FILM SIDELIGHTS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1938, Page 5

FILM SIDELIGHTS

PICTURES AND PLAYERS ON PARADE HOLLYWOOD ROMANCES. ROBERT TAYLOR NOT ALLOWED TO MARRY. “The romance of the moment in the film colony is that of Loretta Young and Cesar Romero,” said Jay Whidden, orchestra leader from Hollywood, who is visiting Sydney. “They go places together, and I think they are the most beautiful dancers in Hollywood. Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck? That really is a genuine romance, you can take it from me. But the studios won’t let them be married just yet. Bob must be built up until he is an assured star. The matinee idol publicity which Taylor had early in his career nearly ruined him, and now he has to be presented as a sporting he-man. If he should many now a great deal of his glamour for the women will be lost, so a wedding is'not contemplated just yet.” Make-Up Master. The untimely death of Max Factor, the Hollywood master of make-up, occurred on August 30. His funeral brought all Hollywood out in the greatest display of reverent and affectionate I tribute seen since the passing of the immortal Marie Dressier. Stars of today, yesterday, and tomorrow came to honour the memory of the kindly little man who had been an active participant in the film scene since 1908, and without whom the science and art of general feminine make-up would have known hardly any of the many perfections it possesses today. Max Factor, junior, will now carry on in his father’s footsteps. “Gone With the Wind.”

It is more or less officially stated that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will advance David Selznick an initial £300,000 to make “Gone With the Wind,” with Clark Gable in the role of Rhett Butler. Production will start shortly after New Year’s Day. “The arrangement between Selznick and Metro-