The Washington times., 1924-03-28
SEATS $3.50 At
FILM PREMIER
Of SECRETS
Norma TaImadge's Picture
Draws FiImdom's Stars
dressed to KILL"
BY DAY STONE,
Cosmopolitan News Service Staff
Correspondent.

Cosmopolitan News Service Staff
Correspondents.
Copyright. 1924 by Cosmopolitan
News Service.l
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March 2S.--
somebody who works for Mary
P1ckford should be soundly spanked
Tor opening Mary's Dorothy Yer.
non of Haddon Hail." in Los
Angeles, the same week Norma Tai.
madge's Secrets" had its premier
American showing,
FOR Tour years these girls have
been playing commercial leap-frog,
each kcenly sensitive to the other S
popularity.
Everybody in the film colony
Knew for weeks that Norma s
Secrets" was a big" picture, SO
poor Mary is now without ar
alibi.
Mounted policemen, like Cossac!s
soldiers, rode down the mobs at
Norma's "Secrets'-"seats $3.50"
A passive crowd gathered for
Mary's "Dorothy"-''no advance in
price,
Norma Wears White Satin.
Norma wore French gown of
white satin embroidered in Strauss
and pearls and over this a new
ermine wrap.
Constance Talmadge was in white
chiffon beaded with crystals.
An interesting group was Samuel
Goldwyn, Florence Vidor, Charlie
Chaplin, Mrs. Thelma Morgan Con
verse, twin sister of Mrs. Reggie
Vanderbilt, and George Fitzmaurice.
Mrs. Converse had on an imported
French gown, LAWN model, in bot
tie green taffeta, very wide and
very long, and trimmed with purple
flowers.
Florence Vidor, black lace gown
with black sealsl5in coat, trimmed
In ermine.
King Vidor, husband of Florence
Vtdor, had seats elsewhere in the
theater with Elenaor Boardman.
Alma Reubens, white georgette,
trimmed with rhinestones.
Pola Negri in gray chiffon and
pearls, chinchilla. wrap and gray
feathered turban.
There was some mystery as to
the whereabouts of dainty Mae
Murray. Her husband, Bob"
Leonard, was with Carey Wilson,
the scenario writer, and his wife,
and danced with Mrs. Wilson dur
ing supper at the Biltmore.
Lila Lee, once "Cuddles'' Edwards,
and now the wife of James Kirk
wood, in orange colored chiffon
embroidered in red beads. Black seal
skin coat
Theda Bara Mrs. Charles Brabin)
gold net embroidered in gold beads
over cloth of gold, ermine wrap.
Mrs. Antonio Moreno, purple vel
vet and chiffon, chinchilla wrap.
Barbara La MARI, gown of gold
and red brocade, with black sealskin
wrap.
Claire Windsor, white crepe en-
broidered in rhineStones, rhinestone
headband, ermine coat.
Betty Compson, flesh pink chif-
fOn embroidered in crystal beads,
rose colored velvet wrap trimmed
In white fox.
ElinOr Glyn There.
Elinor Glyn. black satin dress,
sable coat
Lady Williams, her daughter,
black satin, black brocaded coat.
Phyllis Haver, was quite poor for
a time after Mack Sennett replaced
her in ''The Extra Girl" with Mabel
Normand, has new ermine coat.
She was dining and dancing in the
COcoanut Grove, at the Ambassador
the other night with a stranger.
A cOnfidant of a chum of Mar
gerry Daw crowded me into a cor
ner at the Montmarte Cafe the
other night. "Margery has left her
husband, Eddie Sutherland, and
gone to New York" she painted.
'Margery. before her marriage was
in love with Bob Agnew, the actor,
but Bob loved May McAvoy. Eddie
loved May. but May loved Bob
Eddie and Margery married to spite
the other two. Sounds just like a
scenario, doesn't it I'm telling you
this in confidence and 1 know it
won't go any further"
A tragedy occurred before my
very eyes on the dance floor in the
Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador
this week. Claire Windsor-just
back from Paris-a white chiffon
gown with a flounce of white os-
trich feathers-the very latest thing
in Paris. Then the wives of three
millionaire tourists. also just from
Paris, danced out on the floor with
gowns likewise trimmed with Os.
trich feathers. / thought Claire
would faint when she. saw them.
She bought the gown at Lenief's in
Paris at a bargain because the col
lar was soiled, she told a friend of
mine, but it looked as good as new
after it was cleaned.