Pa.e Two CLica'o Sunday Tribune

Vivacious Marian MarshPetite FilmActress Isan AthleteBy GEORGE SHAFFER

Hollywood, Cal.

FOR a flower petal kind ofbeauty Marian Marsh cankeep an astonishing number

of robust acttvtttes rotating suc-cessfully in mid-career.She Is already a veteran of

three movie starts--one in thiscountry when she was a 17-year-old student in Hollywood Highschool; a second In England andSwitzerland, where she spenttwo years, appearing with LuisTrenker and other continentalstars; followed by her currentresumption of her American fea-tured career.Born in Trinidad, British West

Indies, twenty - four years ago,daughter of Leo Krauth of Ger-many and a British mother,Marian, and her family, devel-oped such concentrated interestin movies and Hollywood thatwhen her father's business inter-ests as a chocolate manufacturercaused the family's removal tothe United States there seemedenough gravitational force todraw them all from Springfield,Mass., to New York, then west-ward into the prairie states, andfinally to settle down in Holly-wood.Marian wasn't the only one In

the family to be thrilled by themovies. Her mother, the lateHarriet Morgan Krauth, feltthat way. The same consuminginterest seems to have animatedMarian's sis t e r , Jean (nowknown on movie contract lists asJean Fenwick), 27; and herbrother, Edward (now known onmovie contract lists as Anthony

Malian is very talented as a tennisplayer.

Marsh), 25. There is a youngerbrother, George Krauth, but heis not an actor.

• • •Jean was first to get a movie

job, being known as Jean Mor-gan. Jean took her sister to theold pathe studlo when Marianwas 17 and still in high school.Director Edmund Goulding metthe slim, starry-eyed school kid,noticed her authentic goldenhair, and arranged a start infilms for the schoolgirl. The un-deniable resemblance betweenher Dresden china kind of .beautyand that of Dolores Costellomade it easy to follow up thisstart. Marian's name then wasViolet Krauth. Her picture ca-reer quickly required a newname, Violet Adams. Successivestudios kept fooling with thename in an effort to add moreglamor. When she played in••Hell's Angels," which then wasstarting Jean Harlow to fame,her name was Marilyn Morgan.After that Mother Krauth, whoalways had idolized Mae Marsh,the little, wistful looking heroineof "The Birth of a Nation,"okayed the daughter's perma-nent film name as Mar ianMarsh. The name clicked, andso did its possessor.Sister Jean became Jean Fen-

wick and recently appeared withHepburn in " Mary of Scotland"and with Garbo in ••MadameWalewska." Brother Edwardbecame Tony Marsh and now ison United Artists' list of youngcontract players. Jean and Tony

Miss Marsh is engaged to be mar-ried. but. because of the press ofother activities. has set no definite

date as yet. '

both appeared with Marian in a, couple of her films abroad threeyears ago.Marian is engaged to marry

AI (Albert P.) Scott" likableNew York broker, who was di-vorced from Colleen Moore In1935. "I don't know exactlywhen the wedding will takeplace," she explains, "although,of course, I have general plans.There are so man y weightythings in my motion picture ca-reer right now." When Scott·isn't here, and Marian isn'tworking In one of her numerousscreen roles, it is as a sports-woman that her prowess and en-durance belie her appearance ofDresden doll fragility.None of the movie colony's

Born Violet Krauth. she entered themovies as Violet Adams at 17.changed that to Marilyn Morgan.and eventually became Marian

Marsh.

