The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-15
M HOLLYWOOD
GOSSIP
INTIMATE GLIMPSES AND
- INSIDE STUFF ON THE
Thom a. MOVIE COLONY
BY DAN THOMAS
-BY DAN THOMAS

All ia SerVlCC SUM CORRESPONDENCE
Hollywood-What price peace?
In Hollywood it's a good servant,
or perhaps three or four of them.
! Whatever the number, they must
be good. And by that l mean what
the average person would regard
as super-excellent.
Filmdom's celebrated personages
select their servants with more
care than they do a new gown or
a new automobile. In fact, they
scrutinize a prospective servant
more carefully that a new script.
Everything about the one apply
ing for a job must be just so.
The slightest deviation from the
qualities demanded is sufficient to
lost the job.
To keep their jobs in Hollywood,
| servants must be not only efficient
and quick, but psychologists as
well. They must know, without
being told, just how to act at all
given times.
There seems to be nothing which
will upset a film player quite as
quickly as having the wrong valet
or maid. Even the wrong cook,
disturbing note into the players
NV consequence oSi wants o.
sought with considerable pains and
the right ones kept at any cost.
Bing Stretches 1t Bit
Bling Crosby sums up the situa-
| ton with this remark:
Good old Meadows has been in
our family now for nigh on seven
generations. BY arising early, fix
ing him soft boiled egg, a bit of
toast and providing myself with u
latchkey for my homecomings at
night. I'think we'll be able to keep
him."
OF coure, Bing has exaggerated
to some extent-he doesn't carry a
latchkey. But some of our celebri-
ties do go to almost that much
trouble to keep their favorite serv-
ants. And, as rule, the servants
are extremely loyal to their en-
ployers.
Anticipating Carlo
Alma a colored maid. served
Carlo for seven years, from the
time the Swedish star entered pic
lures. During the time, she was at
her mistress side day and night, at
the studio or at home. And never
once did she veef from the Gar
BIO sradition" and talk about the
stars private life-although she
could have acquired a good many
thousand dollars by doing so.
One of her principal duties was
bringing coffee to her mistress on
the set every afternoon. And she
had to know, without being told,
just when Carlo wanted that re-
freshments. Alma has retired, but
before she left she trained her sue
cessor thoroughly in the art OF
bringing coffee at just the right
time.
Entertaining Maid
Mae West keeps her maid. Lib
by Taylor, for two reasons. Libby
helps her to dress and undress
both at the studio and at home,
and in addition she knows how
to make Mae laugh at just the
right times.
Marie Dresler has had the same
mair, Mamie, for 20 years, and as
a result their relationship Is far
deeper than that of employer and
servant. Marie is boss, friend, and
child to Mamie - all at one time,
too.
Competition Is Keen
| Most of the film crowd employ
colored servants and If they get
one they like, they refuse to give
out his or her last name, for fear
someone else will try to hire the
Jewel. That often has happened in
Hollywood One star will like an
others cook and immediately. Of
fer her a job at a higher salary.
That's one of the reasons why
servants of film players receive
suhc high salariaes, considerably
more than their brothers and sis
tiers who work for ordinary society
folk.
| Lew Cody absolutely couldn't get
along without his colored man who