Picturegoer (1934)

March 3, 1934 PICTUREGOER Weekly DO IT! of Men, Emma, The Stremge Lave of Molly lAtuvain, Are These Our Children, Tarn Brown of Culver, That's My Bey, This Day and Age, Above the Clouds, Hoop-la, and The House of Connelly. Write to him c/o Columbia Studios, 1,438 Cower Street, Hollywood, California. Janet Gaynok Fan (Bradford). — Write to Janet Gaynor c/o Fox Studios, Movietone City, Westwood, California, U.S.A. Send an International Money Order for return postage only. If there is any charge for a signed photograph, you can send the balance when you hear from her, otherwise you will net know how much to send. BUNTY (Gainsborough).— (1) Herewith the cast of the most recent screen version cf Charley's Aunt : Lord Fancourt Babberly — Charles Ruggles; Ela Delahay— Flora Le Breton; Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez — Doris Lloyd; Charley Wykeham — Hugh Williams; Amy Spettigue — June Collyer; Kitty Verdun — Flora Sheffield; Jack Chesney — Rodney McLennon; Stephen Spettigue — Halliwell Hobbes; Sir Francis Chesney — Phillips Smalley; Brassett — Wilson Benge. (2) Richard Cromwell is not married. (3) Richard Arlen's latest films include ThreeCorner ed Moon, Golden Harvest, Hell and High Water, and Alice in Wonderland. Thank you for your good wishes. KATHLEEN ANN (Herefordshire).— Ycu can obtain photographs of Ronald Colman and Rudolph Valentino from The Picturegoer Post Card Salon, 85 Long Acre, London, W.C.2. I am glad you enjoy Picturegoer so much. D. B. (London). — Jan Kiepura was born in Poland in 1902. He is at present making a picture at the Universal Studios, Universal City. California, U.S.A. A letter addressed care of these studios should reach him. A. M. G. (London). — (1) Address Clark Gable c/o Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California, and James Cagney c/o Radio Studios, 780 Gower Street, Hollywood, California. (2) The postage for a letter addressed to Hollywood is lid. (3) James Cagney will be 30 on July 17. Dolly (Kennington). — Bcris Karloff did not play in The Hounds of Zaroff. Gwendoline (London.W.). — (1) Birthdays as follows : (a) Ann Casson — November 6, 1915; (6) Gloria Stuart— July 4, 1910; (i) Adrienne Ames — August 3 ; (d) Miriam Hopkins— October 8, 1902. (2) Margaret Lindsay's films include The All-American, The Fourth Horseman, Once in a Lifetime, Cavalcade, The Penalty of Fame, and Voltaire. Elise Marie (Bedford Park). — (1) Birthdays as follows : (a) Johnny Weissmuller — Chicago, June 2; (6) Lupe Velez — July 18, 1910, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; (c) Joel McCrea — Los Angeles, November 5, 1905; \d) Maureen O'Sullivan — Boyle, Ireland, May 17, 1911. (2) Herewith a list cf Fay W ray's pictures : The Wedding March, The Unholy Garden, The Finger Points, The Street of Sin, The Kiss, The Four Feathers, Thunderbolt, Dirigible, Doctor X, The Hounds of Zaroff, King Kong, One Sunday Afternoon, The Bowery, Master of Men, and Madame Spy. Moonstruck (Huntington). — Write to Bing Crosby c/o Paramount-Publix Studios, Hollywood, California. It costs l$d. to send a letter to America and takes ten days for it to reach Hollywood and another ten days for a reply to reach England. Audrey (N.C). — (1) Herbert Marshall was born on May 23, 1890 in London. Married to Edna Best, has one baby daughter. Address him c/o Paramount-Publix Studios, Hollywood, California. (2) Write to both Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell c/o Fox Studios, Movietone City, Westwood, California. (3) Frank Lawton will be 30 on September 30 next. Write to him c/o Gaumont British Studios, Lime Grove, Shepherds Bush, London, W.12. Veidt Fan. — Conrad Veidt was born in Berlin on January 22, 1893. Pictures include : The Cabinet of Dr. Caligan, Three Waxworks, Lady Hamilton, Lucrezia Borgia, Brothers Shillenburg, Prince Cuckoo, Henry IV, The Student of Prague, The Belovtd Rogue, The Man Who Laughs, A Man's Past, Erik the Great, The Last Company, The Lottery Bride, Rasputin, Rome Express, and The Wandering Jew. Teddy (Pcrtishead). — (1) You can obtain pictures (price 3d.) of Douglas Fairbanks, jun., and Joel McCrea from The Picturegoer Post Card Salon, 85 Long Acre, London, W.C.2. I do not know where you can obtain photographs free of charge. (2) Birthdays as follows : (a) Douglas Fairbanks, jun.