Truth About Youth (Warner Bros.) (1930)

What A Title For A Sensational Campaign: You'll Find It Complete In This Press Sheet The Movie Tragedy Of A Missing Volume It Was Moved From Set, and “Youth” Film Was Held Up ’Till "Twas Found (Current Reader) One of the most important things that movie directors have to watch out for on their sets is keeping the appearance of the set the same over a period of weeks. For example, in “The Truth About Youth,” the First National production with Loretta Young and David Manners now current at the Sepa there is a library scene in which more than half the action eenters. The actual shooting in that room took about two weeks. Therefore, while the audience sees a half-hour library scene that seems to have been acted right through, the fact is that fourteen days and fourteen nights passed before the final minute in that half-hour was accounted for in the camera. Now, because the audience does see the scene as continuous, it is necessary to have one minute in the library look exactly like the preceding one. When a cutter puts a picture together, no matter how expert he is, he must have sequences of the same set that are absolutely uniform. : On the third day of shooting in the library it was discovered that a huge green morocco leather-covered volume had been taken from HAD YC )UR LUNCH? | LUNCH? Trust the movies for realism. In “Truth /Xbout Youth,” First National’s n Ww screen version of the famous gs :age play “When We Were Twenty-One,” now at the eo eee ‘Theatre, there is a night club se quence showing Conway Tearle c:ating fried chicken. On the sci’een that particular “fried chicke:n sequence” takes only four minutes, but as five minutes of finished Vitaphone is considered a good day’s work it was necessarj/ for Tearle to be seated at the table the entire day. Part of the: action depends on his beginning to carve the chicken. As :i new chicken must be used every time he musses up the one before him there were quite some p:tins to be taken to be sure that ‘the thing was done right. Four times Director Seiter wasn’t satisfied with some detail in Tearle’s eating-acting, and four differerit chickens were placed before him. In the scene Tearle eats about a quarter of the bird. After the fourth quarter had been reluctantly consumed Director Seiter was so kind as to wave the cameraman off the set. “Time for lunch,” he said, looking at Tiearle, who merely looked sick. search for the missing green volume. It was an unusually large book, and one of a set of four volumes, “Gibbons’ Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” and a, duplicate was not available in the prop room. After two hours of frantic rushing a shelf that was conspicuous in the|around, the precious book was dis camera-eye. eate the identical book, or one very | shop! similar, or if worse came to the very | extras, It was necessary to lo-| covered in the First National barber It seems} that, one of the worst, hold up shooting until one|occupy his lofty mind while he was hurriedly made to order. This| waited his turn at the shears, had last alternative involved holding up| picked out the book, probably be the entire production, and rather] cause than have that happen, the ed organization began a _ systematic Cut No. 2 Cut 4oc Mat roc How far should a girl go to win a man? And how far should she go to hold him? with LORETTA YOUNG CONWAY TEARLE and DAVID MANNERS Page Eight he liked green, and had negligently lefe > pening when it left the shop. 14th and Vine A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE PICTURE for want of something to|§& Cut No. 16 Cut goc Mat roc SCREEN SECRETS OF BEAUTY HIDE IN MAKE-UP BOX (Current Reader) No one says stars aren’t beautiful, no one dreams stars aren’t pretty, but—that little black box does help. The most beautiful of women, under the intense glare of kleig lights, would appear to be a pale and spectral specimen, were it not for make-up. While make-up cannot make a beautiful face out of an ugly one, it is necessary to bring out the beauty of the features by accentuating them. The effects of the lights have to be counteracted in the interest of realism. The make-up box contains quite some odds-and-ends, enough, a mere male would imagine, to tattoo a whole Indian tribe, but as a matter of fact Loretta Young, star of “The Truth About Youth,’ First WNational’s new picture now at the Sees de Theatre, had to use the following articles in her make-up box to portray a character. These articles are merely the ordinary items required to show a lovely face on the screen as it looks on the street. Miss Young’s make-up box, for an ordinary characterization, contains: Two lipsticks—One of these is a light base, the other a darker shade. Two eye-shades—Little pots of brownish grease for the skin between the eyelash and eyebrow. Two powder brushes—Very soft brushes used to smear powder liberally over the greasy bases, when patting would smear it. A magnifying mirror—This is a eonvex mirror that is only two inches across but magnifies the face many times. This is invaluable in the application of eyelash darkening and other decorations involving care and accuracy. An eyebrow. pencil—This is a chalky substance which accentuates and lengthens the eyebrow. An eyebrow brush—This applies an even darker liquid for sequences that are not close-up but yet demand that the star’s face be shown with vivid distinctiveness. One can of powder. One powder puff—A large one. A jewelled box in which she keeps her marriage ring and a good luck penny complete the contents of Loretta Young’s make-up box. / MAST BAUM Come On In and learn the real TRUTH ABOUT YOUTH See the battle for love— one girl with wistful beauty—against another who knows her “‘it’’ and uses it. It’s entertainment with a_ mighty knockout punch! LORETTA YOUNG one of your biggest favorites DAVID MANNERS wonder-boy of ‘‘Journey’s End" CONWAY TEARLE in his strongest characterization C) MYRNA LOY most charming vamp on the screen A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE PICTURE How Can A Girl Tell _ When She Gets The SWRONG Answer To A Maiden’s | Prayer? If a girl “steps out,” she’s immoral—if she doesn’t, she’s a wallflower. What's the answer? Here's a drama that Tells A | ies oh os y { The Whole me | , | TRUTH? abutt@ UTH with LORETTA YOUNG CONWAY TEARLE DAVID MANNERS A FIRST NATIONAL & VITAPHONE PICTURE Cut goc Mat toc