The Washington times., 1937-06-23

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architecture, reaching the goal
A stop for short reception at
the publicity headquarters and
then with Publicist Eddie Lawrence
to the Joan Crawford set, where
they are shooting Girl From
Trieste"
Ats 1920 a. m. but the star is
already on the set. all made up and
waiting in her portable bungalow
dressing room.
A Regular Girl
You get the impression that La
Crawford must be regular" girl
for the first thing one notices is
a messenger hurrying in with three
boxes of flowers. Joan likes 70
have her official quarters filled
with posies, but she was thought
full enough to send along another
enormous box for Billie Burke, who
has the adjoining dressing room,
a third for Lynn Carver, one of the
new ingenueS of M-G-M undergoing
a build-up for future stardom.
Outside the Crawford dressing
room is a portable monograph
with q man to tend to the records.
La Crawford is still suffering from
an acute case of Bing CrosbyitiS.
She likes the crooner's voice and
this Paramount star is singing con-
tinuouSly while Joan gets ready
to act.
THE Girl From Trieste" is de-
rived from a Ferenc Molnar play,
one that M-G.M acquired abroad
in 1885 and that was never acted
in America. The star thinks it is
the best story she has had in years
and is really enthusiastic about it..
Woman Director
Dorothy Arzner, Hollywood's
only woman director, is boSSing
the job. She has a Jackie Martin
haircut, is 81 years old, was born
and raised in California, rose from
a studio stenographer through
various minor positions to a top
spot. She looks mannish and
gives the impression she knows her
stuff.
While they are spending time
with technicians lighting the
fancy hotel set, Reginald Owen
StrollS over with Lynn Carver and
the cameraman insists that we all
line up together for still photo
graph.
Actor Owen hasn't played Wash
ington since he appeared in the
Ziegfeld production of Three MUS
keteerS," still is fond of the stage,
but they keep him constantly EN-
ployed in this other medium and
he's not complaining.
"HOw is Steven Cochran" he
inquiries, "and is he running his
summer StOck?"
was happy to inform him that
Mr.. Cochran had gone collegiate
and was planning q drama session
at the University of Maryland with
a professional troupe.
"Did ! hear you say you were
from Washington" popped Billie
Burke, through the open door of
her dressing room. You know
was born there"
PATRICIA A WRITER
In a five-minute chat / learned
that Patricia Ziegfeld Burke is now
a columnist. Billie'S daughter runs
a chit-chat corner in a weekly pub
hShed by Will Rogers son and she
likes being a newspaper woman.
"The engagement in Washing
ton ! will always remember was
when 1 played The Intimate
Strangers" observed Billie, who
looked pretty ravishing in a
period evening costume. "At
our Wednesday matinee, his col
Ored valet carried in Woodrow
Wilson through the stage en-
trance and seated him in a box.
1t was the most touching sight
think / have ever seen. l re-
member how pleased all of the
cast were that the invalid
President appIauded and seemed
to enjoy the play.
"After the audience had de-
parted they carried him out
again to his car and the mem
DRY of that performance fingers
with me. / never tried harder
to give a perfect show.
Last time was at the Ma
tiOnal was in The MarquiSe,'
and l had Madge Evans for my
ingenue. Do you recall that?
/ played it out here at the Bilt-
more Theater and that's really
how graduated into pictures.
Oh, / still have a yearning for
the stage, but this work is stead
Ter and assures one a comfort
able income"
READY FOR COMPANY
BY this time Joan Crawford was
ready for company. All the while
she had been writing in longhand
q story for Harper's Bazaar. They
wanted it in her own handwriting
and it had to be in the hands of
the editor in New York by June 81.
I hope she made it. On each page
La Crawford had Sketched little
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