The Vice Squad tops Fox American screen run
A sensational talkie of big city life headlines Fox American screens with The Vice Squad portraying a stool pigeon’s career amid romance and police pursuit. Paul Lukas leads with Kay Francis and Helen Johnson supporting as the plot twists toward a startling climax. The program closes tonight before The Subway Express follows.
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Paramount plans more kid pictures with child stars
Paramount plans a series of motion pictures featuring children in principal roles following the success of Tom Sawyer and Skipalong. New story properties are being acquired and negotiations continue. Production head Jesse L. Lasky says the "kid" pictures open a fresh type of screen entertainment. Recent stock company additions include Jackie Coogan, Robert Coogan, Jackie Sears and Mitzi Green.
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Pickford Family Earned First Film Salary
In 1909 the Pickford children Jack Lottie and Mary plus their mother received twenty dollars a week as the ward robe team for D W Griffith. Their work at the studio kept the family together as they were used in early pictures while Donald Crisp managed and later acted in key roles.
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Subway Express thrills at Fox American
A fast moving talkie opens Monday at the Fox American showing a crowded New York subway. A murder is revealed but a medical examiner notes the victim was not shot. Inspector Killian, played by Jack Holt, investigates motives among 30 suspects leading to a startling denouement.
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New Gangster Talkie Public Enemy At Fox In Butte
A sensational new gangster film Public Enemy comes to the Fox for a three day engagement starting Thursday in Butte. The drama traces crime careers of two youths turned by a modern Fagin and rising to gang power before a dramatic end with vivid gangster battles. James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell and more star in the prominent roles.
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New Change Dates At Fox Theaters Alter Schedule
New change dates at Fox theaters alter the weekly lineup for audiences. Fox schedules shift openings to Sundays and Thursdays, Rialto keeps Saturdays and Wednesdays, and American moves openings to Mondays and Fridays to offer fans more daily pictures.
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Hollywood Adopts Safety Flashlights
Hollywood studios adopt a new safety flash for still photography at Paramount. The device uses a bulb wrapped in magnesium sheet resembling tinfoil, eliminating smoke and explosion risk. The bulb screws into a reflector socket and is fired by a small flash lamp battery in the handle, used where flood lighting is unavailable.
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Doodle Bug Studio Innovation Lights Hollywood Sets
A sign reads Beware of the Doodlebug and names a new studio marvel in Hollywood. Electrically driven machines supply lighting to stages across 26 acres, aiding Paul Lukas in The Vice Squad with swift, silent light delivery.
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Gary Cooper's Hollywood Dressing Room Reveals A Man
Gary Cooper occupies suite No 22 at Paramount Hollywood a row of 22 small three room dressing suites. His room is a functional workshop with desk portable phonograph and cluttered byletters calendars and records mostly Spanish music. The space shows his practical style and devotion to craft with a second room for grooming and a view to the stages where he works. In City Streets his role shifts to a city gangster with a Western touch indicating a departure from his usual parts.
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The Lawyers Secret Opens Matinee Today At Local Theater
Now playing Clive Brook Charles Rogers Richard Arlen and Fay Wray in The Lawyers Secret a tense drama that begins with a murder opens with a matinee today and runs through Wednesday Next attraction Public Enemy features James Cagney Jean Harlow and others a sensational gangland expose.
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Charles Rogers
Richard Arlen
Fay Wray
Public Enemy
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Jean Harlow
Seed and 6-Cylinder Love At Fox Rialto
Now playing at Fox Rialto is Seed a human interest drama led by John Boles Genevieve Tobin and Lois Wilson, with Spencer Tracy and Edward Everett Horton in 6 Cylinder Love a comedy about an expensive car ownership. Opens Wednesday.
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Now playing at Fox American previews two thrillers
Now showing Vice Squad starring Paul Lukas and Kay Francis as a gripping police stool pigeon tale. Last showings tonight. Next attraction Subway Express a big city thriller opens a four day run on Monday.
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World's Most Murdered Man Is Killed Again
Hollywood reports Perry, famed for dying in films, is killed once more in Paramount's The Lawyers Secret marking his 112th screen murder. He estimates over 1,000 on screen deaths across 123 years, due to guns knives dynamite bombs and cars as part of his gambling house keeper role.
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Seed the Fox Screen Play Draws Crowd at Rialto
Fox Rialto presents Seed leading a dramatic tale of a young author who abandons family for fame. John Boles stars as the husband and father fighting to support five children while Lois Wilson plays his wife and mother. Genevieve Tobin and Zasu Pitts headline with Hackett in a strong supporting cast. The film opens yesterday to large crowds, praised for romance, drama, pathos, and humor.
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Genevieve Tobin
Lois Wilson
Raymond Hackett
Zasu Pitts
Testing for photographing in film making process
The article explains the distinction between screen tests and film tests, noting a film test evaluates cameraman work. Karl Struss, head cameraman, reviews every scene shot, using 11-frame strips with varying grit. It describes consistent lighting for printing and the precision needed in lighting and development to achieve perfect pictures.
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Dolores Del Rio to Star in The Rose of the Rancho
Paramount signs Dolores Del Rio to play the aristocratic senorita in The Rose of the Rancho a Technicolor production based on the Belasco Tully stage success Edward Sloman directs with Richard Arien as the government investigator who fights land grabbers in California
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Marie Dressler Defies Age With Vigor And Charm
Hollywood profile paints Marie Dressler as ageless and energetic at sixty. Her daily routine blends quick movements, controlled diet, and regular massages to sustain stamina for stunts and late nights. She treats aging as a mindset, not a fate, with a dancer’s grace and fearless work ethic.
The Lawyer's Secret at Fox Four-Day Run
Clive Brook Buddy Rogers Richard Arlen Fay Wray and Jean Arthur star in The Lawyer's Secret a dramatic talkie about a youth wrongfully condemned to die after a club owner's murder. Brook as the attorney loves the boy's sister as tensions mount toward a climactic climax praised by critics. The Fox engagement features added attractions.
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Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Richard Arlen
Fay Wray
Jean Arthur
Butte
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Hilarious Comedy 10 Be Feature At Rialto
A high spirited talkie titled Six-Cylinder Love arrives at the Fox Rialto for a three day run in Butte this week. Spencer Tracy and Edward Everett Horton star in a farce about a costly car causing comic trouble for a family and the ensuing funny situations that end with a cheerful note for two households.
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Edward Everett Horton
Boardman Lands Major Paramount Contract
Eleanor Boardman, star of The Great Meadow and noted leading woman since 1923, becomes a Paramount featured player under a long term contract announced by Jesse L. Lasky. She will start immediately in the lead opposite Paul Lukas in Women Love Once, adapted from Zoe Akins Broadway hit Daddy's Gone a Hunting.
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Eleanor Boardman
Charlie Ruggles to Do Farce on Screen
Charlie Ruggles will head the cast of featured players in a fast moving farce comedy titled Girl Habit. Eddie Cline, famed director, has been signed to direct. Ruggles stars in The Smiling Lieutenant ahead of the project.
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Maurice Chevalier
Portrait of Marie Dressler Reveals a Dynamic, Generous Spirit
The feature paints Marie Dressler as versatile and ageless beyond the screen. It describes her home life with Mamie and Jerry, her routine osteopathic-like massage, and a personality both strong and feminine, with enduring curiosity and warmth.
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