Evening star., 1933-04-29
BY MOLLIE MERRICK,

WOOD, Calf April 20
NAN.AD Hollywood is wondering If
that Cuban vacation Of Ann Harding s
Is in the interest of romance. now that
they have discovered Alexander Kirk
land Is in the plane. Ann Harding and
her secretary, Maria Lombard. are plan
ming to spend a while in sunny Havana
storing up health for the strenuous
work Of picture making which will be
resumed on her return. Prior to this
Cuban flight Miss Harding had spent
all her leisure moments In the desert
ut Palm Springs
Drexel Biddle Steele Of Philadelphia.
socialite from the millionaire ranks.
crashes the movies via the independent
studios with q very good opportunity
to see how he rates in gelatin version
This Is what is known as an unusual
break these days. 1t Is almost i'm
possible for any one without motion pic
ture experience to get q part in a pro-
duction. This Trem Carr fllm will
present Steele in an aviator's role, one
he has played in real life. Harry Hoyt,
who directed Colleen Moore for years,
will be on the story-he also made the
first technical masterpiece before sound,
'The Lost World
This is the way Gary Cooper got his
chance in films He was working as
an extra in pictures, striving to get
part which would pull him out of
the crowd and into the foreground of
the camera. and was about to 60 back
to his fathers ranch in Montana in
hopeless disgust when Poverty Row
disclosed an opportunity.
Independent producers have climbed
away from that tag these days-some
Of them have done so we'll that they
paid their employees full wages during
the picture slump. They get their
money, make their picture In a hurry
and come out Of 1t with q profit-more
than our major lots have been able
to do Of late times Gary Cooper's
Poverty Row" film gave him his big
opportunity-the chance to play the
lead role in THE Winning Of Barbara
Worth"
This seems to be a fine time for
some Of our actors to take a little look
see about the country while the pro-
ducers are taking the same into their
cash registers. So the Lionel Atwills
are of tomorrow for Palm Beach where
they will visit Mrs. Atwill's mother,
Mrs. Edward T.. Stotesbury. at her
home, Mirasol The Atwills have one Of
the most hospitable hilltop homes in
Hollywood, commanding q view Of the
entire countryside clear to the sea.
Badminton and tennis are popular
there and their week ends are always
gay.
Atwill has been given so many horror
roles in Hollywood that he has come
to supersede Boris Karlof in this me-
dunn. His latest role is that Of q deaf
mute who Is murderer-cheery, eh?
And before that he played the role of
the licentious old baron opposite Mar
lene Dietrich in Song Of Songs"-a
role which I understand he portrayed
brilliantly.
Lucien Lelong has chosen Marlene
Dietrich as the motif for q complete
display wardrobe which he will design
along the lines Of complete femininity
and also an adaptation Of his own Of
the masculine type thing which she has
been wearing of late. The German ac-
tress, whom Lelong considers not only
the most chic. but the most beautiful
woman in the world today, will confer
with him on the wardrobe when she
visits her husband, Rudolph Sieber, in
Paris shortly.
Listen to what Edward Halperin,
producer, has to say about Mae West.
She is part of the new deal. Her