Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Jul 1929)

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30 0\ter the Teacups Louise Fazenda wears gorgeous costumes and a bright-red wig in "On with the Show." "Isn't it thrilling to see so many new people around the studios ?" Fanny babbled on. "Pauline Frederick is back to make another picture for the Warners. Evidently she wasn't as dismayed as her fans were by the photography and voice reproduction in 'On Trial.' There is a most attractive girl, with the most complicated British accent you have ever heard, playing with Norma Shearer, in 'The Last of Mrs. Cheyney.' Her name is Moon Carroll. And Ina Claire is here, giving Libyan Tashman some competition at last in the race to be the smartest-dressed woman in town. "Miss Claire hasn't started working yet ; she is just rushing around looking at houses and renewing old friendships. It doesn't seem as though there could be many leading women left on the New' York stage; Ina Claire, Ruth Chatterton, Peggy Wood, and Ann Harding are all here making pictures. And there have been terrible inroads on the ranks of musical-comedy stars, too. Vivienne Segal and Ann Pennington are both here, and Marilyn Miller is coming out soon. "I know that I am going to love Ina Claire, because she has shown rare judgment in choosing Mickey Neilan to direct her first picture. No matter how many poor films he has made, I still believe that he is the most brilliant director of all. And I am all for any star who has the foresight to give him a chance." "But Ina Claire doesn't really need any one's good wishes," I insisted. "She was charming in the silent picture she made years ago for the old Metro company, and now with her voice on display she just can't fail to be good." "Have you heard about Charlie Farrell ?" Fanny asked, and without waiting to hear whether I had or not, she rambled right on. "He is running for mayor of Toluca Lake. The opposition candidate is Richard Arlen, so it is a pretty tough decision for a fan to have to make. There are only nine families living in Toluca Lake, so the race is bound to be close. And Richard has the advantage of being married. There is one vote he can be sure of, and that is Jobyna Ralston's ! "Charlie is getting a boat — a nice cruiser — but he won't be able to take the voters on excursions, around the lake. After all, Toluca Lake is only about four feet deep at the height of the rainy season. And the chances are that the boat won't be delivered in time for him to ingratiate himself with the voters, anyway. But it will make him awfully popular with his friends in general this summer. Charlie has to start making a picture with Janet Gaynor very soon, so he has offered the use of his boat to his friends while he is working. And just about all his old pals at the Athletic Club are figuring on borrowing it for week-end cruises. "Have you noticed what a lot of pretty, young girls you see everywhere nowadays ?" Fanny asked, as a group of youngsters in their early teens came tripping in. "All the tap-dancing schools in town are full of ex-chorus girls and young hopefuls. Why, the Fox 'Follies' alone have about thirty of the prettiest girls you ever saw. They all had to go down to court the other day to have their contracts approved. None of them have reached their twenty-first birthday, and most of them are nearer fifteen. "All the studios are making musical revues and comedies with music, so there is plenty of work for two or three hundred chorus girl's. Louise Fazenda is making a Technicolor picture for the Warners, called 'On with the Show.' It's a grand role for Louise, because in addition to giving her a chance to be funny — and how little opportunity she needs ! — she wears some gorgeous costumes and a bright-red wig. Bessie Love is a trouper again, in 'Eva the Fifth.' But that is a story about an 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' tent show. "The prettiest chorus girl in town has signed a contract to be featured in Edward Small's productions for Columbia. That's Marjorie King, who used to be in Photo by Autrey Sharon Lynn's musical compositions may be heard on the screen.