Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1930)

Scenes from M G M’s ‘'March of Time ” EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD Stars and Featured Players continued from page 77 their career in “Caught Short,” a story suggested by Eddie Cantor’s book, dealing with the Wall Street stock market crash. In this picture, the irrepressible two comediennes have the part of New; York boarding housekeepers who are involved in the stock stampede. During the coming year, Miss Dressier and Miss Moran will be co-starred in “Razzle-Dazzle,” a new laugh vehicle. To its roster of supporting players M G M during the past year added some of the best known players of the New York stage. The 47 actors and actresses now on this company’s stock player roster represent, M G M believes, the strongest supporting lineup ever brought together at the Culver City studio. In addition to this group, MGM recently placed 12 foreign stage stars under contract for work in foreign dialog versions. The star drawing power of a large percentage of the players under contract to MG M is made clear by the presence of such names as Wallace Beery, who has just completed his role,, in “The Big House;” Bessie Love and Anita Page, who proved their stellar drawing appeal in “The Broadway Melody” and other films; John Mack Brown, now engaged in King Vidor’s, “Billy the Kid;” Lewis Stone, who has a habit of “stealing the show;” Harry Carey, who has been working for the past year in the title role of “Trader Horn;” Ernest Torrence, Conrad Nagel and many others. Distinguished additions to the group of MGM featured players have come from the New York stage. Such players as Charles Bickford, the polished Basil Rathbone, and versatile Kay Johnson scored immediate triumphs on the speaking screen and proved themselves valuable additions to the ranks of featured players on the Culver City lot. The 16 eminent stage players who have come forward to cleave new and more glamorous careers in dialog films include Gavin Gordon, who plays opposite Greta Garbo in “Romance;” Raymond Hackett, who came to the Coast to repeat his “Trial of Mary Dugan” stage role; Hedda Hopper, whose last part was in Norma Shearer’s, “Let Us Be Gay;” Lottice Howell, who scored a hit in “My Maryland” before going into pictures; Charles King, popular in musical comedy circles before he transferred his activities to the screen; Robert Montgomery, featured in “The Divorcee,” “Their Own Desire” and “The Big House;” Catherine Dale Owen, stage beauty who appeared opposite Lawrence Tibbett in “The Rogue Song;” J. C. and Elliott Nugent, the father-and-son playwriting team who are equally adept before the camera ; Andre Luguet, star of the Comedie Francaise in Paris; Roland Young and Gus Shy. Other players on the MGM list include Edwina Booth, the fascinating heroine of “Trader Horn;” Lenore Bushman, who appears in support of Marion Davies in “The Florodora Girl;” Karl Dane, the lank “Swede” of “The Big Parade” and other ] great comedy parts; Mary Doran, hardboiled chorine of “The Broadway Melody;” Cliff Edwards, better known as “Ukelele Ike;” Julia Faye, famed Cecil B. DeMille actress; Lawrence Gray, scoring a new I success opposite Marion Davies in “The Florodora Girl;” Leila Hyams, heroine of j “The Girl Said No” and other photoplays; Dorothy Jordan, who has played opposite Ramon Novarro in “Devil May Care” and “In Gay Madrid;” Arnold Korff, Broadway stage actor; winsome young Harriet Lake; Gwen Lee, who has made rapid progress under the MGM banner; Barbara Leonard, who is playing her role in “Monsieur Le Fox” in four different languages; Nina Mae McKinney, heroine of “Hallelujah;” Dorothy McNulty, a recruit from the musical comedy stage ; Catherine Moylan, another revue beauty; John Miljan, versatile character * actor; Edward Nugent, promising juvenile player; Lucille Power's, selected for the (Continued on page 87) J