The Washington times., 1932-05-07
Virginia Bruce Is
Recognized as
Film Conner
BY HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1882. by King Features
SyndicahA. Inc,O

NSopyrlKnt, 1852, by KING Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, May Z.
No doubt, Florenz Ziegfieid will
darive a passing satisfaction from
the news that Virginia Bruce has
just been assigned to play oppo-
site Jack Gilbert in Downstairs"
Miss Bruce, a talliSh blonde
with red-gold hair, was chosen
by New York's famous connoisseur
of pulchritude as one Of the
three most beautiful extra girls
in Hollywood. He took her back
to the Follies, and the movies,
which previously had been cold,
promptly brought her back.
The Gilbert picture will be the
actress best opportunity to date.
Though under contract to Metro
Caldwyn-Mayer, she had made
most Of her recent pictures at
Paramount, the very studio, oddly
enough, which once let her go
via the option route.
In Downstairs" Virginia plays
q house-maid in a foreign home.
Jack Gilbert is to be chauffeur,
a part that will not be entirely
sympathetic. That is his own
fault, however, as he wrote the
story himself and has aided IN
the 1daption. Monta Bell worked
with him and will direct.
Whenever they meet on the
United Artists lot, Harold LLOYD
and Al Jolson wisecrack each
other.
Yesterday, Lloyd flipped: Say,
AL. I've got 1000 shares of stock
(naming popular security
What will you give me for them?
"That's easy" cracked Jolson'
$4,000 shares"
Your Daily Gossip
Now that she's moving to
Malibu. Estelle Taylor will auc-
ton the house and all the fur
nishings where she and JACK
Dempsey lived on Los Feliz Bou-
levard. The. sale will be public
and will take place May 18 to FL
Norman Foster and Harry
Hamilton have completed a new
play. "The Sun WorShipers," "
which will be submitted to Sam
Harris shortly. Last year these
two collaboratorS had their play,
Savage Rhythm" produced on
Broadway by John Golden. Fos-
ter, I scarcely have to tell you,
is the husband Of Claudette Col
bert. This pair maintain sepa-
rate establishments in Hollywood
(she lives with her motherl, but
they steadfastly deny all rImorS
OF q marital break.
IL like the way Groucho Marx
introduced Chic Sale to the mem
bers of the West Side Asthma
Club. boy, he said, Meet Mr..
Sale, the man with the crescent
on the door," When Douglas
Fairbanks, jr., and Robert Mont
gomery 60 on their yachting
cruise, the Warner Brothers radio
station here will be prepared to
broadcast any necessary mas
sages to them from the stu
dio. AS a sort Of a farewell cele-
bration, Doug and Bob gave a
party at the Cocoanut Grove.
Odd sight in this land Of celebri'
ties was the way everybody at
the Paramount Studio craned to
see Reri, the South Sea dancer,
who played in "Tabu." and who
subsequently went to New York
to play in the Follies. They say
Gary Cooper is very dissatisfied
with his new story at Paramount.
An open break is not expected.
however. There were IL days OF
added scenes on Ann Harding's
film, westward Passage" E. H.
Griffith replaced Robert Milton
as director. AIMS new film, the
one in which she turns CLAM
orous, will have a foreign locale
Mary Pickford made a brief
stop here yesterday before taking
the night train to San Francisco
to meet Doug Fairbanks boat
which docks at 5 p. m. today.
The whole party returns here to.
morrow morning. Due to added
scenes on her picture, pros
uerity," Marie Dressler will not
get to address the convention of
club women in the East. Her
New oYrk trip has been post
poned.