They Tell Me That...

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 32, 20 January 1939, Page 19

They Tell Me That...

career ended. on a _ typically ironic. Hollywood note; For the last sequence of her last picture. before her retirement an extra was. needed to speak. a-.line: to. the star. From: . thé.: erowd Director Ad -. K AY FRANCIS’S film « Johnny Farrow called a man, who. spokesthe: line efficiently:

at the first. take and stepped back into the ranks rejoicing about the extra few shillings he would find in his pay envelope. The unknown was David Newell. When Kay Francis made her Hollywood debut in ‘‘Dangerous Curves’? he was her leading man. Mistaken Identity MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN and ther husband, John Farrow, noted author, were strolling through Oivera Street, Los Angeles. picturesque Mexican quarter, when a man spoke to them, identifying

‘. himself as a talent scout for an "> {ndependent studio. . The scout asked Maureen-to come to the studio for a.-screen test. Maureen thanked him, but said that ‘-ghe had already. been discovered! \ "What's your name?" asked the Mila sxcisd ocr bee ees Beas SLR Op Sted gaits an 9

"She is Maureen O’Sullivan," replied Farrow... "Oh! Wise guy, eh!" snanned the scout as.he strode: off." Garbo And Brent GRETA GARBO: recentiy paid a visit.to George Brent's home in a secluded section of. the:San Fernando. Valley, far. from: the stately mansions -of Beverly. Hills, . which caused: Hollywood to speculate on.

wae m~ the possibility that the couple might be still as interested in each other as they were before rumours were circulated that. Leopold Stokowski, famous orchestra director, was "tops." The Swedish star is keenly alive to the value of romantic publicity, so we should be chary of accepting any yarns coupling her name with eligible males. Family Pride [ LIKE the story Priscilla Lane is telling against herself. When elder sister Lola won her first success on the screen, Rosemary and Priscilla were 12 and 11 years old, respectively: The little girls: were so proud when they heard Lola’s film was coming tc the home town that Rosemerv rode around the streets on her bicycle, wearing a sign reading, "I am Lola Lane’s sister," followed by Priscilla on her tricycle with another sign, "So Am I." Gable’s *‘Divorce’’ THE film world. is intrigued at the moment over the question of Clark Gable’s divorce from Mrs, Rhea Gable. It has been believed here in the past that the difficulty of arranging a financial settlement -always a complicated business where film stars are concerned because of the involved nature of film contracts-has been holding up the final cutting of the knot and the marriage of Clark to Carole Lombard. Now Mrs. Gable has sprung a surprise by making a public an-. nouncement that the reason she has not sued for a divorce is that her husband has not asked for one. The. statement has given rise to rumours that, despite the fact that Clark and Carole are constantly together at: the Hollywood social events, a reconciliation with Mrs: Gable is possible, It is pointed out, incidentally, ‘that the ‘question of ‘3 settlement ; oy ta | a ° . "fal

is not likely to worry .Mrs. Gable as much as it might many wives of famous stars. ; She has considerable means of her own and was a wealthy woman at the time that Clark, then a struggling actor, married her. Blondes Are Out GENTLEMEN prefer brunettesin horse opera,.anyway, That is..the’ epoch-maling : discovery of

--w Harry Sherman, who directs the popular "Hopalong Cassidy" series; He announces that hereafter brunette actresses will have the cail for leading and supporting feminine roles in all his pictures. The public, at least that part of it supporting outdoor romances, doesn’t care for blonde women, according to Sherman. it prefers women with dark hair, the darker the better. "That’s one reason why I’m paying Evelyn Venable a salary larger than I have ever given another leading woman in a Hopalong Cassidy picture," declared Sherman on the "Frontiersman’" set. "She has dark hair. So has Jane Clayton, the little: cowgirl actress who made such a hit in ‘In Old Mexico’." Sherman has no explanation to offer as to why Western audiences prefer brunettes, "They just don’t care for blondes, that’s all," he says. "We have never had a complaint about any brunette actress, b. . in one of my recent productions we had a blonde and protests were mailed in by the hundreds. That settled it with me. Blondes are out-to stay out." No Dodging Them: BRROL FLYNN and Olivia de Havilland, accompanied by other members of the "Dodge City" cast, went to the small town of Modesto, California, to take scenes for this drama of the West. The stars believed that they were "setting away from it all," but they were wrong. A'crowd of nearly 1500 men, women and children surged into the hotel where: the stars were staying, and demanded autographs. Local police had to intervene to enable Errol and Olivia to get to their hotel rooms.The next day, on location, over 10,000 people turned up to watch the company at work... Motor cars janiined: the -road, antl prot rr yele* 7) = ry ’

officers had a difficult time clearing the: traffic. If a picture is ever filmed at the North Pole, I believe the fans will be there. In Car Smash NDY BARRIB, pretty young English film actress, suffered a badly-wrenched ankle when her car smashed into. three other machines at Cahuenga Blvd. and Mulholland Highway. She -continued her -trip to the. Universal, studio; received treat: ment in the studio emergency hos: pital, and then, like a true trouper, worked all day. on a set. The Flying Irishman ‘Doucias CORRIGAN,. the . "wrong way" aviator,. who Said he . started -for- California and ended up in Ireland, is daing ° so. Welt cin) "The: Flying Irishman," his first. film; that. the. Radio studio has taken up his. option ‘for two more pictures. Studio executives, after viewing the "rushes" of Corrigan’s first production, believe that he. . will develop into a star who will not have to depend upon = his flying fame. Corrigan: has decided ..personality, as his: newsreel pictures demonstrated, and his infectious smile is a decided box-office asset, Director’s Tribute KING. VIDOR paid a great tribute to British actors at 2 recent Press luncheon. Vidor, speaking of his experiences while directing "The Citadel" in Britain, mentioned the many outstanding British actors who played bits in the film. He declared that high-class actors in Hollywood would not deign to enact small roles, intimating that art counts for more with British actors: than it does with tneir American brethren.

The American director feels that films can be produced as well in England as in Hollywood, but that certain. English accents should -be toned. down for American audiences. Yoicks, Tallyho! THE Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio was turned into a: mad-house when fifty hounds chased a hapless fox around the big lot. A dog fancier brought the fox and hounds to the studio for inspection as a hunt sequence was under consideration. In some way the fox got out of his cage, possibly aided by some practical joker, and soon the hounds were in full cry. While Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, Wallace Beery and _ others chased the hounds and fox, the feminine. stars scurried for safety. Finally the fox was caught, replaced in his cage and the-.-dogr were rounded up.