The Washington times., 1936-02-22

extra.
Il think" said Gable, I'D like
TO get back for q swing st Broad
way for q couple Of weeks next
month"; the snow lasts that
long. I kin1I like the town
they're all right there-they
mind their busineSS-all except
you guys-you certainly get on
the trail once in a while-but
I've got no kick. All you babies
have been pretty decent to me,
especially in that Della Carroll
business. Funny thing - never
met the kid until the captain
says: Mr.. Gable, I've been
mighty nice to you on this
bOat-now you be nice to me.
There's some gOOd-lOOking girls.
down below, and they want to
pose with you
well, there am-Sunning
myself-anl one by one 1 pose
With each one in their bathing
suits. Can you beat it-what
followed after? Guess it's life."
Mr.. Harry Meyers, however,
expressed no desire to visit Man
haitian and its icy pavementS.
Nor is he discomfort with the
little kick in the pants that the
years have brought. Because he
Is one Of the extras who wears
dress clothes, he davis SIS a
day, and with the occasional
ad lib line tossed in his direc-
ton he sometimes has a daily
pay voucher for as much IS
from $35 to $50.
"That's money, you know" he
said. In addition, his wife, Rose
mary Theby, also Of silentfilm
fame, draws SIS q day Other
famous OId-timerS are Sprinkled
about the set-Kennet:. Harlan,
for instance; Helene Chadwick,
Cyril RiLg, Harris Gordon,
Frank Mayo, Mary McLaren-
and all ext aS-and proud OF his
little atmosphere bit l. Johnny
KeyeS, who reminded me, when
he saw the notebook come out
that he had been mayor OF
Chinatown in good Of New York
for more than Is years. Teu
Jimmy Kelly I'm making money
and got all the money need
just tell him that"
~ed HeaIy hOverS near with
his new trio Of stOOgeS-and his
current flame, Harriet Confess,
sitting on q counter, waiting to
snatch . mOrseT Of conversation
with him. Director w. s. Van
Dyke directing the chorus gal
scene with Shirley Ross, . fetch
ing eyefuI, revealing trim under.
pinnings in her abbreviated
fluffy costume, carrying the
singing costume.
we shift over to moonlight
Murder" and wait patiently Tor
Leo Carrillo to be stabbed - 9
casualty which doesn't come OFT
At the time. Chester Morris. be-
tween "takes," comes over to
reminice a bit about Al Woods,
who, it appears, would like to
have him return to Broadway for
one shot at legitimate. He ambleS
On conversionally recalling his ex'
perience of several nights previous
when he and Doug Fairbanks
Jr., kept pacing up and down with
Robert Montgomery awaiting the
arrival of his new heiress. I'll do
ANYTHING for a pal" he murmurS,
Srnugly. Thence to the set where
the final scenes Of "The Great
Ziegfeld" are being shot-after
two years-and watch Seymour
Felix, young dynamo dancing di'
rector. in action-tiny and frail,
he seems lost in front Of the
overtowering, huge revolving set
fantasy. Most of the gags here
naturally center about Anthony
Adverse, just completed-the pic.
ture Sin. 20 reels at present, and
the headache is to cut 1t down
The other night in running the
picture off for some Of the execu'
tives, there was sudden hiatus
at the seventeenth reel, and then
plenty Of white screen and
nothing more. Mervyn Leroy
dashed up to the operators booth
TO find he had fallen asleep.
Winnie Sheehan. who has a
farm in the section known as
NHidden Valley" is reported re
Gently to have encountered the
neiehbor who owned the adjoin-
ing farm. the discussion came
around to COWS. the neighbor ex-
pressing preference for Guernseys
shrugged his shoulders
- Jerseys, the only kind to
have -" he insisted, and went
into q lengthy and detailed ex.
PLANTATION Of the finer points Of
Jersey cows until finally the
neighbor stopped him and said,
'FIow come-you know so much
about cows?" II had our re-
search department look it up"
said Sheehan.
They take their wrestling seri-
OusIy out here, tool have seen
nothing so flagrantly staged
the clowns who call themselves
wrestlers not even bOthering to
wrestIe at all-never have you
seen such grOaning and mugging
ana tossing about and cutting
ahout-but in the end the favor
tie wins and the house goes wild
its plenty Of fun and the
chances are the bouts would be
dun II run strictly according to
ruIe-Iast night, between bouts
tho announcer kept calling for
S'Haggerty"-but no one an.
Swered until the final bout, when