THE ANSWER CORNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 236, 5 October 1935, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE ANSWER CORNER.

oxbplies to inquiries. „, rT v ULPH (Waipukurau).—Write to Temple at Movietone City, Hollywood, U.S.A. „ ,(ORGANSEN (Waimatc). — (a) Victor B'.f'Yr.rien, Myrna Loy, David Rollins, Roy n'trcv Mitchell Lewis, Walter Long, Pat Somerset, David Percy, Lumsden Hare, c.iai Chadwick and David Torrence were in the cast Of the “Black Watch.” (b) M Avres played opposite to Rudolph Valentino * “The Sheik.” (Thames). —Following details of B Nelson Eddy to hand : Age 34, height 6ft, welcht 1701 b, hair yellow, eyes blue. Is not married. He began singing in his church choir at Providence, Rhode Island, »nd play’d in school orchestra (drums). n •’hts of long and tedious utudy earned him sufficient money to pay for his singing lessons. noriGLAS BROWN (Takanlnl). —Addresses U non want are: Buck Jones and Tim McCoy, c/o Columbia Studios, 1438, North Gower Street, Hollywood, U.S.A. ; Tom Mix, c/o Radio Pictures, 708, Gower Street, Hollywood; Loretta Young, Shirley Temple and Warner Baxter, Movietone City, Hollywood; William Powell, Culver City, Hollywood ; Mae West, c/o Paramount Pictures, Inc., 5431 Marathon Street, Hollywood; Constance Cummings, c/o British International Pictures, Boreham Wood, Elstree, Herts., England.

ROGER-ASTAIRE FAN (Dargaville).— (a) "Ginger” Rogers' films: “Young Man of Manhattan” (debut), “The Sap From Abroad,” “Queen High,” "Follow the Leader,” “Suicide Fleet, ”■ “Carnival Boat,” “The Tenderfoot,” "Hat-Check Girl,” “You Said a Mouthful,” “42nd Street," “The Gold Diggers of 1933,” “Don’t Bet On Love,” "Upper World,” "Hips, Hips, Hooray,” “Flying Down To Rio," “Change of Heart,” "The Gay Divorcee,” "Roberta,” and “Star of Midnight." (b) “Ginger” Rogers, Fred Astaire and Betty Furness are all to be found c/o Radio Pictures, 780, Gower Street, Hollywood, U.S.A. Write to this studio for photos. The first two have been known to send pictures to New Zealand free of charge. (c) Can tapdancing courses be obtained from Hollywood? —I cannot tell you. Can any “hoofing” correspondent?

KEN. McRAE (Avondale). —A cast of “The Merry Widow” to hand gives Sterling Holloway’s role as "orderly,” and Donald Meek’s as “valet.”

DICKENS LOVER (Te Atatu).—Cast of “David Copperfield”: David, Freddie Bartholomew (boy) and Frank Lawton; Peggotty, Jessie Ralph; Boy David’s mother, Elizabeth Allan; Barkis, Herbert Mundln; Mr. Murdstone, Basil Rathbone; Jane Murdstone, Violet Kemble-Cooper; Aunt Betsy, Edna May Oliver; Mr. Dick, Lennox Pawle; Uriah Heep, Roland Young; Mr. Wickfield, Lewis Stone; Agnes Wickfleld, Madge Evans; Agnes (as a child), Marllynne Knowlden; Dora, Maureen O’Sullivan; Steerforth, Hugh Williams; Little Emily, Fay Chaldecott; Dan Peggotty, Lionel Barrymore; Ham, John Buckler; Mr. Micawber, W. C. Fields; Mrs. Micawber, Jean Cadell; Clickett, Elsa Manchester; Mrs. Gummidge, Una O’Connor; Dr. Chillip, Henry Beresford; vicar, Hugh Walpole.

WALTER BROWNING (Takanlni). — Addresses you ask for are: Johnny Weissmuller, Culver City, Hollywood, U.S.A.; Paul Muni, c/o Warner Bros., Burbank, Hollywood; Fred Astaire, Irene Dunne and Arline Judge, c/o R.K.0.Radlo Pictures, 780, Gower Street, Hollywood; Mrs. Crosby, c/o Bing Crosby, c/o Columbia Broadcasting System, New York; Florence Desmond (now Mrs. Campbell Black), not known; Stanley Lupino and Dolly Haas, c/o British International Pictures, Boreham Wood, Elstree, Herts., England; Jan Klepura (off to Hollywood soon), c/o GaumontBritish Film Corporation, Shepherd s Bush, Lime Grove, London; Clive Brook, c/o Toeplitz Productions Film, London. The leading lady in Klepura’s “My Heart Is Calling” was Marta Eggert, c/o Gau-mont-British.

Ruth Chatterton, whose screen appearances are fewer than they used to be, is to star in Grace Perkins’ novel “Modern Lady” in cinema version.

