The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-23
HOLLYWOOD
BY Paul Harrison

9Hgtoon
Hollywood-short takes: Harry
Cohn, head man at Columbia, is q
little near-sighted. He walked
through the property department
the other day and discharged three
statues for standing around doing
nothing.
A man named Abe Finkel
rs writing . screen play for
Warmers. The name Of the
screen play II Three Cheers
for the Irish"
Pedro Lara, a bit player, has
one OF the easiest specialties in
Hollywood. You've often seen him
in scenes in hospital wards.
He's the pain-wracked gent in
the adjoining bed. He figures that
during his Aim career he has
spent at least two years reclining
before the cameras.
An Independent producer, Nat
Levine, who probably Is the
busiest executive In Hollywood,
has been ordered by his doctor
to get more exercise. SO now
he's learning 10 walk in his
sleep.
Miriam Hopkins and her ex-hus-
band. Austin Parker, have been fire.
quenting the night spots lately.
They insist they're just good friends.
Carole Lombard's studio would
not allow her to visit Clark Gable
In the hospital. 80 she telephoned
three times day, sent red roses,
and got regular bulletins on his
temperature.
Have Heart, WHEY!
Here's what movie career do to
domestic felicity: An actress looked
across the dinner table at her actor
husband and asked, Jack, do you
really love ne?" He said, II came
home to relax. Let's not talk shop"
Adrienne Ames will spell her
name "Adrianne" after this. A nu-
merologist told her to do 1t.
Also she has decided that all's
over between her and Bruce Cabot,
after numerous reconciliations and
separations. -
A numerologist advised the
split, too; said their names just
wouldn't vibrate. or something, no
matter how they were spelled.
III you want 40 know whom
the Hays Office considers the
most dangerous woman I'm
Hollywood, ifG Jean Harlow,
and not Mae West.
Instead of being hattered, Miss
Harlow rs privately burned up by
the rigid censorship which rejects
80 many Of her studio still-pic-
lures. She wants to divorce her.
self from vamp STUFF and play
comedy.
Miss West, who spends most of
her time reassertlng the siren
urge, gets away with more dar-
ink stills. However, the last Mae
West movie, go West, Young
Man." suffered more censorship
cuts in dialog than any other
film turned out here In two
years.
The Hays ONCE chief concern
these days Is eliminating unneces-
sary drinking scenes. Numerous
groups were complaining. and
rightly.
It long has been q trick Of lazy
authors, when they couldn't think
OF any other action for a char
acter on stage. 10 have him mix
and guzzle @ highball.
Moss Hart ID writing q story
for musical in which Greta
: Carlo may star.
Charlie Chaplin tells friends
that production Of the Paulette
Goddard picture, Regency" GER
tainly will begin next summer. He
goes TO the studio almost every
day and labors on the script In his
bungalow. The Job Is one-third
completed.
Martha Raye Is beginning to re.
sent some Of those stories about
the size OF her mouth, although
like Joe u. Brown, she realizes
that II Is her comedy trademark.
Fact Is, her mouth Is not so large
as II appears on the screen. Make
up magic does the unfiattering
trick.
Cecilia Parker and Eric Linden
ran around together all summer.
tllen quayreled about something and
didn't even meet again until they
were cast % sweethearts In Accent
on Love- Seemed terribly embar-
an ssa.sf a q A,gt tsssk fiaW tf1aV're ham