Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-06
4 SOUTHERNER in HOLLYWOOD
By JAMES CLEMENT FURMAN.

is the most important thoroughtare.
There is a Hollywood Chamber ol
Commerce. Strangely enough there
is Hollywood professional base
ball club. member Of the Pacific
Coast League. and there is ! Los
Angeles ball club, member Of the
same eight club IA lcaguc-and
naturally Hollywood plays against
Los Angeles. Simething like son
playing against his father; or, IN
sense. almost like playing solitaire.
Yet. despite all these seeming con-
tradictions. Hollywood is lust an
area. within the city OF Los Angeles.
There is certain business section
and residential section which IS com
monty spoken OF as Hollywood. Hol-
lywood became world-famouS wears
ago. so it is quite natural that when
people send mail to the Hollywood
area OF Los Angeles they address II
hollywood" 1t may always be so
addressed in years to come.
However. despite all the romance
and glamour still attached to me
name Hollywood. it is an Interest,"
ing fact that while many movie stars
and studio executives lived IN Holly
wood in the past. few live there now.
Some of the major studios are in
the Hollywood area. while others
are in Burbank. Culver City and
elsewhere.
Visitors 10 hollywood are under
the impression that they should be
able to run into movie celebrities on
HOLLYWOOD Boulevard Actually. 1t
is Il most unusual sight 10 see star
or we'll known player on Hollywood
Boulevard. It has often been Salo
that the people who parade Holly
wood Boulevard are largely those
who hope to see movie stars on the
street. or else hope they may be ms
taken for Clark Gable o. Ann Sherl-
dan.
The film colony has moved to
various nearby places: Beverly Hills.
Westwood. Santa Monica. the San
Fernando VALLEY. and numerous
suburban retreats. Many Of them
have desert homes IN Palm Springs,
,ncvqh u almost every case they
are second homes. d"uot thai
vf,vonn claims Pain Springs as his
only home. Il = not that accessible.
One Just does not rum into stars
en- the street. They turn out IN large
numbers to inonart2Nt premiereS ana
preyiews of widely horalded pictures.
In that connection. il may interest
people who have never been to HoI-
IvwCo& to know that the natives.
as we'll as out Of town visitors. stand
- line for an ;nterninable length
Of time. waiting to see these world
famous screen psople leave and enter
the theatre Many residents OF Hol-
lvu.ood see the film stars only or
Unusual occasions; and it is a safe
bet that thousands Of people in the
Los Angeles area have never seen a
star.
TIE screen stars and leading play
erS work verv hard when they are
making pictures. They have their
social sets. and visit in the homes
Of one another. Many of them are
.abiG sports fans. They may be seen
at fights, football games, baseball
games. tennis matcE~ 49, ices, and
.other sporting events. They may be
seen at the opera; but. how many
people go III opera? They may be
seen in person on the stage at bene-
lit performances: and that's when
tho ropulace turns out in droves in
order to see their favorites in their
all too inirequent public appear
ances. Recently more than 5000 peo-
pie packed the Shrine Auditorium,
where dozens Of stars of radio, stage
and screen appeared on a mammoth
stage. Included among those who
appeared were Mickey Rooney; Judy
+. Garland; Rudy Vallee: Bob Hope;