Show Proves Serious Business S SL L i I I 5 5 Colleen Moores Moore's long sad sad face shows j just st how serious this gag invention business really is is Impromptu Comedy Situations Situations Situations Situ Situ- Always in I IM 1 M Minority By DAN THOMAS THOMASN N NEA EA Service Writer HOLLYWOOD Cal July 17 17 11 Thousands of persons pay perfectly good money at theatre box box- offices every night in order to get a few laughs from cinema comedies B BUt t the making of those comedies Is 15 Isa Isa a very serious business Practically every situation which h draws a laugh is the result pf f hours of car careful ful planning ginning Gags done spontaneously are much in the minority I have seen directors cam cameramen ramen and stars confer for several hours trying to figure out just how v a a. certain scene will be the f funniest and and that scene probably was written into the script after atter more hours of careful thought on the part of the writer The Impromptu gags although in the minority are important p parts of every picture I spent several days on the set with Wally Vally Beery and Raymond Hatton during the filming of Firemen men S Save ve My Child A chance remark made by Beery gave birth to a prolog for the film Beery and Hatton wore having an argument they do quite frequently frequently fre fre- What do you know about fight fight- Ing fire 7 Hatton demanded A lot lot replied Wally On Once e ewhen when I was a L kid I set a Christmas tree on fire Eddie Sutherland heard the conversation conversation con con- and s suggested the prolog Which will show Beery as a kid setting a Christmas tree on tIre lire and trying to put it out with a toy fire engine I At another time they were trying t to 11 rescue a parrot from a t tall ll tree In the midst of the scene Beery grabbed the empty cage held It up toward the bird and started to whistle as if it calling a dog It Is Isa isa isa a sure laugh A few other situations situa situa- were conceived In the same manner but all were done very seriously that seriously that is as seriously as Beery can do anything |