The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-03
HAROLD LLOYD
BUSY ON NEW
PICTURE
BY DOROTHY HERZOG
HOLLYWOOD. May 8.

This Harold LLOYD boy lS GET
tainly shooting the. works on his
new funster, Feet First" Get
an eyeful Of this:
Harold and some go company
members sail May "a aboard the
Malola bound for Honolulu from
San Francisco. Along with the
animated crew go: Six sun
arcs, Is spotlights, 20 side arcs.
one sound truck, a 500-foot cable,
enabling the troup to shoot shat
far away from the truck; six
cameras, much celluloid, ct cetera.
The wound truck will be
dashed on the forward deck
Heaven help it if healthy
storm swoops upon the ship
Vision, here, of an expensive
sound truck going down to papa
Neptune and his harem OF merl-
maids. What whoopee the den1'
zens of the deep could make with
a sound truck!
Work at Night
Lloyd plans to work at night
on board ship when the rest OF
the passengers have gone shut
eye. The Malola will be as close
to a floating studio as 1t could
ever hope to be. The reason for
the night work is it will take
nearly all the juice electrical, Of
course) the ship has to feed the
Sundry lights needed in illum-
mating scenes.
The presence Of live and
breathing movie outfit doesn't
cost Malola passengers any more.
Neither does it cost them less!
I tell you, we're going Ritzy
out here. The Montmartre, grand
daddy of the restaurants in
Hollywood, threw wide its doors
tother eve to celebrate its new
attire and the arrival Of Ben
Bernie and his band. Nothing
small towniSh about this place,
now. It can take its seat next
to the big babies in the restaurant
and club profeSh. And does.
The spacious. room carries out
a gold and yellow silver color
scheme, with futuristic fixtures.
The lighting is grand for female
compilations.
Quite a crowd of Flick-ites put
on their shoulder shorts for the
premier of Ben Bernie: Thelma
Todd and Harvey Priestly; the
Robert Millions; Marceline and
Alice Day; Vera Gordon and
party; Evelyn Brent and party;
the Arthur Caesars; the Harry
Langdons, ct cetera.
Gay Opening
Claire Whitney was also at the
opening. Remember her? She
starred for the now demised
Eclair Film Co. and later the
| World Film ditto. Years ago.
that was. She was with the
world outfit when George Arch
ainbaud arrived from France TO
learn the picture business from
the property room UP. George
did. And later became assistant
director to his Step-father, Emil
Chautard.
Miss Whitney and George fell
for each other in ardent terms.
They were engaged to be mar
ried. Something happened. She
went her way and married Rob
ert Keane the actor. George mar
ried some one else. He's a top
notch director for R-K-O these
day Miss Whitney plays wood
vii once in a while. Hasn't been
in the sinema for years.
Re Press Agents
Hark to a lulu definition of a
Hollywood press agent: One who
advises his clients one week and
sues them the next! Cynical,
but Smacking> of truth. Mary
Hay, of Broadway fame land
once married to Richard Barthel-
ness, is visiting her sister here
Mary looks swell. She's capital
izing her vocation by wor. ing on
some new song she is writing and
also play. The play, She's No
Lady" was tried out a few
months ago, but Mary wants tc
re-write parts before it is launched
on a competitive scale. She re-
turns to New York in a month +. .
Buddy" Rogers a new. home
in Beverly Hills, which may ex-
plain why he's making his cur
rent outloud in New York. ..
Well, I'll be seeing you.