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Malcolm Tod.
Poison in the Moonlight." A very dramatic moment in " The Love Hut."
It hasn't taken him very long, cither. He made his first attempt in nineteen-twenty-one, starting at the very bottom of the movie ladder, as just " one of the crowd." But, as might he expected of the son of a Scotch father and an American mother, Malcolm is blessed with plenty of push and go and he landed his first leading role almost sooner than he was ready for it. He says it was luck, for he had never actually been on the stage, though be had had much amateur concert work experience whilst he was in the Army.
Born at Burton-on-Trcnt on March 16, 1897, Tod was destined for the Army and went from Paignton to
Sandhurst, thence to the Black Watch, Five years' service there left him wishing for a War, so that he could put his experience to a test. He had all the war he wanted from 1916 on, as lie will tell you, somewhat seriously, for he went across with the Black Watch, though he soon transferred to the R.A.F.
During six months' service with the fighting squadron of the R.A.F., Malcolm did more thrilling things than any serial hero. Adventure followed adventure, and he Van (though it takes a lot of coaxing), unfold tales of over thirty aerial battles in which he took part.
Back in England again he tried
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various things, but none for very long, until the lure of the screen called in no uncertain voice and Malcolm obeyed. When he interviewed a certain casting director, Malcolm gave among other accomplishments " Able to train any kind of animal to do tricks, and generally obey me." So they decided he would be the right man to tackle the infant in A Bachelor's Baby and thus a new star arose. He knew precious little about babies, though he cheerfully set about the rather difficult task of taming an unusually temperamental kiddie — acquiring experience which he will no doubt find invaluable later on. Malcolm Tod is not unusually loquacious, excepting on that one subject, once launched upon it, though, he will go for hours. He usually prefers to make a noise with any musical instrument other than his own voice. He owns all sorts, from a saxophone to a one-man jazz band, and is in general request always when it's a question of music.
Since A Bachelor's Baby, he has played " Ralph Rookwood " in Dick Turpin, and a whole lot of " juvenile leads " in Stoll, Quality, and Welsh Pearson films, and in The Thief, TJu Hawk, and The Typhoon. The last are his favourites because of the stunts in them, for Tod likes to keep his hand and eye well in. For the rest, he is a tall, eager looking fellow, with dark grey eyes and brown hair, and his boyish good looks conceal a very determined personality. He has spent the last few months on the Continent working with a French company in Vienna, where La Cabanc d' Amour (The Love Hut) was only recently finished. He came to London for a very brief visit Christmas time, but was called back again almost immediately and is likely to be away all the spring.
Making u[> Andre de Meyer, a French boy who makes a charming little girl.