Boy's Cinema (1930-31)

Every Tuesday I " Prince of Diamonds." Rupert Endoii, laii Keith; Eve Alar- ley, Aileon Pringle; Lolah, Fritzi Ridgo- way; Lord Adrian, Tyrrel] Davis; Gil- bert Grayle, (.Maude King; Williams. Tom Rickctts; Li Fang, E. Alyn Warren; Smith, Gilbert Emery; Inspec- tor Ectterton, Oolonel McDonell. " Around the Corner." Benjamin Kaplan, George Sidney; Patrick O'Grady, Charlie Murray; Robie O'Grady, Joan Peers; Tommy Sin- clair. Larry Kent; Terry Calahan, Charles Delanoy ; Moo Levine, Jess De Vorska; Sinclair Senr., Fred Sullivan. William Haines Learns a Useful Art. "J3ramatic art sometimes consists of soaking one's .knuckles in alum and water." So i-emarks W'illiam Haines, and thereby, ho says, he's divulging the secret of how he was able to enact a prize-fighter's role. The famous star of athletic; roles, after invading football, baseball, even polo, clashed with a pro- fessional in the ring in "The Duke Stops Out," IMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer's new comedy drama. All his success in I.is fistic encounter, he says, he owes to ihc alum. « "Jack Roper, the fighter I fought with in the ring, showed mo the trick," I'xplainod Haines. "The alum hardens the knuckles so you can't skin or hurt them, and this lets you keep your mind on your acting Also, in my jcase, it let mo use my mind to concentrate on how best to avoid Jack Roper's fists. He didn't know how to fake his blows, never having boon in pictures before. He told me to hit as hard as I liked, and said he'd try to roinomber not to hit back too hard. They say it made a great fight on the screen. It certainly felt like it from whore I stood. Onco wlien Jack hit me on the ribs I rang like a drum." William Haines took intcttsive boxing lessons before James Cruzc began directing the new production. Roper was his teacher, and they rehearsed the fight dozens of times, then staged it licfore the camera and microphone in the Hollywood Stadium, with an audience of over a thousand looking on. A Change of Name. After twenty years on the stage. Van and Schcnk have changed their names to Riirke and Glonnon. Rut the alteration is only temporary, and made for their roles in " They Learned About Women," their first . September fitli, 19.S0. NEXT WEEK'S THREE COMPLETE FILM STORIES. ' AU letters to the Editor should be addressed c/o BOY'S CINEMA, Room 186, The Fleetway " The Fighting Legion." Dave Hayes, Ken Maynard: Molly Williams, Dorothy Dwan ; Pop Williams, Harry Todd ; Hook Brothers, Los Bates, Charles Whittaljer, and Bill Nestello; Cloudy .Jones, Frank Rice; Jack Bowie, Ernest Adama; Burl Edwards, Stanley Blystone; John Blake. .Jack Fowler; Tom Dawson, Bob Walker; Tarzan, Himself. JOHNNY WALKER " COUNTED OUT." Ups and downs in the career oS a prize- fighter who stubbed his toes when he snubbed his Iriends. A drama oJ the boxing ring. " TWO BIG VAGABONDS." A thrilling drama of the West, starring TOM MIX and TONY. " RED PEARLS." A stoty that starts in the office of a Pearl Corporation to the oyster beds injouthern Seas and from the luxury of a West End club to Scotland Yard. Starring Lillian Rich and Frank Perfitt. ALSO The concluding chapters of the mystery serial :— " THE JADE BOX" motion picture. The famous songsters play the parts of vaudeville-baseball team mates, and picked out the Irish names to fit the roles they portray. Bessie Love plays the leading feminine role opposite the singing stars, and the supporting cast includes Mary Doran, Benny Rubin, Tommy Dugan, Eddie Gribbon, J. C. Nugent, and Francis X. Bushman. Horses. A troupe of wranglers have boen sent down into Me.xiro by Wesley Rugglos. Radio Pictures director, to round up and bring back to Los Angeles at least a thousand horses. The steetis -arc re- quired for "Cimarron," Radio Pictures" new film, to be diro^ted by Rugglcs. Thus far Wesley Rugbies has only been able to round up about 'five hun- HoQse, Farringdon Street, London, E.C.4. iired horses in and around Los Angeles as against the fifteen hundred he requires. The horses are to be used in stirring outdoor shots to be done on a panoramic scale, and also to haul that famed caval- cade of a thousand covered wagons which are to be used in the picture. One of the great problems confronting the director is that of signing up enough, skilled riders for hie epic of the rise of Oklahoma to statehood. Bronco busters, mule skinners, cow-punchers, and vaqueros of every description who can handle a rein or stick to a saddle are finding it a comparatively easy thing to line up several weeks' work on this account at the Radio Pictures Studios. Chester Morris Goes Crook Again. The police siren, that most effective of all sounds in talking pictures since it.s^ eflRcicnt use in "The Perfect Alibi," by Roland 'West, will vie- witli creaking hinscs, shattering glass, .screaming ladies, humming motor-cars, and ghostly foot.steps in a pro-noise campaign in "The Bat Whispers," Chester Morris* forthcoming all-eerie film that Mr. West is directing. In " The Perfect Alibi " Mr. West got as much drama out of the ticking of a clock during the third degree that was tensely silent. Ho has been study- ing the possibilities of dramatising tho proverbial drop of a pin. Una Merkel, William Bakewcll, Gustav 'Von Seyfler- titz, Bon Bard, and others arc in tho cast that is hard at work rehearsing at the United Artists Studio. Jungle Talking Film. The other week the Universal Company in America <lospatche<l an ex- pedition to the island of Borneo to make a talking film which ha.s its locale in the jungle. The title of the picture is "Ourung," but though it will feature the roost formidable of apes, the stoiry will not be just a travelogue. Into it will be woven en exciting <1rama. with Dorothy .Jariis playing the leading feminine role and a number of Malaysians sup- porting her in re«l native parts. Tho American company itself consists of fourteen members, and precautions have already been taken for theiir safety. Before leaving the States they wore inoculated against tropical fevers, and, OS ourangs on the island are certain to give them an unwelcome reception, the American equipment includes a number" of tcar-bombs, to keep the huge apea at a safe distance. This is because there is a law in Borneo which prevents the killing of those animals. (Cantinned on pa«e 28.) LOOK OUT for our representative at the seaside resort you are visit- ing. He is giving awaV Splendid Prlaes and Thousands of Attractive "Free Qilte.