Evening star., 1933-01-02
BY MOLLIE MERRTCK.

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, January 2
(N.A.N.A).-That phenomenon, Peggy
Hopkins Joyce, comes to Hollywood at
last. Peggy has announced that she
would play an important part in IN
ternatsonal House"
Peggy Hopkins Joyce Countess Costa
). hforner) has been called "a living per-
son who has become legend" so
thousands of persons who have been
reading about her these many years
In Sunday supplement stories of high
" colored vein will be thrilled at the
thought Of seeing how she really looks,
walks, talks and her true personality.
International House" is the story
of troupe of entertainers stranded
in the Orient. Peggy is the second OF
an all-star cast being assembled; the
first to be signed is Rudy Vallee. La
Hopkins has for many years been re-
ferred to as "the lazy of the orchids
by the boys of the press. Her dlmples
and diamonds, her marriage ceremonies
and her sables have given the world
a thrill
Peggy wrote a book once: Men,
Marriage and Me-" and once she was
starred in a silent picture, 'The Sky
rocket" Her jewelry is famous, also
her sex-appeal. interviewed her once
In San Francisco and was amazed to
realize that passed prettier girls on
Grant avenue every day. But I've for
gotten a lot of them and remember
Peggy Hookins Joyce very clearly. Per-
haps that explains her.
| Elsa Maxwell worlds most famous
! party thrower, says our Hollywood va
/ riety of party is plain dull. That is, to
i be precise, Elsa Maxwell says Hollywood.
| when 1t tries to be impressive in a
| party way, Is a failure, and when Holly
! wood tries to be informal it is a howl
| ing success.
Small parties are excellently done,
! according to this lady, who is giving
| technical advice on "our betters," but
the Mayfair Club dances-parties of ex-
elusive membership in the professional
group and entertaining with dinner
dances Of several hundred persons-arc
deadly bores.
The Maxwell lays some of the May
i fair parties failure to the fact that
| they ''use long tables instead of small
ones seating six or so, and that the
music which should be continuous,
| stops for deadly waits between dances"
| Apparently we need an arbiter Gle
| gantarium out here in movieland. Yet
Elsa Maxwell says two months here is
| her limit She likes it fine but wouldn't
want to stay here for "all the money
in the world" But that last is quite
neat sum.
One Of Mae Vests New Year reso-
lutions is never to wear a diamond
over five carats or any other conspic-
uous piece of iewelry" And Carole
Lombard says. II am going to ignore
the dictates of fashion during the COM
ing year and be myself about this as I
am about all other things"
(Wait until she tries to spring a hat
Dame Fashion hasn't smiled upon. 1t
will be test Of character all right,
all right)
Vera Engels, Berlin motion picture
star brought two beauty recipes to
Hollywood which have set them think
| ing. Vera scrubs her face twice daily
with hot water and cold cream soap.
| This is against some of the precious
rules Of local beauty-most of the pro-
| fessionalS using only creams. One ia
nous specialist here recommends the
use of hot water and soap, however, and
his adherents follow this routine daily.
The other Engels innovation is this:
Roll the hair in squares of tissue paper
after 1t has been moistened in oil and
water. The curl is marvellous and the
hair cleaning and lovely
The strangest set ever built has been
made for "Topaze" 1t is complete
fve-room apartment without pictures
on the walls. The interior decoration
| is achieved by numberless shelves orna-
mented with countless tiny Statuettes OF
crystal. jade. glass lapis, china marble
and other materials.
And the artist who conceived all this
thinks pictures are going to be taboo
In the future Looking back on some
| Of those have seen, that would be
blessing.
Mysteries with the horror angle are
still the most popular form OF Holly
wood picture. Lionel Atwill signs for
another one with Murders in the Zoo"
\ which Paramount will produce and for
which Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott,
| Charles Ruggles and John Lodge al
ready have been cast.
Doctor X" Atwill's first horror hit,
was followed by Wax Museum" in
which this actor again scored notable
| triumph at the previeW by reason OF
| the fact that his diction was SO clear
and lovely, his acting SO restrained and
1
which sets the records of Lon CLANCY
and Boris Karloff on the spot for per-
| fection.
It took Atwill six hours-six hours
of torture, by the way-to be correctly
fitted into the elaborate mask-makeup
| for Wax Museum" Prepared for the
role at First National Studio by the ex-
perts there, he was driven in closed
car to Warmers Western Studio where
the scenes were being shot. Twice he
| worked in the uncomfortable heat OF
the mask until he collapsed. But the
net result is one Of the most convincing
| bits of motion picture work done on
the sound stages of Hollywood to date.
Panther Woman gets contract of
| her own as result Of her work in
"Island Of Lost Souls" Kathleen Burke
| won far more than contest when she
received that $200-a-week contract and
| her accommodations at one Of our
leading hotels. She is in pictures to
stay 1t would seem, and SO are three
other contestants who scored well in
the original contest.
i Bonita Hume is the loveliest of the
new English importations, although the
blond Diana Wynyard is doing quite
nicely, thank you, over at NJ G. NJ.
Bonita Hume first appeared in Re
served for Ladies'" made in the British
Isles, and with Leslie Howard for a
leading man This play, a feather
weight In plot, proved good box office
because Of its excellent casting and fine
polish.
None of the newcomers from the
stage scored such an instantaneous mt
as Katharine Hepburn, whose latest IS
white corduroy overalls Her costumes
have caused as much of a sensation
as her very excellent art.
Marlene Dietrich's costumes have
caused such excitement that the studio
is said to have put her in coventry until
che comes back 10 good old conven-