The Washington times., 1936-03-23

and sails on the 4th to rejoin
Eugene Leontovich in London.
"On Notch 31st," he announces,
Eve hare merried fourteen yirrs-
to de day-joSt like two toitle
doves-and hullwayS you fallers
hare trying to break us hopp"
''When do you do this dying act?"
80, yesterday I hullreddy died
and you should believe mel am
O comic-bott whan died yaster-
day, I ham hulding Warner BeH-
ter's hand-and they got to stop
shooting because he has so notch
hamilton whan he is seeing me
die, he starts crying like a baby
for almost is minutes" Incl
dentally, in this scene one Of the
extras was actually wounded and
is now in the hospital. :.
"Poor Little Rich Girl" is fin
ished and Shirley Temple, Jack
Haley and Alice Faye are free for
their new assignments. The
Faye gal seemed upset over the
Rudy Vallee-G George White duel.
ST can't understand" she said,
"why Rudy has to get himself in
those fights all the time. I
eavesdropped on Jerry Hoffman
phoning paragraph into his Of
flee. Listen" he said, this is
hot-now look. .Shaindel KaliSch
you know, famous Yiddish star
well she's one of the new Uni
versal bunch-and this Is the
point-they've changed her name
to Ann Preston. Got that?...
Okay-well, another Universal
find Is this fellow Arthur Jacob
sen-you know, the famous Swed-
ish actor. They've changed his
name to Henry Hunter. They're
going to be featured in What
Price Parole. What's that" ?"...
Jerry turns to us. Bill wants to
know what they're changing
What Price Parole to?". Which
brings us to something that has
us constantly puzzled. Why
these studios indulge in such or
gies of name changing. For in
stance, Zero Hour" picture for
which March and Ratoff were dy-
ing a paragraph above, has been
changed to Road to Glory.
Turmoil" in which Jean HerSholt
is to be starred, has been allotted
to ."Job". And the report here Is
that when Dead End" gets into
the works, the tag will be changed
;,,a E71sOrNfO
Leo CarriIlO, out Of friendship
for Tom Mix, will join his touring
circus for the period Of one
week OnIy-as a fuIl-fledged
cIOwn-putty nose, carmined
Cheeks, patch work blOOmer-
pants, etc. They divide the
visitors to lots here in three
classes. "A, b and c.. The A
class Is for important newspa-
permen and fan magazine writer's
B class covers people sent
down with letters of intrOduc-
tion from bankers and executives
back East. C class, visiting
Chamber Of Commerce, Rotary
Club, Lions and other Organiza-
tion members The A class has
the freedom Of the place. The
BIS get to see the unimpOrtant
sets and sequences The c class
gets a free ride through the lot.
SOngwriter Lew POllack sat
with his niece at the Brown
Derby, proudly surveying and
calling attention to his present
The "present" was q complete
plastic re-chiSeling of his niece'S
nOse-his gift to her for her
birthday. AT an adjoining table
sat two Of the cuteSt youngsters
in town. Paula Stone and MitZi
Green-MitZi, guarded as usual,
by her clever and alert mama,
Rosie.
You may remember the little
French flash-Olympia Bradna'
who drew raves from the boys
when she opened in the first
French Casino show. She was
signed by Paramount and has
been here for many long weary
months. She draws her salary
weekly, but not once has she
been called to work-and in the
constant shifts of personnel the
chances are nobody knows she's
even under contract. Another
young hopeful-with definite star
ring possibilities-haS been over
looked in the constant studio
shuffle-talented Barbara Blame
who was panic at the Trocadero
couple of Sundays ago and
Immediately besieged by agents
and casting directors. This wise
little girl has decided not to risk
the heartbreaks and is returning
to New York shortly, where she
has always been in demand.
On the other hand, after many
disappointments, Barbara Pepper
has finally won herself a rea,
contract that goes for Loi'
Wilde. This department woulc
caution all ambitious youngsters
|. in the East to beware of these
Six-week and three-month con
tracts-to shun them like