Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities (1935)

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Record Details:

Title:
Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities
Date:
1935
Volume:
Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities
Leaf #:
00059
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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Page 2 — PERT KELTON STAGE CAREER On rpening night it was nearly 12 before she came on "but she held a restless audience with a burlesque Spanish dance and a Chaplin imitation. Charlie, in the audience, was so oleased that he sent her the cane he carried in "The Gold Rush." The next day Pert Kelton's name went up in lights beside those of Marilyn Miller, Jack Donahue, Mary Hay and Clifton '.Vebb, and she clayed in "Sunny" for two years and a half. She next had a featured role in "The Five O'clock Girl," with Mary Eaton, and at the end of the run ^ent to Hollywood for a visit. There she bought a half interest in a hotel, the Warner Kelton, and now lives there in a s^eci^llybuilt penthouse. During this time she appeared with Marilyn Miller in the screen version of "Sunny, n and then came back to Broadway for a part in "The DuBarry, " which starred Grace Moore. SCREEN GLuBEEH . .' Back in Hollywood, she was offered the role of Constance Bennett's hard-boiled girl friend in "Bed of Roses" and was an immediate hit. RKO Radio executives at once signed her to a long-term contract. Since then she has appeared in "Meanest Gal in Town," "Sing and Like It," "Bachelor Bait" and "Lightning Strikes Twice" for RKO Radio, as well as a series of comedies with Zasu Pitts, and in "The Eowery" for Twentieth Century . #####