A JERSEY COW

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1938, Page 4

A JERSEY COW

NSW IDEA IN' PRESENTS. Aware that there are only seven more days till Christmas, Joel McCiea has a -giit hint to pass along to anyone already desperately seeking something far Aunt Mamie or Cousin Joe. An old Hollywood custom dictates that the star shall make a gift to a few of the workers on his movie set — usually a cigarette lighter or some such trinket. Joel McCrea set a precedent on the 20th Century-Fox set recently when he gave his make-up artist a Jersey cow, delivered at the artist’s home with a pink bow around its neck, its hooves neatly pedicured and a card of appreciation attached. The tall, handsome McCrea owns a 1.000-aere ranch in San Fernando Valley where he keeps several hundred head of cattle. The make-up man owns a neighbouring ranch and is also interested

in cows. So McCrea decided that the most appropriate gift would be a fine yearling. The presentation came after the completion of McCrea’s co-starring role with Loretta Young in ‘“Three Blind Mice,” the gay film opening Friday at the State Theatre. The film includes David Niven, Stuart Erwin. Marjorie Weaver, Pauline Moore, Binnie Barnes and Jane Darwell in the cast.