Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Jul 1929)

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100 Continued from page 53 In any event, one can't miss very far the exact total, with these two sets of figures as a guide. Most of the argument about the incomes arose over the amounts charged off to expense. They Pick 'Em Young. Enter the Hollywood chorus girl. Enter, indeed, a bevy of pretty chorines. They are being used liberally these days in films with music. A whole aggregation were recently signed for the Movietone productions of Fox, most of them being highschool girls, ranging from fourteen to eighteen years of age. On account of their youth, a judge had to approve their contracts. Even though they were novices, the majority of the girls lacked not in the possession of pepful chorus names. These included Dixie, Bobbie, Dot, Darline, Paula, Raymonda, and Billie. Billie, by the way, whose last name is Kittridge, takes the grand prize for youth. She is twelve years old. Costars To Be Articulate. They'll speak in their next ! Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor are to follow the current custom. They have had their voice tests, and their dialogue duet is highly lauded. Frank Borzage, who directed "Seventh Heaven" and "Street Angel," and also the more recent film "Lucky Star," is to guide their steps — or should it be syllables? — in their first audible feature. Hollywood Higk Lights Another Old-timer Heard From. Where does a star disappear to when he leaves the screen ? Answer : Generally the stage. Such, it would seem, is the case with Frank Mayo, who some years ago appeared in Universal films. Mayo's name showed up in the papers not long ago when he married Margaret. Shorey, a vaudeville performer. The wedding took place in Lynchburg, Virginia, where the two were filling a stage engagement. Mayo was formerly the husband of Dagmar Godowsky, daughter of the celebrated pianist. He was married once prior to that. Re-weds and Surprises. Now what do you make of this, Watson? Roy d'Arcy has remarried his former wife, Laura Rhinock Duffy Giusti. And all along we, and lots of other people, were believing that he would soon be the husband of Lita Grey Chaplin. Romance taketh many strange quirks and turns in filmland. All's Well Again. Reconciliations are the order of the day in Hollywood. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mix have made up, and Tom has promised either to join his wife in Europe, or else in Hollywood this summer. The agreement was reached during the visit of Mrs. Mix to this country about two months ago. The pair were reconciled at a meeting in New York, according to reports re ceived by their friends. It was hinted that they may give up the celebrated Mix estate in Beverly Hills, and move to more modest quarters. High-tension social life was blamed for their differences. Tom, by the way, is now associated with the 101 Ranch Show. The separation of Betty Compson and James Cruze, which we mentioned in a preceding paragraph in this column, was very short-lived. Betty returned home after about five or six days absence. Which proves that domestic disagreements in Hollywood, no matter how devastating they may look, can have their happy ending. Lubitsch Will Musicalize. Ernst Lubitsch's first venture in the talkies is to be an operetta, and this should be his ideal medium. Lubitsch's pet pastime is music. He loves to play the piano. He knows the melodies of such creations as "The Merry Widow," "The Chocolate Soldier" and others of foreign composition by heart — or by ear. Indeed, he can play almost any tune from the comic operas that one suggests. Cameras Rechristened. Here's a new one — the "blimp." No, it's not a balloon, but a camera. It's called a blimp because it looks something like that. The reason for its odd construction is that the photographic apparatus in talking picContinued on page 103 Continued from page 31 "I doubt it," said Fanny, squelching my enthusiasm. "It isn't that sort of a cage. The title refers to the fact that Loretta plays a ticket seller in a movie theater. And they will probably have to change the title anyway ; it's too long. ■ Strange things happen to long titles when they reach the small theaters that have a limited amount, of advertising space. When 'Mother Knows Best' was shown in a little theater in Los Angeles, it emerged as 'Ma Noz Best.' "Loretta is to make a picture with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. That ought to be an interesting combination. But think of the traveling Douglas and Joan Crawford will have to do. They lunch together, unless one of them is miles away on location. It is quite a trip from the Metro-Goldwyn studio at Culver City to the First National studio at Burbank, but one of them makes it every day. It's a romance that is beneficial to the tire manufacturers. "But speaking of First National, Over the Teacups have you heard what they've given Leatrice Joy for her first vehicle ? It is simply too marvelous ! She is to play 'A Most Immoral Lady.' " "But I thought Corinne " "Yes, it was bought for Corinne." Fanny got so excited that her words accelerated until they were fairly tumbling on top of one another. "But Corinne decided that she would rather make a new version of 'Lilies of the Field.' It was offered to Billie Dove then, but Billie didn't fancy taking a role that some one else didn't want, and she wasn't in favor of playing such a frankly wicked woman anyway. So Leatrice got it, and Leatrice is wise enough to know that the public likes heroines who aren't too uniformly good. "If I were in Billie's place I'd much rather make a new play than an old one like 'Declassee.' I think it is terrible the way they are digging up all the old ones to remake. First National is to remake 'The Great Divide,' with Ian Keith and Dorothy Mackaill. Strangely enough, Ian's wife, Ethel Clayton, starred in that in the prehistoric days when the Lubin company flourished. And just a few years ago Alice Terry and Conway Tearle made it for MetroGoldwyn. And it never was what I'd call a masterpiece, even when it flourished on the stage years ago. "Fox plans to disinter 'The Man Who Came Back' and remake it. Paramount is to remake 'Maytime,' with music, and Fox is to remake 'Cameo Kirby.' Likely as not some one will dig up 'Shore Acres' or 'East Lynne,' and serve them to us embellished with theme songs. There is just one consolation " "And what's that?" I asked eagerly. "Producers have given up the idea of remaking any of the old pictures that Lubitsch made. He made them so well, that no one wants to invite invidious comparisons by putting out a new version." Oh, well, what I've always maintained is that the industry needs another Lubitsch or two.