Film-Lovers Annual (1933)

1 > 4 Warner Baxter might earn a living with card tricks if his screen popularity ever waned. He is a skilled sleight-ofhand artist. Before he became an actor, jean Hersholt was a portrait painter. How <lo you like his sketch of Garbo? seldom actually demonstrate it on the screen, even though to those who know them its influence may be perceptible. Warner Baxter, for instance, is an expert in card tricks, but he has never played in a picture where his role gave him the opportunity to show his skill as a sleight-of-hand artist. In his case it might not be considered dignified. His fans would not care to see one of the greatest favourites of the screen step out of his romantic roles to do card tricks. Will Rogers is one of the best polo players in America, and he is among the country’s most expert ropers. There has never been a polo sequence in one of his pictures and, except for a brief instant in Ambassador Bill, he has never had the opportunity to show his dexterity with a rope, though it was this rare gift that started his career. Clara Bow is expert with a rifle, but in no picture has she ever been given an opportunity to prove that she could be a very likely candidate for the King’s Prize ! tions of marksmanship that amazed the ranch hands. Ginger-beer bottle corks were pinned to a clothes-line and, at fifteen yards, Clara picked them off with seldom a miss. Charles Farrell is a gifted comettist, though he has never played a note on his instrument in a picture. While she was regaining her health at Rex Bell’s Nevada ranch she frequently gave exhibi Besides this he is one of the best amateur tennis players in Southern California, but no 93