Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1931, Page 28

.MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE HOLLYWOOD, January 13 (N.AN.A.). ~Newspaper storles are just beginning, #0 far as the present crop of talkies @re concerned. Richard Barthelmess is making a Dewspaper tale. “Millie,” the most re- | eent vehicle of Helen Twelvetrees, which I saw previewed Sunday night, has newspaper lads figuring prominently in the march of the story. Several studios have been milling over newspaper plots and casting an anxious eye the while on Walter Huston, who made one of the first successful talkie characteriza- tions of this type long ago, back in the infancy of talk. ‘With the coming of “Five Star Final,” | the most recent newspaper legitimate stage success, the fever for faithfully .Yecounting the adventures of these modern musketeers will begin all over n. Several years ago the newspaper plot ‘was cut with edftors. If and when they did attempt a story of the sort, it was 8 wishy-washy affair, with very little . m}xe of the actual thing. Nowa- days idea is to present this line of ‘work, which still has tremendous thrills and opportunities for adventuring be- hind it, in perfection. And one of the most persistent ru- mors credits the Fox corporation with & cessation of production scheduled _during the next few months to make time and opportunity for complete re- The story current is to the effect that several of those bankers who know of pictures only the long, dry sheet which lists profits and losses are not enough on the profit side to B terested. One must keep an audience interested in the emotional side of movies, but when it comes to the ‘Wall-Streeters their interest lies all in the cold black and white which records the picture’s box-office record. If the ambitious plans of Howard Hughes go through as he has scheduled them, there will be plenty of theaters for the United Artist group without worrying any regarding leasing such from competitors. The current stories i a com- change f m'fll be the second big shake-up . Assists. . New Zealand bird. . Mulberry bark. . Pertaining to birds. . Philippine knife. . Inland Asiatic sea. . Meditative. . Pertinent. . An avenging fury. . Ordeal. . Form of oxygen. Strikes. . Sea creatures with a deadly sting. . Sharpens. . Johnnycake. . Girl's nanw . Youug pigs; dial. Eng. 5. Man's name. . Winter downfall. . Spike of corn. . Volcanic owerflow . Fuxopesy lquid measure. . tense. | Puckered the Ups. ~ ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZIE | <> MERRICE. Fox has had within the last 12 months or so. The latest gge hereabouts is the mania for travel pictures taken by peo- ple of interest. When Douglas Fair- banks hied him off to Indo-China re- cently he took with him .a neat little camera outfit with which he will make a trwelogge. Young Claudette Colbert, a-voyaging with her husband, Norman Foster, on a four months’ tramp steamer trip, took a movie camera along and got some of the best gelatin travel strip that has been brought back to this village in many a day, I am told. ‘The material includes a movie of a Japanese funeral procession, taken at Bali. This ceremonial is, it seems, one of the most impressive of the tribal pageants, and one that is exceedingly difficult to film. Of course, sound ef- fects are the things these days, and many of the studio-made’ reels have sound dubbed into them. But it is not at all impossible to in- terest an audience in a silent travel film. They do not seem to miss the sound in this type of thing at all. And when “Africa Speaks” was released I noticed that such parts as did not call for sound were as much appreciated as those that were made with sound re- cordings. And when it comes to news an- nouncers or voices interpolated to heighten the suspense, as the voice in the Comdr. Byrd picture, the tendency of the audience is to frinkly give it the raspberry. You've got to use your head in fib— ting sound into a travelogue these days and in putting a love scene into any picture. And if you miss out on either of these, the audience has no reluctance in giving a loud ha-ha. (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance.) Nursery Note Paper Out. Nursery note paper is the latest fash- ion for tots in London and no up-to- date nursery is complete without ti. It is designed by woman artists especially for children of the rich. Some of it is specially designed and colored to match the room. . Pertaining to ships. Silent. . Twin crystals. . Paternal or maternal. . Acquiring, as an heir. . Midwestern State. . Biblical land. . Taut. . Afresh. . American cartoonist. . Made comfortable. . Headland. Down. . Theatrical luminary. . Swift-footed beast. . Precious milky stone. . Artist's color boards. . Bother. . Occasion. Raise. . A close friend. . Explocing nasally. . Soaring high. . Travelers. Undulant. . Frozen dessert. . Hag . Angle-shaped objects. . American Indian. . Domestic animal. . Back tooth. . Fortifies by dugouts. . A backboard of a chair, 30. Vi 5 . Creature living on another. . Wicked. . Pertaining to the sea cow. . Crowbar. . Stringed instrument. . Flair. 48. Fastens. . Quality of sound. Commands reverence. r4u e w2 . Regulations, . Beverage. My head is small and rat! her hard, An unimpressive Life Is Not So Ducky With Jake. KEN KLING Roughhouse Isn’t Familiar With Movie Terms! By S.LHUNTLEY Expert Testimony Requested. MYSTERIOVS KATTY. BuT BiNo ISNT WORRY ING-.. 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