The Washington times., 1937-10-09
In Hollywood
With
ED SULLIVAN
People, Things and Stuff

room annex Of his office few hours back
and laughed fit to bust, as the saying goes
Before US, on the screen, Charlie Nc
Carthy, fugitive from picket fence, was
mouthing his drolleries to Edgar Bergen
Those who feared that the little
woodenhead would not screen we'll can lay
their fears at rest. Technicolor not only
flatters Mr.. Mccarthy, it almost gives him
sex appeal -. I will not tell you the
routines Bergen and his pal from the North
western University carpenter shop have
concocted for Goldwyn's "Follies," with this
one exception =. . Adolphe Menjou, as the
moving picture mogul, is trying to get Nc
Carthy a film contract "Tll give you
$4,000" says Menjou.. NO." says Charlie,
"I want $3,025" :. Bergen protests at the
incongruity of the extra twenty-five dollars.
"After ALL" explains Mccarthy, "a fellow
has to live" This happened once in real
conversation .. Charlie Chaplin was Of
fered $1,000 week picture He held
out for 81 O25, and when they rallied at him,
Charlie said, seriously: "Well, a guys got
to live"
RECOMMENDED: Alice Brady's fine
N performance as Mrs. o'Leary in
Zanuck's "In Old Chicago" This great
dramatic star has been poisoned by insane
roles out here. As Mrs. O'Leary, she wins
reprieve from the silly, simpering roles
which have been inflicted on her. And wait
until YOU see the cattle stampede as the
Chicago fire starts destroying the stock
yardsl
r ASKED Dolores Del Rio what she and
Vittorio Mussolini chatted about at the
Hal Roach dinner. IT asked him about a
lot Of mutual friends in Italy," she said.
'sHe is very shy, either because he's just q,
or because he was bewildered by meeting
300 people. He told me all about the new
Italian picture studios, but seemed amazed
at the money which major companies spend
here. He has a grand sense of humor, he's
very modest and thoughtful and dances di-
vinely." It was while dancing once that
Dolores met her most embarrassing moment,
during the filming of "In Caliente." 'Two
dancers lifted me by the arms" she re-
called, "and then started pivoting l was
wearing a tight bolero jacket, nothing else,
beautiful skirt, and it really looked nice.
As they lifted me, the jacket burst wide
open they couldn't hear my shrieks above
the music and misunderstood my convulsive
struggles to get loose. For several minutes,
the several hundred people on the set were
in Mysteries of laughter as the two Of them
carried me- seminaked, through dance that
never would have passed the censors"
As I recall, the picture, "In Caliente," was
pretty dull stuff Busby Berkeley should
have kept the dance in, in its original bolero-
busted form.
TRED ALLEN, famous radio comic here
Il to make picture has been surveying
Hollywood and it's people through express
sionless eyes, for Allen has poker face that
would shame Ned Sparks.
On Sunday, he and Mrs. Bob Hope were
in front of the Church of the Good Shepherd,
waiting for the 10 80 mass :. A limousine
drew up, and out stepped naughty movie
star, concealed behind smoked glasses .
"Why does she need smoked glasses in
churchf' whispered Mrs. Hope "She's
afraid God might want an autograph, was
Aliens acid ad-lib.
NOTES. Jascha Heifetz will get $4,000
~ week for his first picture So you
kids won't practice your violin lessons, huh2
-. George Rector white-haired boniface,
will appear in the Mae West picture, in the
scene at Rectors famous broadway spot.
90. Walter Wanger's trip East is to straighten
out his financial setup at United Artists.
. He's very unhappy Sam Goldwyn,
Mervyn LIE Roy, Alexander Korda and the
David selznick group will buy out the
$6OOO,OOO holdings of Charlie Chaplin, Mary
Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks in the new
United Artists Corporation E. A. G. Blu
menthal is handling the deal.
A NITA LOUISE FREMAULT was telling
Am earlier in the week that she has a
legitimate crouch -. You know her as the
incredibly lovely Anita Louise of "a Mid
summer Nights Dream" "Just because
look fragile, guess" she complained, 'they
give me light and airy parts to play. want
to get part where can emote, something
I can get my teeth in. I've read lot of in
terviews saying that my favorite picture was