The Washington times., 1933-09-18
PRATTLE AND TATTLE!
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Lillian Harvey will become
Frau Willie FritSch in Berlin,
Xmas Day. Willie, German
cinemaStar, was scheduled to
cross the briny and wed Lillian
in Hollywood but Hitler's re-
cent edict clamped the moth on
the plan so tn e gals going
Overthere.
There may not be a Sue
Carol-Nick Stuart divorce, after
all. The pair are working to-
gether in a picture and are
honeying and sweeting e "a C h
other all over the lot. Incl
dentally, Ken Murray, who is
scheduled to become Sues next
in the event of the divorce, re-
fused a role in the same pic
ture.
Sally Eiler's divorce slam
against Hoot Gibson becomes
court property within a brace
of fortniteS and before the suit
Is pressed and dry, the Hooter
and Joan Gale will announce
formally their betrothal.
Joan Crawford is sponsor for
the statement that Doug Fair
banks, jr., contrary to printed
reports, will not return to Holly
wood-he may sail back to
Manhattan to star in a Broad
way play. Doug still writes and
cables and occasionally phones
to Joan.
After courting Mary Brian
for more than a month, Ran
dolph Scott is finally convinced
that the wide-eyed gal means it
when she says, Let's just be
friends" so he's returned to
Vivian Gaye, his first love.
Did you spot that enticing
pic of Max Baer with 8 fasci-
mating frills grouped around
him. The caption read: Holly
wood Girls are going mad over
prize fighter" That's a litter.
Six of the gals are married.
the other two engaged.
The Bing Crosbys thumbed
down two and a half gees for
the services of their baSSinet
tenant. Universal n ee d e d a
babe for a new picture a n d
someone thoug III t there'd be
compensatory publicity if the
Crosby heir was employed. Only
q brace of yrs. ago, Crosby
worked for U. in King Of
Jazz" for sandwich dough-and
not such good and vic hes,
either!
On the eve of her departure
for Europe, Marion Nixon re-
ceived a wire from Ed Hillman,
now her eX, asking would she
fret if he followed her over.
She answered it wouldn't stir a
wrinkle on her smooth brow. So
Hillman mal-de-mers shortly in
an attempt to win her back.
Gloria Stuart's "trial separa-
ton" from Blair Gordon Newell
is a bowling success. I mean'
she's decided to make it perma-
nent.
Almost a fist squabble at the
Donald Ogden Stewart Party at
the Vendome. Salty mite. Mrs.
Ralph Bellamy came as "Sadie
Thompson" as a result Of which
two men dived into an argu-
ment, one insisting she was ap-
ing Gloria Swanson, the other
Joan Crawford (both of whom
have Sadie Thompsoned for the
flickS.) They were just past
the nasty name-calling stage
when Mrs. Bellamy settled the
argument and insisted it was
merely her own conception.
Isn't this just too ducky! =,
Broadway
Ursula Parrott, authoress, will
be an ex X-Wife shortly-her
third venture. Eddie Suther-
land, the cinema director, hav-
ing flopped on his fourth mari
tai venture, will try again when
the field is cleared, with Grace
Bradley scheduled to draw the
fifth assignment.
Prettiest of the literary ro-
mances has gone smash. Tiah
Dewitt, who wrote "The Aspirin
Age" and Ben Wasson, the
literary agent Frank Sulli-
van, humorist. while at Sara
toga, asked how he liked it
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