The SCREEN and its STARS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11376, 29 November 1930, Page 11

The SCREEN and its STARS

MAJESTIC THEATRE'. To-day, To-night, Monday and Tuesday ‘‘Song of Love” Musical drama starring Belie Baker, Ralph Graves and David Durand. Wednesday, Thursday and (Friday—- “ The Careless Ago”;—Love romance, starring Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, jnr., and Carmel Myers. REGENT THEATRE. To-day, To-night, Monday and Tuesday—“ Under a Texas Moon”— Warner Bros, technicolor drama, starring Frank Fay, Raquel Torres and Myrna Ley. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday “The Cocoanuts” Paramount comedy, starring the four Marx Bros, "and Mary Eaton, NOTES AND NEWS Using frosted layer cakes for makeup has its disadvantages, according to Bessie Love, who is featured in “Good News.” In one of the comedy sequences Bessie is shown ‘having her face pushed into a sticky layer cake. With this smeared' over her countenance, she naturally had to appear similarly adorned in subsequent scenes for the sequence. Every morning for a week when Bessie reported for work she had to stick her face into a fresh layer cake, repeating the process at intervals during the day’s work to keep it fresh.

Less than ten years ago, Genevieve Tobin, who plays the featured role in Universal’s “A Lady Surrenders” spoke her first lines in “Pomander Walk”, at a charity production of this play with an all-star east. Since that time she has become the toast of Broadway, her latest stage success having been the lead in “ Fifty Million Frenchmen.” As a child, Miss Tobin was “discovered” by Charlie Chaplin, and great things were predicted for her future. However she failed to reach the screen at that time, duo to an attack of measles, and it was left for tho stage to bring out her talents to the benefit of talking pictures. With Miss ’lobin “The Lady Surrenders” which is the screen adaptation of Erskine s novel “Sincerity,” are Rose Hobart, Conrad Nagel and Basil Bathbone.

A curiosity equal to that which was occasioned by tbo appearance or Greta Garbo in her first- talking picture “Anna Christie’ lias been aroused in connection with the bowing of Lon Chaney’s initial talking production. “The Lnholy Three,” in which the “man of many facet” introduces movie audiences for the first and last time to his many voices, The principal scenes of the picture arc laid first in the environment of a- circus side-show section, and later in a bird and animal shop in which Chaney, in the disguise of an old woman, hides from' the police who are seeking him for a murder. In the pet shop, sequences Chaney reveals a- new angle of- liis versatile talent, that of ventriloquism, by which bo makes the parrot:j ‘‘talk.” Isy the same method he makes the dummy in the side show sequences hot ' only talk, but sing “Sweet ltosic O’Grady.” Dramatic spots in “The Unholy Three” include the fight m the side show after tlio ventriloquist attempts to pick tlio pockets of an onlooker ; the mysterious murder on Christmas Eye the sceno in, which the embittered midget sets loose an orang-outang so that he can attack the side show giant; and Chaney’s final scene in the court room where he is revealed by tearing , olf the old woman's disguise.—“Tlio Unholy Three” will bo shown here shortly.

The Roxy Theatre, Sydney, is going back to llesh and blood. Pictures, it is said, are proving too expensive.

Stepiu i Fetch it, negro comedian who appeared in several talkies seen in New Zealand, has returned to the vaudeville stage. ..lie is being hilled as “That Dancin’ Fool from Dixie.”

Ruth Cliattert6n started her career' as a chorus .girl while she was still attending an exclusive girls’ school in New- York. .

