Show Short Cut Into Movies Held vi via NY N. N Y HOLLYWOOD Jan 29 P- P Sometimes the tho shortest way y to a ajob ajob ajob job in the tho movies is the tho miles from Hollywood to New York and back Fanchon Simon one of tho the heads of Fanchon and Marco vaudeville producers said as much yesterday And several dozen now-established now movie stars agreed today For example Clark Gable struggled struggled for tor two years as an extra in Hollywood and finally said good good- byo bya to the studios for what he thought forever In New York they L Last st Mile Mile 1 cast him for a play The Tho and It reached hero here producers literally lly dragged him into pictures June Knight Dorothy Lee Douglas Douglas Douglas Doug Doug- las Montgomery and Addison Randall Randall Ran Ran- dall dali all were born within a few blocks o of the studios tried to go got in but didn't until their abilities were first recognized In New York And then there was Warner Varner Baxter Baxter Baxter Bax Bax- ter who took a n job as as a a. singer on ona a small suburban radio station after after atter af at- af- af ter months of fruitless effort Sonia Karl Karloff tt took a short cut to Santa Barbara Bl after her first attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts to succeed in Hollywood Holly by being in Hollywood She discarded her real name Jean Adams acquired acquired acquired ac ac- ac- ac a Russian accent from a Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian tutor and came back to a n contract con con- tract One of the few hometown boys who broke into pictures by being in Hollywood was Joel McCrea He was graduated from Hollywood high school went to Pomona college I near here hero but get a hearing until a a- former college acquaintance Interceded A And although Madge Evans Evans- had worked In tho the movies o les as a child the gates were closed to her when she returned as a young lady until lady until she went to New New- NewYork York and did a afew afew I few plays Hollywood Is one ono of the least likely places s in tho the world to start a a. movie creer career Producers look there I last |