Show Wallace Beery Signs Contract For M u j G M Films HOLLYWOOD Unit United d Press Press Press- Wallace Beery has forsaken th the Paramount lot where hIs Ills notable characterizations har ct placed him in the front r rank of ot the films He lie has signed d to appear pp ar Jn n future Metro Goldwyn Mayer pictures Paramount explained the tho change was v. the result of or failure to reach an agreement ement with the actor for lor re renewal renewal re- re newal nowal of his contract Beery was one one- of at Paramount's Paramount s sold old guard He made comedies with Raymond Hatton when the team films rUms W were re the rage When the two-comedian two idea began to backslIde backslide backslide back back- slide Beery was retained but Hatton Hatton Hatton Hat- Hat ton was not In addition to his comedy roles roMs and before them he lie played strong character parts in many of oc Paramount's Paramount's Paramount's Para- Para mounts mount's specials More recently he was featured in such productions as B Beggars of LIfe Life Chinatown Nights and The rhe Big Killing KUlIng PUSH YOUNGSTERS While the studio announcement did not say so so Paramount plans to push its young oung players They rhey are certainly there there Buddy Buddy Rogers Richard Arlen Mary Brian Clara Bow Nancy Carroll Gary Cooper Doris JIm Hill and Jean Arthur Never has it been said of 01 a Hollywood pla player er She is to too young oung Not long ago wh when n asked I Is youth a drug on the market 7 Jesse Jess L. L Lasky Paramount executive executive tive replied Youth without talent or potential potential potential poten poten- artistic ability is not a commodity commodity com corn h here re just as beauty wIthout without without with wIth- out personality behind it is worthless worthless worth worth- l less ss In a cinematic sense But when we are given glyen a no combination of youth and artist we have a a valuable thing EXPERIENCED PLAYERS PLAYERS When talking all pictures first sprang Into popularity I as a producer producer pro pro- ducer did not care to risk Paramount's Paramount's Paramount's Para- Para mounts mount's reputation for leadership by hastening our young players into the new and at that time experimental experimental mental medium Our OUt first talk all ing picture vas was vas Interference Ve We cast players of at long experience Evelyn Brent dive Brook William Wil Wil- liam Powell For successive pictures plc- plc tur tures oS we brought from the stage Jeanne Eagels Ruth nuth Chatterton and O. O OP P. P Heggle HeggIe But now talking pictures are far faraWay faraWay faraway away from the the experimental period Our technicians are trained Youth again is in the front Close Harmony Harmony Har lIar mony features two youngsters Nancy Carroll and ahl Charles Charle Rogers Richard Arlen and Mary Brian Brtan gave exceptional performances in The TheMa TheMan TheMan Ma Man I Love Clara Bows Bow's first all all- talking picture The Wild Party Isa is isa isa a box office record breaker It Isa Isa is isa a picture of and by young people all the way through It is youth which makes the screen so utterly different from the stage And It is that thing which has made and which will keep the screen more popular than the stage Lasky concluded |