The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-30
NEWS NIBBLES IN HOLLYWOOD
TwoActressesIn 'Feud' RumOrs; Fans Can't
 Forget Harlow
BY PAUL HARRISON NEA Service Staff Correspondent


 Hollywood-Short takes: A la-de- da little actress with a British &C., cent and Brooklyn antecedents ar- rived at one of the studios to work on stock contract and was hand ed the usual questionnaire.
 Rapidly she scribbled in most of the biographical data, but chewed her pencil for several min- utes over the query: Where edu- cated?"
 Finally she wrote: Educated exclusively by private tOOters."
 Sigrid Gurie, a Norwegian im- portation, is supposed to make her screen bow in Samuel Goldwyns Adventures of Marco Polo" But she already has appeared in "The Road Back" at Universal, under a different name
 Goldwyn lent her for the exper- fence she'd get, but stipulated that she couldn't be billed as the glamor- girl he has been training for months.
 New slogan suggested by a dis gruntled salesman for Thus-and- So Films: If it's Thus-and-So- picture you can always get seat"
 Can't Forget Harlow
 Feud news: If Rosalind Russell and Robert Montgomery are CO., starred in another picture, the only words they'll exchange will be writ ten in the script.
 Claudette Colbert and Director Wesley Ruggles aren't likely to work on another film together, after "I Met Him in Paris" Not if either one has anything to say about it, anyway.
 Hollywood can't forget the Jean Harlow tragedy. Fans still bring flowers to lay upon the hand-and- footprints of the star in the fore- court of the Chinese Theater.
 And word comes that audiences all over the nation are affected by that brief closeup in "A Star Is Born" showing the prints and the salutation she traced in soft ce- ment: Good Luck-Jean Harlow" !"
 Daryl Zanuck's chauffeur is named Robert Taylor. And the Mervyn LeRoys have a maid named Jeanette Mcdonald. Marion Davies to Retire?
 Director Mitchell Leisen, his cast swears, didn't wear the same suit twice during the seven weeks of production of Easy Living" One reason is that he's part owner of a clothing store.
 Another reason is that he can charge off large part of his wardrobe on his income tax re- tu5ns as business expense.
 Male actors must provide their own clothes in Hollywood, and Leisen always qualities himself as an actor by appearing in a scene or two of every picture he makes.
 Marion Davies, according to persistent rumors, will retire from the screen after another picture or two. Meanwhile, full-grown olive trees have been transplanted be- tween her bungalow and the ad- ministration building on the War nef lot.
 Mary Pickford has declared she'll never return to the screen. Nevertheless, Producer Emman- uel Cohn is talking about a picture for her. And Miss Pick ford is listening.
 
 Among the Better Boudoirs
 If only I were gal reporter for week, anyway-Id do story about the competitive exoticism of actresses bedrooms. I'm told that Gertrude Niessen's bedroom in her new home is done all in blue velvet and mirrors, and with a circular bed.
 That's right - perfectly round, with neither head nor foot. Round sheets and blankets, too. But the pillows!-ah, the pillows are heart-shaped!
 A sign painter spoiled almost an entire days shooting on "You Can't Have Everything" by mis- spelling Arctic" Made a big sign for the Arctic Hotel" and nobody noticed the error for hours.
 A new vail is being raised by
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