The Washington times., 1936-02-20


On the Warner lot they have
board on which is posted the
number Of accidents in all de-
partments for the month
A gold star appears for each day
In which no accident occurs
%. For the first Is days Of Feb
ruary, for instance, ten acct
dents are listed among the la
bOrerS, five among the actors,
etc. But not q single one for
the cops Through the open
doorway of the mansion set for
"HeartS Divided" Marion Dav-
les forthcoming starring vehicle
with Dick Powell, we caught a
glimpse Of q beautiful flaxen-
haired lovely earnestly follow
ing q dance instructor in some
intricate steps D.. Anita Louise,
practicing in Secret-preparing
for her first dancing role, I've
been given to understand
For almost Is minutes 1 watch
ed them shooting a sequence in
Green Pastures" A piece of
, bushes in which Moses con-
r verts the cane into a snake and
back again The prop man
kept Carrying the snake back and
Z forth from the ice bin Marc
Connolly, who is directing, ex-
planned: "It's alive-the ice stiff
fenS it out, then the heat Of the
lights thaws it out. 1 tried to
get q king snake from DitmarS
1t may arrive yet" In the
little dining room ran into
Bobby Connolly, who must weigh
at least 30 pounds more than
when saw him last.
Thomas Meighan, haggard-look
ing, walking with a slight limp
but still a commanding figure
stops at the Beverly Brown Derby
to grin a hello and urge me to
drop a line to VIM. Paxton in New
York "He won't be out for a
> couple of weeks said Meighan
my first intimation that Billy has
been i'll Charles Chaplin
.saunters in, and there is consider
able buzzing-not so much on
Chaplin'S account as for a dis,
tinguiShed- looking, whit e-haired
gentleman accompanying him >,
MAX Eastman" is the whisper
but it isn't. It's Leopold Sto-
kowski. incidentally, I can't un
: derStand how Paramount's publ
city man muffled the opportunity
for some newspaper space recently
. when Stokowski, on a Bing Crosby
broadcast, made the statement
that he is going to try to induce
= the crooner to sing in concert with
his Philharmonic Orchestra.
Bob Riskin, sitting with Everett
his brother (but no Carole Lom
bardO, doesn't look up as his
former bride, Edith Fitzgerald
entel+with her new husband, Ell
mer Griffin, former tennis cham
pion Still trying to get used
to these shapely dolls who wait
+. on you. They wear short dresses
cut two inches above the knee
A happy lot, I'm given to under
stand, who earn from $40 to CTS a
week because of the heavy tips.
They tell me, q couple Of
weeks ago, Jeff Machamer and
the equally brilliant artist, Jean
- NeguIescO, wandered into one
Of the night spots here and
started tapping up a few at
the bar when suddenly Mac
hamer discovered he had no
. money with him-and by coin.
cidence, or otherwise, NeguIescO
found himself in a similar
plight. SOlemnly they went
around offering to draw pOr.
traits at a dallOr a h, L..
After a couple of hours, their
r pockets stuffed with dollar
bills, they went back to the
= bar, and an hour later were
broke again. So they started
all over again, and now the
town is flooded with original
Machamers and Ne ulescOs.
-. The town is sold out ON ac-
cOmmOdatiOnS-haS been for
almost two weeks. Some Of
it is attributed to the severe
( weather in the midwest send
ing the citizenry scurrying
here. But the Santa Anita
races have proved a powerful
lure, and this Saturday, when
the 100000 handicap is raced,
there won't be room to be had
e. e. The town is race-hOss crazy,
and everybody - bOOtblacks,
newsbOys, stenOS, film stars
and executives have been sleep
ing, talking and betting
horses. After Saturday, the
. close Of the season, there
should be a return to normalcy
=. Ben Marden. boss of the
Rivera, and his brother, Jack
Arken, just rolled in. 90.
Rian James weds his Russian
honey on April 20. Martha Rayt
and Johnny Terrence, the dancer
are the new town twoSome. .Jot
Lewis, funny man until recently
. ct the Trocadero and still II
charge Of its Sunday nights, il
the pet Of the film colony, anC