Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-15
BY MOLLIE MERRICK

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July IA
HOLLYWOOD beauties and matinee ldois
and A new and dangerous rival IN their
f,eld. George Bernard Shaw, with ms
accustomed trick of starting ructions'
has given the movie colony something
to talk about.
When he appeared recently with
'.talkie" newsreels he was the MT OF
the show and threw the beauteous Do
lores Del Rio into the discard SO iar as
audience and critics were concerned.
Movieland's notables, fed on the Greco
Of the supremacy of the faultless lace
plus fawless makeup, are beginning 10
worry. The advent OF brains ana PEI
sonaiitv arriving via the ''talkie," may
nroye a menace to the beautiful but
dumb who reign today.
Motorists had a fine time during the
Hollywood visit of Mayor Jimmy
walker of New York They knew
where the trafic cops were.
every time His Honor" left the ho-
tel q flock OF motor cycle cops with
shrieking sirens preceded him. For the
first two days the entire town was
GREATNESS, hunting arrests. accidents
and fires. Then 1t settled deeper In It's
easy chairs when the sirens sounded
and said: "Oh, just Jimmy going out
again!"
one wag, notorious for his philander-
ing, murmured feelingly Tnank
Heaven. I'm not mayor,
Ruth Roland, weary of mere money
making. would come back to the screen
When the queen of serials retired from
the camera she had become a queen
OF real estate
The most famous player Of contin-
ued thrillers since Pearl White de-
serted the pastimes OF Hollywood for
the pleasures of Paris, Ruth Roland
was the idol of those who love hair
breadth escapes. Early in her movie
career some land sharks thought she
was easy and unloaded few miles OF
vacant lots on a woman who seemed
to know nothing about business.
The vacant land turned out TO be
some OF the choicest lots In Beverly
Hills. And Ruth Roland's fortune
leaned into millions. She developed
fair for finance. But playing with DOL
lars pals on one who has played WIN
emotions.
Today, having announced her engage
ment to Ben Bard, movie villain, she
agai nturns toward the camera. Sne
has been making two-reelers In Color
Appearing with them In local tneater.
The story runs along TO a vital point
Then the reel Is snapped on ana NUN
Roland In person comes on the stage
| and asks the audience TO mall IN sug-
| gestions for the finish Roland prouuc-
| tions will probably be the next step IN
hnr
| getting rid OF a fortune made in real
| estate.
A million lodges are coined by people
| seeking To get into studios or TO reach
| the ear OF an executive. The ambitious
have been known TO have cards printed
stating that they represent newspapers
| or magazines Fakers have tried 10
| pass as parents OF stars. Every known
| gate-crashing device in the universe
| has been attempted.
But let sports champion come along
Walter Hagen or Bill Tilden or winnie
| Richards, and see Sam GoldWyn or Joe
Schcnck drop a million dollar contre-
ence to shake hands with the champ
They're fed up on movies: a good Sports"
| man Is something new TO them
( And speaking of champions, DUKE
Kahanamoku passed up chance 10
compete In the Olympic tryonts the
other day because q good movie part
was offered him. Kahananloku recentiy
tied his own highest score repeatedly.
Proof that he was back into first rate
form and was all set to 60. Then came
good chance In a Joseph Conrad STORY
with Ronald Colman. Swimming iost
out.
Credit Hollywoodites with putting sex
into real estate. "Home-sites that have
IT" has now been supplemented with
This way 10 your blue heaven"
| y n
If Joe Wailabys tall had been g Inches
shorter. President Coolidge probably
would have 10 wait long time for pet
kangaroo,
wailaby Is q diminItive kangaroo
and Joe Is his given name, Joe and
his wife and baby wallaby arrived
here today aboard the Matson steamer
Sonoms from Australia, the gift OF the
Australian people 10 Capt. Harry Lyon