Gretta Garbo, who starred in‘the popular “Anlia Christie,” will play the role of Mata Ilari, the, famous Gorman spy, in : a mot-ion, picture•• recently written". for.’Metro-Goldwyii- ' Mayor- ■.Tho title..of 'the play is unannounced. 1 v . . - *

, Clapa Boiy.-is; passionately, fond ofdogs, .and'is-;thinking 1 of-.starting a kennel .of. Greta Danes, 1 having just acquired!two huge .young dogs- from Harold’ ’Lloyd.-. Miss Bow already ownsy Dqjvo; ,on - of -the largest-Danes west of-tho. Rockies, ■ -

A.-year. -ago ~Fifi• Dorsay wasbmak, ing, weekly .-jumps .from, one .city to another onWmotion picture.theatrical -circuit. r A good-looking, vivacious.! French girl, with . singing .ancl. acting ability, ..was' needed for .Will Rogers, v “They .Had .to See Paris..” A - nation-wide 1 search ended only after' Miss. Dorsay'-had- been, discovered. '* is liow only a fetF steps frop stardom. , .. *

So many playors, 1 directors and technicians deserted - the American legitimate ’ stage; during its -' slump; ahd ' : dunhgvtho advent: of:, talking pictures' that iioav., it'is suffering from : a' severe - shortage - of.-talent, and is bidding against.- 1 Hollywood., Alice iWli ito,- who' lias boon free-kmcing,. is

SILVER SHEET AND MICROPHONE. (By tlie Movie Ban).

co aside ring tJio offer of a vaudeville contract, and Olivo Borden Jias icturaed to Now Ye'' 1 - to appear on the; stage. Vilma Batik y and Rod la Roque—they are itian and wife—are to appear in a Broadway (New 7 ork) presentation in the near future. Anita Loos, who wrote 1 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,”- is writing the play for this due. Apparently, Mary Bickford will not appear on the stage in Barrie’s “Quality Street” as announced. When Mary docs appear, early in the new >eai, it will he her first appearance in a stage play since 1908, when she acted hi “The Warrens of Virginia” for Bel a sco. The Broadway producers are aßer other screen players. In New York there is talk of Douglas Fairbanks acting again, and Ho Ziegfeld wants Jack Oakie, once a chorus hoy, and will feature him in his new “Follies.” Then, too, tlieie is talk of Ronald Col man, who was on the stage before going into lectures. Greta Garbo, which seems an impossibility, and Bebe Daniels and Norma- Shearer are also mentioned.

Joan Crawford, Anita Page and Dorothy Sebastian. who gave rnov:e inns something t.'V talk about with the Highly entertaining “Our Daughters,’’ and Harry Deaumont who together again and between them Jiave produced what is without doubt one of the most sparkling and invigorating and dramatically interesting talking pictures in a long while, namely “Our Blushing Brides ” This time they are supported by a male contingent which includes the debnunair Hubert Montgomery, the juvenile Raymond Hackett. and the mischievous John Miijan, as engaging a trio of rogues who ever unwittingly did their best to bring unhappiness into the lives of three young girls who worked in a department store. Harry Beaumont directed “Our Blushing Brides’ fur Metro-tioldwyn-Mayer.

Marilyn Miller's second picture ‘'Sunny” is almost complete. Like “Sally.” Marilyn's new picture is based upon one of her greatest musical comedy successes. As a stage

show “Sunny”.ran l’or two years continuously in New York and in the First National and Yitaphone edition a distinguished cast supports the star, including Joe Donahue, Lawrence Gray and Inez Courtney.

Reginald Denny, aside from being an actor is a talented writer. He has written several successful motion picture stories, a number of stage plays.some of which he appeared in personally, and is now engaged in writing a novel, between scenes in “Those Three French Girls,” at the Metro-Gold wvn-Mayer studios.

After three months or patient effort,. Universal has cleared up the talking rights which will enable it to produce “The Cat- Creeps” as one of its twenty big specials for the coming year. “The Cat Creeps' 5 is based on the,- mystery thriller,' “The Cat and the. Canary’’ by John Willard. At the same time Universal announced that it had signed Helen Twelveirecs to play the role of -\nnabelle West, Others already selected for tho cast include Raymond ITackott, L’lyan Tadiman. Jean Fl'ersholt, Neil Hamilton, Montagu Love Theodore Yon Eltz. Blanche Frederick Elizabeth Patiej-son, and Purnell Pratt.

: Ideally spited- for <?■ summer wear, the brimmed' liafc worn' bv Leila* Hymns, Metro-Qoldwyn-Muyer player, • reveals -v a , softeningcharm that is' onhariced bythe - smart .trimming of black -against.the, white felt. .