Scandinavian girls is as good askier. She practiced skiing longand earnestly in St. Moritz in1933 and 1934 while abroad forher continental movies. She vis-ited the ski slides in Idaho andthe California Sierras last win-ter, and was all set for a trip tothe Chilean Andes this summerwhen film work intervened.As a tennis player Miss Marsh

is so good that she was the pic-ture girl drawn to oppose Na-tional Champion Alice Marble inthe local La Cienega tournamentlast spring. ••For once I feltfussed," says Marian, ••but MissMarble smiled at me and said,I I'm sure we shall have a goodgame,' and with that my stagefright vanished, and I am sure Ilearned and accomplished some-thing in playing her." Marian,who strokes the ball like a man,with more power than you wouldimagine in those lovely shoul-ders, had the satisfaction of win-ning enough points for a gameor two in their two-set match.Model airplane fiying is her

new hobby. Her recent triumphwas the construction of a 32-inchmodel. Volleyball, which theLos Angeles girls play in sandat the beaches or in sun suits onwooden indoor courts, is an oldconquest of Marian's. She wason the winning class team atHollywood High school, wherethe game as played by the girlsis distinctly not a sissy pastime.

\Ioice of .Le ~.,..,ieF•••Dear Miss Tlnee: I would Ifke to tell

you that I thoroughly enjoy your columnand also like toread you r pre-views. I h a v efound that I canalways depend onyou r commentson pictures.Could you tell

me s 0 met h ingabout Fred Mac-Murray, who ap-pears in the fllck-er "Exclusive"?Yours truly,

MAE TRENTON.Editor's not e.:

Thank you verymuch! Fred Mac-Murray was bornin Kankakee, m.He was eduoated

at Carroll college and in order to eal'n histuition sang and played in orchestras.JOill0d a Chioago ol'ohestra, remaining in.it [or more than a yeal', then to Hollywoodin simila,- oapacity, also doing reoording.While in Hollywood he played extra r61eson the 801·een. He went to New York withthe California Collegians, comedy stageband, then joined the "Three's a C"'owd"l'evue on B,-oadway and on the l·oad. Afterits closing he retu1'1ted to Califomia andworked in vaudeville. He again retul'nedto Ncw YOl'k and played in night olubs

FRED MacMURRAYA star who once played

extra role ••

King of theNew PictureIs Story ofMustangs

By ROSALIND SHAFFERHollywood, Cal.

WESTERN pictures, gen-erally turned out on lowand limited budgets, are

seldom geared to problems andsituations of modern life.One of the few which actually

makes contact with a real-lifesituation, however, is Grand Na-tional's "King of the Sierras."A typical low-cost "western," Itprobably will not be seen in bigtheaters of the large cities, butwill get heavy play in smallertowns, where this type of pic-ture g 0 e s over astonishinglywell. Nevertheless, it is a pic-ture that students of the frontiermight view with some signif-icance, for it dramatizes the dis-appearance from the westernranges of herds of wild horseswhich have roamed this semi-arid country untamed for thelast four centuries.In these wild mustangs courses

the blood of steeds which carriedIntrepid Spanish explorers intothe region in the sixteenth andseventeenth centuries.The herds, despite this roman-

tic background, are a pain inthe neck to cattle ranchers of

Sierras

Rex. the 17.year-old Morgan horse which plays the villain in ••The Kingof the Sierra ••" As a colt Rex killed two boy. and wa. kept in confine·

'ment for two years.

Letters published in this department should be written on one side of the paper.If you wish a personal reply please inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

Dear Miss Tlnee: Can you tell me ifAnna Sten is making a picture at present?

I miss her a lotsince her disap-pearance fro mthe screen afterthe three grandpictures she madeseveral years ago,and hope she re-turns soon.I would love to

see her as thelovely LadyEmma of E. Bar-rington's .« TheDivine Lady." Itwould be a per-fect picture forher, wouldn't it?Sincerely,

L. F.

until he was given the majol' r6le in thestage pl'oduction of « Roberta." Was signedby Pam"mount studio in 1935. Mr. Mac-MU1'ray's l1uwried to Lillian La Monte,New York model.

