Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19

! dances the drum-beat in a weird cere-
monial. photographed in color and with
| the silhouette of the dancer making a
! groteSque giant double image on the
background. In a day of reYues such
material Is out Of the ordinary-and the
Paul Whiteman music is good for a bit
Of savagery also.
Plastic Surgeon Indicating a star
who has just entered the room)-That's
one Of my chins.
Obese Lady with a sight wish she
had one of mine.
Lon clancy was once a song-and-
dance man on the legitimate. He also
spent some time with a circus troupe
! He found in silent pictures the ideal
medium. He has abandoned it only
after a bitter struggle, in which the
studio won a final victory, due to the
| fact that producers are "all for one and
one for all" in this talkie matter. There
are no silents being made in Hollywood
II there were, 1t is safe to bet that Lon
CLANCY would be on that lot making
pictures in the medium that is most
/ natural to him.
When Lawrence Tibbett refused to do
a stunt in Metros big revue he estab-
lished screen precedent. So thorough
Hollywoodized had the Barrymores be-
come that John Barrymore did scene
from Richard III" in the Warner
slaughter which featured 10 famous
stars. The village is bit bewildered in
the return OF its big lion, for Tibbett
now enjoys that position in cinemaland
They found their star de luxe very busy
learning new programs for some of his
concerts, and beyond their reach socially
| by reason of eight concerts to give in a
fortnight's time.
You would have to live in Hollywood
| to appreciate the naive wonder of this
| ties. To them the world beyond the
studio lights is sad place. where I'M
fortunate people are forced to exist be-
cause they have not beauty and fame.
The most amusing actor in the bust
ness Is the red-headed Charles Bick-
ford, who did such perfect bit Of work
as Matt in Greta CARLOS first talking
picture.
To begin with, he is never satisfied
with himself or with any work he does
He grouses continually either at the
part or over his rendering of it, He is
engaged in more weird enterprises thar
any colony member. They include hall
ownership in a shark-hunting business
The shark hide is in great demand fol
leather at the present time. The fins
are a rare delicacy in China, and are
shipped there to grace the tables Of
Oriental gourmets, bringing 50 the
pound.
He has rolled up a fat bank account
by buying abandoned gasoline service
stations and running them indepen.
, IDENTIFY. A recent purchase was a garage
and restaurant in Culver City.
He also owns several whaling vessel
which operate of the Mexican coast
He is about feet Ia mighty herman
with flery-red hair Whether this is
gift of fate or of the beauty parlor
have not been able to ascertain. Blu
) it's dramatic, at any rate, and fits int
. the picture of the red-blooded, hard
living. two-fiSted son of the great oper
spaces.
According to Gene Marley, slang o
the gay ninetieS included GO wa,
back and sit down." "Skidoo," "Doei
your mother know you're out?"
My grandfather used to say Sock
dologer" quite feelingly. and running
kick" seemed to be his favorite mean
Of administering punishment.
Arnold Korff, famous European direc
tor. has been lured to Hollywood, wnicl
shows you the way the wind is blowin
regarding foreign releases. The Ger
man, French and Russian directors O
the past will be stealing back again.
Korff is also an actor of note Il
Europe. I am told he has been deco
rated with the Prussian order of tn
Red Eagle, the Spanish order of lisa
bella, the Belgian order of Leopold.
II he remains in Hollywood he
learn to take more orders, and to Civ
short orders when hunger seizes hin
midday.
(CopyERht 1901