The Washington times., 1932-07-23
Million Dreams
To Make New
Film Tale
BY HARRISON CARROLL
(CopvriAht. 1882 King Features
syndicate Incl

CCopvriAht. 1882 Ring Features
Syndicate. Incl
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July %.
"If I had a million!"
Mans universal dream is ex-
pressed in these words and now
Paramount is to use them as
the title Of a motion picture.
Like so many recent films, this
story will trace the fortunes of
half a dozen characters-lives un.
related until an embittered
Croesus, dying and goaded by
lowering relatives, picks their
names out of the phone book
and leaves each of them a mil
lion dollars.
While the scenario department
is working out the effect of this
money upon the Chinese, the
prisoner. the prize-fighter, ETC.,
who are made pawns in the mil
llonaire's vengeance, Sam Katz
is looking over the player field
to secure the proper cast.
In all probability. Carole Lom.
bard, who is momentarily without
an assignment, will draw one of
the important roles in the pic
ture.
One of Hollywoods most per-
Sistent moocherS recently became
such a pes: that his friends, in
self defense, arra1 1ged to get him
q job.
Two months later, however,
the dead-beat and his wife were
eVicted from their apartment.
What's the matter?" someone
asked. Il thought he was work
ing"
That's just it explained a
friend. Hes been so busy he
hasn't had time to go out and
borrow his rent"
Boulevard Talk
Judging from their cable to
Robert Montgomery, Joan Craw.
lord and Douglas Fairbanks, jr.,
are having a gay time in Europe.
The other night, Bob was routed
out OF bed by a messenger boy.
He brought a cable written in
five different languages. Next
morning, Bob sought translaters.
Each part of the message was
identical: I'VE have learned the
language" Bob is still trying to
figure out comeback.
Rather amusing, the case Of
the little boy who hung around
R.K.O. all day. trying to see
David Selznick. He told gatemen
he had some scenarios and would
Sell them tour fol- a dollar.
It was a neat trick of Ann
HardingS' coming to the premiere
Of Strange Interlude" in black
wig, and fooling everybody but
ELISA Landi, one director even
suggested she take a screen test.
The incident calls to mind the
time when Gloria Swanson. then
much less on her dignity, put on
a wig and made unsuccessful
trips to see all the casting di-
rectors.
Is this more film realism? The
other day R.KO. hired a man to
play a jail-bird in the serial,
The Last Frontier" when time
came for him to work, he was
missing. Finally, they discovered
him in the city jail Lois Will
son, who is a sweet person, was
so worried because Jackie Cooper
wouldn't warm up to her on the
set. Then she found out some
one had told him she used to be
a school teacher. . Meet Hardie
Albright. the dog-fancier. Up at
that Santa Barbara show,
Hardie's wire-haired terrier, Punch
Drunk. won three first prizes.
Rupert Hughes and W. R. Bur
nett also exhibited.
Charlie Farrell's dream OF a
vacation has faded away. He is
a last minute assignment to
"Salomy Jane" the Bret Harte
story in which Joan Bennett and
Ralph Bellamy also are to ap-
pear.
This company, shepherded by
Raoul Walsh, is scheduled to
leave in a few days for a loca-
ton trip to the Sequoia Forest.
Later on, Charlie Farrell will
fill his engagement with Warner
Brothers in Central Park"