Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-16 | Page 3 | Breaking up of "Teams" Disastrous

Breaking Up Of Teams Disastrous HOLLYWOOD April 16 Let l Let us hang hanc together or we shall most certaInly certainly certainly hang separately Benjamin Denjamin Benjamin Franklin Just as these words spoken before the signing of or the Declaration of In Independence Independence Independence In- In dependence applied then so do they apply now to a great motion picture picture pic pie ture Industry Which brings us down to the fact that certain cinema teams highly successful successful suc together have been unable to make the grade separately Some of or these teams have been star director combinations Others have been two stars S S 0 The present Von DIe Sternberg combination is what brings this subject to mind Marlene Dietrich has appeared in four successful films one mode made in Germany and three in inthis inthis inthis this country Von Steinberg sternberg has di directed directed directed di- di all of them S 0 A few years ago Goldwyn Metro Mayer was paying Lillian Gish about a week And not a single one of the pictures she made for them was a success Yet when she was working under the direction of D. D W. W Griffith she was one of the leading leading leading lead lead- ing stars of or t the e film industry q Leatrice Joy made her mark in the film world under the guiding hand of Cecil B. B DeMUle DeMille Then she left him unhappy toward the end over his selection of or stories for her But she hasn't done a thing since that is worth remembering and andI I now nos' is little more than a memory to screen creen fans John Gilbert and Greta Garbo proved to be a sensation as a team They hey were looked upon as ideal byers lovers lov- lov ers rs and their affection for each other went vent beyond the camera They were separated Garbo continued to soar Gilbert slump slumped d. d w In direct contrast to them was the Ronald lonald Vilma Colman-Vilma Bankey com com- Ronnie and V Vilma never were in love with each other but they were vere regarded as perfect screen lov lov- ers ens They separated to star indi indi- Colman has succeeded in continuIng continuing Ing ng along that path Vilma after aUer one disastrous attempt quietly vanIshed vanished van- van shed from the picture world 1 S SJanet 0 I Janet and Charles Farrell made their first big hit as a team in Seventh Heaven Since then they have been teamed off and on in iii nu numerous numerous pictures Each has been starred individually Yet however their most successful productions still are the ones in which they appear together