Boy's Cinema (1939-40)

Every Tuesaay Doyco (oc)I< Iki- away t'loin Iiiiii. I cucssed, fcoinetliiiiK liI<o timfc had Iiappt'"Ptl wlifii Kaillo taid (hat JJoyco ulwayH ivanlod soiiictliiiiK" homooiio else liiid Rot—veiuenihei'? It was in yketchlev's lahoraloi-y." "Did Haillo kill Uwea Lee, too, sir?", Clinton asked, •'Of conrsc. Gwen Lce uas still in love with< Doyco, i-iiid sho was npsot at liis donth. Hho probably know IJaillo liad done (lio ili)ty deod,' and iutcndod (o toll tlio police. So Kaillc, for liis own safoly. did lior in. "Yon SCO, (."'linton," Slade went on dreanu'ly, < "ono of youi- colleagues made a few inqnirios alonpr at Doyco's fiat after we had visited it.< 1 couldn't soud you because you were busy^ oNewhero. Well, ho found out that Owen l^ce had visited Doyco the previous oveniiiff, and, that they had had a row." "How did ho find out about the row?"' Clinton asked, "Well, a next door noiphbour had had to' bans' on (lie wall to shut thcin up. Hut what, is more intcreslins, a man answerini? Kaille'.s desci'iption was hanjjini^ around at the time, l^aille probably heard the row, and that gave him the idea of sending" a ))oisoned rin^'.' When wo found it, wo would think Cwon had, loturned his cnKagoment-rins' in a huft", and so it would not como under suspicion. Unfortu- nately for him Owen drew attention to herself by callinR at the Stadiiun personally—which' meant that sooner or later we would find her and ask her questions. So he liad to silence her, and Rct the ring back. Elementary, my' dear Clinton—elementaiy!" "I see, sir. And yo\i think " But Slado was no longer listening to him.' Ho had signed to the pianist, and the chorus was doing its stuff. "Just look at them!" Slade said enthiisias-, tically. "Aren't they lovely? Clinton, the show is going to be a success, and I owe it < all to you. You're a grand fellow, Clinton!" "Yes, sir. Thank you, sir," said Clinton—' and simpered. From the film "The Arsenal Stadium Mystery," controlled throughout the world by General Film Distributors, and with the following cast: Leslie Banks as Inspector Slade Ian MacLean as Sergeant Clinton Greta Gynt as Gwen Lee Anthony Bushell as Doyce Esmond Knight as Raille Richard Norris as Sketchley Wyndham Goldie as Kindilett And the Arsenal and Brentford Football Clubs as the Players and George Allison and E. V. H.' Emmett as Themselves. BUV a UlNtMA FACTS AND FIGURES OF A FILM A lunnbcr of .■jtarlliiig fa<ts and figures uro revealed now that Cliarlos l.aughtou has hnishod "The Ifunchback of Notre Dame," tho lilm he nnide under the diicction of William Dierterlo for J{K() Jtadio J'ictures. Produced at a cost of ov<'r t400,00O, it is one of the most sijoctacidtir lilius tlu; company lias over made and lliey iiseil 3,.S00 movie exlrns, said to bo the largest number ever used in motion-pictuio history. They wore transported to the location sets lay 95 big passenger buses every day. Six individual cameras were used to .screen the huge crowd scenes; sets were lighted by batteries of several hundred giant are lights manned by a crew of sixiyscven elect lieians. All tlie industry's twenty-one fully-fledgod stunt-men, plus an additional nine part-time specialists, were utilised in dangerous scenes, and a staflT of sixty-seven make-up men and liairdro.ssers got tho big i>iol) of extras leadv with such tilings as 2,000 beards and 2,500 wigs, while fifty wardrobe men and women issued costumes to tho company. Twelve assistant directors lielped with the crow<i scenes, and the iiroperty men were responsible for 2,000 torches, l.OOO spears and 700 swords. They wore also responsible for tho safety of two dozen fifteenth century carts and wagons, Charles I.auglilon's grotesque make-up as Jnasimodo, the Hunchback, took over five hours every day to apply. Supporting Charles Laiigliton is Maureen O'Hara, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Mina (Jonibell, Ednuuid O'Hrien, Alan Marshall and Walter Hampden. JANE WITHERS AND GENE AUTRY IN PARTNERSHIP Following their appearance together in the ' 20th Century-Fox fihn, "Shooting High," Jane Withers and Gene Autiy are to go into busi- ness together. They have made plans to open .a "dude" ranch in the Californian Sierras, two hundred miles from Los Angeles. A "dude" ranch is the American description of a ranch where paying guests may stay and cowboys have to ' act as guides and companions to guests as well as the cattle. Business associates of the two stars are now going into the details of rtmning such a ranch, , and hope to get it into working order early in the summer. 