The Texas Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1931 Page: 3 of 24
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Why Jewish Movie Folk Are
Not More Jewish
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Ask for a
Sue Carol, as many others have I I
done, furtner removed herself from I | .
Judaism by marrying a Roumanian I !
boy by the name of Nicholas Prata, | ’
known to film fans as Nick Stuart. j *
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in these great, near-great nnd would ।
be great are Joseph Schildkraut. Vera 1 .
(Jordon, Maurice Black, Ann Brody, I
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opinion is that it
reputat ion rests on
and other intimate details of Jewish ;
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them up by really putting
' show.
Ant i<i pat ing a period
census of
vious methods attempt to hide it, the ing to
proportion still remains negligible. | them :
is that
a return to normal living and normal pric
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work. Most of’his interest in this
The same is true* of Norman :
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quite one hundred
them on the screen.
Kerry, who is really a member of the !
well known Kayser family of silk i
fame. Sue Carol, a clever little Jew- 1 9 ;
ish girl, was formerly Evelyn Led- ' | |
erer, well known in Chicago social i J
circles. I I
of the executives of Fox Studios, sev-
eral from Universal Studios and a
sprinkling from various of the other
Krantz, born
the East
per cent Bobby
They were , I ‘
tried out and many of them rejected"
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realizing ;
from sta- '
The B’nai B’rith Temple, the fore-' In explanation of why there is no
. real community spirit amongst the'
sponsors such men'Jewish actors there is also the ele-,
to Irving
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। regular presidency is held by I. E.
Chadwick, another movie producer.
To this temple come a great number
ble.
The past three years have been
A., he is vitally con-
the tuberculosis san a-
already been laid in: A "settling'
Side of
» donate their services. With
also come quite a few of the
। Gentile actors. In the old days of
। the silent movie, it was generally the
custom for the star to merely' step
on the stage, say two or three words,
mft ni ' | 9% | should
I II' foundation has
non Jewess who embraced the Jewish
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। they are specialized in their jobs. The |
.. . actor, however, must depend on pub- i !
a lie favor. When the public* is tired
| of him, he must leave and seek other
| fields of endeavor. This has espe-
cially been the case since the talkies
ish film players, it can
no effort to congeal
Just as is the case with the above,
it naturally follows that Eddie C"in-1
and it is only natural,’ th. n that tor, Iarry Green and Benny Rbin
rather than injure hi stock in trade are tradinK. on none to secure,
he lives up to the type he has built pd: It is ne wonden thon, thht
himself up to be. However, inter the formation of a communal spirit
marriage drd not claim him, for he among 1 Jewish actorsin Hidlyw......
married Alma Ruben . a JeWish film can result in nothin’ more than
actress. failure.
ry regular at 1 to Hollywood in droves.
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A list of the heads and executives
= in the business of making metion
= pictures is enough to convince any-
one that they are largely Jews. On
Ethe other hand, the list, of prominent
f film players include a minority of I
Jews. Even when one .takes into ac-
other Hollywood house of worship— more hung on for a while,
the Temple Israel. Wurtzel is now | that their position was far
its honorary life president, while the
forming into any cohesive group.i
The only truly local actress who is.- -
prominent in Hollywood and Los An-
Gordon, Claudette Colbert,
(Contirued on Page S)
In passing, let us extend to you the service of
this store.
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and Drapes
An Attractive Gift Shop—Toy Town for the
Kiddies—Office Furniture.
other great
picture factories St ill, t he
in the East. As president
Keep a Case
faith upon her marriage
Thalberg. Since then, she
star
The funny part about it
of before the public even had a chance
disposition to WORK.
to show
on a good
this star Norma Shearer—was
ment of insecurity that should be 7003-
taken into consideration. In the casefm=
, Sidof the producers and executives, they | I |
remain in the business because they
but only one have their money invested in it or
as Louis B. Maye
torium maintained by that institution
at Saranac, N. Y.
