The Canadian Independent (Jan 1, 1938)

Page 10 ISSUED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ‘RE /NDEPENDENT THEATRE OWNERS See ee on GZ os Vv vida mA, 7@> --“The Thirteen,” the new Soviet adventure film, which ~ js having its Canadian pre‘“miere at the Garden The_ atre, won lavish praise from -eritics during its run in New 2 of Ork, y y Michael Brooke, nee the Earl of Warwick, recently drew his first featured sereen role when he. went -into the cast of “Bulldog Drummond Interferes,’” now in production -with John Barrymore, Louise Campbell and John Howard heading the cast. ~ Joan Blondell has been borrowed from Warners by Columbia for the lead op“ posite’ Melvyn Douglas in *‘There’s Always A Woman,’ ‘ which toplines Mary Astor and Frances Drake. Planned on a production -seale that will bracket ‘it with Frank’ Lloyd’s ‘Wells Fargo,” Paramount will film _ the epic story of the founding the growth of the Western Union telegraph com\pany it was made known ‘recently by Adolph Zukor. Martha Raye and John Payne were injured recently in an odd accident caused ‘by giving too much of their -art to a comedy scene for .Paramount’s “College Swing.” When friends applauded John Barrymore’s role in “True Confession” and told him that he stole the pic‘ture, his answer was “No one steals a picture from ‘Carole Lombard.” With the addition to the .cast of Hedda Hopper, Porter Hall and Barlowe Borland, Paramount’s ‘“‘Dangerous to Know” has entered ‘into production with Gail ‘Patrick, Anna May Wong and Akim Tamiroff heading _ the list of players. -. Fritz Lang has. been_noti-fied -that his film, “Fury,” y 4 ee i has been designated by New York University as the “‘best |. American film of “protest” and as such has been«the subject of study.in its courses on cinematography. Myrna Loy has come. to an agreement with MGM and has signed-up a new long term = contract.. She gets a big boost-in. salary but her desire to do: only two pictures a -year.--was over-ruled. Her next: one will be “Test Pilot’? with Clark Gable and ‘Spencer Tracy. . . Katherine Hepburn | and Barbara Stanwyck have just signed up again with RKO. Paramount has exercised six months’ options on three of its young contract players. They are Betty Grable, who has just finished a featured role in “Thrill of a Lifetime,” Terry Ray and John Payne. Before her latest picture, “Thrill of a Lifetime,” was half finished, Fanchon, Hollywood’s’ only active woman producer of musicals, was. given another story to prepare for production, so well did Paramount like her beginning of ‘‘Thrill of a Lifetime.’”’ Fanchon’s next film will be, “On With the Dance.” . Frances Farmer realized a life-long ambition to: appear on the New York stage recently when Paramount granted the actress a leave of absence to play the feminine lead in Clifford Odets’ new broadway play, “Golden Gloves.” Not On Speaking Terms? The Berlin reviews on “Ali Baba Goes to Town’? made no mention of the star, Eddie Cantor, who is non-: + Aryan, ae PATRONIZ er,” Tibbett On Chesterfield Series Tibbett, Lawrence operatic star, has sign ed a 13-week contract ‘| for the Chesterfield air program conducted by Andre Kostelanetz. MACHINE GUN USE TABOOED Ten years ago you could buy a “Tommy” gun via your mail order catalogue for $264, plus express _ charges. Today,. not even. the movies are allowed to keep them in their arsenals. The gangster’s favorite sub machine gun—often affectionately called a “typewritpossibly because its deadly chatter resembles that of a typewriter under the fingers of an extra-speed stenographer — was barred for private use. So what you see in police and gangster pictures today, aren’t real ‘“‘Tommies,”’ but imitations. They’re clever, though and they shoot just as well. But they’ll shoot only blanks, not bullets — and could not handily be converted by crooks into the real thing. This. was. explained by a Warner Bros.’ “gun expert between scenes of “A Slight Case of Murder.”’ All other forms of lethal 277 VICTORIA ST. New and. used opera chairs. E THE ADVERTISERS WHO M r resses. ANTAIN IT. =, CANADA’S GREATEST ~ PREMIUM xs DISTRIBUTORS Wish THEIR MANY CUSTOMERS | FROM COAST TO COAST A MERRY CHRISTMAS. AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2, °° CANADIAN ! PREMIUM DISTRIBUTORS 277 VICTORIA STREET. TORONTO = COLOR FILMS AVERT COLDS When all pictures are made in color, colds may be a thing of the past among Hollywood actors and act Members of the Warner Bros., ‘Gold is Where You Find It” company have discovered that since they started working in the technicolor production they have not had acold. The reason is that the. carbon lights used in color pictures give off ultra-violet rays which build up resistance to colds. weapons used are real, but the Thompson machine guns faithful enough in appearance and even in weight and balance to fool Public Enemy Number One himself! are all faked. a Please accept our sincere wishes for A MERRY CHRISTMAS ~ and A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR ma ies Theatre Chair Co. TORONTO, ONT.