Boy's Cinema (1930-31)

Every Tuesday All letters to the Editor should be addressed c'o BOY'S CINEMA, Room 163, The Fleetway Honse, Farringdon Street, London, E.C.4. "The Flying Fool." Vincfut Floyrl, Hciiry Koiuhill: Million Lee, Boiiita Hume; Morclla Arloii, Ursula Jean?-, ^Michael ^Xlailow, Wallace Geoffrey; Jim Lancer, Martin Walker: Matlame C'harroii, Barbara Gott: liirks t'harlef- Farrell. " Subway Express." Police-inspector Killiaii, .Tack Holt; Kearney. Fred Kesley; Dale Tracy. Kilcen. Pringle: Kdward Tracy. Alan Koscoe: I'aiil liordeii, .lames Robartls; Herman Stevens. Sidney Bracey ; Mason. Selmer .Tackson; Mrs. Cotton, Ethel Walo^; Mr. Cotton, William Humphrey. " The Lonesome Trail." .Imid Has-conib, Ciiarles Dclancy; .Sweetheart, Ben Corbett: Tenderfoot. ,]imniie Aiil)roy : Gila Red. ■Monte Man- tagne: Martha. Virginia Brown Faire; Rankin, Willia'n McCall: Knoch Crabb. George Berliner; Oswald. George Hackathorne: .Man In The White Som- brero. \\illiam Von Brincken; SheritY, Lafe McKee: Slim. Art Mix. Our Qrand Annual. No ii'atler »i.ti art'ord to miss the first liandsome copy of Boy's Cinkma ANxrAr,. \\lii(h is on sale at all news- agents and bookstalls, and can be had for the very small sum of six shillings. In this wonder book you ■will (iiid jxiges and pages of gripping (ihn stories, innnerous pictorial articles which tell > ou all about such interesting things as Film Making. Life Stories of Famous Film Stars, Filming Wild .4nimals, Sports and l'astimi>s. and all the big pieture- of the year. 'I'heie ar<> also three beau- tiful coloured plates and sixteen fidl- page plates of Famous Stars. In a nutshell, the Boy's Cinema Anki'AL is the vei',v book for the ardent film fan. - Teaching Dogs to Act. There are few men better qualified to speak on "How to bring up a dog to be an actor " than Rennic Renfro. For it is he who trains most of the canines used in Holly-wood's "talkin,;;: dog " productions. Renfro has a dog farm near Hollywood. There he keeps a collection of hounds of all varieties, among them being his two famous stars. Bustler and Oscar. There is one kind of do^'. however, which does not appeal to hini for his work. That i.s the thorouglibred. Not one is to he found among the hundred canines in his collection. He believes the "mutt" dog, as he calls the other type, to be much easier to work with in a company of different dogs without becoming excited. "The first step necessary in trainincf dogs for pictures," say.s Kenfro, "is to pick tl;e smart dogs from each litter. By a ' smart dog,' I mean one who shows more general int-elligence an.i nervous organisation than tne others. It is possible to judge this by looking October 3ri1, I'JSl. NEXT WEEK'S COMPLETE FILM STORIES. "^. ROBERT WOOLSEY in "EVERYTHING'S ROSIE." " Doc " Droop has stood in many market- places — without a licence — selling quack medicines, when a little waif named Rosie followed him out of town and insisted upon being adopted. Years after- wards, when a lover for Rosie bad appeared on the scene. Doc was charged with theft and thrust into jail, while Rosie was bundled into a home. But Doc was resourceful, and in the end everything became rosy—for Rosie. "UP FOR MURDER." A cub reporter accidentally kills his boss during a fierce quarrel, and the sentence of the court is—death ! Read of a girl's sacrifice to save him. Starring Lew Ayres and Genevieve Tobin. ALSO The sixth episode of our thrilling serial, starring Tim McCoy and Marion Shockley : " HEROES OF THE FLAMES." a pup in the eyes. There is a certain alert fire and gleam denoting po.ssibili- ties that can be brought out in training," Mr. Renfro begins his teaching after the pup is two months old. First conu^s simple tricks, such as sitting up, crawl- ing, rolling over, and so on, all of which serves as a foundation for more difficult stunts at later stages. Inten- sive training follows when the dog is about six months old. He is taught to walk on his hind legs, open doors, pick up dift'erent objects and other tricks The mo-st important of these is the movement of the jaws in response to a hand signal. For example, when making "Trader Airedale," a skit on "Trader Horn," orre dog used for the part of an African savage did not know any mouth move- ments. So" Mr. Renfro had to teach him for several days before filming began. This is what he does. First, he massages the animal's jaws so as to make them supple, then gently opens and shuts them. In time the dog gets to know that when the command "speak" is given by a hand signal to move his jaws as though talking. The dogs not able to learn this trick are given a bit of toffee to chew while the filming is being done. Then they move their jaws sometimes more than is required. Patience and kindness arc essential in teaching a dog tricks. Frightening the animal by cruelty will do no good at all. Thanks to His Nose. ^^ There is at least one actor in Holly-I^PJp wood who has re.ison to be thankfid for a broken nose. This is Stanley Fields. He was at one time a professional boxer and had made quite a name for himself with his nose in perfectly goo<l condition. Then he met Benny Leonard, retired lightweight champion, in the ring, and- as a rese.lt of that boxing match Stanley Fields found his nose quite out of joint. Fields, however, decided to make the best of a bad thing, and trading on his battered nose he entered vaudeville in partnership with Frank Fay. For eight years the two played before the foot- lights until the coming of the talkies dealt a severe blow to variety and threw luunbers of artistes out of work. Frank Fay went to Hollywood and soon ob- tained parts in pictin-es. Inspired by his partner's success, Stanley Fields followed him. There again his broken nose helped him. Norma Talmadge wae so im- pressed by his ferocious appearance that she signed him to play tne part of tho gunman in her first .sound picture. "New York Nights." P'ields made such a hit in this pictuie that Al Jolson next en- gaged him to play as "Pig Eyes," a tramp, in "Mamii\y." Paramount has since used him as the menace in "Street of Chance" and "Ladies Love Brutes." Stanley Fields has now a featured player's contract, and hie other films in- clude "Dangerous Paradise," "The Border Legion," and "Manslaughter." Quick Rise to Fame. Fate has a strange way of dealing with those who seek film tame. There are hundreds of artistes in Hollywood who began years ago to climb the ladder to success and arc still nowhere near the top. Lew Ayres, however, is among tho specially blessed. About a year ago he was a novice and tinknown. Now, at the age of twenty- three, he is among the stars of tlie cinema firmament and with a brand new five-year contract. He began work re- cently on "Heaven on Earth," will ap- (Continned oa page 28.)