Photoplay (Jan-Sep 1937)

Handsome Don Ameche never would have been an actor if it hadn't been for an automobile accident! He wears a mustache in his new picture, "Love Under Fire" — like it? Bl I \USE Don Ameche is utterly frank and unaffected, you won't find any trumped up coat of arms in his ancestral background His father came from Italy in the steerage, worked in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, finally saved up enough money to buy a sal'>"n in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Don was born into a large family (there were eight little Amicis). After the usual public schooling, the young man decided to be a lawyer. \\ iih this goal in mind he went to college; in fact he went to four colleges, Wisconsin, Marque' I a and I olumbia, but by this the idea was beginning to penetrate that ips it would l>e a long hard grind before he d hang out his shingle. College, however, lit him luck. There he met Monore horn he subsequently married; and i Brst chance to go on the 1 ock company was ind in .-in auti iccidenl I iniically the company ■ a leading man for i; and thoug I >on I ad only had osei Hi i good d him a pern menl job .""I he lidn't o !• tried . .i hi ap lati i he b the "G Ho is over a H 0 in pit i Don's Ho airplane trip from I i talent scout lurking in the broadcasting studio thought Don had what it takes. He was signed for one picture the tragic "Sins of Man" with Jean Hersholt, in which Ameche played the dual role of two brothers. It won him a longterm contract with 20th Century Since then he has played in " Ramona," " Ladies in Love," "One in a Million," "Love Is News" and "Fifty Roads to Town." If you like your statistics, Don was born March 31, 1908, is one-half inch short of six feet tall, weighs 1 70 pounds, has brown hair and brown eyes. He has two little sons, one two and the other four. His favorite outdoor sport is swimming. His favorite indoor sport is poker. His favorite book is his bankbook. I' \. In i I'M i. Michigan —You are right. "The Garden of Allah" was made before — in 1927 — but of course ii was a silent picture, and not in color. The principal roles were played by another lovely blonde, Alice Terry, as Domini and [van Petrovich, a young Russian ai i in, played Boris The picture Was filmed in by Rex Ingram, Alice Terry's husband I i \i iii Salt Lake < 'i iv, r i \n "Sally, Irene and Marj va made in 1925 in" to fame three lii tli girls n ho were tii allj null' ard ol thi n, foan < !rav\ ford as tarn e Bennetl as Sally, and Sally O'Neill as Wary Now Darryl Zanuck is plan ning i" n make the pii ture with the urn oi i dmund ' ioulding. Who knows but thai threi i known « ill jump to stardom A i ni i' i l.i \ \i i:i in. \ Y. -You can look forward to a new series of "Tarzan" pictures, but M-G-M will not make them nor will Johnny Weissmuller play the Ape Man. Johnny would like to do straight modern roles for a change. RKO will do the series this time with Glenn Morris as Tarzan. Glenn is no slouch when it comes to being a strong man. He is the Decathlon champion of the world (running, putting the shot, high jumps, etc.). He won the award at the 1936 Olympics. Glenn is a graduate of Colorado State College, is six feet tall, weighs 194 pounds. Nellie Lalley, Plankinton, S Dakota. — The principal outdoor locations used in "The Plainsman" were sites near Pole Mountain, Wyoming, and Birney Montana At the latter location DeMille used 1,000 Cheyenne Indians from the reservation there The Deadwood, South Dakota, saloon where Wild Bill Hickok was shot was built in Hollywood. It is an exact replica of the original Mr. DeMille found an eye-witness to the actual shooting, Captain Jim Moore, and thus was able to reconstruct it on the screen Jean Arthur made love to Gary Cooper once before in pictures — in "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town " Phoebe Kepler, Altadena, California. — "Wings of the Morning" was the Englishspeaking debut of that lovely French actress, Annabella. She was born in Paris on July 14th (Bastille Day), 1912, came to Hollywood a few years ago to make French versions of pictures, but went back to Europe after a few months Her real name is Anne Charpentier and she is married to the actor, Jean Murat Having a passion for Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "Annabelle Lee," she was inspired to change her name for stage purposes. A natural beauty with golden brown hair and eyes, she made such a hit in " Wings of the Morning" that you can expect to see her back in Hollywood any day. In the meantime she is working in another English picture, "Under the Red Robe," with Conrad Veidt Natalie Gripcevich, San Francisco. Calif. — Glenda Farrell uses her own name She was born in Enid, Oklahoma, June 30, 1905 She is five feet three and one half inches tall, weighs 114 pounds Greta Garbo whose real name is Greta Gustafsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 18, 1905 She is five feet six and weighs normally 122 pounds. Carole Lombard, formerly Jane Peters, (she had her name changed legally last year) was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on October 6, 1909 She is five feet two and weighs 112 pounds. You'll be glad to hear that her next picture will be in Technicolor, to show how really lovely she is The ANSWER MAN is a librarian ol facts concerning screen plays and personalities. Your questions are not Hm ited. but brevity is desirable. Also, the Answer Man must reserve the right not to enswer queslions regarding contests in other publications. 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