The Washington times., 1936-03-04

Now that the racing season Is
over, the town is settling back to
normal. 1t is estimated that more
than % millions of dollars was
wagered at the track alone during
the run of the bangtails, and it
is no secret that local merchants
are none too pleased, and if they
had their way would like to draw
the curtain down permanently on
the race track here. Their Squawk
is that it takes money away from
them-very little finding its way
pto their Golfers. On the other
pnd, it spurred hotel and restau-
fant and night club business so
that it was almost impossible to
secure adequate lodgings. and in
the better restaurants there was
usually a waiting line.
We drove back to the film
capital yesterday to find that
most Of the cinamadOm which
had not fled to Palm Springs
for the weekend had cOngre-
gated at two big partieS-One at
Mervyn LerOy-the other, a ges-
ture by FranchOt and Joan
Crawford Tone about which we
made some comment earlier in
the week Helen Costello will
start a vaudeville tour on the
18th, in a sketch with Monroe
Owsley playing opposite her.
Howard DietZ is speeding back
to New York. Doris Dudley
may journey out here within
the next few days to join her
fiance, Sidney Kingsley, and the
delayed merger may take place
when she arrives. Bill Robin
son was the chief guest star at
the TrOcaderO Sunday night and
tore down the house Paul
Warburg is here and is being
guided around by Walter
Wanger HarpO Marx, reading
the news dispatch that Japan's
Premier was alive after all, his
brother-in-law receiving the as
Sassin's bullets, chirped: Even
Japan has gone Hollywood
look, the Premier had a stand
in!"
Ted Healy pulled a Hollywood
faux pas by few injudlclous wise
cracks at the Metro affair Salty
nite-remarks which might have
passed off in Broadway and been
greeted with giggles, but you can't
do that out here. However, be-
fore the end of the night, the mat
ter was Strengthened out-and at
this writing all is forgiven. Max
MARGIN, with a script by foreign
author in his pocket, which most
of Hollywood was seeking, tried
vainly for three days to see a
leading producer whom the author
wanted to have first whack at the
book. The producer gave MARGIN
the customary lin conference" or
"out of town" stall, and finally
MARGIN sold it to another com
pany. The litter is that all dur
ing those three days the producer
had been telephoning and wiring
frantically to New York, to Lon
don and to Paris trying to locate
that very script.
Billy Rose is in town and
studios have placed special
guards around their elephants.
Lucienne Boyer is scheduled to
bring her husky Gallo chants to
the Clover Club here when
Benay Ventua's engagement
terminates. Al Woods might
Of January 10th" opened Sunday
night. Among those who per-
formed jury duty for the first
performance were Leo CarrillO,
Tom Mix. Fred Stone, Pat
O'Brien, Frank Craven, Jesse
Lasky and others. The jury
voted acquittal for the girl. =.
Among those whom we met at
the B-Bar-H Ranch was Ed
KnOpf, writer and brother Of
Publisher Alfred KnOpf. They
tell an interesting story Of how
he lost his arm. Ed served hero
ically during the war without
suffering a scratch Then one
day, long after the armiStice,
while in a toy store, he noticed
among other gadgets a hand
grenade, inspection of which
startled him-fOr it carried its
full charge and the pin was
dangerously loose He picked
it up to carry it out to safety
and it went off, shattering his
hand and arm. Your CORE
spOndent passed a pleasant enuf
hour Sunday evening playing
Backgammon with Howard Gull
man, among those here on mys-
teriOuS missions, and is pleased
to announce that he vanquiShed
the Roxy receiver by a skillful
manipulation of the dice.
Backgammon Expert Mark Hell
linger, please nOte-and chafe).
Hollywood still insists that al,
though B. P. Schulberg's constant
companion in public places is Ia
mara, the tiff between him and
Sylvia Sidney is temporary and
that the two will be seen together
again shortly. Greta Garbo is
due back here probably within
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