Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-25
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
special pispatch to The star.
BY MoLLIE MERRICK.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, January IS
(N.A.N.A).-A loud wall of protest will
probably go up at my prophecy that
Corinne Grifith will be the first Of the
great cinema beauties to abandon the
screen for the surer delights of a life
of ease abroad and at home.
While no definite statement Of the
sort has been made, indications point
that the still lovely Corinne is becoming
weary of studio routine and the restric-
tions it imposes upon her. Some Of the
symptoms Of restleSsness she is showing
include her plan to sell the Beverly
Hills mansion where she has dispensed
an almost regal hospitality. The oval
bath room, with its yellow satin hang
ings and gold faucets; the boudoirs
tapestried in antique silkS-all the glor-
ious settings of great queen Of beauty
will be abandoned.
Corinne is planning in its stead a
somewhat simple story and-a-half house
at Malibu Beach, 20 miles from the
heart of Hollywood, as her only Cali
fornia home. It Is not the type of home
which calls for the great stan Of SER
wants which manned the formal estate
at Beverly Hills. It will be like playing
house in its simplicity, and from every
window the blue stretches Of the Pacific
may be seen, for the house stands not
500 yards from the waters edge.
The actress explains her love for this
lonely spot in terms of beauty and quiet
blue water and escape from telephone
conversations and occasional callers"
To artists the casual visitor is a curse.
He arrives when they are in the midst
of studying lines for the next days
work, and unless he Is person Of rare
perception he stays long enough to en-
tail telling him the painful news that
he is de trop.
Corinne Grifith still holds her place
in the local world Of chic. In q recent
trip to the snowfields Of Yosemite she
wore one of the smartest skiing cos
tunes of the SeaSon-navy blue WOODEN
trousers, with box jacket OF the same;
her woolly sweater and scarf were gray
with vermillion stripes; a small-visored
cap of blue, gray and vermillion, and
smart, heavy ankle boots.
At a recent dinner appearance her
nun-like gown Of platinum gray trans
parent velvet, sweeping the floor all
about her, attracted much notice. A
simple crystal band at the conservative
neck line and at the long, tight sleeve
ends, and crystal buckles on gray satin
pumps.
This is far more in the mode Of Paris
than Hollywood. But so Is the actress
entire line of thought. She Is studying
French assiduously, with an eye to
spending half the year in that country.
Chateau life calls to her more allur-
ingly than regal splendor in the Beverly
Hills.
Meanwhile there is q voice insured
for 81 900, 900 among her Hollywood as
sets. But the betting is strong that she
will be the first to follow in Constance
Talmadge Metcher's steps and enjoy
the Gains Of civilian life with her hus-
band, Walter Morosco.
Ann Harding, one Of the unbelievably
beautiful newcomers to the screen. is
to star in Charlotte Bronte'S Jane
Eyre" The galaxy Of talkie beauties
has no more brilliant member than Ann
Harding. Her perfection of feature en-
titles her to a dominant place in Holly
woods beauty ranks. But so far her
performances, adroitly acted as they
have been and with all the dignity of
fine diction and excellent stage tradi-
ton, have not been sufficiently poig-
nant to rouse my widest enthusiasm.