The Washington times., 1936-03-12

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Up until a year ago, one Holly
wood youngster was our chief con
tributor from the film colony
An eager kid, who in addition tc
the news he sent us once or twice
a week, used to pour out his woes
in long personal letters Per
haps we could get him some sort
Of job as q Hollywood correspond
ent or a berth on a New York
newspaper After q time we
paid him a regular salary until as
we say, little more than a year
ago, when for economic reasons
we stopped Today he is one
Of the highest paid air commen
tators from Hollywood, and has
signed long-term contract with
Fox Movietone to be the narrator
with Hollywood gossip shots, at 9
fancy weekly salary . He Is quite
the punkins here, nova power
John Fidler-and, as you might
has little time to waste or
q mere visiting columniSt from
the provincial town of New York
Little more than a year ago
we devoted a paragraph to the
pluck Of a beautiful little girl
who within the space Of less
than nine months had under
gone seven serious major opera
tiOnS . Came up smiling,
after each one, ready for the
next Valiantly, she fought
the desperate fight for life .
When next 1 heard from her
she was in Atlantic City-in a
wheel chair Life certainly
seemed to offer nothing prom
ising to this beautiful lamb, but
her occasional letters to this re-
porter breathed hope and op-
timiSm so much so that it would
shame us when we felt a bit
depressed over a trivial setback
Then she went to Cali
fOrnia-chiefly because the doc
tors wanted her to take advant-
age Of the fairly even and kindly
temperature But her money
had given out, the source of her
slim income had dried up-and,
although her health had re-
turned, she was facing an eco
nOmic crisis Now began q
battle for recognition and .
place in the Hollywood film sun
-. This was even tougher than
her fight for life She won
out last week She was signed
on a long term contract to be-
come the new serial queen .
Starting Friday, she will be
starred In a series of adventure
films by Republic Pictures .
The newspapers are beginning
to break with handsome pub
1icity about this new find ,
The only change in her is the
addition Of an sc" to her name
Lois Wild becomes Lois
Wilde-and you will hear a great
deal about her as the months
go by
When a famed director went
home one afternoon with a slight
headache he gave it little thought
He didn't return to his. studio
work for more than five months
only the other day, in fact. Dur
Ing those five months dozens o,
doctors-the finest specialists II
the country-puzzled over his un
usual malady. None could dag
nose it. He hoVered between lif(
and death. Finally, Mayo Clinic
specialists entered the case anc
won his battle for him. One othel
person was afflicted with the
same puzzling malady even before
him. The newspapers devoted
much more space to her case thar
to this fellow's-for she was 6
beautiful girl-a glamorous figure
=. Director Leo McCarey is curec
today. Edwina Booth is still very
Ill. But she is to have every
chance for life, with the Mayt
Clinic specialists giving her thu
same cure which saved McCarey'.
life. And, unknown to her, th(
expensive treatments are beins
paid for by McCarey.
Groucho Marks youngster is al
Independent young soul. His lat
est yearn is for a rifle. II woulC
ike to have a rifle" he informed
his papa. You can't have it,
said Groucho> .."I wanna hav'
one" insisted the kid :. "Yol
can't have it," snapped Groucht
%. Well, I want one. "As loni
as I'm boss Of this house." roardec
Groucho, you won't have a rifle
-. "You give me a rifle" roaret
the kid, "and you won't be boss O
this house."
HOllywOOd'S pet silly now 60
ing the rounds has three inti-
mate pals out on an orgy of
Souse. First, they started on
brandies, then they went out
for martins, varied the routine
with some champagne, and
ended up on straight rye. One
finally gave up and went home.
The other two spent the next
two hours fighting with each
other trying to decide which
one of them had gone home.