Evening star., 1932-08-17
Movies and Movie People
Popular HoHy~ood Cafe Becomes Hangout for
Gangsfers-Motion Picture Contingent
Doesn't Like Dry Party Vogue.

movies. Ex-Husband David Blankenhorn
about to announce an engagement to
Mlnna Gombel any day now q. Romance
for Gilbert Roland takes the form of a
blonde these days. His brother, a bull
fighter, is training for THE Kid From
Spain" Richard Day and AL Newman
get my loud vote when they announce
this picture will be made without Span
ish shawls or castanets. Artist Jean
Negulesco still is driving 80 miles a day
to Malibu to see Sidney Fox. Sally
Blame and Dick Seymour are giving the
village something to talk about. .Lupe
Velez is Frightening Winfield Sheehan'S
dinner table again. Richard Powell is
absolutely sunk over Joan Marsh.
1t may have startled New York when
Sally ONeill sent 16 stitches from her
appendix incision as souvenirs to as
many friends, but it wasn't anything
new for Hollywood They recalled the
madges tooth set with diamond and
hung on platinum chain for brace
let. Harry Cohn has two Rolls Royces
and one Hispano-SuiZa. Ed Lowe IS
studying magic since his role as Chan
du.. .Myra Kinch drew crowds even
from the Olympics. Ernst Lubitscn
kept the German contingent entertained
in royal style. They asked Wilzon
Miner if he'd ever heard Of certain
author swiping material and gags. Hes
lifted everything" said Miner, from
Willie Howard to Aristophanes"
A certain studio has an authors ia
Bile. Some atmosphere players from
chain-gang story dropped down at 1t
the other day, not knowing the unwrit-
ten law that it was sacred to the scrib-
bling profession. Author Brown Holmes
happened along, eyed the convict garb
and drew out a chair. The three sensed
they were in the wrong pew and started
to leave. That's all right, boys" said
Brown Holmes. I'm an author. too.
They just haven't issued my uniform
yet" .. When you go to work for a
"quickie" these days you have full
medical examination. Pictures are shot
in 10 days, and the boys can't afford
sickness >. Young Doug Fairbanks and
Bob Montgomery took a balalaika or
chestra with them on cruise so they
would get in the spirit Of the Russian
picture they were to make on their re-
turn But Montgomery's appendix
vetoed the plan so far as he is con-
cerned.
A loud cheer for that Gilbert & Sui
livan stuff Groucho Marx puts into
"Horsefeathers." I'm Against It." with
| chorus of senile college profs. doing
| hct-cha chorus stuff, is a knockout
And the whole works for Reuben
Mamoulians Love Me Tonight" es-
pecially the musical hunt :, Actors in
once in Lifetime" are funnier than
the characters Moss Hart thought Of
originally "Glogauer" being done
By Gregory Ratoff. all the authors on
the LOT hanging around to get leffs The
director wears a soft hat and covers his
face with his hands while he gets an
inspiration" When Universal photo
graphed Warmers as the locale Of the
satire, Sam Politz is said to have lost
his job He used to be tailor in L. A.
before becoming handy man on the
Warner lot . . Louiebee Mayer getting
loud laughs from some of the contract
players who are being requested to take
35 per cent cuts this month. Players
are going to stick it out on contract
basis and take their chances afterward.
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