The Picture Show Annual (1931)

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Picture Show Annual 19 A DAUGHTER OF THE THEATRE LEILA Hyams was born and brought up in an atmosphere of greasepaint and trains, and as a tiny baby slept in the lid of a trunk in a theatre dressing-room. Her mother and father were vaudeville players, and their baby daughter travelled round with them. At two months she was carried on the stage by her mother, and when she was five years old, sang a duet with her. Yet Leila does not regret that her childhood lacked most of the things that make up an ordinary child's normal school and play routine. She adored her father and mother, and the theatie environment seemed to be the only natural one, while she has many happy memories of between-engagement days at their home in Long Island. For five years she was one of her parents' act, then she went on the legitimate stage with William Collier (the father of the screen actor). In 1927, Hollywood beckoned, and she decided to have a shot at film fame. Work was very scarce, and she posed for all kinds of advertisements in order to eke out her money. Then, when she was ready to return to vaudeville, she was given a year's contract, and this, upon its expiration, was followed by one with another company. Leila Hyams' first talkie was " Alias Jimmy Valentine," and since then she has played in " Wonder of Women," " The Idle Rich," " The Thirteenth Chair." and " The Girl Said No." „ 4 7T REFINED JOKES ONLY, PLEASE EDDIE QuiLLAN was born in Philadelphia to a hard-up Scottish-Irish theatrical family. He could scarcely walk before he was playing with his two brothers, sister and father in vaudeville, and a few years later did an impersonation of Harry Lauder that never failed to bring down the house. Education then intervened. Eddie left the footlights for textbooks for a few years, but, as soon as the law permitted him to do so, he re- joined the family, who were bound for Los Angeles. The entire Quillan family had a film test for Mack Sennett comedy, and the result, it appeared, was terrible ; but Eddie got the job and played in several comedies until his father objected to some of the " gags " he had to do. He thought they were vulgar, and " Dad " Quillan had always kept his jokes refined. Eddie was regretting his exit from the film world when he was suddenly called to the De Mille studios for a test. The role of the boy in " The Codless Girl " resulted. This was followed by " Show- Folks," " Geraldine," " Noisy Neighbours," " Hot and Bothered," ' Playboy," and " The Sophomore," for his attractive cheekiness had made a hit. It is this sort of comedy that Eddie likes—funny without being offensive. And it is this sort in which he excels. Off screen, Eddie, who has not been in the films more than three years, is unsophisticated, a little nervous, and difficult to get to talk about himself. He is just as amusing off as he is on the screen ; he has a quick wit and is an incorrigible ' wisecracker." i