The Washington times., 1929-08-15

n1Zed means OF travel with
normal safety and Mr.. FOx's
precious piece of acting bric-a.
brac is free to emulate Lind
bergh any time he desires with
out preaching his contract.
Why did the Actors Equity
Association pick Tully Marshall
as the one Hollywood actor who
must defend $1,000, 900 legal
action in the present difficulty
between the organized mines
and the producers? Possibly,
because like the fellow in the
breach Of promise case, Actor
Marshall put it in writing.
Frank Gilmore, who is con-
Quoting the negotiations for
Equity in the present dispute,
went through his letter files
and dug out the following COM
nunication sent by Mr.. Mar
shall to Equity in 1927:
NV Dear Mr.. Gilmore:
] know how busy you are and
know how busy Jack Emer-
son is, and there is no one on
top Of this earth who more
appreciated what you have done
for actors in the two terrible
fights.
Let this letter be confidential
for this reason. know what
sacrifices you and Wilson made
professionally and financially,
and / honor and respect you
both accordingly. But why the
- doesn't somebody who
knows the picture business end
Of it pin Mr.. Hays down to his
four-year-old promises.
If you or anyone else knew
or cared a d we could tie
this whole d industry up in
one day.
/ sat on the executive COM
mittee here for two years and
all we got was long letters from
you. Let's get busy and get
some action on this end of it.
Why doesn't somebody come out
here and tie 'em up.
We could take out one or
two stars from every produc-
tion in HOLLYWOOD in twenty
minutes.
FraternalIy yours,
(Signed) FULLY MARSHALL.
When Actor Marshall was
among those who ignored the
ultimatum not to sign anything
but Standard Equity contract
after June 5, President Gilmore.
of the A. E. A., entered the
test suit with his former ally as
defendant.
Gloria Swanson swell girl
everybody Says and they can't
all be wrong-has placed her
business affairs in the hands of
Joseph p. Kennedy, financial
wizard who is setting her strong
boxes and bonds in order.
Mr.. Kennedy is the Wall
Street chap who took hold of
the staggering f. B. o. film
company, put its affairs on
Easy Street and then sold it for
a nice fat profit to R-K-0. Then
he took Pathe out of the ''red"
and made it dividend earning
company. His overlordship of
the Keith theaters resulted in
a huge market appreciation of
the stock before he turned over
the reins to the new owners.
Out of it all Broadway says
Mr.. Kennedy made for himself
not less than $4,000, 900 in two
years.
Now he is the financial genius
for La Swanson. Col. Eddie
Moore, of the Kennedy forces,
does all the subtracting, dividing
and multiplying for Gloria and
soon she will know exactly how
many millions she is worth.
Gloria tried producing pictures
and though she is Al as an
actress, she found out she was
not so hot when it came to
keeping the books. She got all
tangled up in decimal points
and when she applied for a new
production loan they said o. K,
but let's have a big business
man to run the finances. Enter
Mr.. Kennedy.
s'The Trespassers" is her first
talker and singer. To prove
that she sings without the aid
of a double, Gloria in her
gorgeous De Mile slumber-
pajamas, burst forth into song
for the New York sob sisters.
She sang two numbers, one be-
ing the theme song of her new
picture, and convinced the
scribes her voice would do. In
fact it was good enough to
make Victor records of the pic
ture's tunes.