ADDITIONS TO CAST OF "SOULS AT SEA"

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 113, 29 May 1937, Page 13

ADDITIONS TO CAST OF "SOULS AT SEA"

The large cast of Paramount 's "Souls at Sea," in which Gary Cooper and George Eaft are co-starred, has been increased by the addition of the following 17 players: Clyde Cook, Crauford Kent, Eobert Warwick.. .Tolin E1 liott, J. M. Sullivan, Lionel Braham, Gloria Williams, Phyllis Godfrey, Frank Benson, David Clyde, Mary Gordon, Herbert Clifton, Carlyle O'Eour^e, Paul Walton, Ealph Sedan, Eugene Borden and Andre BerangCr. Henry Hathaway, who is to direcl the picture, together. with more than 200 players and a large group of nical aides, will be quartered on Catalina Isthmus, standing out to sea each morning before dawn on the "Star of Finland," to photograph marine st quences in the film. "The Star of Finland" has been re-rigged as a clipper ship, newly fitted-out and painted white. After the picture is completed, the old windjammer will be returned to her ownep, decommissioned and preserved asv a relic of the hi-toric fiee which once sailed under the flag of tbe Alaska Packer's Association.

THE VILLAIN PAYS As he was walking down the street peaeefully and contentedly in Hollvwood the other day, Porter Hall suddenly realised that he was being followed by a number of children. When he turned around one of them pointed to him and said, "Yes, that's the man. You killed Gary Cooper." They had seen ' ' The Plainsman, ' ' in which Porter Hall is the despieable character who shoots Gary in the back. The children weren't going to tolerate a man who would shoot their hero in the ■ back, and Porter was practically mobbed until he made them realise that he was really quite a nice person aftet all. The strange thing about it is that Porter was well-known on the New York stage for his light comedy roles. He was brought to Hollywood ito play the murderer in "The Thin Man" and has played disagreeable and murderous parts ever since. In "The GeneraJ Died at Dawn" he was Madeleine Carroll's weak and disgusting father. He is likely to awaken any morning to find that he is to play almost anything — bad. , He doesn 't mincb liaving a good villainous role, but admits that he would like to play a little comedy for a change or have a chance to redeem himself so that audiences will not think he is as bad as he seems on the screen. Porter reeently signed a term contract with Paramount.