Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-08-11 | Page 14 | Lost Costume Loses Day for 100 'Bit' Actors

Lost Costume Loses Day for for- Bit Actors HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD Things Things apparently apparent apparent- i ly are aro oh on on the up and up-and-up and up again for forthe forthe forthe the Hollywood extra The talkies were supposed to drive him hlin into other fields field t to meet the monthly bills blUs what with their small casts and their stage sound limita Hons Instead the talkies taken have on much of ot the freedom of ot the old silent movies s. s and are using mob scenes large barge parties night club whoopee makers makers- and big theatre audiences to such an extent that even the tho merely dressed extra extra extra- or dressed down without down without musical or dancing talent often orten gets a a. carr call One company recently In n. n single week reck eck used extras And al although aJ- aJ though there is no denying that the extra who wants to make r real al almOney money nowadays must bo be able to sing or o dance or talk talk- Yiddish or oi Russian or French or Senegalese things are aro not so o bad for those thos who are just atmo atmosphere phero chatter chatter- ers era Speaking of ot extras an odd incident inci mci- dent occurred the theother other da day Mae Clarke stage importation costarrIng with Lee Lea Tracy the thc Hildy Johnson of ot the the New Newyork York Front Page cast In In Big Time lost a a. costume and andIn andIn andIn In consequence n. a hundred extras bit the dust o Mae MaG looked hooked all aU oV over r her dressing room and the elusIve Garment could not be found But the been called and were duo to re report report report re- re port at 1030 that morning But naturally no cameraman raman could shoot n a a scene wherein the leading lady lacked her e costume No Co- Co cos costume tume tume no shooting So the casting director tele tele- telephoned phoned the woeful news to Central Casting and nd Centrals Central's telephones telephones' worked furiously relaying the meSsage message mes meS- mes-i mes sage to the hundred It was sas Just too bad b ut t what could Mao Mae do about It 1