14 campaign IialH for the men cxlias, and didn't find out until the fihii wui) uhoiit to Hturt Utat the dii'cctor wouhl not ho able to use llio fiaU. J lolly wood has always coiiKidr'red tho gliff- hrim htelHOM lo be us neccHsaiy to a moiintetl policuman as his horse. Uiil, iK-.MdIe infom»<;«l tho wardrobe defiartmciil, this piirtirmlar liat did not beeomc part of tho legula'lion iinifortii iiiilil the lale '90'». Jn 1885, the period in whicli tho pietilirc in set, the .North-Went Mounted wore so-calleW "pillbox " liuts—whieli reseinlilo pagel)Oj>.' cups—sj)iked military helmets and fur biisbjv. Tho oi'ler for the 50O Jiats has been duly cancelled I BIG NEW THRILLS Tho freak stmins of Nature are still in the front whoii it comes to interesting a lilm audience. Remember the fire in "Old ChioAgo," the eaithquake in "San Francis<'o," the thunder- storm in "Tho Toxaiis," tho dust storm in ".John .Meade's Woman," tho simoon in "Suez," the storm and floods in "The HaiuM Came," and the terrific hurricane in the film of that name ? They were just a few. Now comes Paramount with two major pic- tures that should just about dear the list of big winds in films. One is "Untamed," containing almost two reels of the most violent blizzard ever seen, with driving winds carrying snow and sleet in a solid lilanket while Patricia Monson, Ray !Milland and Akim Tamiroff stage ono o£ the wildest chases ever shown on a motion- picture screen. Milland and Patricia Morison ride Iiorscs through the bitter storm and deep snow with brandies from trees breaking ofT all ronwi them while Tamiroff pursues them with a dog- sled. !My Hollywood correspondent tells mo it will make the woman fans twist their hand- kerchiefs, the men grip their seats and the youngsters to yell with excitement. Adding yet another type of big storm to the list. Paramount has made "Typhoon," with Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston as the stars. To those familiar with the China coast, a typhoon is about the woi-st thing that might happen. Plenty of them occur there annually. With the completion of this film, the studio will have just about ended the cycle of Mother Nature's caprices—until some of the other Hollywood .«ludios decide to make an even more spectacular film. Thrills in the Western Lands No gun ever had such strange adven- tures -as those which befell King Kennedy's old colt .4,'i. It was a grim fate that brought the rich old rancher to Chicago to meet his death—but the .45 took full ven- geance. THE FATAL -45 No. 705 of A Redcoat on the Run ! Kicked out by the jMounties. A Redcoat on the run. Rod Mason had two fixed ideas in life. To bring to book the men who had framed him for the killing of a com- rade, and to win back his name as a Mountie. A grand book-length yam ! THE LONE MOUNTIE No. 706 of AN " EXTRA " JOB THE BOYS'FRIEND BDlISEVEte // your newsagent has not copies in stock ask him to order them for you/ Wallace Beery's latest starring picture for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "Arouse and Beware," has been started at the studios. Dolores Del Rio and John Howard have outstanding roles with H. B. Warner and Victor Varconi suj)- porting. Because California State laws forbid the issue of dirty uniforms to film extras, three hundred of their number enjoyed an extra hall-day's work. Signed as tatterdemalion Yankee prisoners in a Confederate camp, they were required to look as dirty and bedraggled as possible in their regimentals, for the opening scenes of the film. At 6 a.m. the studio wardrobe de- partment started to issue the uniforms so that the actors could have them torn and dirty by the time the camera work started at nine o'clock—and for this tliree-hour period of non- film work they were paid overtime. Wallace Beory and John Howard got n break, however. Their uniforms were broken in by their stand-ins. DOESN'T WANT TO BE A STAR ANOTHER ILLUSION SHATTERED ! When Cecil B. DeMille decided to make the Technicolor epic, "North-West Mounted Police," the Paramount wardrobe department got busy on ordering uniforms and clothes. i One big order was for 500 broad-brimmed When Frank McHugh first heard Holly- wood's call about ten years ago, he thought it over before he took the westbound train. "I knew I was just a comic," he says. "I knew from history books that certain kings had turned out to be comedians, but that no comedians ever became kings. So I decided to take the offer with the vow to myself that, no matter what happened by way of a miracle, I'd steer clear of stardom. "And so far it's worked. I've been under contract to Warner Bros, ever since. I've played all the parts that have been handerl to me, no matter what or how small, and I've always tried my best." The result? Frank McHugh is playing his 225th screen role as a nervous, quenilou.-s" private soldier in "The Fighting 69th." And he has just signed a contract for another year at Warner's. % FOR YOU AND YOUR CHUMS 8YC DOVTN Irirics .T Rilry " Iloiiie'■ / O Billiards Tablp. ivirriaqe paid. 7 DAYS' FKEE TUIAI, Dniance monthly. Write for ART LIST. E. J. Rlt-EY. LTD . Ensign Works, acCRINGTON, or D e p t. 3 6, t6/47, Newgate Street, Iiondon, B.C.I. Februsr; 24th, 1940.