Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1930)

Photoplay Magazine for June, 1930 Fred Marches On [ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 86 ] She was leading lady for Edward Everett Horton in several productions at his theater. Whenever he could manage it, Frederic was in the theater. No two people were ever more in love than Frederic and Florence. Whenever someone wanted to introduce Frederic they forgot his name and called him Mr. Eldridge. It always embarrassed the other person but it bothered Frederic not a whit. His own great chance came in the Los Angeles Belasco production of "The Royal Family." People have said that the play was patterned from the Barrymore family, the reigning house in the American Theater. Frederic played a very John Barrymore-ish actor. He looked like Barrymore, and he had the Barrymore gestures. Everyone in Hollywood saw the play as a matter of course. Even John came down to see how someone else did John Barrymore. Frederic had been scared to death, expecting a brick to fly over the footlights at any moment. But, at the end of the second act, someone said that Barrymore was roaring with laughter. After that it was easier. At the end of the play, John called on Frederic in his dressing room, and congratulated him on a good job. Ethel, so the story goes, accepted the play with considerably less grace. She is reported to have broken a long friendship with Edna Ferber, the co-author of the piece, for daring to wax facetious about so great a family. While the play was in San Francisco, Frederic made his first camera test. The city by the Golden Gate was pretty dark that season of year, so his first test was made on the roof of the St. Francis Hotel, with his manager flying up from Los Angeles to see that everything was just right. His picture debut was in a test role in "The Dummy." He first came to the attention of the fans as the good-looking young professor in " The Wild Party." It was pretty conclusively settled after that. He was Ann Harding's hero in "Paris Bound," and Colleen Moore's in "Footlights and Fools." His two most recent appearances have been in "The Marriage Playground" and "Sarah and Son." The March menage is a pleasant, rambling house in Beverly Hills. He is fond of horseback riding, and the bridle path runs directly past his home. His other favorite sport is tennis, and he is a crack player. Life to the Marches is unhurried, in spite of the hectic atmosphere of the studios and the theaters. At one time he admitted to a foolish, unceasing energy. Then he had acute appendicitis with plenty of time to lie in bed and think things out in general. Since then he has taken things more easily. Now he likes to sit around and talk after a good workout on the court. Frederic and his wife are members of Hollywood's "dignified" set, the Nagels, Lois Wilson, Ruth Chatterton, Ralph Forbes, and of the English Colony in Filmania. PHOTOPLAY'S famous ■* Cut-Picture-Puzzle Contest is here ! The chance you've been waiting for — your share of the $5,000 prize money — is now in your hands. Turn to page 60, read the rules and go in and win ! FOOT SAVER SHOES TAKE the first step toward foot freedom. Slip into a pair of Foot Saver Shoes!... Let tenseness soften into plastic grace... Let aching muscles relax into symmetry. YOURS — the light step. OURS — the light touch ... By means of Foot Saver's patented inbuilt construction so deftly shielding the arch from harm. Correctly made of the finest materials, Foot Saver Shoes are a benediction to the eye of all beholders and a blessing to the feet that wear them. Of course, you'll want this Style Portfolio! Our fashion booklet radiates with Foot Saver modes that speak with a beguiling Paris accent. Tell us where to send it! THE JULIAN & KOKENGE CO., 436 East 4th Street, Cincinnati, O. Please send me, without charge, your Portfolio of Footwear Fashions Name .... Address. Men's Foot Saver Shoes made by the Commonwealth Shoe and teather Co., Whitman, Mass., and Slater Shoe Company, Lid., Monireal, Canada When you write to advertisers please mention PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE.