The Washington times., 1936-03-21

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US "The Last Roundup"...
Morros let us touch the famous
rosary Of amber beads which he
carries with him constantly. It
was presented to him by RaSputin
when Boris was a fiddler for the
late czar .. Touching it, Is the
legend, brings you luck in any
thing you undertake for the mo-
ment. Among those who have
tried its magic have been Gary
Cooper, Bing Crosby, Miriam Hop
kins, Rudy Vallee, Marlene Die
trich and others. Only one per-
son refused to believe in its magic
charm, although Boris begged her
to touch it for luck just before
her personal appearance at the
New York Paramount. She laid
one Of the costliest eggs in the
theater's hiStory-Gloria Swanson
.. .MorroS may return to New
York shortly to supervise Para
mounts most pretentious musical
Carmen" which will be filmed
In the Eastern studios because
Morros wants Leopold Stokowsh
to conduct and the Philharmonic
to play the score 1t would be too
expensive to bring the musicians
to Hollywood.
In the Paramount cOmmiSSary.
Rochelle Hudson sits beside Di-
rector Eddie Sutherland -. An
exquisite beauty this Hudson gal
and the report still persists
that Harry Richman II the man
Of her affections. Director Wes-
ley Ruggles joins the group
which also includes white-haired
Skeets Gallagher, . grinning
papa, who pOurs out his appreCi-
alton for the few lines in this
department recently concerning
his two precOciOus offspring.
At another table, Directors Nor
man TaurOg and Lewis Mile
stone are in . huddle and at .
back table is SOngbird Frances
LangfOrd with Ken DOlan, her
manager-a chap who has been
tOrching for this talented canary
since those days back in New
York when she was singing at
cSbaretS like the Rivera and
the Hollywood. But as stated
here several times, the LangfOrd
gal has eyes and ears and heart
for nobody except young Tony
Martin, . singing lad just COM
ing into his own. Later on the
Poppy" set, but w. C. Fields Is
mot in action. Executives are
loathe to admit it-but Fields
continues to ail-and he works
for only brief periods.
Winnie Gardiner, who flew
back to New York last week and
stayed only a few hours to settle
the estate left by her uncle, is
back here and leaves shortly for
Mexico City Hollywood para
graphers who insist Raft and Vir-
Rinia Pine had split have finally
come around to the reluctant con-
firmation of this dept'S statement
that the two are now closer than
ever and will probably let the
preacher tie the knot before the
Summer is over On the other
hand, Jerry Wald telephones
frantically to protest we were
completely wrong when we limited
he and his bride were parting, ex-
planning she has gone to New
York merely to be with ailing
parents and that there isn't a
chance Of a rift Nat Ferber
devotes a chapter in his book now
being readied to an evening
papers Broadway columnist now
in Hollywood. ..
For the first time since we've
been seeing her around in the
nite-SpOts, the glamOrOuS Mar
lene Dietrich lived up to the
much-abuSed description. We
have never seen her look more
beautiful or more seductive
than Tuesday night at the
TrOcaderO as she danced with
Count Sapagna. Irving Berlin,
Sam Katz and his wife, Sari
&SAoSA ASAeSO AVAA0 NA0yCA WCAC
others in the party which, by
the way, was in celebration Of
the Martha gals birthday. =.
The Cuban orchestra, misunder.
standing, played "Here Comes
the Bride" changing only after
frantic shouts from the table
to the standard Happy Birth
day to You" AT another table
sat Everett Marshall, from
whom they hope great things
here, and certainly he has some
of the qualifications in the Opin-
ion Of this biased observer -
for the fellow has acquired some
Of the Hollywood snObbiShness
and egOtiSm - acquired it, in
fact, before he came out to
Hollywood. hat should drive
him to great heights IL he