Evening star., 1936-08-13


II 13.-Where are the so-called
"orgies" that Hollywood used
L Il to have? What has become
Of those fabulous parties which
rumor once had you believe were the
bane of Hollywood? Where is the
cinema slicker who tossed braWlS
down along Malibu Beach within hail
ing distance of Mortified Los Angeles
widows whose boarding houses quiv-
cred at the sound Of revelry? Where
are the mad, bad orchestras which
struck up the music. the cocktails
which ran out of every nook and
Granny, the blonds who were couple
of Jumps ahead of Sally Rand and
the wee small hours which saw the
dawn break all over these things?
Where are they? They frankly are
no more. Or, if they are, they are
tucked away in some secluded solitude
out of reach of the stars who today
make up the fun and hustle and tur-
moil of this amazing community.
The Sunday party is today's most
popular recreation. And the most
sought after invitation Is the one
which bids you to Brentwood, there to
meet the guests Joan Crawford and
Franchot Tone have assembled under
their roof. Instead of an all-night
frolic, such as Hollywood used to
know, here the guests are asked for
a late luncheon, to play badminton, or
swim, and then are invited to an
early supper, to see, perhaps, a film
afterward and then every one goes
home. 1t Is an informal, healthy,
athletic day, and one which Is gen.
orally recognized as being the incest
way to entertain more than handful
pf friends.
1t Was Foggy, But
Last Sunday 1t was warm, the early
morning Hollywood fog had rolled
Into the Pacific, and the bright-col-
bred sunken gardens Of the Crawford
Tone home seemed unusually we'll set
of around the clear blue-green water
Of the pool.
The John Bealses we're the first to
arrive. Then came Sally Blame and
her husband, Norman Foster: Ran
dolph Scott (Who admitted, by the
way, that he had been in Washington
month ago and asked if that wasn't
Mrs. Dudley Skolton he saw at the
airport when he got off the plane Git
was), Music Maestro Wayne King
and his attractive wife, Bostons Bob
Abbott, Hollywood's Jerry Asher, Mr..
and Mrs. George Murphy (there's
good actor, and finally, Francis Led
erer, bringing with him that popular
young actress known as Margo.
The party began at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon and was over before mid
night. During that time Miss Craw-
ford and Randolph Scott had taken
Messrs. Tone and Murphy over the
Jumps at Badminton, Margo had told
about her new seven-year contract
with R-K-O, Mr.. Lederer had dis
cussed his world peace plan, politics in
Washington and the new film based
on the life of Strauss, which he may
do for Metro: Mr. and Mrs. Beal had
trimmed each other at ping pong (first
one and then the other), some one
1--WE forget who) had gone indoors
and played all the music from the
Rose Marie" Joan c. had revealed
the darkest sunburn Of the season,
hadn't cared two pence even If the
burn did bring out all those freckles;
the girls had worn bathing suits and
the men swimming trunks, there had
been beer and sandwiches for lunch,
the game of "knock-knock" had been
spread all over the lawn, there had
been cocktails and then dinner served
In the new dining room which looks
sover the terrace and the pool and,
finally, after liqueurs and Boston's
Nathaniel Saltonstalls had made their
appearance together with Kansas
.City's William Kemper, jr., there had
been showing Of "Spendthrift" (eye-
yeye-yeyeD in the playhouse" after
which every one went home.
Hopeful For Film.
"The Gorgeous Hussey." which by
premiere soon in Washington, will be
previewed here later on this week.
Miss Crawford seems rather hopeful
about it.
So went Sunday in Hollywood, and
the people who weren't at the Tone
party were over with the Frank
shields at the westside Club, and
there exhibition tennis matches were
held and beer and more tennis and
those who had to 60 to the studios in
the early morning went home at 9.
O'Clock.
Otherwise the town has been up to
its neck in the American Legion con-
vention. Mondays parade was long
and colorful, and the hotel has been