The Washington times., 1936-08-06
ACTRESS LIST 5
BEST 10 OF
HOLLYWOOD
Court to Rule Monday
on Admitting Volume
As Evidence
BY FRED ]. WALKER
Copyright. 1895 by International
News Service)

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rated in a numerical best 10" of
Hollywood, with details explaining
the selection by the glamorouS
film actress, International News
Service learned exclusively today.
A set of four pages Of the
diary which auburn-haired. attrac-
tive Mary identified on the wit
ness stand as her product, con-
tains references to the rating
Of the handsome men Of film
dom, it was further revealed.
Ruling on Monday
Superior Judge Goodwin j.
Knight is scheduled to rule Mon
day, when the trial resumes, on
the admissibility, in whole or in
part, of the diary. Miss AStor is
fighting to regain custody OF her
small daughter from her former
husband. DR.. Franklyn Thorpe,
who obtained the child last year
as part of an uncontested divorce
action. One person said:
"Many of Miss AstOr'S former
Hollywood friends are quite con-
cerned as to what she might
have written in her 4OO-page
manuscript about them in view
of the fact they were given
ratings"
The racy procession of words
about the great and near great OF
HollyWood'S world of make believe
is featured by many revlSlonS in
the standings of the first TO- and
some of them even were later dis
qualified" from further consldera-
ton as new candidates for charm
ratings" approached the lime
light, The informant continued:
"Their faces are red because
many of them are regarded as
outstanding he men in the
screen world and a poor rating
naturally might be embarraS-
sing.
I'm fact, the most panic
stricken persons in the film col
Ony are not alarmed so much
about being called to testify
about their acquaintance with
Miss AStOr as they are about
their position on the list with
reference to competitive act
OrS."
DENIES BEING LURED
The custody battle was enllV-
ened today by a flat denial by
DR.. Thorpe of a published story
quoting him as stating he was
"l11red" into marriage with Miss
Astor in 1881. He also repu-
dated a statement attributed to
him in which a famous Holly.
wood man was termed a moral
nihilist" for an alleged affair
with Miss Astor.
Neither statement appeared in
the exclusive interview given by
the doctor to International News
service, in which he described tell
ing George S. kaufman, noted
New York and Hollywood play
wright, to discontinue an affair
with Miss AStor. kaufman is
under subpoena to testify.
/. The office of Will H. Hays,
film GEAR" announced hands
off" policy.
2. Attorney Joseph Anderson,
counsel for DR.. Thorpe revealed
that during the next day or two
some of the noted film stars
mentioned in Miss AStorS diary
will be subpoenaed.
3, Attorney Roland Rich Wool
ley, who represents Miss Astor,
made public an additional list
of Tampa and Sulphur Springs,
Fla, residents whose dispositions
will be taken in an attempt to
prove DR.. Thorpe's marriage to
the actress, in 1881, was illegal
because he already had a wife"
Announcement by Hays Motion
Picture Producers Association
that it had not been asked to act
in the case and therefore was lg-
noring it, followed reports an out
of-court settlement was being
urged because of the possible ad-
verse effect the testimony and
diary might have on the reputa-
tions of featured players.
Process servers were still being
held at bay today at the Sanltar-
ium where John Barrymore is con-
valeScing from a heart ailment.
Anderson wants him as witness.
Wooley said the new witnesses
who have knowledge" that DR..
Thorpe was married to Mrs. Lii
liam Lawton Miles in Florida, or
introduced her as his wife, are
Joe Carter, G. E. Rankin and Mr..
and Mrs. Robert O'Neil, all of
Tampa or Sulphur Springs.
DR.. Thorpe emphatically denied
being married to Mrs. Miles, who
is the widow of an Army officer,
or having contracted common
law marriage with her as charged
by Miss Astor. He left Florida
for Hollywood in 1929.
Say First Wife Died
Mrs. Miles, attractive 35-year-old
mother of boy in his teens, was
one of the four women who spent
the night in DR.. Thorpe's bedroom
following the divorce, according
to testimony by Nellie Richardson,
q nurSemaid.
Friends of DR.. Thorpe insisted
today he was married before meet
ing Miss AStor but that his first
wife died.