The occasional benefit perform-
ances staged by various Jewish char-
The same is. true of Douglas Fair-
banks, whose real name is Nicholas
Ullman. Ben Lyon, another talented I
Jewish boy, married a non-Jewess, I
Bebe Daniels,
Since talking pictures have come 1
in, the infusion of new blood in the '
industry naturally brought many,
from a field which has always been
overwhelmingly Jewish. Vaudeville .
and musical comedy have contributed
to Hollywood's colony such outstand- i
ing Jews as Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, I
Harry Green, Benny Rubin, Mitzi
Green and a few others. But there
are not enough of them to form a
distinctly Jewish colony.
in point is Kicardo Cortez who. dcjhislasi film effort. Paul Muni's short
! spite the Pblicity anent hi having lived term, in Hollywood gave him lit-
- been born in Spam, wa .. in reality, tle timne to see mueh of the olace and
a Jewish boy by the name of Jacob its people.
be seen why j
them into a ’
a model example for others of her
the former vaudevillians
Warner brothers. Sol
Grau man a ml many
' leaders in the industry
Sol Wurtzel, chief executive
Fox Studios, is the founder of
= life do not find motion picture stars
............ very much in prominence.
one of ebb and flow from the en-
tire colony of Hollywood. Of our
Jewish actors, Jack Benny and Gus
Edwards are well known illustrations
As far as t Ie more secure mem- I -
bers of the film colony are con-E
corned, their varying origins, tastes1 1
and temperaments prevent them f rom -
take a bow and retire. It has taken
count those who are in reality Jew
The Jewish community life of Hol-
= lywood, therefore, centers around
Eproducers and other executives al-
most wholly. Temple membership
11 and attendance. Jewish welfare work
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ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERINC SUPPLIES ,
One of the features of Hollywood ;
is its tendency toward professional
•clanishnss. ' Thus, actors work to-
. rrether and, regardless of race or re-
ligion. they play together. Their so- |
cial life is truly cosmopolitan and in ,
this way the Jewish members mingle
with their Irish, Spanish, German and]
French co-workers. i
The demands of their daily work
also act as an obstacle to their min-
1 gling more with their own people.
( When a picture is under production
: the players generally have to be up i
early and hard at work at whatever ■
hour they may be called. They have | a
no regular hours. They may have to ।
work on into the night and have lit-
tle time for rest before they must
। be back on the set the following day.
When they are able to rest, they seek
diversion and company close at hand.
Contrary to the popular “bed of
rosea'* conception of a screen play-
er’s life, it is one of hard and some- l e
reles Jewish social life is Carmel
Myers.’ Prior to his death. Carmel
Myors' father was one of I os An-
gelos’ outstanding rable.
But when one conslders the bal-
ance of the more or less stable Jew-
a._ sjujisuu.zu.
(Editor’s Note: No one would be times tedious work with its natural A
surprised to learn that the majority reaction of intense play or utter re- y
of the executives of Hollywood’s luxation and rest. ?
chief industry are Jews, nor would Nevertheless, this does not deterO)
¥ anyone be surprised to know that Al Jolson from being one of the "an- X
7 thers are comparatively few Jewish gels" „f the local Jewish Consunr '
' moving picture, luminaries. What five Relief Assoeiation, which main-
people would like to know is why tains a sanatorium not far from Los
lollywood s Jews, that is die Jews in Angel. E ide his financial sup-
the movingpicture business, are not port, he many times donates his tai-l
more Jewish why they have so little ent for th. entertainment of the in-'
p do with Jewish communal and re- mates and at affairs which ar.- given
ligious affairs Mr Weissman ex for the benefit of that, and also
plains this social phenomenon and at other institutions Eddie Cantor is
' the same time gives some mkling of more of a newcomer to Hollywood
the Jewish movie folk who play a than is Jolson, but he has the’
= role in Jewish affairs.)
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of this situation. Quite recently, Lil-
, lian Roth's contract expired and
prominent film players on the mem Paramount Studios declined to renew
bership lust of this tenipte it. with th,, result that Lillian left
I he main reason Im this is, as Hollywood for the East. Warner
mentioned befort that Jewish film Brothers dropped Al Jolson when his
Players are a scarcity Another rea popularity waned. Although" United
son is that most of those who are Artists will feature him in a forth-
Jewish tend to hide their nativity for , coming production, the general
business and other reasons. A .....-
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Another case of this kind is Rod
La Rocque, who formerly bore a very
Jewish name, but now lives up to the
। continental name he has chosen and
i the roles hr plays. ‘
The changing of names is too well
known amongst stage and film folk to
need comment. Even the Gentile
players change their plain or odd
| sounding handles forsomething more
• euphonious. But it seems that when
| a Jewish actor makes a radical
| change in his name to something
j Spanish, French or hi h, he also
■ tends to break away from his own
| people.
। It is therefore somewhat of a sur-
• prise to learn that Kenneth Mac-
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