Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1937 — Page 24

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"THE INDIAN

Doug Junior

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Returns in

‘Zenda’ Film

Young Fairbanks’ Role Is Reminiscent of His Father's.

By JAMES THRASHER

With: 14 years of movie - making behind him, 28-year- ~ old Douglas Fairbanks Jr., actor, author, illustrator and executive, returns to the American screen in “The Prisoner of Zenda,” opening |

tomorrow at Loew’s.

As Rupert of Henfzau in Anthony Hope’s perennial favorite. Mr. Fairbanks swgshbuckles through a role reminiscent of the ones that made his father famous. He also duplicates the paternal career in his association with the business end of the picture industry. But young .. Fairbanks’ versatility goes beyond + that. + He confounded the press- -agents =who write about the stars “spendsing evenings at home with their ~books and their pipes” by doing “just that. He proved it by selling + stories to magazines written, as well as signed, by him. A little later, ‘other periodicals began accepting :line drawings bearing the same sig‘nature. This extra-curricular activity “has continued, despite the fact that “Mr. Fairbanks’ film interests now ~lie on both sides of the Atlantic.

Begap Travel Early

Transoceanic commuting = began “early for the young actor. At the - age of 6 months, Douglas Jr. was taken to England. A year later he .~was back ai his grandfather's Rhodz = Island home. The elder Fairbanks “was on the stage in those days, and ‘occasionally he would ‘uproot his son for short trips with him on the “road.” So by the time he was ‘5,

A new tripletthreat combination will be introduced into film football circles at the Lyric tomor-

“Life Begins at

row when the Ritz Brothers appear as headliners in

College.”

the boy knew hotel rooms and backstage perches throughout most of the country. In 1915, Douglas Jr. went to California when his father became a movie actor. But this didn’t end his travels. His education continued in New York, Paris, London and Los - Angeles. It was in the French cap- : ital, incidentally, that he studied painting and sculpture. Young Fairbanks was 14 when, as © he puts it, “there was an urgent need to make money on a big scale.” So he lied about his age and got a part in a picture called “Stephen Steps Out,” with Noah Berry and . Theodore Roberts. Old-timers still are talking about what an awful picture it was.

Acted in 40 Pictures

Russ Chorus To Sing Here

Don Cossack Group Is to Appear at English's.

The diminutive and dynamic Serge Jaroff is to bring his Don Cossack choristers to English’s again this year for a concert on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 7. Their concert

The whole thing put a crimp in a budding career, but the lad kept

on, and got his first big chance in

Samuel Goldwyn's “Stella Dallas,” 1925 edition. Since then he has made more than 40 pictures. Mr. Fairbanks

. went to England about three years

ago, where he had a flyer at parts

organizing Criterion Films, in which he is ‘an officer. David Selznick’s cabled offer of the role in “Zenda” brought ths actor back to this country on a sabbatical leave from his British production schedule. His associates in the picture are Ronald Colman and Madeleine Carroll, who are co-

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starred; C. Aubrey Smith, David Niven, Raymond Massey and Mary Astor.

in two stage plays as well as some movies. His interest in the English * film industry led him to assist in

will be an “added attraction” the Martens Concerts series. This will be the Russian male chorus’ fourth Indianapolis appearance, although’ they gave. their

“farewell concert” here two years ago. It was thought at that time that these 36 “men without a country” would be prevented from appearing longer in the United States because of passport restrictions.

SPECIAL FASHIONS

The smart costumes worn by Katharine Hepburn in “Stage Door,” in which she stars with Ginger Rogers and Adolphe Menjou, were personally designed for her by Muriel King of New York, who was

sent to Hollywood on the special assignment.

| ANN SHIRLEY ‘Too Many Wives’

PLUS—GLADYS GEORGE

“Valiant Is the Word for Carrie”

HE TURNED A COUNTRY .. UPSIDE DOWN!

Flung by destiny into a maelstrom of fighting — threats — and intrigue. Commanded to woo a woman he could never marry — hut whom he madly loved. Ronald Colman in his most romantic role will thrill you=-amase you and fire your imagination. SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL presents

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Astaire to Sing In Choral Scene

Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 30.—Jcining his . voice with a choir, Fred Astaire will sing two songs patterned after the old English madrigals in scenes of his new solo starring picture, “A Damsel in Distress.” They were written for the film by the late George Gershwin and his brother, ra. Playing opposite Astaire is Joan Fontaine, while the supporfing cast includes George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ray Noble, Reggie Gardiner, Montagu Love, Harry Watson and Constance Collier.

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Watch Out— Movie Scout May Get You

New Stars Are 'Picked ‘Up' From All Walks Of Life.

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 30 (U. P.).— Perhaps the oldest question in the history of motion pictures is, “Where do movie Stars come from?”

