The Washington times., 1936-12-17
BY LLOYD PANTAGES
Copyright, 1895, by King Features

syndicate, Inc y
Inez Courtney was so intent on
her comeback role in Clarence, ="
at Paramount, that, despite her
doctors advice, suffering from a
bad appendix, she went to the
studio in an ambulance to finish
her part, with the doctor in con-
slant attendance on the set, and
finished the last line and retake
before she would consent to call
quits and go to the hospital.
That's dangerous business.
John Beach, a New York social
ite whose hobby is winning rodeos,
was watching the filming OF
Maid of Salem" at Carmel up
North, attracted the eye of Frank
Lloyd the director; was persuaded
to come to Hollywood, was tested,
and signed up at Paramount. His
first will be Western, Trail
Dust" He is six feet one, weighs
180, has dark curly hair and blue
eyes.
Boris Morros, on the same lot,
is the proud posseSSor of the neck
lace of Rasputin. the bogey man
of the Russian revolution. 1t is
believed to bring good fortune
and his friends make quite a
ceremony Of touching it once in a
while for luck. Curiously, it is
that odd sort of jade which
abSorbS light and moisture, so 1t
changes color, being brownish in
spring, greenish in summer, and
a sere yellow in the fall.
Henry Wilcoxon stands to make
a fabulous profit on purchase he
made in London. He picked up g
book of old prints in an antique
store there for two dollars, anc
discovered later that they were
genuine old prints by David Cox
each of them worth $500. HI
went back and offered a bonus tt
the dealer, feeling it only fair
but the man thought he wa
crazy, and wouldn't even lister
to him.
In college Holiday" Martha
Raye will be seen dancing, havint
been a recent star pupil unde
LIE Roy Prinz. Now she is learn
ing an authentic hula, to do il
Bing Crosby's waikiki Wedding
Phil Huston, of New York
hero of RKO's "The Big Game,
met Julie Hayden last week at {
party, and since then they havC
been seen together everywhere. 1
looks like love.
Last Friday, you might have
thought it was Armistice Day
with most sets stopping shooting
for a few minutes before 2 p. m
and remaining still until 2:15
They were not observing a death
but something almost as heart
breaking, the farewell of ex-King
Edward VIII to his people. Mervyr
LIE Roy stopped huge set of the
Fernand Gravel Joan Blondell
'The King and the Chorus Girl,
extras and all, to listen.
Interesting, on this subject, tt
remark on the accent of Mr.
David Edward Windsor. It is moi
wholly British nor American, bu1
half way between, like a very flint
New York accent. Possibly it il
a. precursor of what the accents
of both nations will be like wher
the movies have made their in
fluence on speech felt for a few
years longer.
George Brent is beginning tc
fear that the Warner Brothers
look upon him as the successor tt
the late Lon CLANCY. In The Go
Getter," he plays a one-legged mar
who wears an artificial limb, anC
he had to practise limping fol
weeks. There are even to be a few
scenes without the false leg, il
which his real leg must be strap
ped up out of sight Harmon
B. Nelson, Bette Davis husband
as soon as his New York orchestra
agency gets going we'll enough
plans to move its headquarters tt
Hollywood so he can be near Miss
D 1t now turns out that Vic