half year.

INTRODUCES NEW SPORT

Sir Guy Standing has introduced a new sport to the film oolony—bull frog hunting. Equipped with spear and spotlight, he captures the tasty amphibians by night around the shores of Malibu Lake.

SWIM—DANCE

WESTLAKE

Loach TERRACE ance Every Night PAE COLLINS ‘ORCHESTRA

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PICTURE // SEASON'S

THE FORGOTTEN MAN;TAKES A MEMORY COURSE IN LOVE!

UNIVERSAL PRESENTS

Geil . Jeon BRADY e PATRICK * DIXON Eugene PALLETTE Alan MOWBRAY

Based on the novel by Eric Hatch Directed by Gregory leCove

CHARLES R. ROGERS,

‘THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

_ EX.BROADWAY PRODUCER NAMED FEDERAL PLAYERS DIRECTOR

EX- MODELS INVADE HOLLYWOOD. WIN JOBS AS SCREEN CHARMERS

clamoring for the picture, and the |

BY JEANNETTE MEEHAN Times Special Writer

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 2. — | From the women’s angle there | are simply too many gorgeous newcomers .in Hollywood. That fact is plain. From the gentlemen's angle

Hollywood is pleasantly

crowded with the most alluring bits of fémininity ever to delight the bald-headed row. This fact is even plainer. Oh, say it isn’t so, but there's a new ‘day dawning in the West for the Stage Door Johnnies. Whence comes this. influx of Eves? Who are these girls of such attractive physical makeup? Well, sir, most of them are exmodels. Models Get Break

It's now quite obvious that any girl who has been a model approaches the casting office with an asset that. permits her to pass up the waiting list. Oh, phooey, what's a model got

‘the others haven't?

Just a few months ago, when M-G-M went scouting for 22 Ven-

uses for “The Great Ziegfeld” they discovered that the ex-models had a lot more poise and personality than the kids who were merely movie struck.” Eighteen of those 22 “Ziegfeld Girls” were former models... Fourteen of the 18 were given contracts. You just can't argue with “figures” like that. For instance, take Pauline Craig, an auburn-haired, statuesque beauty from Cleveland. She's 5 feet 612 inches tall, weighs 118 pounds and has a figure that only Jean Harlow could be unconcerned ‘about. Miss Craig was a “Ziegfeld” girl; now she's under contract. ? Training Rules Observed

Are you wondering if these girls observe any general rules for the maintenance of health and beauty? Miss Craig will tell you that most of them prefer fresh air to smokey drawing rooms and that they substitute milk for alcoholic beverages. .Over at Paramount there's a queenly blond named Elizabeth Russell, probably the best known of former New York models. A favorite of such distinguished illustrators as Russell Patterson, James Montgomery: Flagg, McClelland

Barclay, Dean Cornwell, Paul Hesse | and Steichen, the photographer, | Miss Russell is now in possession of a flattering long-term contract. Another beautiful blond who

Louise Stuart, a former Chicago debutante. After graduating from Miss Mason's Castle she went to New York to visit former school chums. It was during one of these visits that she was persuaded to pose for cigaret ads.

Featured Roles Scheduled

Miss Stuart attributes most of | her success with the “test” direc- { tor to her experience as a model. You'll see her first in “Lady, Be Careful.” A third Paramount prize is Veda Ann Borg, a stunning, red-headed girl from New York. Radio has two “model” charmers in the persons of Maxine Jennings (5 feet 8 inches tall) and Lucille Ball~(5 feet 612 inches tall). Miss Jennings, a former model for the famous couturier, Jean Patou, is a stately redhead—as handsome a .creature as you ever laid your eyes on. You'll soon be seeing ‘her in. featured leads.

Miss Ball, a blueyeyed blond from

modeled her way to the movies is|

{a famous cosmetician.

_ WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, 1936

| ssomiara and a former model for | Hattie Carnegie, is considered an { important trump in the studio's hand. She Writes Poetry

A good look at Mary Jane Hal= { sey will have different reactions

on you, depending on your sex. If youre a woman you'd just as { soon she broke her neck. If you're a man you'll be the first in line when her next picture comes to town. Miss Halsey was first signed as an: M-G-M “Ziegfeld” girl. Dur= ing the making of the picture she worked untiringly for several days in a costume weighing 102 pounds. (It was fashioned of small, solid metal disks.) Miss Halsey was born .in Mile waukee. After her family moved to Los Angeles she became a model for She is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds, She has blue eyes and, shhhhhh, she writes poetry.

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Production

New Screen Drama Grips The Soul of America!

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