Evening star., 1936-08-16

Life doesn't matter any
more We've met Patsy Kelly
l. Il She's as funny off the screer
as she is on. Funnier! Nor does she
have illusions of grandeur.
mo, I don't want to play Juliet!'
she said yesterday at the Twentieth
Century-Fox studios. why should
play Juliet? Do look like Juliet?"
Frankly, Miss Kelly doesn't. But
shes not by any means an unattrac-
tive young woman. Her eyes are bright
Her smile Is warm. Her tongue is
quick. And she laughs with the best
Of them.
Furthermore, she has an ideal. And
she met that ideal yesterday. Jane
withers is the name.
And" said Miss Kelly, next to
meeting Garbo, I got the greatest kick
Of my life"
Others feel that way about Jane
withers out here. She's rapidly ap-
preaching Shirley Temple so far as
popularity is concerned.
Miss Kelly was sitting in studio
chair watching the Yacht Club Boys
remember them at the Earle not so
long ago?) 60 through their PAGES.
She watched and she laughed, and
Director David Butler laughed with
her, and it seemed more or less all
around that "Pigskin Parade" the
name of the Aim, by the way, will be
q major success. The music played,
and the Yacht Club Boys sang. And
but for the fact that one Of the but
tons on one of their sweaters fell off
with loud pop" all went well. Be-
hind them one of those silent orches-
tras footed away to the sounds Of the
''playback machine" The extras
swayed back and forth in perfect time,
and outside Dixie Dunbar rehearsed
a scene with Johnny Downs, former
boy-actor, now a man.
Has Avoided Film.
Miss Kelly is, Of course. short and
moderately square. She hasn't seen
that tooth-pulling comedy which was
shown at the Palace a couple Of
months ago, because" said she,
"that was the last comedy Thelma
CTodd) and I did together" She
says, however, that that was Miss
Todd's happiest week, that she laughed
her head off at the "rushes" brushes
are the private showings of the scenes
after they are completely and that
when she patsy Kelly gets over the
hurt of Miss Todd's death she will
run like mad to see the film.
Miss Kelly chatted on for dear
life and her audience sat there trans
fixed. Her dress was dark blue. Her
shoes we're blue. And, so help us,
II she had been Garbo we couldn't
have been more pleased.
From there to Harry Brandt's Office
twho sends his all to Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur De Titta) via the Office Of
smooth, efficient AL, Parmenter. And
then. after we are invited to visit
the Dionne quintuplets in Canada
(they are about to do a new film)
the hour arrives to visit Rosalind
Russell and John Boles on the Craig S
Wife" set at Columbia.
Miss Russell is going through her
toughest scene. In a white dress,
trim, slim and handsome, she has
TO tell Massa Boles that he is q sell
nsh, boorish loaf" This she does
Gas they do in many films) as the
cameras prey upon her, as she gives
her all, and the man to whom she
Is talking sits on the sidelines and
plays tiddlywinks.
Mr., Boles, as a matter Of fact, isn't
doing that He Is telling about his
trip to Norfolk and the Southern
towns he visited with the Barrons
when he came to d. C.-and while
he Is being called a big bad wolf he
Is also saying what grand time he
had in Washington and how much
he enjoyed the hospitality Of the
Barrons and other good people.
Remembers ID. C. Shows.
Miss Russell. after being bad be-
fore the camera, then comes around
and Is good in person. A jolly, at
tractive romantic looking young lady
with eyelashes that spring from here
10 Brooklyn, she is far handsomer on
the screen than she is on (although
ahs Is likely to be q honey In "Craig's