Silver Screen (Nov 1935-Mar 1936)

Silver Screen for November 1935 69 offered three juicy roles at once! One day Bob ran into Margaret Lindsay, a childhood friend, who also entertained acting ambitions. Margaret was down and out and almost ready to give up the stage. Bob told her his experiences, she decided to follow his example, went to England and returned to win a much coveted role in "Cavalcade." But to get back to our story: Being on a southern plantation of Civil War days, we are naturally surrounded by slaves. To be sure, most of them hail from Central Avenue, but there are a few who have actually seen the South. There is, for example, Alexander Hill. From South Carolina, Alex is the real thing. He works hard and sends all his money home to his mammy. I asked how he happened to come to Hollywood. "Well, ma'am," he said. "Ah jus' woke up one mawnin' an' says: 'Guess Ah'll go to Hollywood.' So Ah started out to come an' heah Ah is." Alex hitch-hiked to Hollywood, hiking a good deal more than hitching. The day he arrived, he went out to Paramount studios, where "Mississippi" was being cast, and immediately won a job in the Bing Crosby picture. "So Red the Rose" is his second film appearance, and he says: "So fah Ah's done pretty good by mahse'f." He hopes to follow in the footsteps of that grand colored actor Daniel Haynes, who starred in King Vidor's "Hallelujah," played five successive years in "Green Pastures," and now has a role in "So Red the Rose." One of Alexander's most important scenes showed him driving along the roadway singing a darky song. Director Vidor left the choice of songs to his discretion. Down the path came Alex, crooning a melodious chant about "Down by de ribbah." Vidor ordered a retake. The scene was perfect, but Alex was too good an imitation of Bing Crosby and his crooning about rivers. In the end Alex was prevailed upon to sing another number featuring "Going down dat Gawgia line." Alexander finished that scene several hours ago. We've already seen rushes on it, and it looks as though Alex may turn out to be a prominent person round-about Hollywood before he's finished. It's three a. m. now. We'll probably be shooting another two hours. My optimism when I started this story this morning— or should I say yesterday morning? —is beginning to wane. I'm not so sure the compensations of the movie business do make up for its hardships. The sun that shone so warmly during the day has been replaced by a cold blue moon. Fog is rolling in over the hills. The cast is still working beneath the warm arc lights; but the rest of us are left out in the cold. We have only the beauty of the set to help take our minds off our discomfort. A mile down the drive, twenty expert horsemen mounted on gorgeous thoroughbred horses are awaiting a cue. In the doorway stand Margaret Sullavan and Randy Scott. Director Vidor gives his cue. Cameras start grinding. 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