REALISTIC ENMITY

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 25 October 1934, Page 8

REALISTIC ENMITY

GIRLS’ HUMOROUS ORDEAL An enmitj* which Loretta Young and Astrid All wyn are required to simulate before the cameras in Jesse L. Lasky’s" “The White:Parade,” now in produce tion at Fox* Film studios, threatened for a time to ; become real. Both actresses portray the roles of undergraduate nurses in the current Lasky production, and as the story unfolds a bitter feud develops between the pair over Miss Young’s screen romance with John leading man in the picture. In an earlier sequence the action called for Miss All.wyn to douse, a pitcher of cold water in Miss Young’s face while the latter is lying in bed. After the scene had been filmed several times Miss Young accused the other actress of deliberately “blowing up in her lines,” necessitating more than the . usual number of retakes and, consequently,' itiore. ice water. ‘Director* Irving Cummings Had difficulty pacifying the pair. Then Miss Alhvyn was on the receiving end of the .punishment in a scene wherein Miss Young delivers a socking slap to : the right cheek. A. dif-

aaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiaiiiaiaaaiaiaiaiiaaiiiaiaiiaiaiaaaaiiaaiasaiM ficult scene, it was refilmed several times. Finally Miss Allwyn complained that the slaps were becoming too realistic and it was feared for a time she might return the blows. However, the storm blew over when the last "take” in the slapping sequence had ben declared "0.K.” by Director Cummings—the girls embrac'ed and are again the best of friends. Now they both are accusing the director of encouraging strained relations between them to obtain maximum realism for the scenes in which they register mutual antagonism.