The Washington times., 1936-03-30

others present.
Another colorful evening at the
Tracadero (and incidentally, Il
too much attention seems to be
paid to this mite spot in these
columns, it must be remembered
that the night life Of Hollywood
centers chiefly here and the
Glover Club-and to q lesser
degree in the Casanova and Louis
Prima's Famous Door For
the first time since we've been
here, Joan Crawford and Franchot
Tone made an appearance, dane.
ing together most Of the night ). /.
The Crawford honey never looked
more seductive In her life-draw-
ing admiring comments even from
other femmeS around the place. a..
She even stole the play away from
Marlene Dietrich floating and
melting In the arms Of young
Willis Goldbeck The other
familiar twoSome, Barbara Stan
wyck and Robert Taylor. were also
here this evening. Nancy Car
roll danced by and Cy Bartlett
chirped: Tell Quent Reynolds I'm
taking Nancy to the premiere OF
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the copyright owner" Gregory
Ratoff appears with the column in
which we devoted a few para.
graphs to him recently and tries
to impress Walter Wanger who
holds his nose delicately between
two fingers as he reads
Gene Raymond phones &.
"Sobol, there's a swell oculist on
Sunset blvd.-wait there a few
minutes and I'll call and take you
over.". ."1 don't get you-what's
the gag?". IF you saw me in
Palm Springs driving with a
brunette in my lap kissing my
cheek, you need glaSSeS-I wasn't
in Palm Springs this weekend. y.
II was as close to you when you
drove by as I am to this phone"
-. "Wel1, then I must have a twin
brother floating around loose-it
wasn't me. i don't ride in open
cars with brunetteS on my lap
it's too tough on the nerves" :.
Clifton Webb is Dietrich's COM
panion at the Vendome-probably
returning the goodbye luncheon
she gave him when she thought
she was leaving for New York last
week. .Adolphe Menjou and Yer
rec Teasdale, Fred Astaire, Paul
Warburg, Ricardo Cortez, Richard
Dix, Mrs. Chico Marx, Francine
Larrimore are other MONDAY
luncherS Exotic Tamara has
this New York exile as her COM
panion and spends most Of the
period rebuking him for linking
her name so constantly with B. p.
Schulberg, who, she explains, has
her under contradictory for pic.
tureS-a contract good until June
1st. Tamara, who came here in
November, was to have had the
feminine lead in Suffers Gold"
which opened at Sacramento
Tuesday night-but was ambu-
lanced to a hospital instead upon
her arrival and the part fell to
Binnie Barnes.
The divorce suit Of Marion
M. Gering and Dorothy Libaire
Is being aired here today. And
the former Dolores Rey, one Of
the Hollywood Restaurant grad
uates, is suing Ralph Farnum
for more alimOny Joan Alb
bOtt came into town yesterday
and Brown Derbied last night
with Joe Lewis and Charlie
Adler Of the Yacht Club Boys
:. Adler was in q mild fume
over newspaper eulOgies Of Har-
old Arlen and Zip Harburg for
authOring 81 Wanna Singa"
which this department hinted
two weeks ago would blaze
across the country. Adler in
siStS the song was written by
the Yacht Club Boys in col
IabOratiOn with Arlen and Har.
burg and advises that ads to
that effect are to be inserted in
all trade papers. The Abbott
gal, incidentally, opens tonight
I'm the Club Casanova succeed
ing Martha Raye who leaves for
her picture assignment in the
new Bing Crosby film.
Sid Silvers drops into our suite
for a chat. "You know what I
thought up all by myself? A guy
coming to Hollywood for a visit
spends half his time shaking
hands hello and the other half
shaking hands goodbye. Geof-
frey Bernard, British Gaumont
exec who is still here, admitted to
us that the proposal Of England
to bar all American writer's for
the British screen was nothing
short of suicidal. IF carried
through, it will be fatal. It's silly
any way you look at it,. .Mitzi
Green and her mama who said
they were in Hollywood for only a
few days have fingered on for sew
eral weekS-loath to leave.
Mitzi'S occasional escort Is still
young George Sidney, jr. i. Holly
wood has already leaped to con-
clusions because it saw Alice Faye
out with Everett Marshall the
other night. It's a laff.
Now that Roger Pryor, jr., has
been aired by his wife, the film
colony il certain he and Ann
SOthern will take the long
march But the SOthern
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