Word: paramount
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have beautiful legs, and a minor reservation: he preferred that she be unknown. Marlene fitted the first condition so perfectly that von Sternberg dropped his reservation. He cast her in the lead of The Blue Angel. When he returned to the U. S. he got her a contract with Paramount...
...West Young Man (Paramount). When Mae West made her cinema debut in 1932 (Night After Night), wiseacres predicted her career would be short-lived. When she became a star (1933), critics considered her a fad. When the Legion of Decency was formed (1934), Mae West seemed its most likely victim. Currently, though she slipped from fifth to eleventh in Motion Picture Herald's star-rating, Mae West is still one of Hollywood's highest paid ($150,000 per picture) celebrities, unique in two respects: 1) She writes her own scripts. 2) While other producers are trying...
...Polo Joe", the current offering at the Paramount and Fenway theatres, presents the amiable Mr. Joe E. Brown, amusing himself, as you might guess from the title, with polo sticks and expensive ponies...
...Wedding Present" Cary Grant and Joan Bennett again prove that they are a good team. It is a highly-recommended picture. The action revolves about two star reporters trying to scoop each other. Paramount drags in the stock Hollywood conception of a newspaper: there is the hard-boiled city editor, played by George Bancroft and there is the constant occurrence of three alarm fires and murders attended by cynical, wise-cracking reporters. What distinguishes the movie is the sure, smart acting of Bennett and Grant...
Rose Bowl (Paramount) provided the University of Southern California football squad with a nice stretch of work this summer at standard Hollywood pay for costume extras. Cinemaddicts who are also football fans will recognize Tod Goodwin, famed star of the New York Giants (professional) at end. The burly, dark-haired young man who stops a locker-room tiff between Paddy O'Riley (Tom Brown) and Dutch Schultz (Benny Baker) is Nick Lukats, 1933 Notre Dame halfback, now a Paramount contract player. Director Charles Barton needed this kind of cast. Rose Bowl's games are not composed of matched...