The daily independent., 1937-07-06
Gertrude Michael
Leads Discussion
On Kissing Style
Franchot Tone Had Chance
to Do Hero Stuff With
Wife As the Distressed
Damsel.
BY HENRY SUTHERLAND
UP Hollywood Correspondent

Hollywood, July 5-U.R)-Blonde
Gertrude Michael, who has been
through enough movie kissing
bees to qualify as an expert wit
ness, eXonerates men and places
responsibility for sloppy kissing"
squarely upon her own sex.
Women" she says, Don't re-
place their divots."
Michael did her oculatory eX-
porting on the Sophie Lang Goes
West" set while her own lips were
being painted bright carmine
for picture purposes.
"Cleanly kissers should use this,
she said, geseturing with her taV-
orite brand of lipstick. It's
waterproof, and almost indelible.
mo man can protect himself
from a sloppy kisser. He doesn't
carry a mirror, and unless she re-
places divots he won't know about
those tell-tale smears OF red on
cheek, collar or tie.
mo conscientious kisSer would
permit a man to be held up to
ridicule by acquaintances later, or
asked to explain lipstick to some
one who might feel explanations
were in order"
The close-order technique OF
kissing, Miss Michael dismissed
with a gesture.
Why 60 into that? Most men
know how to kiss. But II one
doesn't, no girl has any business
kissing him. especially since it's
so easy a thing to learn"
Franchot Tone had a chance to
do his hero routine when Joan
Crawford was caught in an indoor
runaway in a donkey-draWn
chariot.
Crawford was seated in a light
cart for a scene of THE Bride
Wore Red" when an arc-light top
pied over, frightening the beast
into a gallop.
Tone outpaced the runaway and
seized the reins before the donkey
wrecked the cart against a wall.
Burly Preston Foster reports a
battle with a killer whale off San
Clemente Island. honors remain
ing with the whale, which chased
Fosters power crusire, "zoa III"
into harbor.
Whale was sighted half a mile
ofTshore, and Pop Young. Fosters
navigator. opened fire on it with
medium -calibered rifle, but the
only effect of the bullets was to
anger the beast.
Foster didn't wait when the
whale charged his boat, and zoa-
III, reputedly fastest cruiser on
the Pacific Coast, raced for shore
beating the whale by about 100
yards.
It was Fosters second whale
encounter. Two years ago an
other critter attacked his boat and
stove in part of the hull, repairs
costing more than $1,000.
Samuel GoldWyn is wondering
how high the high command OF
High Chief Fa a'atoia Tufele, native
ruler of the five islands of Ameri-
can Somoa, may be if Hollywood
1t seems chief Tufele has taken
great interest in work of a COM
pany filing backgrounds for "Hur-
ricane" in his domain, and has
ordered the world premierer Of
the picture to be held in Page
Pago as a Command Perfor-
nance"
Little Jane Withers, II, ano
Carl (Alfalfa) Switzer, held a
regular potlache on a Fox sound
stage in honor of Alfalfa'S pet hen
"Annabelle," now deceased.
Alfalfa presented Annabelle to
Jane, but James dog promptly had
Annabelle for lunch. To make
matters right Jane presented AL
falfa with a red wagon, to which
Alfalfa replied with a turtle and
a pair of skates. Jane, still not
to be outdone, gifted Alfalfa with
a toy automobile.
Edward Stevenson, RKO cos
tune designer, plays with dolls
in his spare time, but it's all part
of the business. The dolls are
scale of models o f the players
he works with, and Stevenon finds
it convenient to try his garments
on the puppets before draping the
original. His collection includes
Anne Shirley" Barbara STAN
Wyck," Ann Sothern," Lily
Pons," Joan Fontaine," and
Others. .....
Cutting Room Scraps: Pat
O'Brien hates to be reminded OF
a list of the Ten Best Looking
Men on Broadway. made by the
Late Florenz Ziegfeld in 1924. Be-
sides O'Brien, Basil Rathbone anc
Lowell Sherman were included
Nelcon Eddy is taking foot
ball instruction from Cotton War
burton CUSC) and Laurie Vejar