Evening star., 1933-12-08


Or Mary Pickford as "Kiki"? Wou
rigged out as Dancing Lady" OF
person of Norma Shearer) And
bottles and news hawks through 10
she has finished her new Aim?
We couldn't help thinking OF such
possibilities as little Miss Henry passed
through Washington yesterday. The
lady, who was chosen out of a batch of
many thousand Alice in Wonderland"
applicants for the leading role in the
Paramount picture. spent her day read
ing Alice to small groups, smiling,
shaking hands and having her hair
brushed. fAlice carries a special hair
brusher with her.
When she landed at the Mayflower to
meet members of the local drama de-
partments, she was carrying a bunch Of
large roses and. after she had had her
hair brushed-its very long. and is OBJ
viously her own-shc proceeded to regale
the drama gentry with anecdotes about
what it felt like to be Alice. Said she:
i read Alice first when ] was Z. !.
] never dreamed I'd get the part.
The book being English thought they'd
want an English girl. :. Brooklyn isn't
England. love doing Alice. +. I
hurt my nose when ! fell down the
rabbit hole. No, they only filmed
that scene once. When I fell down
the hole landed on a mattress, but
hurt my nose just the same Jack
Oakie and Roscoe Harms are a scream
IN the MIN. Yes. I've seen the pic
ture It's very good 1 don't
know what I'll do now that Alice is
finished. I hope for another job,
one asked me how ever found time
10 learn lines Aud b,,n
how I did But I did. :. The
music in the film is written by Mr.,
Tiompkin. All the songs have
music Yes. They really put
the Dormouse in a teapot They
had a. very big teapot and the Dor
mouse's head and shoulders went right
IN. :. Yes. I don't know what
kind Of mirror went through. ;,
But 1 went through it all right. ;.
We worked on the film for Sc DAYS.
:. We'd work right through dinner
time sometimes. =. wore out some
thing like eight Alice in Wonderland
dresses. I wish I knew what nv
plans for the future are. =. But I
don't ~
OUR best letter of the week:
Dear Mr. Melcher: I am glad
you enjoyed my nose. I'm ashamed to
admit had never fully appreciated it
up to now. Any way. thanks for the
KIND mention" BETSY BEATON."
Miss Beaton is that young and hand
some "Follies' player, who. while her
two sketches at the moment seem a
trlne out OF hand, Is endowed with one
OF the handsomest profiles on record
and who has been extolled to the skies
lor having the best looking nose in
the world"
MRS. PAT cAMPBELLs first film
will be RIP Tide" This net
only marks Mrs Campbelrs debut in
the films (what about her pet dogO.
but also brings Norma Shearer back tC
the screen. Miss Shearer has been
away from the screen for almost a
year. She reclined for many a month
this Summer at Cannes, after a some
what stiff cinema season Husband
Irving Thalberg was at hand, and not
far off were Helen ("Mary of Scot
land'D Hayes and her husband. Charles
Macarthur. This Is one Of Holly
woods better-known foursomes. Mac
Arthur wrote RIP Tide" for Miss
shsarer and Mr.; Thalberg has ar
ranged to have Miss Hayes do What
Every Woman Knows Thus do
friends reward each other.
The cast of RIP Tide" incidentally.
will include Ralph Forbes. Arthur Jar
rett (whom Joan Crawford "discov-
cred for her Dancing Lady" film)
and Earl Oxford, who was last seen
here as the juvenile with Ed Wynns
company.
MR.. WALTER PICK, JR., is glad
to hear Of the changes in the
'Follies.'" Says he: II saw the show
on Monday night. and although
heartily enjoyed Fannie Brice and the
dancing Of Buddy and Wilma Ebsen,
felt that there. was something greatly
lacking in the usual beauty of 'Follies'
scenery" Mr.. Pick also sends us word
about Helen Gahagan, who has ap-
parently returned to the East with her