Boy's Cinema (1939-40)

24 subject Mr. Ooldwyn has tried some one hundied odd different ways of intro- ducing his male and feminine leads, from the purely romantic knee-on-the-fioor technique as was the case with the early Vilma Banky and Ronald Colman pictures to the Gary Cooper cycle. Invariably Mr. Cooper discovers his lady in a distressing situation caused b^■ him- self. There is the recent "The Cowboy and the Lady " to prove the point. The lanky Gary tossed Merle Oberon into a pool of water, dunked her with mud and told her off in very direct words. This technique, the Goldwyn story writers say, is modern, streamlined romancing. Currently Goldwyn is making two pic- tures which again prove this philosophy of romance. In "The Real Glory," which stars Cooper with Andi'ea Leeds as his leading woman, Gary accuses Andrea at their first meeting of thoughtlessness and clumsiness. This is a meeting the girl can't forget in a hurry and it's good from DARTBOARDS !/. 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An almost identical first meeting occurs in "They Shall Have Music," the second of Goldwyn's pictures now in production. This film stars Jascha Heif etz, but the love interest is can-ied on by Joel McCrea and Miss Leeds. Joel comes into his first scene can-ying two potted palms and a guilty look. He can't explain what he is doing with the palms, which belong to Andrea, so she gives him a piece of her mind. And they don't melt into each other's arms until the final reel—which is just the way it should be from a writer's standpoint. There is no doubt but a few years, even months, will see another style of meeting to match the temperament and the wooing technique of the ever-changing younger generation. FILM FIGHTS ARE NOT FAKED Perhaps you are one of those blase fllnigoers who witness a horrific cinema imbroglio with an enormous yawn and a sly wink of the eye because you have been told film fights are faked, all in good fun, and nobody ever gets hurt. If you think so, you arc wrong—dead wrong. For to-day those celluloid fist fights are pretty much the real thing. They have got to be, or they look "staged." At the moment there are some first-class donnybrooks being waged for stirring scenes :n mo/ies and, believe it or not, the actors usually get hurt. It is not that they try to hurt each other; it is just that nobody can start slugging and not Every Tuesday connect with a solid haymaker once in a while. Recently, for instance, Bob Burns and Charles Bickford, a pair of heavyweights, have been going for each other with closed fists at Paramount for a sequence in "Our Leading Citizen." It was not easy work oi' fun, either. In fact, the fisticuffing this pair staged was far better than many fight arenas have to offer. On one occasion, for example, Mr. Bickford, who is something of a powerful fellow, let loose a wallop which caught Mr. Burns smack on the .side of his head, a little above the ear. Down went Bob Burns, and it was some time before he was able to get up. ■* Incidentally. Bob Burns went through the entire fight scene again, although still groggy from the blow on his head. Bick- ford was battered and bruised, too. Paramount has quite a progi-amme of fisticuffing for you to see. The bouts in- clude some outstanding attractions, as you will observe from the following: 1. Akim Tamiroff v. Gaylord Pendleton, heavyweights, in "Disputed Pas- sage." 2. Preston Foster v. two Indians, catch- weight, in "Geronimo." 3. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., v. George Bancroft, heavyweights, in "Ruler of the Seas." 4. Charlie Ruggles v. William Haade, middleweights, in "Night Work." Two of the best cinematic fights, and battles which were not easy and not all in good fun, are in "Invitation to Happi- ness," wherein Fi-ed MacMm-ray fights Eddie Hogan for ten rounds, and "Union Pacific," wherein Joe McCrea fights Harry Woods. 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