Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1936)

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With your package you receive, free, a large jar of ZiP Cream Deodorant, and a tube of my delightful Massage, Cleansing and Tissue Building Creme. In this take, he is seated at a table with a couple of caddies he has befriended. Loaded before them are sauerkraut and hot-dogs which they have to eat all day. So soon, in the movie columns, you will be reading how Edward Arnold, Columbia star, cannot look at a hot-dog without growling. The truth, though, is that Arnold goes on eating after the take is over. We found him gloating over a hot-dog over by the stage door as we left. He pointed to a boiling pot full. "Have one with us," he invited. But we refused, being a hamburger man ourself. Back to Columbia to watch that luscious Margot Grahame and Chester Morris. We leam that this is another picture shooting away from home. "Counterfeit" is being made at a little independent lot across the street from Paramount. "Ft *R some mysterious reason, this set is * elevated about twenty feet in the air by planks. It is the room wherein Margot, cornered by G-Men, dies. Death scenes are always difficult, but this one went along quite smoothly. This is a very dramatic moment, with Lloyd Nolan realizing too late that he loves Margot, and Chester Morris and his G-Men assistants being embarrassed as they make the arrest. They get this all in one take. Forall the sombreness of the sequence, the players were having a lot of fun between shots. Some tourist, pretending to be a newspaper reporter, had sneaked into the studio. Instead of kicking him out, Morris arranged a phony interview with Margot, who answered all the man's questions. When she caught onto the gag, she sent the bedazzled gatecrasher on to someone else. A bit bewildered, he was still interviewing when we left. Stumbling through the traffic to Paramount, we arrive on the "And Sudden Death" set, taken from that fiery little article about the perils of reckless driving. The set — the visiting room in a woman's jail — is surrounded by such incongruous left-overs as a theater balcony, a yacht stateroom, and a Mexican bar. The girls wear grey striped prison uniforms and sit at a long table where they talk to the visitors. For once, the stars aren't important in a take. The camera is focused on the extras in the background, getting color. This is a very serious scene, but as soon as the camera swings past him, Tom Brown breaks into a Busby Berkeley routine. Frances Drake bites her lips to keep a straight face. She plays his sister, and is in jail for protecting her wayward brother. From this drab spot, we move on to the loveliest set of the month. This is a handsome lemon-yellow and brown interior of a Florida house. Through French windows you can see a large swimming pool surrounded by real transplanted palms. It is the home of Dolores Costello, who plays a society gal in "Yours for the Asking." We were lucky in timing our visit so that we got to see the "key" scene. The "key" scene is the one on which the whole story hinges. Dolores, making a strong comeback since her fine performance in "Little Lord Fauntleroy," is telling gambler George Raft that he can have her handsome estate. When hegivesher a funny look. Dolores adds, "That's all right. I won't be living in it." During the scene, Dolores holds a white poodle. On the sidelines is the poodle's twin. Sometimes one dog is the star and the other the stand-in. Then they change around, so that there'll be no hard feelings. " Yours for the Asking" is directed by the highly capable Al Hall, who changes his technique with each personality he directs. With Raft, Hall just sits back and lets him figure out the scene for himself. Raft is a high tension, nervous performer and at his best when left alone, Hall explained. WHILE we have never been one of the sleek Mr. Raft's fans, there is something about him in person that makes you like him. Xo throwing about of personality and no false gushiness. But a solid, honest quality. An actor, whose name we promised to withhold, told us that Raft has donated his doctor's services, for as long as they are needed, to a Francis Drake is in jail to protect her brother (Tom Brown) in Paramount's "And Sudden Death" based on the fiery little article on reckless driving