The Washington times., 1935-06-03
HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
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Rains squatted peacefully on the
ground for luncheon, only to dis
cover Ito their horror) that the
fourth member of their party was
a black widow spider; So-they
moved-they moved And last,
but not least, Claude Rains, in a
screen portraying a cattle run,
was attacked by an infuriated
steer and had to jump off a cliff
to save himself from being gored,
and for that little bit of quick
thinking he is suffering from a
series of black and blues.
Oscillation on the screen
seems to have lost it's popularity
so let us fall right into a sym.
postum of some Warner Brothers
stars on the yes" and mo- of
it. Bette Davis says the love
scene would not be the same
without the kiss but it should
be of the tender variety. Warren
William believes in the gentle
man kissing the object of his
affections on the eye-lidS-its
more romantic that way. Paul
MUM is definitely opposed to iss.
kay. He says playWrights only
write it in because they have
no other way to convey love. He
further adds, with {. look or a
gesture you can convey the
same feeling. James Cagney,
famous for his grapefruit in the
muSh" oSculation, believes in it
but with tenderness and modera-
ton. Dick Powell believes that
films have been better since kiss
ing lost it's popularity. Guy
! Kibbee wouldn't be knowing
He's only had two kissing scenes
in 16 years. George Brent-But
yes. Pat O'Brien-Yes, in
natural way but not audibly.
And lastly Hugh Herbert, who
says "Yow-sah. What would
Broadway Bill have been if
Warner Baxter hadn't kissed the
horse? What do you think?
The expression che kills me
with his humor" literally can
apply to Willy West of the vaude.
vile team of West and McGinty,
now appearing in Paramount's
The Big Broadcast" In a
theater in Sheffield, England,
after the curtain had rung down
on Mr.. West, a man continued
laughing in the audience. Many
minutes later an ambulance
driver Knocked at his dressing
room door and said Come out
to the front and see what you
have done" The gentleman was
dead from laughing. How
cheery!. "A singular honor was
awarded Gladys Swarthout, late
of the Met. now of the screen.
She sang The Lords Prayer at
the openins of the San Diego
exposition right after the Presi.
dent gave forth with the dedica.
tory speech.
Would it intrigue you to know
that Dolores Del Rio got into pic
lures through a Mexican diplomat
as part of goodwill propaganda.
At the time Mexico was in a rage
because in some Hollywood pic.
lures MeXicanS were cast in an
unfavorable light. So, through
this diplomat, Eddie Carewe hit
upon the idea of glorifying a
beautiful Mexican girl to restore
good feeling The beautiful girl
is Dolores Del Rio and the rest is
history. Today's medal goes to
Lyle Talbot. En- route via motor
to his home in Omaha, he saw an
airplane crash in a field near by SO
he picked up the injured and
Whisked them to a hospital. Aw-
fully decent, don't you think?
According to Busby Berkeley, If
Venus de Milo could come back to
life and ask him for job in one
of his pictures he'd give it to her.
He feels emphatically that there
are many people who still like
their women of Venus proportions
The latest gasp in our midst
are chain kilograms. They read
"A chain by wire should spread
like fire" You send five dollars
and the telegrap company
checks up on you to keep it going.
Walter King has just sent one to
me so I ought to be that rich in
couple of days.