HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 966, 8 May 1930, Page 15

HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP

War Veteran O. Pennell, portrayer of suave Villains in the movies, lias spent 3.1 years of his life C>~*o. fighting In various wars and lived among the Arabs in their native environment for 3 6 years. He has been in Pictures six years, but never was on the stage. His current role is in “On the Level" Fox Movietone production.

Discovering a Gag El- Brendel, Fox's Swede comic, tells one about the time when he and late Raymond Hitchcock were fallow comedians in a Shubert show 0h 4 Broadway: “Hitchcock relied on his natural jalent tor dry humour to get laughs 1 used to get nervous every once in a "’hile waiting for his jokes to soak in °n the audience. On one occasion 1 pot so nervous waiting that pulled home rubber balls from my pocket and «tood at the side of the stage juggling Jnem. He was a little bit worried that the laughs were so slow also, and he turned to me irritably. * ‘Don’t do that. El.” he said loudlv Tou’re spoiling my laugh.’ •‘‘-V’ • »• -• I rrVcr* "bsent- *. . bed in . “' rt t \ ■■ ■ • • • r made V -»> >’ h . w • .sed it r ga f Idered c \ shawl : . < -centum • * as de- . ‘ i in the mount : • 1 - ich the titled , ' . . :"s Kay , • r M n • Manh;; - a new ‘Co'V - ' r ' ari:f udette 3 been audios.