The Story of a Hollywood Lawn

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 174, 26 July 1939, Page 11

The Story of a Hollywood Lawn

The chances of a. lawn remaining a 1 lawn in Hollywood are about 1000 to 1. Just as the kleptomaniac cannot resist his host’s silverware, the producer [has an inner urge to create make-be-lieve. For no snowman, bursting with the tricks of his trade, can pass a lawn casually without visualizing it as a Roman Colosseum, a baseball diamond, a polo field, or a Yorkshire meadow. Thus, most lawns within the bounds of Hollywood studios can vie with the stars when the roles thfcy have played are publicised. Furthermore, unless u lawn is of just ordinary dimensions, it generally goes through a series of makebelieve experiences in tho course of a single picture. A case in point is the | law n which is located at tho Edward studios. This law u is considered one of the most glamorous in the film pre- • c metis due to a gaudy past. During the making of “The Duke of West Point,” which stars Louis Hayward, Tom Brown, Richard Carlson, Joan Fontaine and Alan Curtis, it doubled for the rugby field of Cambridge University in England. Later, its personality was completely altered and it was used as a parade ground for the extras who played roles as cadets iu the film whose story is unfolded against a background ji of the United States Military Academy. Roger Daniel can now lay claim to being the best dressed boy in America. | For the youngster, only a few short months ago an obscure grammar school 1 pupil in his home town of Glendale, has recently acquired the most elaborate , and fashionable wardrobe owned by any youngster in tho country. The ' clothes were made for Roger for his J role as the juvenile lead in “King of 1 the Turf,” tho Edward Small production, starring Adolphe Mcnjou, and ' includes a full array’ of evening dress 1 clothes, street wear and sports clothes Producer Small decided they should go 1 to Roger on completion of the picturo in 1 appreciation of his splendid work in * “King of the Turf.” | f h