S.D.F. (Mount Albert). —Ruby Keeler is married to Al Jolson. Grace Moore is married, her husband being Valentin Perera. Jackie Coogan is engaged, but not to Mitzi Green. Toby Wing is the lucky lady. By the way, I am told that Jackie, who inherits 1,000,000 dollars on his coming of age, is to be sued by the late Junior Durkin’s sisters for 250,000 dollars as a result of the recent motor tragedy, in which Jackie’s father and uncle and Junior were all killed, Jackie himself jumping or being thrown clear. There has been talk of Grace Moore and Nelson Eddy being co-starred in “Rose Marie,” but nothing has come of It. Henry and Clifford Molllson are not related. Clifford has a brother William a London stage producer, and is married to Muriel Pope. Henry, who is single, makes his Hollywood debut in Auckland this week. The film is “Manhattan Moon.”

The interest aroused by the remake of a Mack Sennett custard-pie comedy has caused the executives to open negotiations for a series of six. The one recently completed and in which a pie is thrown into a telephone and comes out on the other end of the line on a comedian’s face—they have improved on the original Sennett system —contains such names as Chester Conklin, Marie Prevost, Juanita Hansen, Ben Turpin and Ford Sterling.

Sam Goldwyn has put Joel McCrea under personal contract for five years. McCrea is the first man since Ronald Colman in whom Goldwyn displayed a contract interest. The Colman affiliation ended when the British artist declared, he would never again be associated with the Hollywood producer. Goldwyn is putting McCrea into “Barbary Coast,” opposite Miriam Hopkins, for a beginning.

Victor McLaglen is the first star to be signed by Darryl F. Zanuck for the new Twentieth Century - Fox combination. McLaglen scored a sensation in America in .his last picture, “The Informer.” The first vehicle under the new control wiil be “Professional Soldier,” an adaptation of Damon Runyan’s story “Gentlemen, the King!” Zanuck thinks that McLaglen will become one of the ranking box-office favourites providing he is supplied with stories that give ample opportunity for his new talents in dramatic characterisation. His chief success prior to “The Informer” was in comedy, starting with “What Price Glory?” more than five years ago.

-SHUCKS (Mount Eden).—(a) Boris Karloff is 47 years old, 6ft high, and has dark brown hair and eyes. Write to him at Universal City, Hollywood. His films include “Frankenstein,” “The Mummy, “The Mask of Fu Manchu,” “The Ghoul (British), “The Invisible Man,” “The Lost Patrol,” “The Black Cat,” “The Bride of Frankenstein,” and “The Black Room Mystery” (not yet released), (b) Bela Lugosi was born at Lugos, Hungary, 46 years ago, is 6ft lin in height, and has brown hair and grey eyes. Write to him also at Universal City. His pictures include “Dracula, “White Zombie,” “The Death Kiss, “Chandu the Magician,” “International House,” “The Black Cat,” “The Mark of the Vampire,” and "Dracula’s Daughter (coming), (c) May West is 43 years of age, sft 41n in height, and has blonde hair and blue eyes. She is to.be found c/o Paramount Pictures, Inc., 5401, Marathon Street, Hollywood. (d) Richard Dlx’s pictures include MToo Many Kisses,” “The Lucky Devil,” “Womanhandled,” “Redskin,” "The Love Doctor, “Seven Keys to Baldpate,” “Lovin the Ladles,” “Cimarron,” “Donovan s Kid, “The Public Defender,” “Secret Service, “The Lost Squadron,” “Roar of the Dragon,” “The Great Jasper, ’ No Marriage Ties,” “Ace of “Stingaree,” “His Greatest Gamble, “West of the Pecos,” and ’ rhe Arizonian ”

One of the most interesting announcements for the coming production season in Hollywood is that stating that Ronald Colman, already doing “A Tale of Two Cities” and booked to do "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo,” has been signed to star in a film' based on James Hilton’s widely read novel

“Lost Horizon.” The film will be directed by that “ace” director Frank Capra.

The late Sir Henry Rider Haggard’s novel “She,” one of the most popular ever written, has attracted film producers with its weird fantasy in the past and two silent versions have been made. The first talkie venture has been made at Hollywood by Merian C. Cooper on a gigantic scale and a large stall of studio artists and technicians have supplemented the Haggard imagination. The star is a newcomer to the screen, Helen Gahagan, who was once described by an American critic as “the ten most beautiful women in America.” With Miss Gahagan are Randolph Scott as the hero Leo Vincey, whom the queen thinks is her long lost love of 500 years before; Nigel Bruce as the scientist and Helen Mack as the mortal rival to “She.” The story has practically limitless possibilities for spectacle and thrill and the producer and the directors, Irving Pichel and Lansing Holden, have taken full advantage of their opportunities.

The Russian actress, Anna Sten, is to make a British picture, providing Alexander Korda can find a story that appeals to her. Samuel Goldwyn brought Anna Sten to Hollywood from Europe, when she knew only a few English words, and spent a fortune on having her groomed for stardom. She made three pictures for him. She is now on a visit to her mother in Paris. Anna Sten will make one or two more pictures in Hollywood before she begins work in England. Both Columbia and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer want to engage this young performer and probably will. The actress insists on having the right to approve of stories before she makes a picture. Hollywood producers do not like players to have that right. Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer has in mind a European story, “Dangerous Rhythm,” by Geza Herzig, and Anna Sten has said that she likes it, but the question of terms has not yet been solved. Columbia has engaged Josef von Sternberg to direct a B. P. Schulberg production, in which it is hoped Anna Sten will star.