Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-26
NEWS, VIEWS. RUMOR
And GOSSIP FROM
Neutrality-suspicious.
BY CONSTANCE PALMER
HOLLYWOOD Calf. MAY |

TIME c. B. De Mile Co.. has gone to
4 Long Beach for a week s vacation.
Conrad Nagel. hero of the piece. of
course is there, and Mrs. Conrad
"Ruthie along, quite unofficially.
cause Conrad lonesome, Isn't that
cunpin'?
Today I met Jack Conway. who is
under the working title The Black
Cat" II is a crook story. with lots
of guns and policemen.
Mr.. Conway IS a charming man. with
what we women term "a personality.
Had always heard of his wonderful
parties, but there's more 10 him than
that. He introduced he - Carmel
Myers and her mother and 10 Jack
O'Brien. brother of Eugene
Mr.. O'Rrien. who is playing Miss
Myers lead. has only lately recovered
from an attack of pneumonia and is
still a little wobbly. II understand
pneumonia is rather dangerous in tins
climate. ! shouldn't crave it IN any
climate He 5 a very nice boy, and
II you like him on the screen half aS
well as ] did meeting him. he Il be-
very popular.
.
j have wondered why people said Sny
was sweet, so consistently. The sac
charine adjective i also applied to Macy
Miles Mintcr But after an hour >
visit with Miss Myers, ! staggered away
convinced.
MHILE the daughter was III another
w part Of the s"t. bringing mo n
chair-me. mind you the mother said
II always tell Carmel what she should
have is tribe Of Ertlo ones. Then
she'd have enough to do for 0"
And Carmel, returning heard her
mothers remark and bIushpd beneath
her make up. prNtty soon she brought
me- matted milk. and one for Mr.
O'Brien--'to make him we'll. We
talked of ships and shoes and sealing
wax. and that dear Mr.. Myers ro.d
me Of the father. rabbi,
"EverybOdy loves him Hc> ava"
all day talking 20 people. and only comes
home to sleep. And many times he
doesn't do that--just sits in h.s library
with his books.
Surely this is the sofr Of family that
Is doing much to raise the status of tho
motion pictures, in their contact With
lay brothers and sisrcrs.
SHOUTS came from Il nearby set, !
~ looked alarmed.
Don't worry :" said Miss Myers
'It's just Joe Martin in ono Of his
moments" :" Joe is the monkey, YOU
know
+, They invited mo 70 90 and sUe him,
then followed the invitation with an ac-
count of how he had had his teeth pulled
because he had bitten AZ least a dozen
peop'e and turned on his keeper the
day before declined hastily.
The Screen Writer'S Guild folks are
moving their Offices in the Markham
Building to a new clubhouse on Sunset
boulevard. Their ball, which was 70
have come of in week or two and
have been quite the society affair, has
been postponed until fall
This is very wonderful orgnniza .
tion to which practically every writer
in the business belongs. An attorney
Is employed 10 handle al! lawsuits for
and against the writer's their work may
be registered, and a copy placed in the
guilds safe deposit vault 10 guard
against plagiarism after n story is sub
mitted for consideration, and general
plans for the bettermont of the writer's
and the industry are discussed at weekly
meetings,
The guild is branch OF the Authors
League of America and is decidedly a
Axo- gun, Straight shooting affair.