The Washington times., 1929-08-07
Duo Profession

Duo Profession
There's a chap enacting the role
OF court minister in 1.-THE Love
Parade" Maurice Chevalier's new
picture. who sort OF doubles in
professions. Said chap is Will
liam Won Hardenberg, a German
count, an adventurer, and a citi-
zen Of the world. He Is gradu.
ate mining engineer from Ger.
many's foremost technical school
and followed this profession for
years In Alaska. China, South
Africa. South America. Mexico.
and the u. s. A. He has seen
service in the German army, In
the Boer War. and with Uncle
Sans troops during the Spanish
American bullet festival. For
the past IL years. however, Won
Hardenberg has lived in Los
Angeles. He started to write
shortly after the recent war, but
discovered his German moniker
discouraged editors. So he
changed it for editorial purposes.
He sought picture work about
the first time Ernst Lnbitsch
came to Hollywood. Lubitsch gave
him a job, and has since used
him in each of his offerings, in
eluding the present operetta. Won
Hardenberg doesn't traipse In
many films. He spends his time
mostly writing.
Their real name department:
Richard Arlen-Richard van Mat
timore.
SOckO
1t is reported as happening.
A stage lead came to We village
to hero in big talky. He gave
a swell performance and the
colony fully expected the COM
pany for whom he worked to
sign him to a long-term contract,
but it SO CHANGED that before
the last few shots were taken.
the director, appropos of some.
thing, commented slashingly
about an organization of which
the hero was an ardent member.
what was that you said?" he
walked over to ask the director.
The director repeated. You
don't know what you're talking
about" stormed the hero. ETC.,
ETC.. etc.
The director replied in kind.
Whereupon the hero doubled his
fist and smote him a heroic
blow. HE no, lackaday. his con-
tract expired then and there. the
rough ILL dear.
The story has yet to break about
the star who suffered a violent
headache when her head fell off
her leading mans shoulder.
ScreenaIities
Mickey Neilan has devised q su.
perb disguise when he takes his
former wife, Blanche Sweet, social
ing. UNI, Mickey wears lovely
white goatee! Blanche, by the by,
made talky test recently for
M.G.M. and they do be sayin'
it registered a humdinger
Alice White motoring to Arrow.
head with Sid Bartlett. They
nearly blew the whistle for Sid,
week or so ago. He was hustled
to the hospital suffering from
pneumonia with the Thermometer
way in the red. Pauline Starke
gave an OnlIHu yCAulUItAOIl VI 3 uAA~
cracking yesterday noon the like
OF which has yet to be beaten.
Four people had to see an ear
specialist thirty minutes later
-" Ford Sterling goes to work
in a two-reel Christie funster
shortly Lissen, John Barry
more is going to do the big scene
Chats safel from Richard III"
for. Warmers revue, ''Show of
Shows Pauline Fredericks
has promised to teach Al Cohn
and Harry d. Edwards contract
bridge IL they come a-visiting her
at her beach seegalow. Polly bet
ter be careful. Those two bohunks
are plenty married, but-well,
they're producers, you see. But
Mrs. sCohn has gone to Catalina
and Evelyn Brent Mrs. Edwards)
has started rehearsals for her inf.
tial starring reeler, "Darkened
Rooms" From contract bridge les
sons do great headliners grow
- and--.hat's all.