The daily independent., 1936-10-13
MARY ASFORI IS
0VE!} THE HILL
IN COMEBACK
r. HENRY SUTHERLAND
limited Press Hollywood
Correspondent

trcss Mary Astor's screen career
not only survived sensations CT
her "lavcnacr loVc diary" but
prccitcd By them. it appears, as
she is cast in another Sam Cod
wyn "supcr-colossal."
Tie picture is Stella DaN"S,
which sprcutcd q number of stars
among them Ronald CONAN, IN
silent days q decade ago.
Producer Goidwyn was on pms
ana needles two mCnthS ago when
he had Astor deep in his S930,oCO
"DodSworth' during Ch2 day Whltc
the dark haired actress spent h~r
evenings in a court fight over Gus
socv Of ncr foUr-ycar-o}d d2ugh-
ter. Malilyr, with her c,;-huzband'
Dr.. FrsnKIyn Thorpe.
Predictions flew thick and fast
at the time that Ast0r was al!
washed Up on the screen. If II"
HAS office didn't b!aokball her,
wcIncn's c.u0s throughout the
country wouId. said wiscacrcS.
At length the kSt0r-Thorpe case
was settled, repoitcd'y through
mediation cf the late NyinG Thai
hay1. ana Cio,dwyn rushed "DodS-
/ w2?t..t" tc exhibitors D month
ahead CT tine, in mid-Snptcinbtr,
/ hoping fcy the bet. Since then
t,,c p:ctur2 las b2cn Cleaning Up
( n spectacular fashion.
A5tor's court publicity may CT
..&y not have he'd It's effect, since
/ "CoIsw0yth" was rated A-pius in
/ it-olf. even aside frCm the draw
.ng power Of Walter HH5ton and
/ Ruth Cn&tiCYtCn. Insiders Say q
n2tsfr test viii bC AStOr'S next pic
tluH. Lady From Nowhere" Co.
I lumbiaD. which IS still 10 b re-
leased.
/ Goidwyn. however, appears con-
vinced Aston is hot. for with the
possible exception Of Cay Cooper
as mae lead. tho producer SAYS:
Hiss Asto- Will probably be the
Only screen name in the cast. l
am planning to discover all other
members as I did in the silent
version II years ago
Besides Colman, players who
made names in the 1925 Stella
Dallas" were Jean FCr5hOlt, Belle
Bennett. Douglas Fairbanks. Jr.,
Lois Moran and Alice Joyce.
Th0ac reports that Dixie Dan
bar. dancing daughter Of Atlanta,
Ga. will marry William Davis.
Beverly Hills automobile dealer.
are a source Of amusement to
Hollywood and Of irritation TO
Dunbar. They we're Skillfully cir
CulaCed by q disgrUntiCd Dunbar
boy friend.
Miles N2ndcr, English actor
director. Signed a long-tCrmcI
with 2Oth Ccntuy-FoN. Mander
directed Freddie Bartholomew end
Madeleine Carroll IN carly English
pictures, ard discovered Merle
Oberon. yankinG the g2l out of an
English extra line du"ing q pic
turC called Fascination" which
will probably be news to that same
Sam Go,dwyn.
For lharp tempered NIaricne
Dietrich Paramount has purchased
story called "Angc!." 10 be Gi-
roctCd ard rrcG3ccG By Ernst LII
bit5ch. It's apparently not an at
tempt at riac&t:on, however. for
Angel" is a triangle yarn fea-
turing Z girl Who makes h"r own
ru.cS IS she gees along.
Fraachot TCnn has abandoned
plans cor a retUrH TO the stage,
having signed a new Givc-year
contract with M-G-M. His idea
until recently was to DO play in
England next spring in order to
De near Joan Crawford when and
if she attempts TO break into
Legitimate drama IL the English
provinces.
Hc could rccitc lines while
standing on his head, 50 Harvey
Perry, veteran stunt man. at last
gets on acting break in After the
Thin Man Studio tried a dozen
actors for the part, but while scv-
Cral could balance on their occi-
puts, none could remember and
speak dialogue in that position.
Cutting room scraps: Fast-ta!k-
ing Pete Smith SilCnccd by laryn-
gifts The Blng Crosbys re-
turned this wcck-Cnd Pat
O'BTion off duty thanks to q boil
! on the nose George Burns
Gracic Alien signed for two a year
with Paramount at $4,000 a COPY
Janet Gay2or was so October
6. .. Warner Baxter is plotting q
for&J against African big game
mex year Open season at Uni
VerS"l for sad young men in mob
scenes for Eric Rcmarqua's Road
BacE" -. Mae Clark has taken I'd
tapping . Citizens are giving
Captains Courageous" stage at
Metro a wide berth. It's the for
E1arly frozen goldfish they are
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