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Show STAGE SCREEN RADIO By VIRGINIA VALE (Beleased by Western Newspaper Union.) MARCEL HENRI REB-IERE, REB-IERE, a Frenchman and a cameraman for the March of Time, has recently come to this country, to focus his cameras on interesting subjects in the Western Hemisphere. Hem-isphere. Although he speaks no English, he has an uncanny un-canny sense of what the American public likes he has filmed many outstanding March of Time subjects during the past few years, including "The Vatican," "The Maginot Line," and Finland. Born in Paris 45 years ago, Reb-iere Reb-iere took up photography before he enlisted in the French army in 1914. After being wounded in battle he was shifted to the Army Cinematographic Cinematograph-ic service; after the war he made documentary films for the French government in Siberia, French West Africa and the Near East; in 1925 he became chief cameraman for the Compagnie Universelle Cinemato-graphique Cinemato-graphique of Paris, for whom he I . - ' MARCEL HENRI REBIERE made instructional, sociological and experimental films until 1934, when he went to work for the March of Time, becoming their chief European Euro-pean cameraman. His tact and experience ex-perience in working with diplomats and important government leaders and his amazing news sense make him a notable figure in his line of work. The other day Claudette Colbert ran over to the "Pioneer Woman" set between scenes of her own picture, pic-ture, "Skylark," being made on a neighboring stage at Paramount. She wanted to deliver well-wishes to her friend, Barbara Stanwyck. She passed right by a little old lady sitting sit-ting In front of a portable dressing room, bnt the little old lady said "Hello, Claudette" it was Barbara, all made up for her characterization of a one hundred year old woman. Almost every set at Metro at present pres-ent has a dog of its own who's a member of the cast. The ritziest is Buttons, a member of the "Lady Be Good" troupe; half beagle, half fox terrier, he's very important he does a tap dance with Eleanor Powell. Pow-ell. So he rates a portable dressing dress-ing room. On the "Billy the Kid" set there's an old farm collie who is supposed to follow Ian Hunter around ; he just gets a rug to lie on between shots. The two little terriers in "Blossoms in the Dust" have to be taken while walking when they're not working they're true camera hounds; want to be playing on the set whether they're scheduled to or not. With more aspirants than tried to play "Scarlett," the coveted role of "Marge" in the popular CBS radio serial, "Myrt and Marge," has finally final-ly been filled. It was given to Helen Mack, whom you've seen in many a film and heard on evening radio shows. She had just returned from Hollywood, where she played important impor-tant roles in Columbia's "His Girl Friday" and Paramount's "Power Dive." She takes the place of Mrs. Donna Flick, who died recently, who had for years been "Marge," her mother playing "Myrt." After playing dramatic roles in 61 pictures, Robert Young will become k a song and dance man in "Lady Be Good," the Metro musical in which he'll star with Ann Sothern and Eleanor Powell. It will be the first time that he has sung on the screen; he'll do a duet with Ann and a dance with Eleanor. ODDS AD EDS Fibber McGce and Molly's RKO picture co-starring Edaar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy uill have Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as its romantic leads . . . Warner Bros, icill co-star Errol Flynn and Joan Leslie in "The Constant Nymph" . . . Baby Sandy, who is now three years old, begins be-gins her third year in fdms with a new Lniversal contract . . . Shirley Temple's long-atvaited return to the screen gets under way soon, when she begins work in Metro's "Babes on Broadway" . . . RKO will co-star Lupe Velez, the fiery Latin, in three major films, with Leon Errol of the rubber knees. |