The Washington times., 1934-08-11

fLeTl, IIlS ndLlVe BlTl OF GLlS SOuLIl
Seas, "discovered' by the late F.
w. Murnau when he was direct.
ing "Tabu" incidentally, one of
the most beautiful of the com,
bined travelogue and drama
movieS) on one of the mid-PaCifiC
islands, is now being sought by
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer bosses foy
the native girl in "Mutiny on the
Bounty" the Super-special which
Frank Lloyd will direct for Irving
Thalberg Productions.
Following her appearances in
this country, with the "Follies'
and a Fanchion and Marco unit
Reri disappeared and is believed
to be somewhere in Europe at the
moment. Anyway, the scouts are
after her.
An actor approached Director
George Stevens in his office at
R-K-O. Handing the megaphonist
manuscript, he said:
I'D like to submit a story of
mine"
"Okay," replied George. "but
I'm very busy just now. Won't
you please throw it in the waste
basket yOurSef?"
WanderingS around Hollywood
live heard of a lot of nasty,
mean tricks, but this is the top
per of them all! Just because it
was a puppy and didn't know
how to behave in a house, one of
our supposedly very lovely and
lady-like stars picked up a fire
place poker and Smacked the lit
tie pooch, breaking both of its
hind legs and injuring his ear
drums. The poor. tiny creature
now lies in plaster cast, fight
ing for its life. If this star were
only a man, I would personally
delight in smashing up a face! {.
There's a chap around town
with midget elephant G
stands less than 3 feet in height)
that has Charley Chaplin posi-
lively intrigued. Charley wants t.
buy it as pet for PauIette God
dard, but the owner wants tc
crash pictures instead. . It's
green-eyed monsters for Renee
Gadd cause Sally Blame is going
places with Hugh Williams.
Walt Neill and Lucille Edmon
ston (ex-beauty winner) are tC
the engagement stage.
The Mont Aire Club devoted
Wed. evening in honor of Ger.
trude Michael-and that means
Nick John on the screen)
FOran was by her side. Minna
GOmbell steps into one of the
featured roles with Lee Tracy
in "The Lemon Drop Kid" at
Paramount. Yep, she's doing
tOugh-and-fast-chatter stuff :.
Boulevard BuzzingS -. A Ii C {
White is bowling out of her Uni
VerSal deal when her present pic
ture comes to a finish. When a
dog bites a man it's not news, but
when an agent turns actor-Well
that does get into print. Pat
Decicco, eX-hubby of Thelma
Todd, has weakened and Joined
the cast of Might Life of the
Gods" which Lowell Sherman is
directing at Universal.
Breaking IN ancient persona,
rule, Francis Lederer stepped out
to the Ell Rey Club with Steff
Duna. Vivian Keefer seems to be
intriguing Ernie Torgler anc
Dolores Casey is taking up a lot
of Billy Seymour's time at the
same place. Frank Mitchell has
to PINCH his partner, Jack Dur
ant, on the leg in the middle OF
scenes to give him dialogue cues
which must be under heading Of
Black and Blue News" ..
Odds and ends-Erin OBrien
Moore has been messing up the
stages at RKO with all kinds OF
mud. She's being the busy little
sculptress and doing busts OF
everybody she sees. And that re
minds me-A wise guy wanted tC
do an animated cartoon series
with characters made out of clay
and he wanted to call the group
Dirty Pictures"
Literary note - Zane Grey,
who has usually confined his
ScribblingS to the great out
III KEITH'S I5"~9