Oliver Hinsdell, talent director at Paramount, says they come from all walks of life, despite the current disbelief that the amateur and professional stage provides all the newcomers. : The talent director cites as an example, Dorothy Howe, brunet extelephone operator from Dallas, Tex. She was discovered handling the switchboard in a film exchange office and offered a contract.

Out of Dime Store

The studio thinks there may be something to the popular song of a while back about discovering a mil-

lion-dollar baby in a 5 and 10 cent store. Because Terry Raye, another youngster, stepped from behind the counter of a Chicago “dime” store into a film career. Hinsdell also cites the case of Joyce Mathews, daughter of a retired, wealthy Miami, Fla., man, who came to Hollywood as a ‘dancer and was placed under contract. It was only after she signed her contract that she disclosed her father was Wealthy. Another example is Jane Dewey, daughter of an English professor, who had no idea she was suited for films until a scout saw her and offered her a screen test. { _ Hinsdell says he found Jack Hubbard in a Chicago theatrical school and signed him without knowing the boy was the son a steel company executive.

Ex-Factory Hand

Richard Denning was working in his father’s factory when he decided he would rather act and came to Hollywood. James Craig was a bookkeeper in Houston, Tex., when he was discovered by a talent scout and offered a chance which he instantly accepZed. Even within the studio itself talent frequently is discovered by chance. A member of the talent department happened to see Archie Twitchell in a skit put on by the studio employees’ club. Twitchell was a printer in the film laboratory. He’s an actor now, :

IN NEW YORK —s core ross

Mona Merle's Fame Deserved—She Paid for It With Payroll of 'Passersby.'

EW YORK, Sept. 30.—It seems that Mona Merle, a young lady of varied executive talents, opened a new office the other day and devised a novel means of impressing her friends. When she telephoned invitations to a cocktail party, she gave the right location, but wrong address. All of her guests found the office, however, and marvelled that a place so new should be so well known.

It appeared they all had asked directions from passersby, who all khew and spoke very well of Miss Merle. And why shouldn't they? She planted them outside the building for just that purpose. ®t ” » HE So-Help-Me Department: A picket carries a banner protesting sweatshop conditions in a cold storage warehouse. And the cable address of -a hair and scalp foundation in the Forties is “Baldy.”

‘a ” ” AYOR LA GUARDIA, the Little Flower, is convinced that

he has thwarted a dastardly plot to convert his great, handsome policemen into gigolos, at the beck and call of “dizzy” dowagers.” There

is nothing our Mayor likes so well

as thwarting plots especially when they concern a department so dear to his love of the spectacular as the police. It came about this way:

One of the City fathers introduced a measure designed to protect wealthy night - club habitues against jewel thieves. Since, he contended, there were an insufficient number of policemen on the force, why not permit the rich to

hire rookie patrolmen as guards?|

The Mayor demanded to know what there was in the bill that would prevent a scheming socialite from persuading her guard to act as a rhumba partner, or escort her home from a midnight snack. The more the Mayor thought about it, the more indignant he became. a stroke, were relieved when he vetoed the measure. In some respects, this is a pity; there hasn't been a good, Casanovian copper around here in a long while.

» ” ” OEW’S STATE, celebrating its 16th anniversary this week, is the only vaudeville theater in. New

And his associates, fearing|:

York City. While the Palace, mecca of the four-a-day artists around the nation, expired peacefully several years ago, along with countless others, the adamant State hung on. Audiences are given flesh and blood pérformers along with canned entertainment and stars of stage and screen are drafted for the weekly bill. Sophie Tucker, Helen Morgan, Benny Goodman, Duke = Ellington, Vincent Lopez, Mitzi Green and innumerable others have trod the State's hoards during the past. five years and filled the house to more than ca-

pacity. And the State showed what it set about to prove: That the casual playgoer ® will support the show which sets its munimers off in person as well as celluloid.

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EUBENS—3 a. m.: Frank Buck checking his red cocker spaniel with the cloakroom girl while he confers with

RSDAY, SEPT. 30, 1937

the headwaiter about a venison steak sandwich. Big game even in the wee hours. Ethel Merman looks melancholy over her cup of black coffee. Russ Morgan, the bandleader, pauses in his destruction of a sande wich, to make a marginal ‘note in an orchestration.

PENNER'S DUCK IS POOR AVIATOR

HOLLYWOOD, Sent. 30 (U. P.).— Joe Penner, movie and radio comie, tried to ship a pet duck to Mitchell, S. D,, by air express to the county fair, but had to send it by rail when

he found the duck got airsick while flying.

STAR BORN IN TOKYO

Joan Fontaine, who plays the romantic lead opposite Nino Martini in “Music for Madame,” was bom in Tokyo, Japan, of English parents, although she spent most of her early life in this country.

ACTOR IS DETECTIVE

Leonard Penn is a detective lieue tenant on the Los Angeles police force.

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