Evening star., 1933-05-05

but look around for. material YO,l
can't tell; at this very minute he may
have found a story for Miss Talmadge.
You gather from talking to this one
time great lady of the snents, that she
Is In no hurry to throw her hat
into the ring again. Watchful waiting
is her motto She has no confidence
in her own ability to choose the right
story, but she does believe that one OF
these days story will come along
"a good action story'-which Will be
the right sort of thing with which
to bring her back into the public eye.
Miss Talmadge has gained a pound
or two since her cinematic hey-day, but
she still has that brilliant smile. that
profile which was once called perfect,
and q graciousness of manner which Is
most becoming. In her suite at the
Ehoreham yesterday she talked gayly to
the press, discussed the present and
the past, and seemed to think that the
future wasn't in such q bad way after
all.
Hollywood, for instance" she said
to a beer drinking army OF the press
which sat on all four sides of her. is
not as squashed as people think. It's
no worse than anywhere else. Salaries
have come dovn-yes-but If they want
end pay and pay. The high-priced stars
deserve their money, too. Carlo. Tor
instance, why not? II she can be as big
a box-ofice attraction as she Is, the
more power and money to her. It's
only the little men that are suffering
these days The actors who got too
much in the beginning and are being
salted down now to normal"
Mr.. Jessel, during all this, snsaked
in word or two, answered the tele-
phone, talked glibly to Losws city man
ager, Carter Barron. and Mrs. Earron.
got out his best cigar, poured out
beer or two, chatted slyly with dramatic
editress, Eleanor Wilson, who admires
Miss Talmadge more than Caesar, ar
ranged q pot of flowers to be photo
graphed in front of Miss Talmadge.
spoke word about troubles with J0lsOn
and "The Wonder Bar (Which, Incl
dentaly, he brought to this country and
translated) and behaved in brave and
cordial. manner in q room which, as far
as he was concerned, was filled with
strangers.
AS for the show which Miss Talmadge
and Mr.. Jessel are to present in Chi
cago during the World Fair, there Is
still small trouble about this. 1T
seemed TO be lltsettled," said Miss Tai
madge. land then it occurred to some
one that the show would need backing.
And then some one thought 1t would
be a good idea for George to back it.
And then the show was all fixed-except
there wasn't anything in it for me, or
George or Miss Beatrice Lille Other
wise it was grand" she added with
laugh.
Miss. Tslmadge begins her four-and-
five a day with Mr.. Jessel today at
Loew's> Fox. That's too much to be
quite comfortable in," she said. but
we're glad to be here, aren't We,
George" and George said. "Yee." and
then whipped her up in front Of those
roses and held her hand very tight
a nice, bright SMILE and they smiled
brightly. .z .t
The National Theater Players are
running around these days in a state
Of excited expectancy. The reason for
this is that, after polishing of this
weeks Grounds for Divorce" they viii
undertake that current Broadway suc-
cess. "Good-by Again" which exASocial-
ist Haywood Broan has said lis funnier
than Design for Living" and win sub
sequently present the Noel Coward
comedy, Hay Fever" which should fit
this company to perfection: and then.
believe it or not-"Another Language"
which, somehow. nobody expected them
to do. The latter is having another
revival in New York with the same
Glenn Anders- Dorothy Stickney- Johnny
Beal cast which played here at the
Belasco. Further than that, the Play
ers expect to present that popular old
war horse, sis Hopkins" which the
public came miles to see in the days Of
its infancy. After that the plays to be
chosen are stin IN doubt. When Mr..
Cochran was reAched. however, ysster-
day over the phone. he stated that he
positively would not present THE Old
Homestead" which he has been want
ing to present for years.
Zasl Pitts and Slim S,tuuArville n,