Photoplay/Volume 36/Issue 5/These New Faces

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These New Faces

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IRENE BORDONI ("Paris," First National) has been for years the leading oo-la-la French girl on the American stage, and successor to Anna Held as owner of misbehaving eyes. She sings naughty little songs. Her husband, at present, is E. Ray Goetz, stage producer. It is reported that there's a divorce on.
ANN HARDING ("Paris Bound," Pathe) is the most beautiful ash-blonde in the American theater. Her first great hit was in Gilbert Emery's "Tarnish," and her outstanding success was "The Trial of Mary Dugan," which Norma Shearer screened. Her husband is Harry C. Bannister, leading man, who will appear in a film with her.
PAUL MUNI ("The Valiant," Fox) was famous in the Yiddish theater in New York as Muni Weisenfreund. Though in his twenties, he has always specialized in bizarre character rôles. His one stage rôle on the English-speaking stage, which made him famous, was in "Four Walls."
HELEN KANE ("Pointed Heels," Paramount) is the most imitated baby-talk singer in America just now. Paul Ash discovered her in New York, and she scored at the Paramount Theater. In the musical comedy, "Good Boy," she was a tremendous hit singing "I Want to Be Loved by You," and founded the "poo-poo-poo-doo" school. Pretty, plump, big-eyed.
KENNETH MCKENNA ("Pleasure Crazed," Fox) is one of the best known young leading men on the American stage. He has played in dozens of Broadway hits, and won fresh fame opposite Helen Hayes in revival of Barrie's "What Every Woman Knows." Good looking, with a fine talkie voice.
EDDIE LEONARD ("Melody Lane," Universal) is about the last of the great minstrel men, though for the last ten years he has been headlining in vaudeville. Still sings his famous hits, "Ida" and "Roly Poly Eyes."
FRANK FAY ("Under the Texas Moon," Warners) is one of the greatest vaudeville favorites in New York, often playing one theater for three and four weeks at a stretch. Has a mop of reddish hair, blue eyes, affects a drawling style. His greatest achievement was marrying Barbara Stanwyck.
BARBARA STANWYCK ("The Locked Door," United Artists) who became famous on the stage as leading woman of "Burlesque" opposite Hal Skelly. Before that she had been a little night club entertainer at Texas Guinan's places. A remarkably beautiful girl, with a lovely voice.

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HAL SKELLY ("The Dance of Life," Paramount) will be seen in the same rôle he made famous on Broadway in "Burlesque," the name having been changed. Nancy Carroll has the Stanwyck rôle. This was his first dramatic rôle, and a sensational success. For many years Hal has been in musical comedy.
FLORENCE ELDRIDGE ("The Greene Murder Case," Paramount) is one of the best of the stage's younger leading women. Her first stage hit came in "The Cat and the Canary," famous mystery show. She is blonde, pretty and is the wife of Frederic March.
FREDERIC MARCH ("The Wild Party," Paramount) who made his talkie debut opposite Clara Bow in this picture. He is a well known stage leading man. This couple is a big addition to the picture world.
HELEN MORGAN ("Applause," Paramount) was first noticed as prima donna of one of George White's "Scandals." She became famous singing "Bill" and other hits in Ziegfeld's musical comedy smash, "Show Boat." She has also headed the entertainment in her own New York night club.
SOPHIE TUCKER ("Honky Tonk," Warners) has been well known for a great many years as a vaudeville headliner singing hot songs. She is one of the survivors of the royal line of Nora Bayes, Belle Baker and others. Now billed as "The Last of the Red Hot Mammas."
GERTRUDE LAWRENCE ("The Battle of Paris," Paramount) came to America with a "Charlot's Revue" a few years ago, and since has starred in several musical comedies as a singer and comedienne. English, tall, slender, very pretty and packed with plenty of charm.
SALLY STARR ("Happy Days," M.-G.-M.) was first noted in a "Scandals" revue. All she did was come out, announce scenes and say "Thank you!" Little, plumpish, pretty and cute, and seems to have gone up in the world via talkies.
ELLIOTT NUGENT ("Happy Days," M.-G.-M.) is a member of the famous writing and acting family of Nugents of Canal Dover, Ohio. Father J. C. Nugent and son Elliott wrote and played in "Kempy," and Elliott wrote and played in "The Poor Nut." A daughter, Ruth, also acts.

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