Evening star., 1933-05-24
BY MOLLE MERRICK,

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, May a.
Hollywood grades faces in three cate
gories-A, B and C-according to the
regularity of features, skin quality,
and length Of time required for a
makeup. Grade A faces require 10
minutes time by a makeup expert;
grade B, up to IS minutes and grade
c up to As minutes. Time Is budgeted
in making up large casts.
Jimmy Dunn leaves for personal
appearance tour of six weeks and vaca-
ton combined; figure that out. Cecil
B. De Mile still wears riding breeches,
boots and carries a megaphone while
directing. It's the identical costume he
land all other directors) affected in
silent days. Wilhelm Dieterle wears
q black sack suit and white kid gloves.
Not so dumb-the actors know every
movement of those white hands.
Gary Cooper will burst into song in
his next picture, six MARBLES being re-
qlired of him during the footage.
Dinner at Eight" becomes "Lundi HUT
Heures" in Paris and like it fine.
1t took Ernst Lubitsch one year to sell
his own story to the studio that gives
him half a million to direct other peo-
pies stories. -Four Women" is good
Lubitsch admits it.
Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable and
Preston Foster all climbed into movies
through playing in THE Last Mile.
Colleen Moore'S comeback Is well on
the way, with studios bidding frantically
. for her services. Miriam Jordan is in
the middle of one of those Hollywood
type changes: Long hair to short;
smooth blonde coiffure to permanent
waved carelessness.
Changing names is one of the direc-
tors and producers favorite sports.
Adrian Samish has had five names in
as many days and the boys are still
undecided on a permanent tag for him.
The most interesting name change was
the one tried with Thelma Todd. who
didn't go over with a serious part and
a fancy name Sam Goldwyn has
had Anna Sten here for over a year
just dieting, studying and preparing for
the biggest boost campaign any new
personality will ever receive; 1t Is due
to begin any time now.
When Metro banned all dogs from
the lot because some one was severely
bitten howl went up from its acting
staff. nearly every one of whom lugged
a pup to work with him Charlie
Farrell makes his first venture into
legitimate acting with Henry Duffy in
lone Sunday Afternoon" the part Gary
Cooper is playing in cinema . now
they have comedy titled "A Farewell
to Farms"
Lee Tracy wouldn't go hi-hat for
Metro, but insisted on staying at same
hotel in New York he lived in when q
legitimate actor.
Greta Garbo's next-"Christine"- has
become one of those all-author super
features, with Sam Behrman the latest
to be hired lat sum- to whip 1t into
shape i. Irene Rich is back with viii
Rogers in The Last Adam" >. Zoo in
Budapest" is Topping in some cities be-
cause people are sick of animals-really
the only actors left who give good,
sincere performance Gloria Stuart
Is more frequently borrowed from one
studio and another than any other
young woman in pictures.
Genevieye Tobin autographed Al
brand-new red bricks when some fan.
found her working on a set for ar
earthquake picture All stars have
wooden forms made Of their figures te
help designers, dressmakers and theil
own arches Jean Parker, Pasadeni
High School girl discovered" by Ida
Ioverman is getting to be rage aftel
one screen appearance in "Rasputin'
-. Richard DIX Is going IN for jump