Show FEW NEGROES IN HOLLYWOOD HOLL WOOD Calif Aug 29 9 By The Associated Press Few Press Few negroes have a a. hankering to act In Inthe inthe inthe the movies says saS James Smith oper oper- operator operator operator ator of a negro film casting agency There are about a hundred negroes working more or less regularly in the pictures here bere and their screen Income is so fiO moderate that nearly all aU of or them do outside work Paradoxically negro extras seldom are paid as little as the paid lowest-paid white extras Their minimum is usually usually usually ally 7 50 per day as against the 5 frequently paid white players But they average fewer days of o work a week and as for the more important roles virtually all negro character parts have been played by white ac actors ac- ac actors I tors The casting of James Lowe negro in the role of Uncle Tom in a screen version of or Uncle Toms Tom's Cabin is re regarded re- re regarded regarded by other actors of ot his race as as the first real reat break a negro film player pl yer has had since motion pictures were wert invented There have been a afew afew afew few Independent negro all productions six c if tf f them in the Hollywood area since 1915 but lack of or an effective I nationwide releasing organization has has' limited such films to a small public i The negro players here are op op- op optimistic I over reports that Paramount is considering using negro actors in ina Ina I I a a. picture starring Emil Jannings I German character player as a canni canni- cannibal cannibal cannibal bal king that Metro Mayer has a negro war comedy in prospect that will produce Porgy and that Universal will screen Octa- Octa Octavus Octavus Us Roy Cohens Cohen's s negro stories |