— New York, December 9, 1907; (6) Joel McCrea — Los Angeles, November 5, 1905; (c) John Wayne — Winterset, Idaho, 1908. Curious (Brentford). — Herewith the cast of The Hate Ship : Vernon Wolfe — Jamison Thomas; Sylvia Paget — Jean Colin; Count Boris IvanofT — Henry Victor; Roger Peel — Jack Raine; Capt. McDonnell — Randle Ayrton, Lisette — Edna Davies; Colonel Paget— Ivy Dawson; Countess Olga Karova — Maris Minetti; Arthur WardeB — Carl Harbord; Dr. Saunders — Allen Jeayes; Nigel Menxie* — Charles Dormer; Rigby — Syd Crossley; Bullock — Charles Emerald. Jeanette Mac Donald and Jian Harlow Fan (Ruthin). — (1) Jeanette MacDonald will be 27 on June 18 next. Her films include The Lave Parade, The Vagabond King, Let's Go Native, Monte Carlo, The Lottery Bride, Oh, for a Man, Armaht lie's Affairs, One Hour With You, Love Me To-night, Merry Widow (French version), The Cat and the Fiddle, and My Gal Sal. Address her c/o ParamountPublix Studios, Hollywood, California. (2) The cast of T7ie Love Parade : Count Alfred — Maurice Chevalier; Queen Louise — Jeanette MacDonald; The Valet — Lupino Lane; The Maid — Lillian Roth. (3) Write to Jean Harlow c/o Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Culver City, California. Jean was 22 on March 3 last. Her pictures are The Saturday Night Kid, Hell's Angels, The Iron Man, The Secret Six, Enemies of the Publu , Goldic, The Beast of the City, Platinum Blonde, The Red-haired Woman, Red Dust, Hold Your Man, Dinner at Eight, Blonde Bombshell Hollywood Parly, and Living in a Big Way (4) See " D. B., (London)," on this page for particulars of Jan Kiepura. H. D. G. (Hessle).— (1) Address Sydney Howard c/o The Stage Door, Aldwych Theatre, Aldwych, London, W.C.2, and Leslie Fuller c/o British International Studios, Boreham Wood, Elstree, Herts. (2) Bobbie Howes has appeared in the films Third Time Lucky, Lord Babs, and For the Love of Mike. Coward Fan (Leyland). — (1) Gertrude Lawrence married Francis Gordon-Howley (mar. dis.). Her pictures include The Battle of Paris, Aren't We All, The Gay Lady, and Lord Camber's Ladies. (2) Ida Lupino is 5 ft. 7 in. tall. Latest film is The Search for Beauty, made since she arrived in Hollywood. (3) Noel Coward was bom at Teddington on December 16, 1899. An Eddie Cantor Fan (Church Gresley).— No, Ida Lupino did not appear in The Kid from Spain — herewith the full cast : Eddie — Eddie Cantor; Rosalie — Lyda Roberti; Ricardo — Robert Young; Anita — Ruth Hall; Pancho — John Miljan; Alonzo Gomez — Noah Beery; Pedro — J. Carrol Nash'; Crawford — Robert Emmet O'Connor; Jose — Stanley Fields; Gonzales — Paul Porcasi; Dalmores — Julian Rivero; Martha Oliver — Theresa Maxwell Conover; Dean — Walter Walker; Red — Ben Hendricks, jun.; Sidney Franklin — Sidney Franklin; Chief Dancer — Grace Poggi. Film Struck Marjorie (Heysham). — (1) Tommy Conlon will be 16 this year and Torn Keene 30. (2) Herewith the cast of I'll Stick to You — Adam Tipper — Jay Laurier; Pauline Mason — Betty Astell; Mortimer Moody — Ernest Sefton; Wilkins — Hal Walters; Eve Oglethorpe — -Annie Esmond; Ronnie Matthews — Louis Hayward; Millie Wiggins — Mary Gaskell; Pilgrim — Charles Childerstone. (3) I should not advise you to send your autograph album through the post. You can write to Leon Janney c/o Warner Brothers Studios, Burbank, California and ask him if he would send you his autograph, then you could paste it in your book when you receive it. A Madge Evans Fan (Fountains).