The Goldwyn Follies (United Artists) (1938)

BIO-BRIEFS OF “THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES*’ STARS- Zorina Zorina Beautiful, blonde, 20 and seeking new dancing worlds to conquer . . . Zorina, two years a premier ballerina of the Ballet Russe, the toast of London musical stage patrons, a favorite in the capitals of continental Europe, makes her screen debut as one of the many stars in Samuel Goldwyn’s lavish technicolor musical, “The Goldwyn Follies,” which comes to the .... Theatre on .... She’s a Norwegian, born in Berlin . . . Educated in Norway and trained for her dancing career in Paris, London and Venice . . . Did her first professional dancing in Oslo, Norway, at 8 . . . At 14, Anton Dolin engaged her as his partner . . . European critics recognized a brilliant new dancing star . . . Toured Scandinavia, Germany and Italy with her own ballets . . . Leonide Massine saw her .on the London stage in a play called “Ballerina” ■V? « | and engaged her for the Russian Ballet . . . When fg pWI g he appeared with the Ballet in New York, Goldwyn’s |: Ip scouts saw her, but the producer was not able to per- : suade her to take a screen role until she scored as actress as well as dancer in the London stage produc¬ tion of “On Your Toes” . . . Loves American speed . . . Has blue eyes, weighs 110 pounds . . . Drawii swimming and riding are her hobbies . . . He r ~ day is February 1 . . . Believes in numerq||)J§rji Mlf ;; that marriage and a career don’t mix . . Bobby Clark Bobby Clark, the volatile comedian who is currently appearing in Samuel Goldwyn’s lavish technicolor screen musical “The Goldwyn Follies” at the .... Theatre, started his preparations for a trouping career as a schoolboy in his native Springfield, Ohio . . . When he was in the sixth grade he met Paul McCullough, who was to be his comedy partner for many years . . . Clark was taking a prep course for Wittenberg College when he got a chance to strut his acrobatics at an Elks’ Carnival in Delaware, Ohio . . . He never went back to school . . . He made his debut with McCullough doing a knockabout acrobatic act . . . After touring with a Minstrel show, they landed a job in a stock bur¬ lesque theatre in Atlanta, for meal tickets to a Greek restaurant and permission to sleep in the theatre . . . In 1906 they joined Carl Hagenbach’s circus . . . Then came a season with Sells-Floto and five years with Ringling Brothers . . . From this they branched to vaudeville, then to burlesque . . . Their first Broadway musical was the Music Box Revue of 1921 ... In 1928 they made 68 short films . . . Two seasons ago McCullough’s death wrote finis to their partnership . . . Clark had to go on alone . . . “The Ziegfeld Follies” of 1936 marked his first appearance without McCullough . . . After the close of the show he was signed for “The Goldwyn Follies” ... Bobby Clark 21A—with Logan (Mat .15; Cut .25) Phil Baker The man who introduced the stooge to the entertainment world . . . Phil Baker, who, complete with accordion, has his first featured film role in “The Goldwyn Follies,” Samuel Goldwyn’s technicolor musical extravaganza at the .... Theatre, says his child¬ hood ambitions were two . . . First to go on the stage . . . Second to own all the mouth organs and accordions in Philadelphia . . . While still in his early ’teens, he got a job in a violin and accordion act . . . Moved to New York and got an audition from Ben Bernie, the old maestro . . . Bernie, however, was not impressed . . . Until a year later when the young chap from Philadelphia was really beginning to go places . . . Baker got his first important New York break in Ziegfeld’s “Midnight Follies” . . . In the interims between stage shows, he toured the country in big-time vaudeville . . . Radio claimed him and for years he has headlined one of the country’s most popular chain broadcasts ... He has an amazing collection of accordions . . . Never took a lesson in his life . . . Phil Baker 19A—with McCarthy (Mat .15; Cut .25) Ella Logan Star of screen, radio, stage and nightclubs, Ella Logan was a pro¬ fessional before she was in her teens . . . Today she’s one of the many stars in Samuel Goldwyn’s technicolor screen musical extravaganza, “The Goldwyn Follies” which comes to the ... . Theatre on ... . Born Ella Allan in Glasgow on March 6, 1913 . . . She began displaying her talents as a mime from the time she could toddle . . . As a child wonder, she toured Europe under the guidance of her mother ... At 15, she was a featured singer with Jack Hylton’s band . . . She was spotted by theatrical producers while singing over the radio, making phonograph records and headlining at the Piccadilly hotel . . . Made her stage debut in a musical comedy called “Open Your Eyes” . . . Returning to the exclusive nightclubs, she befcame the rage of fashionable London, and was frequently the dancing partner of the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Ketit, then Prince George . . . Five years ago she made her American debut in a Broadway musical “Calling All Stars” . . . Nightclub and radio engage¬ ments followed . . . “Top of the Town” marked her Hollywood screen debut . . . “Woman Chases Man,” “52nd Street” a>nd now “The Goldwyn Follies,” all three released through United Artists, followed . . . Ella Logan Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy have come a long way together since Bergen had Charlie carved into a weird semblance of impudent life in a Chicago car¬ penter shop 17 years ago . . . Today they’re starring in Samuel Gold¬ wyn’s technicolor musical extrava¬ ganza, “The Goldwyn Follies,” which is currently featured at the .... Theatre. Bergen was born in Chicago . . . When he was 13 he dis- covered that he had a voice that played strange tricks . . . He got the idea for Charlie McCarthy from an Irish newsboy who had a stand near his school . . . He paid a wood carver $ 3 5 for Charlie’s head . . . The body he made himself . . . Charlie helped Bergen work his way through Northwestern University by appearing with him in vaudeville and club shows . . . After gradua¬ tion they toured in vaudeville for 11 years . . . With the death of vaudeville, Bergen put Charlie into top hat and tails and took him into the night clubs . . . They became the toast of New York’s smart set at the Rainbow Room . . . Then came a booking to appear on Rudy Vallee’s program and with it in¬ stantaneous radio success . . . From the air lanes it was just a step to films . . . Samuel Goldwyn won out over every producer in the screen capital and signed them for his star-studded “Goldwyn Follies” . . . The musical is released through United Artists. Helen Jepson The beautiful, blonde Metro¬ politan Opera star, Helen Jepson, makes her screen debut in Samuel Goldwyn’s technicolor musical, “The Goldwyn Follies,” at the .... Theatre on ... . She’s typical of the new era of streamlined opera diva . . . Born in Titus¬ ville, Pa. . . . Grew up in Akron, Ohio . . . Sang in the choir of the Woodland Methodist Church there . . . Upon graduation from high school, took a job in a music store . . . She won a scholar- ship at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and spent five years there, winning four more scholar¬ ships . . . Dur¬ ing summer vacations, she sang in Chau¬ tauqua and tent shows, . . Made her operatic debut in 1928 with the Philadelphia Civic Orchestra . . . Graduated from the Curtis Insti¬ tute in 1930 with honors and also sang with thi Philadelphia Grand Opera Company . . . Was signed to sing on Paul Whiteman’s program . . . Metropolitan Opera officials summoned her for an audition . . . A contract was the result and she made her debut opposite Lawrence Tibbett . . . Today, she ranks as one of the Metropolitan’s brightest stars ... In “The Goldwyn Follies” she sings operatic arias, popular songs and also plays an acting role . . . The film is released through United Artists ... Helen Jepson 22A—with Ritz Bros. (Mat .15; Cut .25) later in opera Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Menjou planned each step of his career with mathematical accuracy . . . The actor who is currently appearing in Samuel Goldwyn’s technicolor musical, “The Goldwyn Follies” at the .... Theatre, gave him¬ self a year as a film extra, but the World War broke in . . . Joined the Cornell Ambulance Unit as a pri¬ vate . . . Emerged a captain three years later . . . Re¬ vised his schedule to include a first-hand acquaint¬ ance with life . . . Worked, in turn, as a farmhand on the Vincent Astor estate, a member of his father’s restaurant and hotel business in his native Pittsburgh, Pa., and manager of the Philadelphia-American Steamship Company ... In 1919, again decided to pursue a theatrical career . . . Toured the New England circuit with a vaudeville act . . . When it folded went to New York and two days later was working as a dress extra at Vitagraph studios . . . Then the movie scene switched to Hollywood and Menjou went with it . . . His smart appearance won him plenty of extra work . . . Six 8175 suits, pur¬ chased on credit, took him out of the extra ranks . . . He won the male lead in Charlie Chaplin’s production “A Woman of Paris,” and his rise to stardom was rapid . . . His most important pictures include “The Front Page,” “Morocco,” “A Farewell to Arms,” “The Mighty Barnum,” “Cafe Metropole,” “Sing, Baby, Sing,” “One in a Million” and “The Goldwyn Follies” . . . Andrea Leeds Got where she is by knowing what she wanted and going after it . . . The beautiful Andrea Leeds, who appears in Samuel Goldwyn’s lavish tech¬ nicolor musical, “The Goldwyn Follies,” at the .... Theatre on . . . ., first attracted attention by refusing to play the “heavy” in “Woman Chases Man” . . . She did, however, want to play the role of Kay in “Stage Door” ... So she went out and got it, with sensa¬ tional results . . . Andrea was born in Butte, Mon¬ tana, the daughter of am American mining engineer whose interests were in Mexico . . . She lived in the Southern Republic through most of her girlhood . . . She went to U. C. L. A. with a writing career in mind . . . But Hollywood wouldn’t hire her as a writer . . . Howard Hawks, the director, happened to see a college film in which she appeared and the result was a movie contract with Goldwyn . . . She made her debut in “Come and Get It” . . . The Andrea Leeds lovely Andrea is 5 feet 4, weighs 112 pounds and 20A—with Kenny Baker has brown hair and brown eyes . . . She’s definitely (Mat .15; Cut .25) stardom-bound! Kenny Baker Home town boy makes good . . . Well, almost home town . . . Kenny Baker, the silver-voiced songbird of the air, who appears in Samuel Goldwyn’s technicolor musical, “The Goldwyn Follies,” showing at the . . . . Theatre . . . ., was born in Monrovia, 20 miles east of Hollywood . . . While in high school, he discovered he had a good singing voice, with an exceptionally wide range . . . Worked during his summer vacations to pay for vocal lessons . . . In 1930, he entered the national Atwater-Kcnt radio audition . . . He didn’t win but defeat made him work all the harder . . . He withdrew from Long Beach Junior College to concentrate on his singing career . . . He got his first professional job with a Long Beach radio station on a 15-minute sustaining program . . . Other jobs turned up, including con¬ siderable work as a “background singer” in pictures . . . Then he won Eddy Duchin’s Texaco radio con¬ test and got his first national radio program, with Texaco . . . He also won a job singing at Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel’s famed Cocoanut Grove . . . He met Mervyn Leroy, the film director, who gave him a screen contract . . . He was also signed for Jack Benny’s Jello Hour . . . And has won great popularity in both mediums . . . Kenny Baker 20A—with Leeds (Mat .15; Cut .25) The Ritz Brothers