The Washington times., 1929-02-26
SHEARER WINS
. HIGH PRAISE
AS MARY,
Rx DOROTHY HERZOG


on. Motoring has now become a
pleasure - Elliott Dexter
surprised the colony by putting
in an appearance for the first
time in years. Seems he's here
a.visiting. Came with Rudy Cam.
eron. a flicker lad who brought a
-bag-o'-ideas with him from New
York. Ideas are like short
stories. You've gotter have. a
ready market, Before leaving
Elliott Dexter, recollect the
,halycon days when he ond Maize
Doro-then his wife--made in
triguing love via the silver sheet?
Another arrival. One
Eddie Lehman. Understand he's
a Chicago boy, Not SO many
moons ago, Eastern papers re-
ported him engaged to Bessie
Love. No harm in a report.
Particularly of the romantic
species Mrs. Ian Keith
ALSO known as Ethel Clayton
4 is due in Hollywood shortly. She
has been travelling in behalf Of
4 cosmetic. Um. has a factory
that produces the wherewithal
for an illustrated complexion.
-" Mrs. Jimmy Gleason
looms the only fem extant CRATE
full to the dread flu. She battled
a. long germ seige and triumphed.
In the triumphing, -avoirdupois
melted from her figgur. 1t has
failed to re.appear and Lucille
now enjoys sylph-like angles.
Evelyn Brent sneezed her.
self to temperature and is an
other flu gladiator =" Lowell
Sherman closes THE Guardsman''
in San Francisco, Saturday. and
motors down to Los Angeles the
next day. M-G-M continues to
flirt with him for the gentle
manly butler role in "The Last of
Mrs. Cheyney" (which re.
minds me OF Norma Shearer. who
will enact the latter part Of the
title.
A mutual friend saw her in
'The Trial of Mary Dugan" and
proclaims both performance and
outloud Lulu -" Bayard
Neiller, author and director of
the piece, hits the Iron Horse
trail East in a day or 30 :
Willard Mack, in case you're in
terested. dictates his crea tons to
his wife He's pretty much his
own boss at M-G.M possibly
because he has so many ideas
that no one can keep abreast Of
him
Another Mayfair Dance. Small
crowd. WOndet' if the entertain
ment has anything to do this? Not
everybody relishes the pre.talky
picture prologue. Mary PickfoFd
and Doug Fairbanks stirred an APP
preciative commotiOn when they
put in an appearance. Mary was
charming in a red bouffant frock,
and did she have an elegant timer.
Danced every dance. The. Fair
banks usually avoid terpsichore
recreation. In their party was
Princess somebody or other who is
visiting them. Lilyan Tash.
man and Hal Roach entertained a
party Of 25, including the visiting
polo teams - Tommy Hitchcock,
Laddie Stanford ct al--and Carme-
lita Geraghty, Virginia Valli, Ju.
lame Johnston. Hedda Hopper,
Joan Bennett. Joan danced every
dance with Edmund CouIding, lad
reckoned to know more about
,fNxn6 l.. al NJ,
tory Pauline Starke and Jack
White entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Bard, just returned from a
honeymoon trek TO the Yosemite.
The Robert u. I.eonards among
those in the party Johnny
Hines acted as master Of cere-
monies and did his best, which is
par excellent ." Looks like Bebe
Daniels and Ben Lyon will go in
for matrimony any day now. Both
have become enthusiastic prize
fight fans Adc lphe Menjou
took his wife, Kathryn Hill, to a
bowling gym. In his Cornell days,
Adolphe knocked pins for the w.
X. loop.
He was champ of New York
State five times running and
has gone in for the sport again.
Twas Kathryn's first attempt.
She listened while Menjou told
her how to hold the ball and
how TO run forward before
throwing It. Then she tried. And
landed with an echo-ish thud
kerplunk Betty Bron-
son is looking for a French
maid. She Graves to parlez- Vous
Otto Kahn, the w. K.
banker, is slated to join the col
ony soon. He should corral
quite a few operate aspirants
hereabouts. now that flicker.ites
have gone in for vocal gargling
as sound to a film contract.
When Anita Stewart and her
fiance. George Converse. departed
for their country wide personal ap-
pearance tour with a flicker yclept
Anita Stewart in Hollywood"
George kept his apartment so his
adopted kitten would have a home.
The kitten has now matured. but
every day sees Anita's mother TAX
Ing it a fullsome meal =
and that's all.
Births. EngaEementE Marriage
Deaths and In MemOPiRm appear daily
on the last inside page. last two columns.