The Washington times., 1936-03-18

Henry WilcOxen and tawny-
haired Sheila Browning are
aflame. ROb't Taylor lunched
at the Metro cOmmiSSary with
Irene Hervey - the first time
since their rift-and immediate
ly the conclusion was that the
romance was blazing again: but
that night, and every night
since, his companion was and
MaS been Barbara Stanwyck.
RumOr that the Jerry Walds are
drifting Dan Winkler and the
wealthy widow, Mrs. Don Lee,
are a current twOsOme =. Louise
Benefits final divorce papers
arrived in the mail. Muriel
D'Orsay will get her divorce in
California. From Vienna drifts
word that Norman Kerry, hero
Of the silent pics. has recOnciled
with Bush" Wells, his eStranged
bride. Jack Larue and Connie
Simpson are flaming anew. .
Doris Dudley was inspected by
Katharine Hepburn Friday night
and even treated with cOrdiality
=. As a result, upon the compile
tiOn Of her Guild contract, her
first R.K.O. assignment here will
be the role of twin sister to Hep
pie in Portrait Of a Rebel"
incidentally, as q gratuitOuS gig
gle, your correspondent came
close to landing in the hOOSegOw
with his guests. Jack Kriend-
ler, forced to catch q plane back
to New York, was unable to pay
for the rental Of his car, but dis
patched the Dudley gal with the
auto to return it, inStructing her
to ask for the bill and have it
forwarded to him. Instead. the
rental man came StOrming up to
our apartment where, only after
half an hours cajOling and
threatening, was he diSSuaded
from calling the cops and placing
US all under arrest as accessories
after or before something or
other having to do with not pay.
ing for a car. This would have
landed MesSrS. Cy Bartlett. Sid
Kingsley, your reporter, and the
Misses Dudley and Pat Wilder
behind bars. / presume, because
it appears there's some sort Of
gOOfy law here that makes the
first person you meet responsible
for anything you want to hold
him responsible fOr!!
Filmdom has already gotter
wind of the astounding success
of Benny Fields at the Holly
wood Restaurant and it is a.
much current talk here as in New
York-each returning burgher OF
visitor carrying the glad tiding!
of the remarkable comeback Of
a nice fellow who was alway;
Pat De Cicco is out o.
the Arthur Lyons organization
and becomes an agent on hi
own. .Margot Grahame won &
little over $1,000 in one of the
more obscure gambling places anc
demanded that her winnings bt
handed to her in silver dollars. {.
It took a couple of hours to as
semble the silver disc-and Sht
carried them home in two bags.
of comebacks, ALA Nazi
nova left this town beaten BY
studio politics some years ago.
She returns in Ghosts" in which
she has been starring sensation
ally-and has had the satisfac
ton o. rejecting several attrac
tive movie bids-but they'll gel
her yet-there's too much money
floating around here when they
want you badly enuf. Nancy Car
roll walking into the Brown Derby
night, found herself haltec
by Jack Kirkland, her ex-spouSe
who complained she had failec
to give him her new private tele
phone number. Half an houl
later at the fights, she sat 6
row in front of Van Rensselaer,
Smith. who, until comparatively
recently. was scheduled to be hel
new groom. The Santa Monica
Beach was jammed with bather.
yesty-in case you're wearing YOU
galoshes back home!!!