The Washington times., 1936-04-10

MOulhCI uOW uSCu \A1d1IAC AAN
iS-As predicted. the studios are
Beginning to concentrate on
e0lOr pictureS-with each COM
ipany among the majors COM
'Hditted to from one to three Of
the tinted features. . They're
Beginning to gag about it,.
One wag has suggested as a
theme song, 81 Love Hue-I
Love Hue-I Love Hue. Or
Aey'd have you believe that the
directors on color pictures now
scream: Don't ShOOt-until you
see the blues of their eyes"
ALI this furOre, Of course, be-
cause of Walter Wanger'S sue
aWossful Trait of the Lonesome
Pine. Louis Prima may elOpe
with the red-headed Alma Ross
on or about April 30.
Sof'he publicity departments are
Sun concentrating on the Jean
Harlow soc allied "brownette"
shade, but back on Broadway
W6d still call it plain, ordinary
inhde-don't let them fool you. =.
Hpald Flamm and Harry Hersh-
fead are on their way out-by
h6at-and expect to land here on
tk. 18th. .Mitzi Green and her
NINA, Rosie, wandered into the
BR0Wn Derby Monday nite-each
Naking haggard and drawn
tbsy've just come out of siege
oSthe flu. Joan Blondell is still
b06ded with the flu, however, and
Ihy Lanier, whose widely pub
ldzed Mill ion Dollar" legs
haven't gotten her much here ex-
cept a showgirl part in 1.-The
GSeat Ziegfeld," energies from the
hpital tomorrow. Incidentally,
Bert Lair, still blue over his frac-
tured romance, leaves for London
With Harry Kaufman-w h o e
beother, s. Jay Kaufman, is sched-
u9ed to return to Manhattan
within a few weeks. Sally Ny
nam, now known Delma Byron,
former Vanities bea ty, has
caught on at the goth Century
Fox as the result of her showing
hStwo pictures and had her con-
tract renewed for six more months
And the Ritz brothers will land
either into the Metro fold or with
Walter Wanger as matters stand
now.
Monday night was unusu-
ally dull in tOwn-PassOver
holiday. Most of the film
-61ecs and stars, Jewish and
n0n-Jewish, gathered at the
Wiltshire Bowl, where Lou
Colder acted as host at the
Seder. 1. This is an annual
SstOm with Colder ami most
Of the film colony turns out
fSR it, even members of the
finally alOOf British colony.
George Olsen and Ethel Shutta
open in the COcOnut Grove
here Monday highland prac-
tically every reservation has
been sold out. Strictly a soup
and fish Opening-aS will be
the premier of "The Great
Ziegfeld" on the 18th, at which
every SO-called celebrity in town
will be present-including
scores Of reporters from various
cities throughout the country,
invited for this occasion only
...MetrG has even arranged to
install special wire service so
that the newSmen can tele-
graph their copy from the
scene.
Vera Van headlines the Para
mount stage show here-hailed. as
another New York sensation
The gal is a native of Los Angeles,
and like most local-borns had to
go to Broadway first to gain recog-
milton on home grounds. Allan
Jeakins conceived yen to go to
Ensenada while he was at Santa
Monica The distance is hun
dredS of miles-a seven-hour auto
mobile trip to give you an idea.
Jenkins hailed a cab and ordered
the surprised cab driver to the
Mexican resort Then he kept
him and the cab and meter there
over the weekend. ALI in the
grand Hollywood manner. Junior
Laemmle was among the others
suddenly ousted out of the snooty
Sunse' Towers when new owner
ship took possession Only H. N.
SwHnson, former editor of Col
leger Humor and now an agent,
remains, refusing to obey the
custer summons Sam Marx is on
hisway to New York-when he
returns he may be elevated from
head of the scenario department
at: Metro to producerShip. Marx,
before he came to Hollywood, was
the editor Of Broadway Amuse-
mEhts.
MRS. Pat Campbell, famous
English actress who is now close
to 7O-Or perhaps past-haS
been out here for some time, un-
aNle to get a real picture break
p She is still sharp in her re-
marks and devastating in her
ffSnkness Lately, she has
been causing considerable amuse-
nnAm& with her caustic comment