Dear Mae 'I'inee : This is my first at-tempt at writing for your column. I justsaw "Make a Wish," with Bobby Breen,Marion Claire, and Basil Rathbone. Theywere all excellent, but Bobby Breen's sing-ing and Basil Rathbone's acting were mar-velous.Why doesn't Basil Rathbone's studio

give him more hero parts? I never likedhim until I saw him in this picture. He isa wonderful villain, but a better hero. I'mfor giving Basil Rathbone more hero pic-tures. Thank you. BESSIE DE HAL.

Editor's note: Perhaps this letter willhave some influence on Basil's producers.Personally, I !ike him to scare me--<:ts hedid in « Love from a Stranger."

ANNA STENShe would be a beautiful

Lady Hamilton.

Jean Fenwick. Marian's sister, whois also a movie actress.

Editor's not e:She certainly would be a beautiful LadyHamilton. Mis8 Sten is working at presentin a Grand National picture titled « LoveMe Again."

Dear Miss Ttnee : Here are a few of myopinions that I would like to pass on to thepublic:Best Actress. ' ','" , .. '" .Jean ArthurSweetest Chlld Star , .. , Shlrley TempleBest Male Vocalist, " .Donald NovlsBest Female Vocallst ' '" .. ,. " .Llly PonsPrettiest Actress.. , , " .Jean ArthurHandsomest Actor , , .. , Errol FlynnBest orcnestra .. , , , Wayne KingStars I Would Walk Ten Miles to See.,.

... , ' .... , DonaldNovlsand Jean ArthurSincerely, MARY E. GRANT.EditotJs note: We pass 'em on. Y'wek-

/cum!

Dear Miss Tln~e: As a pretty constantmovie fan I think I can judge a good littleactress as well as one with a personality,and so I say, orchids to Olympe Bradna!She may be unknown now, but after

seeing her performance in .•The Last Trainfrom Madrid" I say that any smart direc-

tor or producer can see that that girl has"a certain something" which should notbe overlooked. I hope I see her again soonin another picture.Here's hoping I make your" Voice of the

Movie Fan" column, as I know I am speak-ing for others who like your enjoyablecolumn and who like Olympe Bradna.Thanking you, DOROTHY LARSEN.Editor's note: You made it---<tnd you're

welcome.

My dear Miss Tinee: Now is the timefor all James Stewart fans to step for-ward in contradtctlon of what Miss Col-leen Young said a few weeks ago. Tobegin with, even if a movie idol does haveto be perfect, James Stewart still deservesthe title, for I think he is perfect.You didn't seem to think his perform-

ance in .•Seventh Heaven" was very good.I thought It was magnificent. SimoneSimon only said a few words throughoutthe whole picture, so James Stewart hadto practically carry the picture himself.Outside of the similarity of his rOles in"Rose Marie" and •.After the Thin Man,"every rOle he has played has been differ-ent, yet in each he was entirely convinc-ing.Yours anxiously awaiting the next Stew-

art movie, MARIAN SULLIVAN.Edit01JS' note: Hour glad Jim Stewart's

going to be when he reads this sweetl'hapsody! (Poem.)

Whitey, the equine hero. He andRex were both trained by Jack Lin-

del. shown with him.

northern Arizona and southernUtah. Mustangs are said todrink about flve times as muchwater as the more or less domes-ticated steer, and they destroyfences at will.Last spring when the depart-

ment of the interior, empoweredby the T a y 10 r grazing bill,authorized the extinction of theArizona herd, Grand National,one of the newcomers to thefield of western qutckies, decidedto capitalize on the government'sfinal drive by filming a story ofthe roundup of 2,000 remaininghead of mustangs .In the story built around the

extermination of the her d sGrand National has cast a vet-eran equine trouper, Rex, as ameanie horse and leader of themustang herd. Rex is 17 yearsold and began his career in 1923as ••Rex, King of the WildHorses." He is a thoroughbredMorgan horse, but a baddie inreal life, too. Early in life hekilled two boys at the Coloradostate boys' reformatory and waskept in a box stall for two years,where Jack Lindel found himand trained him for motion pte-tures, Hero of the film will beWhitey, another Lindel horse.