Picturegoer (1934)

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PICTUREGOER Weekly IS HE MERELY A METEOR? Fraitchoi Ton* A GREAT artiste or merely a meteor of the moment ? Franchot Tone's qualifications have caused furious gossip in Hollywood. But even his critics won't deny that he is fine and handsome, characteristics shown to advantage in his portrait on a "Pictureaoer" sepia glossy postcard, new series. Put this dazzling newcomer to Hollywood in your album and bring your cards up to date. Study the list below. 5 f POSTCARD ALBUM FREE Join " The Picturegoer " Postcard Club and we will present you free with a 5/ Album, handsomely bound in Art. Leather to hold 300 cards. To join, simply send an order for not less than one doz. new sepia glossy postcards at the regular price of 2/6 dozen. On subsequent orders you will receive substantial discounts as well as many Club privileges. To " PICTUREGOER " SALON, 85 Long Acre, London, W.C.2 Please enrol me as a member of the "Picturegoer" Postcard Club, and send me Membership Card and full particulars of discounts, etc., on future orders. I enclose order for not less than one dozen Postcards, new series, sepia glossy finish, price 2s. 6d. dozen. Please include with my order your 5b. Free Postcard Album. I enclose* Is. extra to cover cost of postage and packing on my gift. Name Address P.O. No Amount • Overeeaa reader* nhould encloM Si. extra to cortr parking and portage. Croat P.O. rand Co./ and make payable to "THE PICTURBOOBR." Pic. 6.1.34 Choose your "Cards" from list below. New arrivals In rich sepia glossy, 3d. each —2/6 dox. On sale to all. Full list on request. ('live Brook Blnnie Barnes Ronald Colrnan chartes Gary Cooper Birkford Joan Crawford Tala Birell Btng Crosby John Boles Constance Milan Bond Kl Brendel Carl Briason Cuinmings Marlene Dietrich Jimmy Durante Madge Evans Glenda Farrell Clark Gable Henry Garat Greta Garbo Janet Gaynor John Glelgud Lilian Harvey , Katharine Hepburn Edward K Horton Jack Halbert Dorothy Jordan Miriam Jordan Boris Karioff Jan Klepura Kllasa Land) Francis Lederer Kredric March Herbert Marshall George Raft Norma Shearer Sylvia Sidney Slim SumraervlUe Lee Tracey Mae West Diana Wynyard Roland Young Let George January 6, 1934 "George" and "Anne" are your enquiry departments. The former will be happy to answer any query regarding films, the latter anything connected with household or beauty hints. Write to them both c\o The Picturegoer Weekly. When a reply by post is desired a stamped, addressed envelope must be enclosed. An Admirer of Kay (Childs Hill, N.W.2.). — Kay Francis was born at Oklahoma City, U.S.A., on January 13, 1903; 5 ft. 5 in. toll; black hair; grey eyes. Married (1) John Meehan (mar. dis.); (2) Kenneth McKenna. Write to her c/o Warners-First National Studios, Burbank, California. Pictures include : Gentlemen of the Press, Illusion, Street of Chance, Behind the Make-up, Raffles, The Marriage Playground, A Notorious Affair, For the Defence, A Passion Flower, The False Idol, Virtuous Sin, Scandal Sheet, Guilty Hands, 24 Hours, Girls About Town, Man Wanted, Street of Women, Jewel Robbery, Strangers in Love, One Way Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Cynara, The Keyhole, Storm at Daybreak, Mary Stevens, M.D., I Loved a Woman, and House on Sbth Street. NATTIE AND Mick (Leicester). — Casts as required : (1) The Flag Lieutenant : Lieut. Dicky Lascelles — Henry Edwards; Major Thesiger — Peter Gawthorne; Admiral Sir Berkeley Wynne, K.C.B. — Louis Goodrich; General Gough-Bogle — O. B. Clarence; Colonel McLeod — Sam Livesey, Lieut. Palliser — Michael Hogan; Midshipman Lee — Peter Northcote; Midshipman Hood — Tully Comber; Meheti Salos — Abraham Sofaer; Mrs. Grough-Bogle— Sybil Grove; Lady Dugdale — Annie Esmond; Mrs. Cameron — -Jovce Bland; Hermione Wynne — Anna Neag"le. (2) Say It With Music : Jack Payne — Jack Payne; Dr. Longfellow — Evelyn Roberts; Betty Weston — Sybil Summerfield; Mrs. Weston — Joyce Kennedy; Philip Weston — Percy Marmont. H. C. (Hendon).