They Tell Me That...

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 30, 6 January 1939, Page 15

They Tell Me That...

Our Special Correspondent, Jennifer Quentin, Gives You The Latest Hollywood Gossip

ON HALL, so far seen in undress as the native Terangi in ‘‘Hurricane,’’ has just cost Sam Goldwyn £550 for ordinary modern elothes. Hall was due to go to England to star in ‘‘The Thief of Bagdad’’ for Korda. Goldwyn, anxious that his young star

’ should make a good impression on his full-dress appearance in England, ordered this expensive wardrobe. Hall’s ordinary salary, said to be £50 a week, would not allow for such expensive tailoring or so many changes of clothes for all occasions. Now the picture hag been postponed. Goldwyn is £550 out of pocket. Jon Hall is sitting at home in Hollywood where everybody knows him in his own clothes, with a five-hundred-pound wardrobe. Player Suspended ANNE SHIRLEY has been suspended by Hollywood for refusing to accept the feminine lead in "The Law West of Tombstone." She stated that she did not be.

lieve the role was suited to her ‘personality and ability, but I under‘stand that she did not care to appear in a western, known in Hollywood as a "horse opera." ‘Thus Anne joins the long list of rebellious stars. However, it is likely she will be given the role which made Katharine Hepburn when the studio remakes "A Bill of Divorcement." Slur On Profession [NX "There Goes My Heart" one of the principals is an erratic subfay motorman who took mail-order

lessons in chiropractic, and prac-. tised on his wife. Recently the American Bureau of Chiropractic sued Producer Hal Roach, Cinemactor Alan Mowbray, Writers Eddie Moran, Jack Jeyne and Ed Sullivan for 100,000 dollars for ridiculing the profession. tn Father’s Footsteps AMONG the most promising of the second generation crops is Tim Holt, son of that still-popular heman star, Jack Holt. A good-look-ing young man whe did very well in a small role in "Stella Dallas."

Now has his first lead role in "Sons of the Legion." Incidentally, when Tim first broached the idea of a screen career to his father, Jack told him: "It’s a swell idea, son. We need at least one actor in the family." Other youngsters who are following "the dear old dad" include Fred Xohler, jun., son of the most reiiable of movie villains, Alma Lloyd, who appears in Papa Frank Lloyd’s "If I Were King," and BHdward Arhold, jun., whe embarks on his acting career in ‘"Dramati¢ School." Believe It Or Not FJAL ROACH has had to scrap some work on "Topper Takes A Trip" because of the Martian scare. The "Topper" trailer apparently refers to Billie Burke getting a divorce and namin Constance Bennett as the other woman-both heing in "Topper Takes A Trip." After the reaction to the Wells broadeast, Roach feared the American public might take the crack as solemn fact. But there is surely a difference between films and the radio which, in America at last, brings news at any minute of the day. If we were to risk believing everything we saw on the screen-we might have an odd idea of the facts of life, | Hier Mistake AF ANE BRYAN-a pretty girl who is doing very well at Warners, particularly in the recently-com-pleted "The Sisters," with Bette Davis and Errol Flynn-recently had her car break down while she was journeying back from San Francisco, A middle-aged couple towed Jane’s. car to the nearest garage,

The wife-taking a liking to Jane, and not realisiug she was in the movies-asked the actress to look her up in Hollywood, for she had friends in the picture business who might be able to show her through a studio. Was the lady’s face red when Jane told her who she was! "Snow White's’? Record BIGGEST gross movie earnings on record are "The Singing Fool" (5,250,000 dollars), "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (4,503,000 dollars) and "Ben Hur" (4,000,000 dollars). lt now is apparent that Walt Disney’s "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," with U.S. receipts so far of nearly 4,000,000 dollars, and British receipts estimated at 1,250,000 dollars, will presently set a new record of ahout 6.000.000 dollars.

Thanks To Charlie PLDGAR BERGEN should thank his ventriloquist dummy, Charley McCarthy, for inclusion in the current "Who’s Who in America." Bergen is listed in this book of noted Americans with Supreme Court Justices, financiers and other famous folk, including other picture celebrities such as Shirley

Temple, Frances Langford, Rudy Vallee, Jack Benn, end Paul Muni. If it had not been for "Charley McCarthy," Bergen would not have been in the book. Film Feud THERHD’S a feud going on between two Paramount stars-and it’s getting so serious that neighbours of the warriors : are contemplating: intervention. ~ 4 :

The feudists are John Howard and Fred MacMurray. The battle started when Howard recently purchased a home in MacMurray’s neighbourhood. One night

recently he went home unusually tired after a day of work on "Arrest Bulldog Drummond." On that particular night, MacMurray decided to get out his saxophone and brush up on his technique. The next morning an irate Howard reported for work with sleepy eyes and a consuming desire for vengeance. For the past year, Howard, a musician, has been busy mastering various orchestral instruments. He decided that he would take up the saxophone next. At the noon hour, he went out and bought a saxophone. That night, he waited until the lights went out in the MacMurray home and then started his initial practising. The battle is still raging.