The Washington times., 1936-03-10

series OF PollyannlSn picture
That's why you had the gang
ster cycle-the G-Man cycle
came the leaning towards Dickens
and then the semi-claSsics 4.
Now, there is series of For
eign Legion pictures in the works
and, of course, we've just gone
through the great sea adventure
stories.
Gene Fowler has become the
RabeIaisian poet laureate Of
HOLLYWOOD. His first widely dis
cusSed offering was an ode to
the Sterilized Ann Hewitt heir.
ess. Now, copies of his latest
are at a premium around here
1t is tagged THE Testament
Of a Dying Ham," by Eneg
RelwOf Gene Fowler spelled
backwarCls) and two sample
and printable verses are as
follows:
"To the charWomGn cOmerS
to glory, the fungi adUenttStS to
screens, Who rise from the gut
ter to clog up and clutter the
boudoirs, the sidewalks, the
oreenS... to the UenomouS
merchants of Sldnder-G con-
Glaze of pd7lderino gnomeS,
DhoSe Seedy portmGnte1uS are
bulging. 1Uith cantoS-to poison
the air OF your homes. -" etc,
81 ~ 80
youngsters too, they Uarn
me
Incidentally, Fowler collects toy
whistles-hundreds of them .
His practice is to bring one to
important story conferences. and
as soon as the atmosphere be-
comes acrimonious, or the chief
begins scolding, he pulls out his
little whistle, blows on it once
or twice-and then hands it to
the gent who's doing the bawling
out, urging him to try it. The
fellow usually begins tearing his
hair-but forgets what he was
finding fault with-and every
thing moves along serenely there
after...
At the Brown Derby the
other night the photographers
were busy swapping nOtableS.
They harassed Harold Lloyd -
who didn't mind it too much -
They focused on George Raft
.. On Glenda Farrell, who, by
the way, was with Addison
Randall (refuting the inSiStence
of local paragrapherS that the
pair had drifted. But no one
paid attention to quiet
couple who watched with Wis
ible amusement. "A tall, young,
handsome gent with light
fringe of muStache and pretty
blond woman. Yet 1 recall
not So many years ago when
there was a near panic in a
Broadway night spot when the
pair entered And the New
York gazettes featured their
handsome mugs all over the
papers Rod La ROGUE and
Wilma Banky The parade has
passed them by-but they don't
seem to mind.
Like George Raft, Jimmy Gag
ney refuses to change his habits
=. Although his income is close
to a quarter of a million dollars
a year, Cagney dresses like the
average New York clerk and his
closest pals are one or two lads of
no consequence. They talk his
language, however, and he talks
theirs-and that's all he seeks. D..
Raft, too, has been criticized by
the synthetic lorgnette set for
cumming with low-brow pals of
his Broadway days. But he ad-
heres loyalty to them-and pays
all the bills.
And he's answering, too, in his
loyalty to Virginia Pine, no mat
ter what you may have heard to
the contrary. Aside from any
other reason, there's one impor-
tant reaSon-he has a mad devo-
ton to Virginia Pines little girl.
Raft in the fatherly role is some
thing to 'Watch-and soften the
heart in watching.
Carole Lombard, a prize favor
tie around here-particularly with
the newspaper set. She's tabled
regular" and good sport" in
quarters and will do anything
daring and reckles on the slight
est provocation-without spelling
the impression that she's the per
feet lady. Joan Crawford, who
was not too we'll liked until re-
Gently, has also won herself the
favor of the newspaper crowd and
the local regulars because of her
"good sport" qualities. Kath-
arine Hepburn, however, has lost
out with the gang" who will not
believe that her chronic aloffness
is anything but pose. &. They will
take it from Garbo-but not from
the former Hartford gal. Mar
lene Dietrich's occasional idiosyn-
crasies are tolerated -. Norma
Shearer, who does not mix fre-
uuently, is held in high estimation.
nevertheless. Joan Blondell is
considered a swell egg. Kay
Francis is the private yearn of
half of Hollywood's male popula-
ton. Ann Sothern is considered
one of filmdom's cutest and most
lovable younger stars. and get
ting to be one of the most pop
ular of ali Hollywood youngsters
is our own little Dixie Dunbar.
They lose all sense Of values
here and the result is ridiculous
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