— (1) Herewith a list of Madge Evans' pictures : Sudden Riches, Classmates, Heartbreak, Sporting Blood, West of Broadway, Son of India, Guilty Hands, Lovers Courageous, The Impossible Lover, Are you Listening t The Greeks Had a Word for Them, Hell Below, Beauty for Sale, Ring up the Curtain, Dinner at Eight, and Fugitive Lovers. (2) Herewith the casts ycu require : (a) Are You Listening? : Bill Grimes — William Haines; Laura — Madge Evans; Sally — Anita Page; Alice — Karen Morley; Clayton — Neil Hamilton; Larry — Wallace Ford; George Warner — Jean Hersholt; Honey — Joan Marsh; Russell — John Miljan; Carson — Murray Kinnell; Mrs. Peters — Ethel Griffies. (6) Son of India : Karim — Ramon Novarro; William Darsay— Conrad Nagel; Mrs. Darsay — Marjorie Rambeau; Janice — Madge Evans; Dr. Wallace — C. Aubrey Smith; Hamid — Mitchell Lewis; Juegat— John Miljan; Rao Rama — Nigel de Brullier. (c) Beauty for Sale : Letty — Madge Evans; Mrs. Sherwood — Alice Brady; Sherwood — Otto Kruger; Carol — Una Merkel; Mrs. Merrick — May Robson; Burt Barton — Phillips Holmes; Bill — Eddie Nuuent; Madame Sonia — Hed la Hopper ; Jane — Florine McKinney; Hortense — Isobel Jewell; Mrs. Lawson — Louise Carter ; Robert Abbott — John Rcche ; Gordon — Charles Grapewin. (3) Madge Evans was born on July 1, 1909 in New York. Unmarried; golden hair; grey-blue eyes. Write to her c/o Metro-GoldwynMayer Studios, Culver City, California. A Phil Harris Fan.— Write to Phil Harris c/o Radio Studios, 780 Gower Street, Hollywood, California. He has not appeared on the screen since Melody Cruise. Dvorak Fan (Cornwall). — -You will see Ann Dvorak again scon, for she appears opposite Maurice Chevalier in his new film The Way to Love. Other films include : Scarf ace. Sky Devils, The Crowd Roars, Love is a Racket, The Strange Case of Molly Louvain, Stranger in Town, The Crooner, Three on a Match, College Coach, and Wonder Bar. Anxious (Bombay 2). — No. Maurice Chevalier has not any children. Chevalier is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer <tar now; his first film for this company will be The Merry Widow. Film Fan (Cheshire). — Con<tance Cummings was bom on May 15, 1910, at Seattle. Washington; she is 5 ft. 4 in. tall and has blue eyes and b:own hair. Her dims include The Criminal Code, The Last Parade, Lover Come Back, The Big Timer, Behind the Mask. The Guilty Generation, The Lost Man, Movie Crazy, Attorney for the Defence, Invisible Power, Broadway Thru' a Keyhole, and Trouble Shooter. Write to her c/o United Artists Studio, 1,041 N. Foimosa Avenue, Hollywood, California. A. V. (Cromei).— Paul Gregory took the part of Wanenis in the film Whoopee. Your kin rm a couplet has been forwarded to the correct department. A. M. N. (Staffs).— Herewith the cast of the silent version of / Sorrell and Son : Stephen Sorrel I — H. B. Warner; Dora Sorrell — Anna Q. Nilsson ; Christopher Sorrell — Nils Asther ; Christopher, as a child — Micky McBan; Fanny Garland — Alice Joyce ; Florence Palfrey — Carmel Myers; Sgt.-Major Buck — Louis Wolheim; Dr. Orange — Paul M. Allister ; Molly Roland — M a ry Nolan. ■ Adrienne Ames was born at Fort Worth, Texas. Birthday, August 3; 5/r. 5 in. tall; dark brown hair; blue eyes; married (1) Stephen Ames, (2) Bruce Cabot. Pictures include " 24 Hours," " The Road to Reno," " Two Kinds of Women," " Sinners in the Sun," " Guilty as Charged," " A Bedtime Story," " Disgraced," and " The Avenger." Address her jo Paramount-Publix Studios, Hollywood, California, JOHN (Newcastle). — (1) Write to David Manners c/o United Artists Studios, 1041 North Formosa Avenue, Hollywood, California. New pictures include: The Devil's in Love, Torch Singer, and Roman Scandals. (2) Frank Lawton is not married. (3) John Wayne was bom at Winterset, Idaho; 6 ft. 2 in. tall; dark brown hair; grey eyes. Films include : The Big Trail, Girls Demand Excitement, Three Girls Lost, Arizona, Men Are Like That, Range Feud, Make of Men, Ride Him — Cowboy, Texas Cyclone, and The Big Stampede.. Address him c/o Columbia Studios, 1438 Gower Street, Hollywood, California. D. M. (Oldbury). — Ralph Forbes was bom on September 30, 1905, in London; 5 ft. 11 in. tall; fair hair; blue eyes; married Ruth Chatterton (mar. dis.); educated Denstone College, Staffs. He appeared in both Christopher Strong and Pleasure Cruise, he is fair not dark. A. M. E. (Liverpool 13). — (1) Gregory La Cava directed Gabriel Over the White House. (2) The role of " Inspector O'Brien" in He Knew Too Much was played by Preston Foster. (3) Louis Calhern took the part of "Dick Bolton" in George Raft's picture Night After Night. Interested (Birmingham). — Thank you for your good wishes. Robert Young is a native of Chicago and will be 27 this year. Married to Elizabeth Henderson; 6 ft. tall; dark eyes and hair. Pictures include : Lullaby, The Wet Parade, New Mcrals for Old, The Kid from Spain, To-day We Live, Hell Below, Tugboat Annie, Saturday Millions, The Right to Romance, and Trigger. J. B. R. (London).