The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-24
HERE'S MOVIE
COUPLE THAT IS
ENJOYING HOME
Have 65-Acre Ranch with
Lots of Things-That
Ann and Leslie
BY ROBIN CooNs

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to town, her first visit in six weeks,
she said. AS we walked along the
boulevard, restaurant-bound for
lunch, old trends GREETED her with
the surprised enthusiasm usually
reserved for out-of-towners.
And that's what she is, this Ann
Dvorak, an out-of-towner. So is
Leslie Fenton, her husband. Country
life-in-H Hollywood, as they practice
it, is really something.
They have been country-folk Oh
their 65-acre ranch near Van Mugs
tabout four years now, and they
don't miss Hollywood and they think
they never will. They work here
but they live at home. Home is
only half an hour or so from Vine
and hollywood Boulevard, but
don't often make the trip.
She's Crazy About Flowers
Ann looks like a walking adver-
tisement of the life. Smoothly
tanned, healthy, bright-eyed. Hasn't
gone hayseed-I don't mean that.
When she comes to town she dress
es smartly as a movie actress should.
when she stays home, she wears
Stacks or shorts or overalls. and
works.
The Fentons have a rambling
Spanish-type farmhouse that has
been growing, almost constantly
since they built it. They have a
swimming pool, flowers, chickens,
birds, even a wild rabbit. The mon
ey crop" is walnuts. They cleared
about $4,000 on these last year.
Ann is more interested in the flow
ers. She works there even when
there are no cameras around.
They're fascinating" she says,
When you really love flowers and
study them, working with them is
something like-like religious
rite"
They have a glass house and a
lathe house-and camellias, gar
denias and other floral aristocrats
are fairly commonplace. The Fen
ton pansies and cineraria took blue
ribbons at the last flower show.
Ann has friend in Central America
who sends her seeds of tropical
plants. The fun, with these, is
waiting to see what they'll be when
they come up. ~
Like TO Globe Trot
The nice thing about the Fentons'
country life-in- Hollywood is that
they don't make it burden and
duty I'VE went" as Ann said,
Through the COW period but it did
not work out Sweetheart was too
much trouble. Sweetheart wasn't
happy with us. Hugh Herbert has
her now, and I'm sure she's happy"
These Fentons, when they talk
about a trip. don't mean trip to
town just now they're talking
about Greece. AS soon as both OF
them can get three months off from
pictures, they're going. In freigh-
ter, as usual. It's the only way to
travel both say. Not speedy. but
they don't crave speed.
The last time they went to Eu-
rope. Ann was running away from
a contract. The Warmers didn't like
it. Ann lost out in court, but the
Studio released her anyway. New
she has another contract, but she
thinks she'll get her vacation and
not have to run away, this time.
Sound Comes Later
=. They still make quite few
silent pictures in Talkietown. Met
TO leading off with 30 a year -.
Talk and sound are added later to
the Pete Smith, Robert Benchley,
and Carey Wilson specialties, but
on the set they don't bother with
a mike, and you can sneeze, snore,
or tap-dance for all they care +. !.
Herbert Marshall and Glenda
Farrell were doing a breakfast
table scene for "A Love Like That"
Glenda had some startling news
and Marshall was supposed to choke
over his coffee. Director AL San
tell asked Marshall if he would
sputter the coffee just bit-if he
didn't think it too undignified
"You know" said Marshall. Il
have always wanted to do a scene
like that and no director would
ever allow it."