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Show Star BJusi -k Jupiter Fulgur Tells How idrene Makes 'Front Page' kGlamour to Perfection By Virginia Valo ' THERE'S a man in Hollywood Holly-wood who is perfectly happy if he's asked to make lightning. He is Gustav Rohr-bach, Rohr-bach, one of those motion picture celebrities whom you never see on the screen and very seldom read about men and women without whose aid motion pictures could never have become as technically tech-nically perfect as they are. Rohrbach can create all sorts of special effects, but making lightning light-ning is his favorite he says he gets the same kick out of it that a boy gets from running to a fire. It's no great stunt in it.self, he says; you just bundle together a I dozen or so high-intensity carbons on the end of two long sticks, put the sticks on a hinge, plug them into an electric circuit, and then operate them by hand. But unless , you're very careful the carbons weld then there's a chance of burning burn-ing out fuses, ana possibly setting the studio on fire. If you want to see some of his work, go to Principal Productions' "Way Down South" he did seventeen seven-teen lightning effects for it chain, bolt, summer and all the other varieties va-rieties of lightning except the one known as ball, which very few people, peo-ple, including, Rohrbach, have ever seen. 1 Remember ' "Front Page", that sizzling picture of newspaper life? It's to be re-made, but since censorship cen-sorship is stricter now than it used I f IRENE DUNNE to be the story will be changed a bit. Instead of focussing interest on the hero, a hard-boiled reporter, the heroine will get most of the limelight. lime-light. The most encouraging thing about the announcement is the fact that Irene Dunne will portray her. The lovely Dunne can't make a bad picture, apparently. Alexander Korda is launching a new star in "The Thief of Bagdad"; his name is John Justin, he'$ 21 years old, and has had a sort of Errol Flynn career he's been rancher, deckhand, farm worker and actor, and traveled around the world. Korda sent out a call for a young player for the role of the prince, hundreds of young men applied, ap-plied, and John Justin won out, and got a seven-year contract. Sabu, the "Elephant Boy," is also in the cast, and will make his debut as a singing star. Jack Dawn, Metro's mighty man of make-up, sort of took some of the screen girls' glamour apart a while ago. If you've seen old photographs of Hedy Lamarr you must have marveled at the change in her. Well, Mr. Dawn explained that her mouth was made over to give it that luscious lusci-ous curve; her hair was done in loose waves and that long bob was decreed, her eyebrows were revamped re-vamped so that there was more space between them. But, he added, she had a practically perfect face to begin with! The personnel of "We, the People" Peo-ple" hopes that there won't be another an-other lamb on the program for a long, long time. The one that traveled trav-eled from Kansa,s to New York, "Mary's Little Lamb," developed an appetite for microphone wiring that had the engineers practically crazy. Doctor Stidger's programs are well worth listening to. They are on the air on NBC's blue network Mondays through Fridays, at 11:45 Eastern Daylight-Saving Time, and are called "Getting the Most Out of Life." There is a talk by Doctor Stidger and then three hymns arc sung by leading soloists the hymns are old favorites as well as new ones, and the talks are inspirational. inspira-tional. ODUS AND F.!ns-Nr!s E.Uv's ::. mil love " Unlulaiku'in it he's l siK thirteen so;iKs . . . Allan Jtmes returns to the screen via n I'ammtmnt contract; he's been practical! j a forgotten for-gotten man for too lonit . . , Jean Arthur tools her tioz to the tlresi re- r'"'5".'. "n,y ''"'''' II in" broadcast, but hen she had l cry ,t howled so thl rehearsal :'l''"'d '" s' calmed him down. c-lscd by Whm Ni.s.,pcr Union.) |
