Hollywood (Jan - Oct 1934)

esting fact and fancy concerning the stars and happenings on the lots concisely told "and everyone will think it is he who is being satirized." Connie won her point. Hank denied he would launch action for divorce while in his native land. Boys Will Be Boys GLORIA SWAN SON is awaiting the gong for the start of shooting on The Divine Sarah, her first vehicle under her new contract with Producer Joseph Schnitzer. All of which caused one of the Hollywood wags to crack: "I'd much rather see Sarah Bernhardt starred in the story of Swanson's life, than Gloria in the role of Sarah!" Garbo Looks Ahead Cables From Sweden bring news that Greta Garbo's brother acted as her agent in the purchase of a 115acre estate at Dyvik, where her old friend, Max Gumpel, the engineer, will erect a mansion. Acquisition of the property has revived reports that Greta and Max will wed before many more months have passed. Meanwhile, however, they're saying in Hollywood that Garbo is considerably miffed over Rouben Mamoulian's attentions to attractive Mona Maris. Rouben is directing Greta in Queen Christina, and they were getting along swimmingly both on and off the sets until Mona returned from a location trip to Honolulu. Hoot to Wed June FINANCIAL worries are all that now block the pending marriage of Hoot Gibson and yung June Gale. When Sally Eilers followed her announcement of a Mexican decree from Hoot with her elopement to Yuma with Director Harry Joe Brown, she lifted the heaviest of the bars lining the path of the Western star on his fourth matrimonial venture. Hoot, however, admitted the sad state of his finances in court recently, when he told the judge hearing Mrs. J. L. Johnson's claim on a $2,500 judgment against her one-time son-in-law that he had just ninety-five cents in his pockets and that he owed $8,000. Hoot plans to refill his coffers, though, through the profits from a personal appearance tour he is to make in company of Col. Roscoe Turner, holder of the trans-continental air record. Later, the two plan to co-star in an aviation film. Blood of China Next Darbara Stanwyck is back in Holly *-* wood, ready to begin work in Warner Brothers' Blood of China, in which she will portray a half-caste. Her bosses have been paging her frantically for weeks, but their pleas fell on Barbara's deaf ears. Contract or no contract, she declined to leave hubby Frank Fay alone on wicked Broadway. Please turn to page fifty Preyost, step-father of Marie, died suddenly in San Bernardino, Calif. Courts When Gwili Andre was sued for $50 by a former landlord, she went to court and pleaded her own case . . . you bet, she won! . . . Fredric March and Florence Eldridge have petitioned for permission to legally adopt five-year-old Jacqueline Esther Miller . . . Gaylord Lloyd, director-brother of Harold, won a $15,000 judgment against the Caddo Company for loss of an eye in a film explosion . . . Jackie Coogan's Dad has been named defendant in a suit for $35,000 by Sylvia Dorfman and Irving Linden, deaf mutes, hurt in an auto crash . . . Alan Dinehart and his bride, Mozelle Brittone, are rejoicing because Betty Kaege has withdrawn her $250,000 heart balm suit against Alan. Sports Cricket Took A New lease on life with the return of Boris Karloff from Europe . . . Boris' movie team trimmed the crack outfit from H. <M. S. Dragon, British man-o'-war, during the craft's stay in Los Angeles harbor . . . Lewis Stone has purchased a 105-foot Gloucester schooner, and plans to sail it through the Panama Canal and up the Pacific Coast . . . Mary Rogers, Will's daughter, is a crack polo player . . . Not satisfied with the seventy-five records he has garnered during his years as a swimming champ, Johnny Weissmuller has taken up outboard racing . . . he's having a new craft constructed for use on Lake Los Angeles . . . Wynne Gibson spent a vacation on a canoe jaunt . . . Director Gregory LaCava will testify to Katharine Hepburn's skill as a golfer . . . Greg took her on for a round, gave her a stroke a hole, and la Hepburn won $7. Right this way, ladies and gents, the little lady is about to go into her dance I Clara Bow becomes a most enticing sideshow attraction in Hoopla, her latest talkie which is a picturization of The Barker