Evening star., 1934-06-23
Melcher and His Hollywood Diary
Another Chronicle

how, she seems eminently fitted to
play Mrs. Wigs.
At sight of Zasu Pitts sitting quitely
in a chair waiting her cue, we feel
like singing THE Star Spangled Ban
ner." Ever since few weeks ago
"Sing and Like It" at the Metro
politan, our lesser hours of sleep have
been interrupted by shouts of laughter
at the mere thought of this delight
full creature. In a studio, however,
with makeup, and without gestures,
while you would, of course, recognize
her, you would also say that she was
probably Zasus younger and prettier
sister. She's really a very good
looking woman. She has a nice voice,
very smooth skin, and hands-well,
they do fly up to her throat every
now and again in that peculiarly
Jointed way she affects when she is
on the screen.
We don't dare say anything to the
lady because she's getting set for a
big moment-but we'll be back We're
not going to skip Zasu If it's the last
thing We do out here.
Somewhere in the middle of all this
there has been a Sunday. A day OF
rest out here-moStly because the STU
dios make it point to work their
players up until midnight or there
after every Saturday. On Sunday you
sleep and go to the beach. Or just
plain sleep. We sleep, and scrawl out
our daily stint, and then betake our
selves in conveniently loaned M-G-
M motor up to the high hills of Pasa
dena, where Artist Albert Bigelow and
his wife, one-time Sylvia Weld, who
used to emote with great excellence
with the Surrey Players in Bar Har-
Dor. Me, have themselves a house
With us goes young Jane Wyatt, a
Broadway actress whom you want to
watch. She is out here appearing in
Carl Laemmles production Of "One
More River"-which includes in its
cast Diana Wynyard, Colin Give. Mrs
Pat Campbell, Aubrey Smith, Henry
| Stephenson and others 1t is her first
Hollywood film. She few out. She
had to be carried to her hotel on a
stretcher when she got here.
handsome Lederer.
And somewhere, either yesterday OF
today (the days are flying by rapidly
has been an interviey with Francis
Lederer, last seasons iceman in R-K-
O's Man of Two Worlds" and now
loaned to Paramount to do that
"bundling" comedy, THE Pursuit OF
| Happiness" Mr.. Lederer will bundle
in this with Joan Bennett.
He is a very handsome young man
with an agreeable smile. no waistline
and a broad pair of shoulders. His
hair is dark and thrown back care
lesSly over his brow in continental
| fashion. He wears a coat and trou-
sers to understanding very unus-
ual out here.
Mr.. Lederer would like soon to come
to Washington. He is very much in
terested in some anti-war movement
which he heads. and which he hopes
some day to make universal. We
haven't time to go into much of that
at the moment, Lederer having to see
about some costuming. But from what
we gather he is both serious thinker
and a care-free sort of person, who
says that comedy should mot come
from the head-but from the heart.
Three years ago he couldn't speak a
word of English.
He doesn't know what his next pic
ture will be when he gets back to
R-K-O-this for you. Impresario
Hardie Meakin.
At this point John Boles signifies
his intention of having lunch with us
tomorrow on the R-K-O set. Maybe
Irene Dunno will be there. Well tell
you tomorrow.