Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1930, Page 28

N 5 A “HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THAT CAR?” MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, August 19 (N.AN.A). =—The craze for the inexperienced makes present Hollywood history seem like a page from the old regime. Another lad has been chosen from out of the great army of studio ambitious to be given a lead in a talking picture. Richard Cromwell, the former Roy Radabough, a struggling young sculptor of the colony, gets the coveted role of Tol'able David, a part which any young actor hereabouts would have given his soul for. Another corporation entrusted to ‘Wayne Morrison, & “‘props” boy and ex- college hero, the lead in the Raoul Walsh super-special picture this year. It's a $2,000,000 production, and young Morrison, under the name ‘“John Wayne,” carried it off in a state of daze. He was tested for the role, given it, and on the train—all in the scope of one stupefying afternoon. A young chap who sold film to exhibi- tors was recently given a contract to make the "Leather Pushers,” a series of seven pictures, and an opportunity al- most unparalleled in motion picture an- nals. After experimenting about with various names and wishing seven cog- nomens upon this surprised youth, all of them calculated to uphold the idea of_sex appeal, he-man stuff and box- office, they named him “Kane Rich- mand.” He's in such a state that he'll answer any name shouted suddenly be- hind him. Who wouldn't be? Frances Dee was found in the studio cafeteria when Maurice Chevalier dropped in for luncheon. The French star liked her laughing eyes. He invited her over to his set for a test. She Esa!d with flying colors, and now she'’s leading lady in “The Little Cafe.” I've talked to most of these young things. They haven't anything to say that would interest the world at large. & matter of fact, they are pawns in e talking picture game. Most of them have been chosen with- out singular initiative or extraordinary effort on their part. They have passed within & director's range of vision, and . Mend. . Species of oxalis. . Locality. . Part of a column. . To hoax: slang. . Famous Japanese naval officer. . Flat board. . Rumpus. . Jar. . Large bird. . Supplied with churches. . Herb used for flavoring beer. . Corppass point (abbr.). . Pruit of a certain tree. . Luxuriate. . An indeclinable noun. . Anodyne. . Heavy mallet. . Initials of Canadian province. . Abbreviation of one of the elements. . Woody plant. . An Easterner. . Get thee gone! .«Brazilian palm. . Grass-like plant. Avenues (abbr.). Metal objects cast in a mold. . Native of Asiatic country. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE. have been seized as available material when that director knew that he had to give the public a new face to stimulate interest. Sometimes a director would rather give the public & new face, 50 that his story will come first in their estimation. Nor is this meant as a jab at the ego- ism of those who make celluloid tales. ‘There are times when the subject-mat~ ter in question is far more important than the persons who carry the story through. Wayne Morrison was carrying a coil of rope past Raoul Walsh and very much engrossed in his duties indeed when that director sent for him and began asking questions. He's grateful that he got a chance. He's glad that he’s ir pictures. He hopes he'll carry on and go to the top. He's a nice boy, with a lot of muscular development and common sense. Few, if any, of them have any notion about talking pictures. They have had no training in voice usage, and wouldn’t know what you meant if you spoke of timing or rhythm. They will do as they are told, and the talking pictures in which they appear will serve as a sort of school to pr:rre them for their next opportunity, opportunity knocks again. Sometimes opportunity knocks but once. The town is full of people who played one role. Often fi’m sud- denly lifted to stardom ven't the stamina to stick to the and pley the rules as they are written. Jimmie Murray was given one of the finest opportunities of any lad in Holly- wood village. He couldn't come up to the requiremnts of directors in many. ways. For one uflnm& kept Marion Davies waiting an r and & half when he was her lead in one picture. And when a $10,000-a-week star is on time for work early in the morning the least the extra boy who has been given a chance of a lifetime can do is to be on_time also. ‘The Cinderella stories of Hollywood come back to nature’s first law—the survival of the fittest. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) 5. A female voice. Allows to stand, in printing. Unusual. . Sluggish. . Greek letter. . Toper. . Group of seven. Down. . Grate. . French feminine pronoun. . Ring out. . Garret. . Pronoun . Reappearing. A fetish . Spanish accompaniment to dance. Eastern ruler, . Period. . Head. . Leer. . Batrachian. . Preposition. 22, Garment. 24. Woman's name. Abbreviation for mistress. . Pacific island. 2§ Boxes. . Reticules. 32, Woman's name, . Poisonous matter. . Happening. . European pollocks. . Olive tree. . Scientific determination. . Small bass viol. . Loose earth or soil: coll. . :::lfl of burden. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TU {1 MYs f J suo F.l:“ll If It Ain’t One Thing— It’s Another —Maybe Both. KEN KLING When Bad News Is Good News. Loves His It Might Have Been “All Alone.” == GEE' I HOPE THIS FLOP, CLARICE ! WE HAVE A LOT oF PRETTY GIRLS BUT] NOT ONE oF &M DAY, AUGUST 19, YES AL, IF A BEAUTIFUL DABY | DOESNT CorE ALonG AGANST GETTING INTO ANY THING WITH THAT MORTIMER MUSHBY ' THE IpEA SOON WE'RE SUNK'! NONE OF THE GALS WE HAVE WOouLd GET A RUMBLE FROM ANY OF THE Die FILM COMPANIES! 1930. WE NEED IS SOMETHING SO STRIKING THAT 1T'LL EveN MAKE THESE HARD-BOILED Filn Mew GASP ! 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