The Washington times., 1934-08-18

of the movie village evidently
boss, Jack Warner. Perhaps yo
have), but Lyle is not the night
Anyway, Warner (who is get.
ting terribly difficult to see these
days, although there IS a lot Of
news in his studio that nobody
knows what to do WITH has pro-
NOTED Lyle to stellar rating for
"Racing Luck" the first of a Sc
ries of action pictures the outfit
will produce. D. Ross Lederman,
old man action himself, will be
Of the directorial end.
Amt it the truth! Robert
Checker says that social tact
in Hollywood consists Of max
ing your company feel at home
even though you wish they were!
Wanderings Around Hollywood
You'd never know it, but Low
ell Sherman is so SUPERST1-
TIOUS he always wears a large
ring, worn by the late Sarah Bern
hardt when she died, on the day
he starts a film. Margaret Sui
lavan, Universals little madcap
star, who rivals Katie Hepburn
when it comes to doing DAFFY
things, started a small UPROAR
OF her own when newShawks, re-
porters and that large army OF
snoopy photographers bounded her
for photos with her ex-hubby,
Henry Fonda. Maggie promptly
went into hiding, muttering some
thing about wishing Henry luck"
but NO photographs!
Lucille Ball says she MIGHT
make Mack 1.-THE Killer" Gray
listen to wedding bells since see
ing his remodeled nose that gives
him sort of a Barrymoreish pro-
fi!e!. "A certain blonde singing
star made a SAP of herself at
the Miramar the other dancing
time when she INSISTED upon
warbling tunes. Besides, she was
off key!
Gossip gathering. Hal Wal
Lis down with the flu-and in
this kind of weather, imagine!
One of our playboys around
town actually arrested an of.
ficer, claiming it had never
been done before! . Henry Hull
is AMAZING Universal bosses
with his makeup tricks-and
they're even figuring on dig
ging out some of those Lon
Chaney-type yarns for him.
Betcha didn't know that Carl
LaemmIe, jr., is interested in
a Santa Barbara deb. It's sup
posed to be big secret.
Jack Weiner Ohot dogD is
here from New York to join the
William Morris agency. Joe Pen
ner's to be guest of honor at the
Deauville Club (now open to the
public this Fri. Gay time. It's
a large stack of money, but Uni
Versal is spending about $4,000
for statues in Might Life of the
Gods. .Claudette Colbert's going
to try a night over the ether
waves. Betty Kendig, aged 8,
created a riot of her own in the
Brown Derby yesterday. If any
body wants another Shirley Tenn
pie, Betty's it. =.
Boulevard buzzings. Lois Jan
uary's back from Chicago where
she appeared with the Thalians at
the Fair, and she chirps that they
all say Hello" All right, Hello!
danny Banker and Lorena Lay
son are LIKE THIS. Jack Wise
is baSking at Catalina Island for
a few days. Grant Withers is
slowly working his way back into
the cinema world. He's doing a
role in that "Tailspin Tommy" to-
be-continued-neXt-Week serial
Louis Fernandez gives a defini-
ton! the difference between Holly
wood and Broadway is that in
Hollywood you follow the out.
stretched palms, while on Broad
way the outstretched palms follow
you! Joe E. Brown has already
put in his bid for vacation when
the World Series starts batting
around.
Chasing all sorts of stuff.
Jackie Wells put her nose in the
AIR at doing a lead in a Uni.
verSal chapter-play, and lost B.
p. Schulberg, who had her under
personal management, as a
sponsor During a vacation
period, Thelma Todd will do per-
SOnaI appearances. Ditto for
Dick Powell. The fact that
Greta Carlo had a new ticket
coming due with MGM didn't
even cause raised eyebrow
this time. Everybody knew she'd
sign again.
saba Cowan has a definition:
Loyalty-a word producers use
when they need you, and forget
when they don't. Although it
was NEVER printed locally, the
cause of the bike race accident in
which eight Sprinters and one
Warner cameraman were seriously
injured was due to a flashlight
bulb which had exploded on the
track, scattering glass. That burst
the leaders tire, which sent him