The Washington times., 1936-04-17

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debut at the Coconut Grove was
the towns chief ermined and
ssabled event, drawing the fency
skerridge trade (they soak you halt
q buck to park your car on the
hotel grounds Miss Nancy Car
ron, for the first time IN months
was escorted by her former swain
Van Rensselaer, Smith and Miss
Anita Counihan by Mr.. Bob Tap
,linger-with Mr.. Cy Bartlett no
where in sight. 1t was an evening
tof romantic upSetS, so to Speak-it
its worth speaking about at all
l.. For the second consecutive
night Miss Lillian Emerson lex
sHart) was with Philip Reed and,
according to established Holly
wood gossip standards, this con-
stitutes a courtshlp. Lively young
Betty Cradle was floor drifter In
the arms Of lanky young Jackie
Coogan, and Mr.. Bert Wheeler
with Miss Sally Haines didn't even
take the pains this time to deny
that their elopement Is scheduled
for some time next week. Miss
Esther Muir and Mr.. Sam Coslow,
her groom; Miss Alice Fay and Mr.
Joe Rivkin; Mr.. VIM. Anthony Ma
guire, Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour Felix,
the Sigmund Rombergs, Bert Ly'
tell, and Grace Menken, the
Charles Winningers, Edgar Allen
Wolff, John Medbury, and at least
stwo-dozen former Broadway agents
now Hollywood citizens were others
occupying choice tables.
An impoverished little church
IN Los Angeles, st. Elizabeth's,
interposed no objection to have
four Of its choir boys act 40 ex.
tras In Dancing Pirate, and
even the priest sat in on detail
:. The money received from the
studio went toward . new altar
:. This, incidentally, is the pic
ture in which Charles Collins,
Fred stones son-ln-Iaw, makes
his debut a. the leading prinCi-
/ Pal.
I Bert Taylor and his bride, Olive
Mcclure, Joined the MONDAY
1unchers at the Vendonle-juSt in
from Honolulu. They'll linger Tor
p while before returning to New
York :. John Steinberg comes
lover-having won o wager-that
he could halt hiccups within. two
isninlltAs The remedy is simple
and according to Steinherg never
fails -. Simply o spoonful Of
vinegar gulped raw and sharp. :.
Ralph Farnum Is with Walter c.
kelly (.'The Virginia judged
lFarnum is still in court difficulties
with his ex.wife, the former
dolores Rey, Of the Hollywood
Restaurant She seeks additional
salimony Director Bill Howard
sits with the veteran Snowman,
John Considine, who in 20 or 30
years has never failed to order
finan haddie regularly for lunch
!. Merle Oberon, KEITH GaIl1an,
Alice Joyce, Walter Wanger, are
Others in the place this noon.
Outside stand the gaping tourists
= hundreds Of them - elderly
women, young girls, middle-aged
men - waiting patiently, some
stimes for hours, to watch film
celebrities enter and leave. And
'sat least once a week there is one
rwhite-haired, distinguished-lo ooking
woman. who will stand with the
ecrowd, directing her lorgnettes on
the film people.
Oracle Barrie completed her
. face, voice and posture tests
] for Universal with favorable re-
action. Paramount Is now seek 9
ing to test sOngbird Gertrude
/ Niesen, who has held alOOf from
! the pictures thus far. Natalie
] Carson, Brooklyn girl, plucked
from little stock companies
! around New York, has arrived
{ with q six months contract
from Metro, which tested her
s I'm New York. Incidentally,
{ Universal, under the new regime.
/ lS leading the field I'm signing
new faces and new talent. The
] attractive woman at the Olsen
! Shutta opening, who wore a
! fortune in emeraldS, exciting
considerable buzz, was Eugenia
J Clair Smith, the Arbuckle heir.
{ ess, and the handsome gent
with her was Kurt KaScnar,
/ Viennese prOtege of Max Rein
{ hardt. The two will probably
announce their engagement any
/ day. Eddie Cantor loses his
! Parkyarkarkas to Joe Penner-
. the pair being co-starred in the
"Duck SaIeSman's" first picture
{ In his R..K..0. tie-up-sOme-
I thing called for the present,
"The ASsassins" e.. The new
! Douglas airplane sleeper, which
has been tested for months, Is
/. now ready for service and will
I go ON regular route to New
3 York next week-but this re-
porter will still take his time
{ via train. .Understand March
] Lachman Is planning to fly
back again to Hollywood shortly
T. -. The town Is puzzled by
Clark Gables apparent alOOf-
l ness from rOmance-as q matter
- Of fact, the fellow hasn't been
seen at any Of the mite spots for
M weeks and rarely at the noon
places. This may or may not
n be due to the fact that he has
been working pretty consistently
IS since his return and has had
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