— ^1) Ages this year:Nils Asther, 33; Fredric March, 36; Ricardo Cortez, 35 ; John Stuart, 35. (2) Addresses as follows : Nils Asther c/o RKO Studios, 780 Gower Street, Hollywood, California. Fredric March, Cary Grant and Ricardo Cortez c/o Paramount Studios, 5451 Marathon Street, Hollywood, California. John Stuart c/o Gaumont Studios, Lime Grove, Shepherds Bush, London. W.12. (3) Some artistes do charge for signed photographs, but they will let you know the amount if you write and ask them. You can obtain International Money Orders to cover this fee and return postage from your local Post Office. J. T. (Victoria, S.W.). — Lilian Harvey is in Hollywood at present and a letter addressed c/o Fox Studios, Beverly Hills, California, should reach her. Lilian has made two films in America, My Lips Betray and My Weakness. E. E. (Sevenoaks). — Katharine Hepburn's pictures include — A Bill of Divorcement, Christopher Strong, Morning Glory, and Little Women. Address Miss Hepburn c/o RKO Radio Studios, 780 Gower Street, Hollywood, California. I expect she will send you a signed photograph of herself if you ask her nicely. There may be a small fee for her picture. D. W. H. (Edinburgh).— The film The Smiling Lieutenant was a talkie. H. C. (Surbiton). — Herewith the casts you require : (1) Under the Greenwood Tree : Fancy — Marguerite Allan; Dick — John Batten; Shinar — Nigel Barrie; Leaf — Billy Shine; Penny— Robert Abel; Old MaidMaud Gill; Parson Maybold — Wilfred E. Shine. (2) Honey : Olivia Dangerfield— Nancy Carroll; J. William Burnstein — Harry Green; Cora Falkner — Lillian Roth; Charles Dangerfield — Skeets Gallagher; Burton Crane — Stanley Smith; Doris — Mitzi Green; Mayme — Zasu Pitts; Mrs. Falkner — Jobyna Howland. L. B. C. (Coventry). — Leads were played as follows : Mad Masquerade : Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley and Nils Asther. The Faithful Heart — Edna Best and Herbert Marshall. Make Me a Star — Jack Oakie, Aline MacMahon and Sidney Fox. Ben Hur— Ramon Novarro, May McAvoy, Francis X. Bushman and Carmel Myers. E. V. M. K. (Chiswick). — (1) Frances Dee was 22 on November 26 last. (2) Buster Crabbe's birthday is on February 7. He is married to Virginia Held. (3) I have never heard anything about the rjmoar you mention. (4) John Boles has two children. FILM Crazy (Hove). — (1) Marlene Dietrich's pictures include Tragedy of Love, I Kiss Your Little Hand, Three Loves, The Ship of Lost Souls, The Blue Angel, Morocco, Dishonoured, Shanghai Express, Blonde Venus, Song of Songs, and Scarlet Pageant. You can obtain a photograph of Marlene from Do It! The Picture Postcard Salon, 85 Long Acre, London, W.C2. (2) See " An Admirer of Kay (Childs Hill, N.W.2)" for the reply to your second question. Curious Edith (Waunlwyd). — (1) Latest films as follows : Janet Gaynor — Paddv the Next Best Thing; Constance Cummings — Broadway Through a Keyhole; Elissa Landi — By Candlelight; Ruth Chatterton — Female and Mandalay; Joel McCrea— One Man's Journey, Chance at Heaven, Flying Down to Rio, and The Sea Girl. (2) The principal roles in The Stolen Necklace were played by Lester Matthews and Joan Marsh. C. A. R. (Leyton, E.10). — Constance Cummings took the part of Ruth Barry in Attorney for the Defence. T. H. (London, S.W.4). — I regret your previous letter has not been answered before, but all inquiries are dealt with in strict rotation. Herewith the cast of Loyalties: Ferdinand de Levis — Basil Rathbone; Margaret Orme — Heather. Thatcher; Captain Ronald Dancy. D.S.O. — Miles Mander; Mabel — Joan Wyndham; Major ColforA — Philip Strange; General Canynge — Alan Napier; Charles Winsor — Algernon West; Lady Adela — Cecily Byrne; Lord St. Erth — Athole Stewart ; Sir Frederic Blair — Patrick Curwen; The Lord Chief Justice — Marcus Barron; Gilman — Ben Field; Inspector Jones — -Griffith Humphreys; Augustus Borring — Patrick Waddington; Jacob Twisden — L. Hanray; Goole — Arnold Lucy; Edward Graviter — Robert Ma wdesley ; Jenkins — Mike Johnson; Ricardos — Anthony Holies; Treisure — Stafford Hilliard; Robert — Robert Coote; Kentman — Aubrey Dexter; Ricardo 's Daughter — Maxine Sandra. Jean Harlow Fan (Norwich). — (1) Grade Fields is married to Archie Pitt. Write to her c/o Associated Radio Picture Studios. Ealing Green, London, W.5. (2) I would suggest your writing to ask the following for signed photographs if there is any charge they will let you know. Jean Harlow, c/o Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California. Kay Francis, c/o Warners First National Studios, Burbank, California. Sally Eilers, c/o Fox Studios, Beverly Hills, California. J. V. (Cambs).— / Lived With You will be generally released on January 29, 1934, and the running time is 97 minutes. Inquisitive Fan. — No, I do not mind you calling me George; that is my name. Of course, you are no trouble. (1) Ida Luoino was born in 1917. (2) Write to Owen Nares c/o British and Dominion Studios, Elstree, Herts. (3) Cicely Courtneidge took the dual role of Mother and Daughter in Soldiers of the King. (4) Raul Roulien acted the part of Fascha in Delicious. (5) Richard Dix was bom on July 18, 1894. Thank you for your good wishes. W. B. (Walthamstow, E.17).