Evening star., 1934-07-10


dubious celebrities who have doubted
many of our West Coast words. ano
Yesterday asked an endless is it really
true that so and 50 is such and such,
We hasten to present herewith a
brief chart of things that we will
swear by and for-things that are
genuinely Settings that you would
also find II you went TO Hollywood
and browsed there during a few
weeks Of what seemed to be typical
California weather-fog and only
occasional spurts OF sunshine %.
Very few OF the houses out there
Virginia Valli estate" consists of two
rooms downstairs. three rooms up
stairs. a small lawn and a garden
and garage.
It is true that Barbara Stanwyck
has built a bicycle track on that
new plot she added to her grounds so
that Husband Frank Fay can exer-
else himself the way he likes to be
exercised.
Norma Shearer is not cross-eyed
Her young child. however young
Thalberg). is having considerable
trouble with his eyes.
Marion Davies is not so.
When you meet Paul NUM- on the
Warner Bros lot, you can easily mis-
take him for a nobody. He wears
glasses and is inclined not TO shave
in the morning.
Lew Ayres walks around Holly
wood IN an old pair of flannel trous-
ers, a shirt open at the collar.
sweater and an old hat with a brim
turned down all the way around.
When Ginger Rogers walks with
him. she wears those familiar West
Coast dark blue "Slacks."
Bette Davis went one night to the
Colony Club in a pair of silver
Stacks" plus red train tackled on.
Sounds bad. Looked swell.
william Haines. with mustache and
about so extra pounds. doesn't look
like the old, or rather, the young
William Haines.
Claudette Colbert won't be photo
grapiled without makeup (But did
you ever hear of a film star without
makeup? Yes-Katherine Hepburn
she let's her freckles grow high, wide
and handsome.)
Anna Sten is small and quite round
and very beautiful when she smiles
Freddie March is the best liked of all
men screen stars.
Elizabeth Patterson (who sends local
and elegant actress, Ann Ives her very
best) Is amused because "Hideout,"
the new Robert Montgomery film in
which she is appearing, will also fea-
ture Laura Hope Crews, if Miss Crews
can get away from The Age of Inno-
cence" in time. (P. S.-Miss Crews
and Miss Patterson appeared together
IN Her Masters Voice" last Winter)
The M-G-M stars, having fixed up
their dressing rooms the way they like
them. will now have to move into new
quarters. Reason? There are no bath
tubs where they are at present.
1t is also true that Joan Crawford
prefers showers to home bathing
Franchot Tones bed room has eight
pictures of Miss Crawford in it.
Francis Lederer doesn't see why
there may be trouble over the bun
ding" scene IN his new film, The Pur-
suit of Happiness" But we wonder.
Joan Bennett will be the "bundlee."
Lederer, by the way, says that the
Baptist Church has indorsed his peace
movement, which means something
like 10000, 1000 members for his cause
He flew to Rochester recently to give
talk there on his pet subject. Holly
wood couldn't understand why ne did
that when he was asked to Joan Craw-
ford's for dinner on the same night.
Jean Harlow is off soon to Honolulu.
Clark Gable, after years of calm
Quietude, has suddenly taken TO set
ting his disputes with his fists. Moth
ing has been said of that brief battle
he had the night of the Marion Davies
benefit at the Biltmore Bowl Nothing
has been said-but he had it. all right.
We saw him. Don't blame him, though
He's a good guy-and why should he
sit back and smile when some codger
makes cracks about him.
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THE local Variety Club is thriving
Yesterdays luncheon was such
a success that latecomers almost had