TWO FAMOUS STARS.

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 16, 18 July 1940, Page 18

TWO FAMOUS STARS.

Allan Jones has been signed by Jules T ~,, , , . ~ Levey for one of the leading roles in kittle need be said of the acting "The Boys From Syracuse," Levey's ability of either Bette Davis or Miriam initial Mayfair production for Univer- ft opklns ' ? ach ,has a top ,place amolJg sal release. It wiU be Jones's first £? em!!^ ?i»ye^ S of th?, screen- In performance since his starring triumph T he °ld Mal d ? e°ri e Brent °ccu' in "The Great Victor Herbert." At pie? *e. hea£ s of both Bette Davis the same time, it was announced by and Miriam Hopkins The picture is Levey that Martha Raye, previously a gripping drama with a picturesque rumoured for a role in the Rodgers background. The director was Edmund and Hart-musical, had been definitely Moulding, who has scored an even set for one of the top parts. Addition ™re !^nsa^° na triumph for Warner of Jones and Miss Raye to the cast, Bros- than Dark Victory." which already includes the Ritz Brothers, assures a triple-starring ar- atitv dtttp r-mrrM : rangement for Levey's elaborately- ALICE BLUE LrUWN. plotted film version of the Broadway hit. Both Jones and Harry Ritz will Several years ago, there was staged , perform dual roles in the screen pro- on Broadway a musical comedy named duction of "The Boys From Syracuse." "Irene." Theme song of the showJones will play the roles enacted on was a haunting, lilting tune about a file stage by Eddie Albert and Ronald sweet little Alice Blue Gown. Folks grraham, and Harry Ritz will essay heard it, hummed-it, asked about Alice the parts originally created by Jimmy blue. When feminine members of the ;§avo and Teddy Hart. Miss Raye's jam-packed theatres discovered it to - ( fole in the film was originated by be the "heavenly" blue of an April Wynn Murray, now a star en frsd sky (a sb*~e that blonde, brunette, ' Allen's radio show. redhead, instantly knew was her < colour) thsr promptly dashed out to ; !>uy it. They wore the colour and j »,rm TVAn*vr r jnv sanS the son § long after the Play had i I\£iP[ LbADiM, LADY. become history. Some months ago } R.K.O. Radio began production on a ] Cxive Brook has a new leading lady reen Y ersi°n of "Irene," with Anna ] in -Convoy," which he is making for eto *J e e Irif> h heroine , Michael Balcon at the Ealing Studios, Qui* e Pr°Perly> the Alice Blue Gown" < with Pen Tennyson directing. Her uence was screened m Technicolor. ] name is Judy Campbell. "Convoy" Whereupon history repeated itself, j is her second feature film. She made Hollywood stars, first to see the picture, 1 her debut recently in "Saloon Bar," discovered that Alice blue is just as s with Gordon Harker, which was also gay, just as flattering as ever. Designers , produced at Ealing. It is not often «&«? Sl* t th!L i*J £f buy^ g #.at the reticent Clive Brook" permits n^%J£?%*?J™i S-SJS^-^ SI SST S 2^£fiMWsK! Opinion carries weight. And he does 1S maae 0I satmv

d ! !" t • A PROBLEM IN WIGS. r I Twelve wigs worn by members of s the House of Lords in "The Earl of t Chicago" literally had Jack Dawn, e Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ' make-up exr pert, tearing his hair for weeks.' t Originally ordered from England, the ;i outbreak of the war made their dee livery hazardous and Dawn decided to s make his own wigs for the picture, s which stars Robert Montgomery. A B search revealed that there was only 7 one wig of the type needed in the j United States. This was secured, but again the war proved a problem. The most desirable human hair comes from Europe and the quantity and quality Dawn required were not available. By scraping together all the hair in Hollywood, Dawn managed to obtain enough a for the traditional wigs, each of which took a week to make and then had ' to be baked for twenty-four hours in j an oven after being shellacked. All this effort was taken to assure an ' authentic recreation of the House of | Lords, pictured for the first time on ; the screen in all of its colourful cere--5 mony. Less difficult than the wigs 1 was the work of costuming 200 actors ■in the traditional robes of English ! Lords and those worn by the Lord Chancellor, the Earl Marshal, the Lord ' Chamberlain, Gentleman Usher of the I Black Rod and the Garter-King-at--1 Arms. The studio wardrobe depart--1 ment recreated the historic costumes ' from photographs, which also served as a guide in building the impressive set. The House of Lords is the unique 1 background of a murder trial in the film, story of a Chicago gangster who i becomes the twelfth Earl of Gorley by inheritance. Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen, E. E. Clive, Ronald Sinclair, Norma Varden, -Halliwell Hobbes, lan Wulf, Peter Godfrey, and Billy Bevan have prominent supporting roles.

~j in the case of the tall, dark-haire< Judy Campbell. "She has great pos sibilities," he declared, after the firs few days' work with her. "Greate possibilities than any newcomer have known for some time. She ha poise, a natural film sense, and grea acting ability." It was not until hi had actually started work with he on "Convoy" that Clive realised tha he had known her as a child. Whei he talks about leading ladies, Clivi knows what he is saying. He ha appeared with the screen's most famou feminine stars. Many of them an now at the top of the tree, but the: were unknown when they worke< with him. GARGANTUAN MONSTERS. Meet a distinguished group of th< Earth's First v Citizens —Tyrannosaurus Triceratops, and a few oth'er mon sters that were dictators of the work millions of years ago. You've probablj seen their reconstructed skeletons ir museums, but in the motion picture "One Million 8.C." you'll see them as alive and realistic as beasts around ar: African water hole. Hal Roach Studios where "One Million 8.C." was madt under the direction of Hal Roach, de cline to disclose the technique used in breathing life into creatures dead and fossilised these many eons. These are some of the important players in the film, besides Carole Landis, Victor Mature, and Lon Chaney, jun.: Tyrannosaurus—the toughest of the dinosaurs, the deadliest beast of prey that ever lived. It was 47ft long, and walked on its' hind legs; Dimetrodon —sometimes called the Ship Lizard. Carnivorous; looked' somewhat like a crocodile with a huge fin along its back; Triceratops— a grotesque-looking dinosaur, clumsy, ponderous, and with three horns on its head.

The good old days when cows roamed Fifth Avenue and the Asters _and Roosevelts were just starting on their way return to the screen in the robust, lusty roma *tic and entertaining drama "Little Old New York," shortly to be released by 20th CenturyFox Films. The cast is headed by Richard Greene, Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, and Brenda Joyce. The film is replete with such fascinating elements as fist fights and weddings, ships afire, dancing and song. There is historical significance in it, too, shown by the struggle of Robert Fulton (played by Richard Greene) to build and launch the world's first steamboat, the famous Clermont-