— (1) Renate Muller has not appeared in any films recently. (2) Nancy Brown plays the part of " Lamentina" in the screen version of Red Wagon. (3) Addresses as follows : (a) Dorothy Hyson c/o Gaumcnt British Studios, Lime Grove, Shepherds Bush, London, W.12. (b) Anne Grey c/o Sound City Studios, Shepperton, Middlesex; (c) Joan Crawford c/o MetroGoldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California. Enid (Fishponds). — Mickey McGuire's real name is Joe Yule, jun., he was born at Brooklyn on September 23, 1921. Black hair and blue eyes. Nordil. — Herewith the casts you require : (1) Waltz Time : Rosalinde— Evelyn Laye; Eisenstein — Fritz Schultz; Adele — Gina Malo; Frosch — Jay Laurier; Alfred — Parry Jones; Counsellor Falke, "The Bat!" — Ivor Barnard; Meyer— D. A. Clarke Smith; Judge Bauer — Edmund Breon; Orlovsky — George Baker; Fiacre Driver — Frank Titterton. (2) The Only Girl : The Empress — Mady Christians, The Duke — Charles Boyer; Juliette — Lilian Harvey; Didier — Maurice Evans; Arabella — Friedel Schuster; The Chamberlain — Ernest Rhesiger; Offenbach — Julius Falkenstein; The Regimental Doctor — Huntley Wright; The Hospital Orderly — Reginald Smith; Marianne-— Ruth Maitland; Etienne— -O. B. Clarance. Lillian Harvey Fan (Paris). — I regret I do not know the general release dates for American films showing in France. Perhaps your local kinema manager will be able to give you the information you require. Mackaill Fan. — (1) Dorothy Mackaill was 29 on March 4. (2) Casts : (a) This Reckless Age, Bradley Ingels — Charles Rogers Donald Ingals — Richard Bennett; Mary Burke — Peggy Shannon ; Goliath Whitney — ■ Charles Ruggles; Lois Ingals— Frances Dee; Eunice Ingals— Frances Starr; Rhoda — Maude Eburne; Pig Van Dyke — Allen Vincent; Matthew Daggett — David Landau; Lester Bell — Reginald Barlow. (b) Their Mad Moment, Esteban — Warner Baxter; Emily — Dorothy Mackaill; Miss Dibbs — Zasu Pitts; Suzanne — Nella Walker; Sir Harry — Lawrence Grant; La Mere — Nance O'Neill; Stancia — Mary Doran; Narcio — Leon Janney. Maurice Chevalier Fan (Folkestone). — (1) Write to Maurice Chevalier c/o MetroGoldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California. His two latest films are The Way to Love and The Merry Widow. I expect he will send you a signed photograph of himself if you ask him nicely, although there may be seme small fee for the photograph and postage. (2) Herewith the cast of A Bedtime Story : Rene — Maurice Chevalier; Sally — Helen Twelvetrees; Victor — Edward Everett Horton; Paulette — Adrienne Ames; " Monsieur Baby" — Baby Le Roy; Max — Earle Fox; Gabrielle — Leah Ray; Suzanne — Betty Lorraine; Louise — Gertrude Michael; Robert — Ernest Wood; The General — Reginald Mason; Police Agent — Henry Kolker. Irish M.B.R. (Harpenden). — (1) Addresses as follows : Joan Crawford, c/o MetroGoldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California; Pat O'Brien, c/o Warner Brothers Studios, Burbank, California; Betty Stockfeld, c/o Twickenham Studios, St. Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex. (2) Lon Chaney is dead. A Lover of Helen Hayes (Essex). — (1) A centre spread of The White Sister appeared in the May 12, 1933, issue of The Picturegoer. (2) Helen Hayes was bom on October 10, 1902, at Washington, U.S.A.; 5 ft. 1 in. tall; fair hair; blue eyes; married to Charles MacArthur; one little daughter. Pictures include : The Lullaby, Arrowsmith, Farewell to Arms, The White Sister, Son — Daughter, Night Flight, Another Language, and What Every Woman Knows. We will be pleased to do our best to reply to your questions next time you write. 33