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Show Star S&usl Real Star Starters What a 'Stand-In Is Jon Hall May Go Native Ily Virginia Yale I AT THE studios of Metro-jL Metro-jL Goldwyn-Mayer there is renewed interest in the filming film-ing of "Pocahontas" if they do, they predict that early American history will come in for its rightful share of the spotlight. They've selected that continental glamour girl, Hedy LaMarr, to play the part of the Indian girl, Pocahontas, who captured the heart of Capt. John Smith when she, "whom no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her WtfUWi'l!WP'"1l"W'.'il"'l'llii i ii) iir ir irmili mil If r mi unmr-g C 1 ! HEDY LA MARR arms and laid her own upon his to save him from death," when he was captured by her father, Powhatan, and was about to have his brains beaten out. You probably know any number of people who claim that they gave this or that motion picture star the push that started him or her on the road to fame and fortune. All too frequently those star-starters actually actual-ly had nothing to do with the person's per-son's success. There are two men who can shine In reflected glory, if they want to, but they're so busy shining in their own glory that they can't be bothered. both-ered. One is a well-known tailor In Hollywood, Eddie Schmidt. Adolphe Menjou went to him when he first tackled Hollywood. He knew the value of good clothes, but he hadn't any money. He wanted to make a bargain. If Eddie Schmidt would make him six suits, and trust him for them, he'd tell everybody where he got the clothes. That wardrobe was the thing that turned the balance in Menjou'a favor. The other star-maker is Sardl, who owns the famous restaurant in New York where screen and stage players eat every day in the week. Not so very long ago William Gar gan was stoney broke. He hadn't had a stage engagement for ten months, his wife was in the hospital. But he had to be seen in Sardi', so that the theatrical world would know that he was still about Sard! had noticed him, and had faith In him. He Invited the young actor to eat at his expense, also to entertain anyone who was important to him. The Investment came to about $800 altogether. Leslie Howard How-ard was Influential In helping Gar-gan Gar-gan to make a tremendous success in the stage version of "The Animal Kingdom," Hollywood dangled a, contract and Cargan was set. Both Menjou and Gargan paid their backers' bills the first moment that they had the money. Isabelle Sheridan, Mary Pick-ford's Pick-ford's cousin, is in the movies yet not in them and she has no desire to step before a camera. She's a stand-in which means that she wears a star's costumes and stands patiently while lighting is tried out on her and the camera man figures what he wants. She's stood in for Constance Cummins, Merle Oberon, Virginia Bruce, Sally Eilers, Joan Blondell and various other actresses. At present she's doing it for Joan Blondell in Hal Roach's "The Housekeeper's Daughter." Daugh-ter." Looks as if Jon Hall would go on playing native of the South Seas for the rest of his screen career. "Hurricane" "Hur-ricane" started him, you may recall, re-call, and Edward Small's "South of Pago Fago" will keep up the good work. Bette Davis' performance in "The Old Maid" is so good that people who've never liked her on the screen before are now admitting that the girl can act. And Warner Brothers' plans for screening "The Miracle" have been speeded up and put into production, after three years of discussion dis-cussion and preliminary work. Miss Davis will have the coveted role of the Nun. ODDS ASD ENDS Sol Lesser is tllowing Principal Productions employees em-ployees an extra half hour for lunch, on condition that they'll play hadmin. ton during their additional time, on the courts across the street from his offices at Selznick-International . . . After trying try-ing for a year, Charles Correll of "Amos and Andy" has taught his dog to roll over . . . Irene Dunne thought you, the public, wouldn't like her ai the hard-boiled heroine of "Front Page," so the part is being re-wrtlten (Released by Western Newspaper Union) |