The Washington times., 1932-10-04
Ferenc Monar's Dramatic Fantasy Is
Presented BY Eva LIE CaIIienne Company
.EIissa Landi Will
Continue As
Fox Star
BY HARRISON CARRON
Copyright, 1882. King Featurr
syndicate, lnC.l


HOLLYWOOD, Calf, ON 4.
Those rumors about ELISA Gandi
leaving Fox were all wrong. 1
have it on good authority she'll
be back on the lot to do the lead
in Forgotten Kisses" Once upon
time this was Noel Coward
play called "The Last Trick"
My informant goes on further
to say that the author-actreSs
comes back with a new contract
and that Fox intends to give
her a better break on stories in
the future.
What hurt this actress most in
the past was the early publicity
hailing her as a new Garbo.
Then, unfortunately. some Of her
first pictures supported ratheR"
than diSpelled the idea that Fox
was grooming her as rival to
the mysterious Swede.
Recently her vehicles have i'm.
proved and Cecil B. De Mile
gave her a chance to get COM
pletely out of type when he bor-
rowed her to play the Christian
girl in "Sign of the Cross"
Miss Landi is now in Canada
complying with immigration de
partment rules about visitors per-
mits. She'll return here in about
a week and her new picture will
get under way shortly thereafter.
Hollywood is the home Of the
practical jokeSter.
There is young Chinese en-
ployed in a technical capacity at
the R-K-O studio. He and his
family are devout followers Of
Confucius and were planning a
celebration in honor of the phil.
osopher's two thousandth ami.
VerSary.
Learning of it, a studio official
called the young man in.
eve are having a preview TO.
night of Vic Schertzinger's pic
ture," he said. I'm asking every.
body to be there and give their
reactions. I'll look for you"
In great embarrassment, the
young Chinaman explained about
| his engagement.
The official took it big.
Great heavens, man" he ex.
planned. "You don't mean to say
you put Confucius before Vic
Schertzinger, do you?"
Boulevard Topics:
Rather amusing, the case Of
that bit player who was arrested
the other day for forgery. After
Strengthening the thing QUIT
was really a Misunderstanding
he came racing into an attorneys
office. Before the lawyers eyes,
he flourished a newspaper head
line: Extra, Man Arrested for
Forgery" he demanded that
suit be filed against the news
paper-the grounds that they
had called him an extra man.
Greta NiSsen insists it didn't
mean anything when she went to
Victor McLaglens party with
Weldon Hepburn. They're still
estranged, she says, and she is
living at hotel . Miriam Hop
kinS and Claudette Colbert are
among the first to inaugurate the
new winter season at Palm Spring
Humorist Robert Denchley is
heading back to New York. He
played two bits in the R-K-O pic
ture, sport Page" and wrote
some dialogue for Constance Ber-
nett'S "Rockabye" . Polla Ann
Young has been going places with
Houston Branch 1t will be
Bartlett Cormack, associate pro
ducer, in the future Part OF
the prize won by Kathleen Burke
in her selection as Paramount's
panther Woman" was a five
weeks stay at the Hotel Ambas-
sador, with all expenses paid. Now
she'll have to spend two of those
weeks, living in tent on location,
Though Radio says it's still a.
; matter of conjecture, one of those
Joel McCrea starring pictures
may be ION Parade" West
Point story by Dill Rankin, form
er Fox ScenariSt. The treatment
is now up for decision, and over
lures already have been made to
secure Christian Red" eagle.
Army's greatest football hero. for
technical adviser on the picture.
Did You Know?
That Joan Blondells father
was the stage actor, Eddie Blon'
dell-known as the original Katz-
enjammer Kid?