Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-17

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. II. UH =
Buxom Mae Vests awe for the
dozen-and-one jinx has her studio
and booking agents behind the
eight-ball again.
Arrangements for a West personal
appearance in New York with her
new picture, go West, Young
Man." were all set, but the spot and
subsequent tentative dates in Bos-
ton, Chicago and New Orleans de-
pended on the middle-aged siren
entraining here Friday.
IT can't do it, boys" telephoned
Mae at the last minute. "I'll be
in bed all day Friday. It's the
18th" >fr
Now fixers are sweating Justify
trying to re-jigger the schedule.
They know West isn't fooling. She
lolls between silken sheets and
thinks good thoughts every Friday
13. Only last spring she kept a
production company idle full day
rather than start "Klondike Annie"
on the hoodoo day.
La West has her own code of
signs, and lives up to them to the
letter. She thinks eights are lucky
and every number connected with
her must contain an eight or add
up to eight.
She thinks that diamonds are
lucky and always wears flock of
them-she thinks Negroes are lucky
and usually has at least one in her
employ.
She thinks Mae West is lucky
for people who work with her and
has been known to congratulate
directors and cameramen on being
assigned to her pictures.
oldest of all, she thinks aids to
the feminine figure are unlucky,
and has shocked visitors by boast
ing she never uses them.
West will start her eastward trip
no earlier than Saturday, and by
train only. She refuses to fly be-
cause she thinks birds are un-
lucky.
Blushing benedicts who blow their
lines at the altar may find some
comfort in the fact Willy Old John
(The Great LoveD Barrymore fun
bled on the one-yard line in his
fourth wedding. Scuttling Off to
Yuma, Ariz., to marry 21-year-old
Elaine Barrie, Barrymore left his
wallet on the piano and had h.
borrow two bucks for the license
from the bride. He also lost the
ring, and had to borrow one from
witness to complete the ceremony.
Joan Crawford reneged on stall
wart Clark Gable, so Myrna 10y
goes opposite the pride of Cadiz
O., in "Parnell". Report is that
Crawford has an agreement with
Louis B. Mayer that the studio
won't insist on her playing a role
she doesn't fancy. Crawford is
switched to "The Last of Mrs.
Cheney" originally intended for
10y.
In step with the revived air cycle,
Paramount announced plans to do
"Cavalcade of The Air" from the
time Leonardo Da Vinci jumped off
the barn until 1885, Studio has pur-
chased Goldstrom's "Story of Avia-
ton" as basis and signed James
Norman Hall, co-author of "Mutiny
on The Bounty to do the screen
play.
Betty Douglas of Atlanta, Ca,
got into pictures by the back door
as a clothes model in a Los An
geles department store. wives of
M-G-M executives spotted the girl
doing her stuff for shoppers, and
there was no peace at home until
Douglas was screen tested. She has
a contract, now.
w. C.. Fields, ruby-nosed come
dian laid up since last spring with
pneumonia and it's aftermath will
get back in harness next February.
Fields is still in a sanitarium, but
is practically recovered except for
loss of weight. He has been as
signed to a picture called Need of
Change"
Cutting Room Scraps: Eddie
Sutherland Is directing with his arm