The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-28
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HOLLYWOOD, June n. 1t
looks Is though EVA Won Berne
win get the break of breaks
tins very outset OF her Hollywood.
conquaring march. Eva has just
arrived from beyond the seas.
And here she Is taking tests to
prove her screen suitability tor
the leading feminine role Opposite
John Gilbert III Mask of the
DeviI 4 So IL no black cats cross
Evas path, and she Is careful
about walking under ladders,
Lady Luck may say with her.
1t was ! little surprising To learn
that Ralph Forbes win play In
the Mask. Z He was expected to
essay the lead opposite Garbo.
But # seems tlieys want taller
man, and SO Ralph Ii temporarily
assigned to secondary roles
When Norma Shearer begins IL
4
will be her assistant cherlib. Nils
seems to find great favor among
the slender ranks Of leading men,
although I must cattily confess
could never see why. However,
when Irving Thalberg's bride se-
lects him for her picture. am
coming to believe that his acting
must possess merit which have
stupidity failed to discover.
The Buck Jones outfit held its
airplane party according to scI1ed.
1lle, and sure enough Dick Grace,
whose daredevil courage didn't
even balk at d brief engagement
to Alice White, had the nnisfors
tune to crackup his plane. For
tunately, not a great deal Of
damage WAS done. But two
ladies of the press z who were
his passengers, have determined
to remain on the ground for d
while. No, / wasn't one Of them.
From an automobile YOU can
walk home. and you can swim
from b yacht-but, boy, when
you're in an airpIane you're there
to stay. And 1 haven't a para.
~chute.
A. = "making-up" present.
Marie Provost has given Ken
Harlan q huge wheel which re-
sen1bles nothing SO much as
gigantic edition OF one OF those
in q squirrel cage. This doesn't
mean that Ken Is nuts. But
what want to tell you III that
he had d great time riding this
gInmick. There are places for
the feet, and bars to which one
ciings with varying degrees of
desperation. Then when you're
all set. some one gives the thing
shove. and off you 20 down
the beach, with your heels In the
air quite as frequently as your
head. i understand that in Ger.
many they race these wheels.
Page the fool-killer.
Look carefully IL you stroll
Broadway, or perhaps Park Ave-
nue., and you may get a glimpse
OF Director George Fitzmaurice
and Diana Kane. who is the Mrs.
They are in town to look over
what shows survive the humidity
before F'itz returns to direct Billie
Dove In la Tosca.'' Diana seems
! to have quit the screen cold. al
though she and her, sister, Lois
Wilson, are It's most famous sis.
tiers. The Fitzmaurices, by the
way, have one of the most
gorgeous" homes among all the
palatial residences of Hollywood.
Its nice for star to have a
lot of fans. But once in a while
it's a pest, too. At Louise ia.
zenda's beach party for Betty
Colfax, Gotham visitor, the COM
edienne told of recent persecu-
tions by a too ardent fan adnlirer
who telephoned at all hours with
various propositions intended to
be flattering. Finally, Louise's
almost-neW hubby, Hal Wallis, got
on the wire and advised the Lo-
thario in rather emphatic terms
to LAY off, The youth inquired
Halls identity, and hearing he
was Louise's better half just
whistled softly and hung up.