EMOTIONAL STIMULANT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 866, 9 January 1930, Page 15

EMOTIONAL STIMULANT

STARS RESPOND TO MUSIC Music is the greatest emotional stimulant. Music can give its listeners an impression of despair or of happiness, and that fact has not been overlooked by the producers in Hollywood. « Many stars and players on the screen have favourite melodies to which they' respond. One song can bring tears into the eyes of Clara Bow; another can tease a smile on the lips of Mary Brian: and a third puts Xancv Carroll in a romantic mood. Most stars express a preference for the playing of music on the set before the scene is filmed, so that they may easily fall into the mood required. In “The Marriage Playground.” Mary' Brian requested that “Celia” be Played. Fredric March asked for “Moanin’ I-ow.” and Lilyan Tashman favoured “I’ve a reeling I’m Falling. Moran and Mack, the Two Black Crows, will shortly start work on a new all-talking picture. The late war will form t.he background for the Production and the Two Black Crows will be featured as negro soldiers. An entirely new set of comedy gags has been prepared for the picture. Filming lias started on “Sarah and Son.*’ Ruth Chatterton’s next starring Picture, at the Hollywood studios. “Sarah and Son” was adapted from Timothy Shea’s best selling novel of the same title. Fredric March is featured in the leading male role.