The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Sep 1935)

News-Snapping the Stars but, unknown to the "louse" who is smiling like a toothpaste ad, fails to snap the shutter which impresses the. picture onto the negative. This expeditious practice is known as 'Trenching." But despite this, it seems as though the "lens louse," like Abou Ben Adhem's tribe, will ever increase. While on the subject of technical terms like 'Trenching-' perhaps you'd be interested in "cheese cake." We don't mean the tasty baker's product, but that of the photographic variety. No one knows why photographers call it by its present name, but that's what they call it. "Cheese cake" is any "leg" picture such as you've seen many times, especially on shipboard when a lovely star arrives or departs and is photographed with her shapely under-pinnings crossed. Among the many Europeans who have been initiated into "cheese cake" are Binnie Barnes. Marlene Dietrich (a favorite subject, but one who confounded the boys when she appeared in pants), Benita Hume. Elizabeth Allan, Drue Layton and Ketti Gallian. It might not be amiss to mention here that Websterian eloquence, torrents of it, was wasted trying to persuade Anna Sten, Merle Oberon and Evelyn Laye to pose for "cheese cake." Those stars knew all the answers. Recently, two famous English actors arrived aboard the Berengaria: Leslie Howard and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Through some misfortune, one of the photographers failed to procure a required shot of Howard. He discovered this hours after the ship had docked. Finally, a happy thought struck him and he called Sir Cedric, whose hotel he knew, to obtain Howard's New York address. The genial Sir Cedric himself answered the phone and listened attentively to the photographer's woeful tale. At its conclusion he said: "Certainly, I'll be glad to assist, old man. But, really, I don't know Mr. Howard's address because I failed to mark it down. But I do know it's one of your hotels with the towers on!" The photographer never did discover the hotel. He called twenty before he finally admitted defeat. Wreather and crowds conspire most against the news photographer. Now and then, especially if it's very cold, a plate may slip from benumbed fingers. Sometimes, when use of a tripod is necessary, the moment it is set up a crowd collects magically. At other times, an enraged bodyguard employed by a male star to shoo cameramen away may wreck the camera or deal bodily injuries with reckless abandon. From day to day, the photographer plods along, apparently nerveless, yet the nerviest of nature's noblemen. When he scents the picture trail, he's impervious to insults, immune to rebuffs. Portrayed as unkempt and hard-hearted he still bears no rancor against the authors of the sketch. He knows his job and fulfilling its rigorous requirements is all he cares about. His romantic side? Well, like all true knights of the highway and by-way he has his credo. It's: "Don't 'shoot' until you see the whites of their eyes!" The Things Which Are Cesar's {Continued jrom page 25) so well for me," he said. "I was playing the lead in Frank Craven's 'All Points West' when Ben Piazza, then the casting director at M-G-M, saw me and brought me out here. My first picture was 'The Thin Man.' in which I played a comparatively small part. Then I played the French consul in 'British Agent,' but M-G-M did not take up my option, and I felt pretty discouraged. I was thinking of going back to New York when Universal gave me a test, with Rochelle Hudson, and signed me up to a term contract. "I had played minor roles in only four pictures when Paramount called me for a try-out to take Joel McCrea's place opposite Marlene Dietrich. I was very anxious to make good, but didn't think I had a chance. I was a newcomer in pictures, I had no following. This was a break that was simply too good to be true. "When I went to the studio I asked the casting director: 'What's all this about? Are you serious?' As I was led before Von Sternberg I thought he would just look me over, tell me 'We'll let you know,' and forget all about it. But he seemed to like the way I read my lines. Then Miss Dietrich came in and took a look at me. Was I nervous! They talked together in German, discussing me, but I couldn't understand a word of what they said. Presently Von Sternberg turned around and told me, "You are hired." I couldn't believe my ears. "I acted very nonchalant, but really was scared stiff when I started working with Miss Dietrich. It was the biggest break I had had in my life, and I was afraid they would fire me. But Miss Dietrich was very sweet to work with. I felt very much at home in this picture, because of its Spanish atmosphere. I am holding my breath, to see how the public will receive me." When Mae West heard about him and had a look at some of his amative work in the Von Sternberg-Dietrich spectacle, she told Paramount executives to "get her that man." But Universal had gotten wise, realized his worth in spilling manly charms across the screen, and refused to loan him out to play opposite the curvaceous Mae. Paramount succeeded, however, in getting him for the leading role in Damon Runyon's "Hold 'em Yale," which also features Patricia Ellis. Today Cesar is a hero on his home lot. Carl Laemmle Jr. & Company are scouting around for stories that will do justice to his romantic talents, and are to produce a picture giving him stellar billing. Reviewing his career as a jigger and Thespian Cesar said: "As a boy I always wanted to be an actor, not a dancer. But I never thought I would be able to go on the stage, because my father planned on my taking his place in the firm. 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