Paramount Punch (1932)

PARAMOUNT PUNCH. HIS story reaches us from ! New York. I Clara Bow was seated at ihel wheel of a magnificent Rolls j Royce. She Was about to drive j out of the garage opposite the \ Paramount New York studios j for a scene in her new starring I picture, “No L'mit" . = In frcnt of the car, in the f doorway of the garage, a pro j . perty man stood h Ading a large 1 gauze loop abou. five feet in 1 diameter. This was to diffuse thel strong sunlight that fell upon] the star. J As Clara was about to start] her car one of the bystanders Was \ heard to remark — ] “If she does that trick I'll cu'I my hat." j “Do what trick?” he i asked. 1 I “Make her car jump th-ough\ i that little hoop.” J t 1 FLASHES!! “Scandal Sheet”, George Bancroft’s recentlv-completed newspaper film, has been hailed as his greatest picture to date. It was directed by John Cromwell with Kay Francis, Clive Brook and Regis Toomey in prominent roles. The modern west is the locale of Richard Arlen’s current starring film, “The Westerner”. It deals with a gang of city killers who attempt to clean up the west “where killing was invented.” Mary Brian and Eugene Pallette head the cast. Jack Oakie and Jean Arthur in a scene from “The Gang Buster”. INCREASED ACTIVITY AT N.Y. STUDIOS. Definitely confirming reports of increase feature production at the New York studios, Jesse L. Lasky, vice-president in charge of production, made it known that a total of seventeen pictures are to be completed there between January and August, 1931. The list of forthcoming productions from the N.Y. studios includes, “Stolen Heaven”, starring Nancy Carroll; “Another Man’s Wife”, with Claudette Colbert, Fredric March and Charlie Rug-, gles; “Her Past”, co-starnng Tallulah Bankhead and Clive Brook, an untitled original story by Preston Sturges starring Maurice Chevalier under Ernst Lubitsch’s direction ; “Up Pops the Devil”, starring Nancy Carroll with Fredric March and Charlie Ruggles; “Mendel, Inc”, starring Smith and Dale; “Schoolgirl”, with an all-star cast; an untitled all-star production, with Clive Brook heading the cast; “Week End”, with Claudette Colbert and Fredric March; “Wild Beauty”, starring Nancy Carroll; ^ LEDS served as the trans-j portation vehicles for the ' Paramount Company on locationl at Cuadalune, California, fdm-] ing scenes of “Morocco” . j ! The unit, headed by Cary ■ 1 Cooper, whos,e latest is “The] [spoilers”, Marlene Dietrich,] 1 Adolphe Menjou and Director] ] Josef von Sternberg, worked j I among the sand dunes where] J automobiles, trucks or wagon~] j cannot travel. j j Cameras, sound recording ap-\ ] paratus and all other production] f equipment, were hauled to the I location sites by tractor-and1 horse-drawn sleds. Players and 1 technicians also rode the sleds. I Desert scenes of the Foreign I Legion adventure film were taken i among the dunes. FLASHES!! Ruth Chatterton’s next dramatic production will be “New Morals”, from an original story by John Van Druten, author of “Young Woodley”. Paul Lukas will have the male lead with Juliette Compton, Paul Cavanagh and Lester Vail in supporting roles. William Powell has started work on “Ladies’ Man”, with Kay Francis, Martin Burton, Gilbert Emery, Carole Lombard and John Holland heading the cast. Lothar Mendes is directing this adaptation of Rupert Hughes’ sensational novel. GIVE YOUR ALL FOR PARAMOUNT