Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21

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ally. But if that should fail, she still has her
beauty parlor to fall back on in case she
decides to retire from active work before the
cameras. And it's cinch women aren't going
to stop getting permanent waves, marcels,
manicures and whatever else 1t is they get in
beauty shops.
Will Rogers of course, was just about as
well known before he went into pictures as he
is now In fact despite his fame, he never
succeeded in getting very far on the screen
until the talkies came along few years back.
However, he doesn't need the movies.
He still could go along writing his funny
pieces for the newspapers, indorSng gum and
giving lectures, and make a far better living
than most people. His oil interests aren't to
be sneezed at either. Nobody seems to know
just how extensive they are, but they are
sufficient to enable him to go places and see
things from airplanes even If he should decide
to stop working.
Another member of the film colony Who
derives quite an income from oil is Victor
Fleming few years ago Vic was hooked"
into buying large interest in some oil lands
that were then only in the prospective stage.
Lady Luck smiled on him, though, by bringing
in few gushers. AS result Fleming holds
a prominent position in the oil industry, and
is ranked as one of the wealthiest men in the
entire moving picture industry today.
DEBE DANIELS is another who has found
- real estate investments rather lucrative.
At present she is one of the largest individual
land owners in Hollywood. A few years ago
Bebe decided that there was considerable
money to be made in beach property. So she
started building and selling homes down
there-at good profit.
She also owns a number of homes and
strategic pieces of property around Hollywood.
There isn't much of market for them right
now, but Bebe is confident that she can turn
them at a good profit as soon as this much
advertised depression period is over.
AS one drives down the Pacific Coast large
sign just outside of Laguna Beach announces
the presence of Hal CooleyS subdivision.
Halls chief pastime used to be speaking funny
lines on the stage and screen, and he still
paradeS before the movie cameras quite fire.
quently But there's nothing humorous about
his present favorite phrase-"sign the
dotted line, please"
The great open air "drive-in markets" seem
to be popular with the stars who crave some
sort of business as a protection against the
time when motion pictures viii become
extinct-at least in so far as they are concerned.
Three of them, all owned by stars, now are
dourtShing in the cinema hamlet. And if vol
think the proprietors, Corinne Griffith, Conrad
Nagel and Raymond Griffith don't know all
about the price Of carrots, spinach, steaks and
bread, you have another guess coming. They
are thoroughly informed on all such things
Hoot Gibson and his beautiful wife, Sally
Eilers, are trying to do their bit toward the
health Of the community by keeping people out
Of doors. One of the big events of the season
here is the Hoot Gibson rodeo with Sally
giving her cowboy ION the screen) husband
plenty of help in managing the affair
William Haines, Jean Hersholt Eddie Nugent
and Vera Lewis all are advocates of filling a
house full of junk-but they use the more
Qlgnlfle0 word "antiOueS" Each 0f them IL
the owner of a thriving antique shop