THE ANSWER CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 140, 15 June 1935, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE ANSWER CORNER.

REPLIES TO INQUIRIES. NORMA (Auckland) —Melvyn Douglas was the male lead in "Nagana." Spell Birell with one "r." BREXTEXBY (Onehunga) .—Have forwarded an explanatory note to L.G. (Marton). Don't' pretend to be so shy! I.Vf. (Auckland). —You have bowled me, middle stump. Can any correspondent tell me how many clocks George Arliss played with In "The Last Gentleman"? NORA (Avondale) —George Raft's next film is " Rumba." "Stolen Harmony" is not dated tor local release as yet. I have i no word of Max Grey in films. [L.G. (Marton). —You want still more "fan" correspondents? Now then, you readers who want to write to each other about the stars, here's an opportunity Re :he young lady and the "born leg-puller," thanks for seeing the point so promptly.

A GEORGE RAFT FAN (Heme Bay).— George Raft was born September 27, 1903, In New York City. He has black hair and brown eyes. He is not married. I cannot tell you if he has any brothers and sisters. Can a reader help here? Write to him c/o Paramount Pictures, 5451, Marathon Street, Hollywood, U.S.A. His next film will be "Rumba." He works under his own name. &F. (Mount Albert).—The director In 'Give Her a Ring" was Clifford Mollison. His other films have been "A Southern Maid," "Meet My Sister," "Freedom of the Seas" and "Radio Parade of 1935." Kichard Cromwell was born on January 8, 1910, in Los Angeles, and has acted in "Tom Brown of Culver," "Are These fly Children?" "This Day and Age," That's My Boy," "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer," and others. He has light brown hair and blue eyes. MICKEY (Raetihi).—l cannot tell you the Christian names of Fray Braggiotti, pianist of "Kid Millions." Con Conrad Is to be found c/o Warner Bros., 5842, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, U.S.A. Thanks for "Thin Man" cast. Regarding "Cleopatra," there were two villains at the beginning, They were the Egyptian frime Minister, Pothinos (Leonard Mudie) and General Achillas (Robert Warwick). Joseph Schildkraut played Herod. King of Judea, while lan Keith Portrayed the future Emperor, Octavian. S.Y.Z. (Taumarunui). — You may rest assured that Wally Beery did not have his leg amputated for the role of Long John Silver. It was just another case of the marvels of theatrical "surgery." I wonder no correspondent has mentioned the point before you. The "Cinderella contest" was surely In "Romance in the Rain." The romantic leads were played py Roger Pryor—Mne West's prize-fight-ing hero of "The Belle of the Nineties"— and young English Heather Angel. Victor Moore was the magazine publisher (not editor) in whom you were interested. This was his film debut, but he is famous on the stage in America. ITICKY BEAK (Devonport).—(l) May Robson was born in Melbourne on April 19, 1865. (2) Josephine Hutchinson's next films are "The Right to Live" (George Brent) and "Oil for the Lamps of China" (Pat O'Brien). (3) Clarence Muse was "Whitey" in "Broadway Bill." Like him? (4) Australia is in the doldrums as regards picture making just now. "Heritage," Charles Chauvel's prize-winning historical study, is the first we will see. Rolfe Boldrewood's "Robbery Under Arms" has been contemplated for some time by Ken Hall at Cinesound* hut production is still hung up. In Melbourne they are talking of another George Wallace comedy. "Two Minutes' Silence" and "Secre>"*of the Skies" are definitely in the linfbo of forgotten films. (3) Charlotte V. Henry's films include: 'Lena Rivers'," "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," "Man Hunt," "Rasputin and the Express," "Alice in Wonderlaud," and The Human Side."

Roasted peanuts, with a sip of sherry wine, is Florence Rice's between-meals hunger assuager.

Lilian Harvey speaks English, French, and German perfectly. She has made pictures in all three languages.

Tullio Carminati's full name is Count Tullio Carminati di Brambilla. He uses the title and full name only on his Christmas cards.

Reports from those who have seen the preview of the new Walt Disney cartoon, featuring a boxing kangaroo, are high in their praise. For weeks Walt and his men studied the antics of two wallabies which Leo Buring gave him, and finally they have evolved one of the funniest cartoons ever to hit the screen.

Samuel Goldwyn, American producer, and maker of glamorous film stars, has gone to London in search of another Ronald Column and another Vilma Banky. Mr. Goldwyn is to make another version of the famous silent film, "The Dark Angel," in which Colman and Banky, a Hungarian beauty, were the stars. "The Dark Angel," originally made in 1920, is the love story of a blinded soldier, and depends for its success on an authentic British atmosphere. Will Mr. Goldwyn succeed in bringing fame and fortune to the two unknown stars of his choice 1 While he is in London he intends to survey the prospects of the British film-making industry. Incidentally, Mr. Goldwyn is reported to have offered £20,000 for an idea suitable I for Eddie Cantor's next production. I

Shooting has commenced on the opening scenes of the British production, "Peg of Old Drury," starring Anna Neagle in the title-role and Sir Cedric Hardwicke as David Garrick. The period depicted is the middle of the eighteenth century, and among the characters of the time who will figure in the film are the elder Pitt, Pope, Johnson, Boswell, Sir Joshua Reynolds and Oliver Goldsmith. Drury Lane Theatre, the "Green Room," the "Cheshire Cheese" and Vauxhall Gardens (with an eighteenth century firework display) will be reconstructed. Anna Neagle will sketch Peg's rise from obscurity in Ireland to the point when she became the rage of London. Three prominent members of the caste of "Peg of Old Drury" are Robert Atkins as Johnson, Margaretta Scott as Peg's stage rival, Kitty Clive, and Jack Hawkins as Peg's Irish lover, Michael O'Taffe. The script is by Miles Malleson and Anna Neagle's costumes by Doris Zinkeisen.

Fay Wray smoked her first cigarette in "Mills of the Gods." It took three days' rehearsal before Miss Wray could handle the cigarette like the sophisticate she was to portray.

Thirty Hollywood babies who might have been pretty cold otherwise are going to benefit by the birth of Joan Blondell's infant, Norman Scott Barnes. Joan found herself in possession of so many extra baby clothes sent to her by "fans" that she decided to find needy families who couldn't afford nice things for their offspring. This wasn't hard, and now Joan is visiting each mother personally, and giving each a lovely outfit.

of her mouth, palate and jaw to use as a perfect example of "mouth beauty."

Among the stars of the old silent days, Dr. Taylor classes Billy Dove as best. He greatly admires the smiles of Gloria Swanson and Joan Crawford, but thinks them a little too "startling." A man's smile should be broad. Much wider than it is deep. Six front top teeth should stand out evenly together before the jaw recedes at the side. The two middle teeth must be big, square and strong. Dr. Taylor remodelled the whole of Fredrie March's jaw; brought the side teeth forward; made the exterior jawline square and firm. That operation, say the experts, made March a star. When Clark Gable went to him he was suffering from ten years of bad dentistry (relic of the days when he was lumberjacking) and an accident that had smashed four teeth. Dr. Taylor never gives his patients sets of false teeth. He treats every tooth separately; builds it up to normal with a permanent fitting "jacket" of porcelain. He says nobody has gold stoppings in America since they went off the gold standard. They sell the gold now and use vitallium, a chrome steel alloy instead.