— (1) Address your letter to the Editor. (2) Ralph Morgan appeared in Rasputin, the Mad Monk, while his brother Frank appeared in The Kits Before the Mirror. (3) The artistes you mention have not made any films for a long time. (4) The cast of the screen version of Alice in Wonderland includes : Alice — Charlotte Henry; White Knight — Gary Cooper; Cheshire Cat — Richard Arlen; Humpty Dumpty — W. C. Fields; Leg of Mutton — Jack Duffy; White King — Ford Stirling; Duchess — Alison Skipworth; Mouse — Raymond Hatton; Dodo — Polly Moran; Red Queen — Edna May Olivier; Father William — Harvey Clark; Father William's Son — Lucien Littlefield; Caterpillar — Ned Soarks; Cook — -Lilian Harmer; Sheep — Mae Marsh ; March Hare— Charles Ruggles; Mad Hatter — Edward Everett Horton; White Queen — Louise Fazenda; Fish Footman — Roscoe Ates; White Rabbit — "Skeets" Gallagher; Tweedledum — Roscoe Karns; Tweedledee — Jack Oakie; Clock — Colin Kenny; Gryphon — William Austin: Alice's Aunt — Patsy O'Bryne; Uncle Gilbert — Leon Errol. F. W. M. (Wembley). — George Arliss was born in Bloomsbury, London, on April 10, 1868. His pictures include Disraeli, The Grten Goddess, Old English. The Millionaire. Alexander Hamilton, The Silent Voice, A Successful Calamity, The Working Man, and Voltaire. Amused. — See "On the Screens Now" feature, page 26, for the cast and criticism of Orders is Orders. J. T. (Cullercoats).— The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded on May 11, 1927, since that year they have given awards for the best performances, the best direction, best picture, best writing, etc. The awards for 1927-1928 were given to Actress : Janet Gaynor, for Seventh Marlene Dietrich was born on December 27, 1906, in Berlin; 5 ft. 5 in. tall; redgold hair; blue eyes. Married Rudolf Sieber and has a little girl Maria. Here she is in the German student garb she wears about the studio between scenes of " Scarlet Pageant," her new film. Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise. Actor : Emil Jannings, for Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. Best direction : Frank Borzage, for Seventh Heaven; and Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights. Best picture : Wings and Sunrise. Best writing : Ben Hect, for Underworld; and Benjamin Glazer, for Seventh Heaven. N. K. E. (Bristol). — Grade Fields was born at Rochdale on January 9, 1898. She is interested in an orphanage. See Jean Harlow Fan (Norwich). A Nils Struck Schoolgirl (Bradford). — Nils Asther was born on January 17, 1901, in Sweden; 6 ft. tall, black hair, grey eyes. Married to Vivian Duncan (separated); one baby daughter. Write to him c/o MetroGoldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California. Postage for a letter to America is l}d. for the first ounce. Margery (Oldham). — Herewith the cast of Tell England : Edgar Doe — Carl Harbord ; Rupert Ray — Tony Bruce; The Padre — Dennis Hoey: The Colonel — C. M. Mallard; Captain Hardy — Frederick Lloyd; Lieutenant Doon — Gerald Rawlinson; Private Sims — Lionel Hedges; Private Booth— Sam Wilkinson; SergeantInstructor — Wally Patch; Mr. Ray — Hubert Harben; Mrs. Doe — Fay Compton. Fan Club Notice. — Readers wishing to join the Boris Karioff Fan Club can obtain full particulars from the secretary, Mr. Frank Houghton, 169 Tyldesley Road, Atherton, Lanes. G. D. (Glasgow).— (1) Write to Kay Francis c/o Warners-First National Studios, Burbank, California. (2) Nancy Burne played the part of " Nina " in Facing the Music. Her other pictures indudc : Little Napoleon and The Love Nest. Address her c/o British International Studios, Boreham Wood, Elstree, Herts. Barthelmess Fan (Aberdeen). — I regret that we have not any particulars of a Richard Barthelmess Fan Club. If we hear of one we will let you know immediately. Thank you for your good wishes. You can obtain pictures of Richard Barthelmess, price 3d. each, from the Picture Post Card Salon, 85 Long Acre, London, W.C.2. Admirer of Dennis (Birkenhead). — (1) See T. H. (London, S.W.4) for the cast of Loyalties. (2) Dennis King was bom on November 2, 1897 at Coventry; 5 ft. 11 in. tall; brown hair; blue eyes; married Edith Wright. Write to him c/o Metro-GoldwynMayer Studios, Culver City, California. 32