The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-03-21
SCENARIO GIRL,
AUTHOR OF
NOVEL
BIZ DOROTHY HERzOG

Copyright, 1879. GrenaieF ByndIcate)
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, March u.
Several years ago, q young girl
chugged into Hollywood by the
name Of Jane Lowell. She was
tall and she was husky and hers
was a robust personality that
daunted the Klieg raised. She
worked inconspicuousIy in pic
lures. She met Thomas Buch-
anan, then a scenafist. They
were married and later pulled
stakes TO so East. Miss Lowell
has written book. THE Cradle
of the Deep. narrating her adj
ventures IL years aboard her
fathers windjammer rigger
schooner the MiaEie. A. Caine
plying between the South Seas
and Australia. Jane Lowell In
book form isn't quite so daunting
to Hollywood. The book is sell
ing almost as fast as Scotch--al.
most. 1t stamps her a female
Jack London and IEreckon 80
long as Jane got her man in this
village the village is entitled to
comfortable "reminiscences.
Lorna Doone is everything by
and OF Hollywood. She has writ
ten. her first novel, Dark STAR"
and it's a best seller. Miss
Doone formerly penned scenarios.
Her health, never very sturdy,
broke under the studio grind.
She retired to her hillside home
and oheyed doctors orders. They
were Of q. recuperative nature.
In due course, she wrote a series
of short stories published, be-
lieve, in book form Dark Star, F"
however, Is her first novel, Holly
wood il raving about 1t.
Doug, apropos of a new para
graph has some intriguing ideas
on this talky racket. He visual
ICES American films released in
foreign countries with the play.
ers speaking English. He visual
ICES foreign exhibitors giving
their patrons Hbretto 10 ex-
plain what's what. He visual.
ICES the ultimate union. of talky
pictures radio and televisioil and
the bringing of motion pictures
into the home. This win not
sound the death knell of thea.
LET'S dH IdulO ufA III puA n OCNf0.
concerts for the urge to mingle
en- masse will always be upper.
most in q mortars makeup. Yer.
lily the sinema is on the thresh-
old of bigger il not better socio-
logical adventures.
ScreenaIities
Al Jolson presented everyone
working on and in his new pic.
ture Little Par with a novelty
sweater 'Tis black. In white
letters beneath a white defined
charcoal head of him is the word
NANNY. Rather whoope-Ish.
=" Camilla Horn is learning
how to stay on horse. And
she's serious. Ask her how she
sits down. Mrs. Paul Sloane,
well-known on the concert stage
before her lnarriagef has become
such q popular vocal instructor
that she has leased a studio.
The Sloanes have baby boy
John Paul aged l year. Asked
il the baby could talk yet Paul
chortled: He can il you know
how to interpret" One Of
my Brooklyn readers asked me
to look up a relative OF hers'
Spencer Gordon Bennett, who dl.
reefs for Pathe. I did.
Mr.. Bennett IL getting ready to
make 4 serial with Walter Miller
yclept ''The Black Book" He
has the unique distinction of hav-
ing directed Tor the same company
for fourteen years Peggy
Wood, musical comedy star now
ernoting in a M. G. III. talky. and
her writer" hubby. John V. A.
Weaver. chucked New York
Tea" .tother afternoon at their
Bev Hills home. Rosalie Stewart.
the Elliott Nugents, Roland Young.
Howard Greer. Jerry Maulsby. the
Edward Knopfs, the Benjamin
Glazers, John Gilbert, George
Abbott and the King Vidors-all
present, please. And puzzling how
to stumble on a Hollywood orgy
such az one hears about in the
delightful gossip hour
Corinne Griffith and her husband,
Walter Morosco sailed yesterday
for Paris and a. six weeks sojeurn.
They will visit the playwright
Molnar ere westward -ho.ing II to
the Kliegs and-that's all.