Evening star., 1939-04-04

Harlow would have been ideal. Ann
Sheridan would do. So would Vir-
ginia Gray. But Joan-no.
Ginger Rogers and the Earl of
Warwick have joined the real es-
taters. Both are investing their
surplus cash in Beverly Hills prop
erty. And. meanwhile. Warwick S
magnificent castle in England re-
mains empty.
Tyrone Power is telling friends
that his next vacation will be in
Australia. To the question, rs An
nabella going with you?" Tyrone's
reply is an amiable grin. Up till
now, young Mr.. Powers chief resist
! ance to the ladies who would like
to marry him has been that 1t would
put crimp in his Towering career
But he will have to think of some-
thing else fast, now that Gable is
again a married man, and Robert
Taylor soon will be. That leaves
only Tyrone and Cary Grant holding
the 100 per cent glamour boy bache-
lor bag
The lunch tariff in the swank
Twentieth Century-Fox cafe has
been raised 10 cents. And rightly
The food Is the best of the studio
commissaries. RK-O has the worst.
Gary Cooper finally decided to
do something about his 7-year-old
car, which yielded only miles to
the gallon He rebuilt the car
buretor. Now he gets only miles.
The crowd at the recent Ginger
Rogers-Fred Astaire preview roars
welcome to newly weds Mr.. and
Mrs. Wayne Morris as they arrive
in their elegant limousine. Which
terrlfles Mrs. Morris and she re-
fuses to leave the car. A policeman
whose job it is to keep the traf1ic
moving finally tells the lady to come
out-or move on. She comes out
The previeW is also notable for
purple hat on the locks of Mrs.
Douglas Fairbanks. sr.-the first
chapeau she has worn for 10 years
:. Ida Lupino wears slightly in
congruous costume to buy 3 pounds
OF potatoes at the farmers market
to wit, mink Jacket and a veil on
her hair. The hair. incidentally,
gets darker as the demands for Miss
Lupino's screen presence get less. I
wonder why the producers do not
give Ida movie opportunities. She
is pretty and she can act.
Andy Devine tells me that the
chief benefit he gets from being a
close friend of Clark Gable is that
producers are now letting him kiss
girls-in pictures. His first oscula-
tory chore is with Martha Raye in
Never Say Die Ginger Rogers
and Lew Ayres have now led sepa-
rate lives for three years-which is
longer than the average Hollywood
marriage lasts. Lew tells me that
his sole interest in life at the mo-
ment is ''self-development" i
Spencer Tracy, between takes of
Stanley and Livingstone. looking
at magazine advertisement. part
of which reads-"Spencer Tracy.
now appearing in I Take This
Woman.'." He grins and murmurs.
"oh yea A?"
Bette Davis now lives in Brent
wood, but she assures me this has
nothing. to do with her reported ro-
nance with George Brent. The pair
are having lot of fun over the sup
posed passion they feel for each
other and. whenever reporter ap-
pears on the "Old Maid" set. they
go into extravagantly affectionate
poses. Freddie Bartholomew tells
me that, If and when his screen ca
reer is over, he will migrate to the
stage, or act as master of ceremo-
nies for weekly broadcast. Mean
while. Freddie is considering an
other personal appearance tour at
the plump salary of $1,000 week.
Maureen O'Sullivan's entire
family is on the way over from Ire
land, for her imminent motherhood.
John Howard has changed his
mind about Hollywood being a bad
place for a marriage, and Will
shortly take Kay Grifflths for better
or worse. Nomination for the
most devoted husband in HOLLYWOOD
Fred MacMurray, who literally
waits hand and foot on his not over
strong wife. Loretta young
comforting herself for the temporary
absence of William Buckner by din
ing with David Niven. Times
are so bad in Hollywood says Bob
Hope, that even relatives aren't
sure of their jobs"
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