Show S kar M st i way back in movies k war cramps hughes thomas in screen debut hy by virginia vale IF F THE current crop of young americans know all about american history it wont be the fault of the movies producers are fairl fairly y falling over each other in the scramble to stake a c laim claim to a slice of it hardly a day passes that another historical picture announced noun ced though it it hardly seems possible hollywood cavalcade is history too the history of the released for the indu fiftieth an niver sary the heroine played by alice faye is a combination of all those golden curled girls who used to act before the cameras and as a rule most of them over acted and don ameche plays the hero who Is a number of those historic leading men rolled into one but the hit of the picture so tar far as a lot of people are concerned is the lads who show us how slapstick comedy used to be played buster keaton chester conklin ben turpin hank mann eddie colllns collins jimmy Pin finlayson layson there they are again throwing custard pies with vim and vigor staging a comedy treat for 6 ALICE FAYE FATE the old timers who used to laugh at them and the new generation who never saw them before ashall all hall the keystone copal and be it said for alice faye that she can take a custard pie in the face and come right up tor for more howard hughes is returning to the picture business since the war hall hag cramped his style where round the world flights are concerned and he wants a new boy and girl team he has shown that hes a genius when it comes to discovering and developing talent he laur launched ached jean harlow in hells angels remember and made paul muni a motion picture star overnight in scarface lies iles shown too that he knows how to make pictures during the long stretch when Ill hells ells angels was considered just a rich mans folly people who had served their time at picture making predicted that hold hed never get back one tenth of the money that he was pouring into it its still belne being shown and still making money john charles thomas is going into the movies Ile remember member the little difference of opinion he be had concerning his radio appearances because he sing if he conclude with good night mother he will sing in the picture in which he makes make his screen debut kingdom come whose story deals with american folk music it will be made by producers corporation of 0 america a new motion pic ture company ak its going goin 9 to seem strange to have nelson eddy permanently off that sunday night radio program a lot of his admirers will never be reconciled to his departure but he feels that what with concerts recordings and ana work in the movies he time for regular radio work edward G Rob robinson ldson is a all in favot favor of realism on the radio and in his pictures but it was almost too much for him at one of his broadcasts not long ago the script called for the sound effect of a man being hit over the head with a chair the sound effects effect s man was to smash the chair ai against ainest the wall try it sometime and see it if it sounds like the real thing the chair slipped hit bit an actor over the head and put him in the hollywood emergency hospital 11 ODDS AND ENDS aller after having haling it on and oy off the schedule dide since 1936 metro has finally put not too narrow not too deep into production avith loan joan crawford and dark clark gable paramount is offering i the public a new neto romantic team in in moon aloon over burma 11 patricia atricia morrison Morr lson and robert 11 preston reston vera vague of the charlie Ak mccarthy Carthy program is played by barbara jo alien whom you hear as deth beth holly on one mans family watch patch jar for more and andret teller m ye hope hop e comedies on the screen from now on motion pichura producers are on the hunt lor for stories that will aill help the public to forget the avar released by western newspaper union |