Show r STARS IN THE SPOTLIGHT BY ETHEL VINE frank morgan who is sometimes Z called hollywoods Holly woods old faithful because he has hae I 1 played just about every kind ot of role on the screen appears in his latest Z picture the vanishing virginian 4 as caan robert yancey a political al figure in a virginian town morgans versatility has a range not many other character actors can call touch for he is able to play with equal skill and conviction an amiable drunk or a grave serious ty type pe such as his portrayal i of the professor in the alor mortal storm m 4 turns turn to theatre the actor has literally hun hundreds dreas of characterizations behind him on oil both stage and screen for he F r began his highly successful career as a youth of twenty on broadway d E aa in mr wu partly because his brother ralph who is now also one of hollywoods Holly woods ranking players placers because he was bored with the various and partly was on ti the he stage business ventures he had tried morgan turned to the theatre his natural aptitude for acting became at once apparent and roles another in rapid succession in such hits as rosalie the followed one 11 plan man who came back seventh heaven the firebrand lullaby in which he these widely different parts in and many others it was in everything from heavies to comics as well as straight dramatic loads leads that he gained the craftsmanship and breness ur eness of touch which marks his work on the screen begins screen work in ills his later plays on broadway gentlemen prefer blondes the blind wagon and lopaze To he established himself as on one e of americas of films film inthe in the east the early production leading a actors it was during first talking pi picture c ture was work lils his his first firs began screen that mor morgan arn his film of a short called belle belie of the night might but this early phase was interrupted by his return to the theatre with which he re career imagined until 1932 when he he came to hollywood to play in dangerous dan mcgrew countless pictures have followed among them have been reunion in vienna naughty marietta the great the wizard of ot 1 boom town and many many more cornell student morgan gorgan was born bom in new york city a son of the family of angostura ango stora bitters fame he attended cornell for two ye years are and then abent a winter in new mexico cow punching returning east to tried selling brushes for a time among other business ventures before going va the |