They Tell Me That

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 33, 27 January 1939, Page 15

They Tell Me That

OLLY WOOD is amused F at a story ‘about Universal’s young lady wonder-Miss Durbin. Tt seems an extremely selfassured and sophisticated chat-ter-writer lunched with Deanna at the studio one day recently. All briskness and efficiency, the writer assumed command of the situation and proceeded to talk, Gradually, however, the writer became less and less voluble until finally, around dessert time, there was -a complete change in the situation. ‘The writer, her tail feathers plucked for a fare-thee-well, was listening quietly +e sensible and adult observa-

tions delivered by Deanna. "Tt was the way she looked: at me,’’ the writer said afterward, ‘‘with ‘those clear penetrating eyes looking through me and that little half twinkle thrown in for good measure. I’ve never been rendered so unsure of myself in my life. ‘‘T wonder what she really thinks of me,’’ the writer sighed. Rebuff For Garbo For many years Greta Garbo has been accustomed to drive’ through the old car entrance to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios on Washington Boulevard, Culver City. While Garbo was in Sweden recently the studio completed a new administration building, with another entrance for motor vehicles. The old gate is now used for workers with time cards. ‘The other day the = star’s chaufieur parked the car outside the studio, and Garbo started to walk through the old gate. She was halted by a policeman who had joined the studio during her absence. The officer demanded her time card. The blonde actress said, "f am Greta Garbo." "Oh, yeah," snapped the studio bobbie. "No extras can pull that Garbo stuff on me,"

Then a policeman who knew Garbo appeared, apologising for her reception, and directed her to the right entrance. Stork News T’S ‘baby season in Hollywood now, with the long-legged bird the most popular celebrity in town. Over on the Metre. lot, Margaret and Maureen, the two "Sullivon" girls 4. aly, Margaret spells hers with two a’s and Maureen goes individual with an "O’") are discussing daily the probiems of movie mothers. Margaret Sullavan, wife of Leiand Hayward, is expecting her second child and Maureen O’Sullivon, wife of John Farrow, her first baby. But Al Jolson isn’t letting anyone get ahead of him. Al, with

one adopted son, is searching for a set of fine twin boys to carry on the name of Jolson. Don’t Talk Shop ROSALIND RUSSELL, whose Pnglish-made film, "The Citadel," is a great hit, is still groggy over the British methods of movie-making. "After Hollywood, where one talks pictures twenty-four solid hours in a day and to the exclusion of all else, | found the subject strangely ignored after working hours," she says. "‘~ wonder if I did that scene just right to-day?’ I asked an Eng-

lish co-worker one night at dinner. "Oh, by the .way,’ he answered, ‘what about the tennis matches at

Wimbledon next week? Youw’re going, aren’t you?’ . "At first, I tried to talk shop |, after hours to everyone on the set and got in return discussions of} Pnglish gardens in the spring or the possibility of war. So I finally} gave up and, strangely enough, most of my physical tiredness and nervons tension disappeared. "lve returned with a new reso-j{ lution: No talking shop after hours. Not even to myself. I don’t care how lonely Ii get." Pampered Pups pegs lead anything but a dog’s life in Hollywood, where the bow-wows have such modern con-} veniences as restaurants, beauty parlours, country resorts and ‘pri- |.

tg J vate rooms equipped with cooling and heating systems. Stuart Erwin, commenting on dog pampering, says that the first thing we know we will be having canine night clubs, and he is considering training his prize-winning scotties for such a career. Director Marries ARGARET TALLICHET, the widely heralded Texas girl who was chosen for a leading role in the much delayed "Gone With the Wind," is now the wife of William Wyler, one of the youngest and most successini directors in Hollywood. This is the second Margaret that Director Wyler has married. He was, until recently, the husband of Margaret Suilavan. Powell’s Plans LIAM POWELL, absent from the films for many months, because of a serious abdominal operation, recently called at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios to discuss preparations for "The Thin Man Returns," in which he will be co-starred with Myrna Loy. The star believes that it will take him at least two more months to get into physical shaps to face the cameras again. He says that he still tires very easily, although he feels in good physical condition, and that his only reason for doing radio shows was to banish his restlessness by doing a certain amount of work less fatiguing than picture roles.