The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-16

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conclude they found THE Great
Ziegfeld" much to their liking. .
They went to adjectival extremes
in their raves, streSSing particular
~ the elaborate, breath-takine
musical numbers and dance Set-upS
Yet no one, I notice - and ]
think I've read them all - men
toned that it was Seymour Felix
who was responsible for these awe
inspiring numbers-that it was he
who created them and Sweated
over them and worked over them
all through these months. The
industry is fully aware that most
of the magic which is 1.-THE Great
Ziegfeld" came from the Berlin
lied imaginative touch Of the di
minutive director-but the leds
and gels of the press neglected to
give him credit-With the result
that he returned a pretty heart
broken fellow.
Which reminds me-when he
first came to Hollywood to work
under Winnie Sheehan, there
was . conference. Seymour"
said Winnie, dreamiIy, as he
leaned back in his huge chair,
II see great things we can do
Listen, picture this - 1000
midgetS - under water - tiny
mites, clinging to seaweed - get
the picture?" Felix leaned for
ward. :.
EYES," he said, uncertainty, II
think I do" Good" shouted
Sheehan. 'NOw liSten-yOu get
away-gO to the desert-gO to
Del MOnte-take time on this
think it over for q couple Of
weeks. Then come back-and
let's 60 ahead. Felix went to
Del Monte On the cOmpany'S
expense He breathed the frag-
rant, inspiratiOnal air-he bathed
in the healing Sun-he pOndered
then he came back and burst
into Sheehan's office. ."Mr.
Sheehan," he exclaimed, making
no effort to stiffle his excite
ment, 1--WE worked it Out-we
have those thousand midgets in
green sea-weedy costumes
they cling to the ceiling Of the
waters Surfa e-they" .
what" demanded Sheehan,
"are you talking abOut?" '"The
m d & etS-yOu remember-the.
1000 midgetS-under water.
cIinging-twO weeks ago we"
Seymour" snapped Sheehan,
icily, "that was two weeks ago.
The midgetS are out. Absolutely
Out-nOw listen to this-we take
30 beautiful girls-all red-headS,
See-then. !" 1t was then Felix
remembered there had been
things said about Hollywood.
A familiar character on the 20tt
Century-Fox lot is Captain Stras
ser-nobody knows whether hi
served on the American or Ger
man side during the big duel-but
Strasser is the official guide anc
wears an imposing uniform with
gold stripes on his sleeves. Every
time he makes a timid plea fol
a tilt in wadgeS, Bill Goetz, thu
vice president, counters by adding
another stripe to the sleeve
which seems to satisfy the captain
-. Yesterday morning he walkeC
into Harry Brands office, saluted
clicked his heels in stiff military
fashion and asked: "Sir, how d.
we stand with Germany?". . L
took a few questions before BranC
discovered there was nothing NOR
sinister behind the query thar
StrasSer's desire to escort a groul
of German tourists through tn
lot...
In the cOmmisSary-at high
nOOn-Myrna 10y, in q mink
coat, stands talking to Loretta
Young, in q mink coat, seated at
. table in front of q bowl of soup
:. The gals here make the most
of their minks and SabIeS. Out
side the sun is blazing. Buddy
DeSyIva walks in, followed by
A. L. Berman, the New York
legaliSt, who has been the sub
ject Of many paragraphs. He
is the lawyer who handles the
monies for Spendt4.--iftS like
Harry Richman, George White,
Lew Brown, Bert Lair and dOz-
ems of OtherS-limitS their ex-
penditureS, makes them save, etc.
At the VendOme, a shapely gal
in a red hat sits with Gilbert
ROland-Tilly I Jerome
Kern is at one Constance
Collier at another. .Red-headed
Terry LawlOr emitS an excited
whOOp. Word has just been
phOned in that a lIlg on which
she was tipped has come in
paying 6 to 1. Your reporter
is not quite so excited. Having
been tipped on the same filly, he
makes no bet. Ever being one
(the last few days. to believe
the little slogan appearing Occa-
siOnally in the gazetteS: Don't
bet on. races.
Ruth Roland, just in from he,
six months stay in New York, il
with her husband, Ben Bard, a
the Trocadero, Sunday mite. 4"
know now why you boys never gel
Broadway out Of your blood" sh(