The Hollywood Low Down (1934)

January 15, 1935 The Hollywood LOW-DOWN Page 13 Rambling Reporter By MURRAY ROSE HOWARD Estabrook receiving critic raves for his fine work on “David Copperfield” . . . and along comes David Broekman, conductor and compos¬ er, who will soon present his latest mus¬ ical “Manhattan Fairy Tales” . . . Jerry Herdan, the casting chap at MGM, pre¬ sents his mother with a fur coat . . . Sid Algiers, Paramount production chief on “Mississippi,” on the job as usual, despite his illness . . . Wallace Ford, who has a featured role in “Devil’s Cargo” all agog about his chicken ranch . . . blonde Hazel Fitzgerald, assigned to another screen role . . . Francesca Braggiotti (Mrs. John Lodge) to head the prologue at the Par¬ amount theater . . . Ben Piazza abounding for New York on another talent hunt . . . Irvin S. Cobb who has joined the writing staff at Paramount . . . Evelyn Venable and her husband, Hal Mohr, boasting of their two flivvers . . . Bruce Cabot and Adrienne Ames, Hollywood bound after an absence of several weeks . . . Marian Marsh, facing the cameras again after her recent illness . . . G. Barnett, the New York chap, who recently joined the LOW-DOWN adver¬ tising staff . . . Isabel Jewell, who scored in “Evelyn Prentice” now at work in the “Casino Murder Case” . . . Russell Cooper, bartender at Perry’s, who volunteered blood for the 12 year old son of Eddie Moran . . . Ken Maynard and wife enjoy¬ ing their flying trip through Mexico . . . Francis Lister, quite perturbed over Amer¬ ican tea . . . Maidel Turner finishing a nice part at Fox in “Dante’s Inferno” . . . Alice White still looking for her lost English sheep dog . . . Raquel Torres, returning to the film city, after a sojourn of four months on Broadway . . . Gary Cooper, munching on a thick steak at Tip’s, pop¬ ular Hollywood steak house . . . John Wray, actor, playright and director, joining the cast of “Recipe For Murder” . . . Ruth Peterson and John Bradford dancing at the Clover Club . . . Eddie Lowe and Vic¬ tor McLaglen discussing clothes ... all of which reminds us of the new spring showing at Brand’s, on the boulevard . . . Douglas Montgomery, scoring a hit in “Merrily We Roll Along” in New York . . . Sam Heilman and Frances Hyland collab¬ orating on “Highway Robbery” . . . Hans Twardowski, completing the cast of “Old Heidelberg” . . . Maurice Kosloff, casting agent signing up more chorines for new musicals . . . John Cromwell and Kay John¬ son showing their rock garden to friends . . . Billie Burke, besieged by autograph seekers from the middle-west . . . Harry Sugarman, presenting the prizes to the winners of the perfect-back contest . . . Mrs. Samuel Goldwyn, chosen by an east¬ ern magazine as one of the eight most at¬ tractive women in Hollywood . . . King Vi¬ dor and his favorite dish of lobster thermador . . . lovely Virginia McAdoo, wife of P everell Marley, leaving Frank’s of Holly¬ wood . . . Mack Grey and Lucille Ball en¬ tering the Wilshire Ebell . . . Leo Robin, songwriter, and Estelle Clarke dining at Sardi’s . . . Elinor Glyn’s former secre¬ tary, Ann Fielder, who is now serving An¬ na Sten in the same capacity . . . Jane Kerr reading over her script for her new assignment . . . Elsie Horner, publicist at radio station KMTR, who was recently in¬ terviewed to explain how she maintains that school-girl complexion . . . Cyril Moss, Hollywood attorney attending the races at Santa Anita . . . Eleanor Gordon, appear¬ ing in a school play, much to the delight of her father, Sid Gordon, the insurance wizard . . . Roscoe Karns and son, looking forward to next season’s duck hunting near Bakersfield . . . Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Le Bell, feting many film notables at their house party, in their new home . . . Kath¬ leen Burke and her mother shopping at the Mayfair . . . Herbert Mundin, the Fox comic at Pirrone’s . . . Harry Holman add¬ ed to the cast of “Midsummer Nights Dream” . . . Dorothy Gray and her mother leaving Universal studios . . . Janet Gaynor and Henry King lunching at Fox . . . Will Rogers and David Butler discussing Will’s next picture . . . Jock Lawrence, Goldwyn’s p.a. entering United Artist’s studio . . . Bemie Bartlett, the seven-yearold singer from Kansas City, receiving film offers . . . Bill Thomas back from a flying trip to San Francisco . . . Josephine Leach, of the famed “Texas Redheads” welcomed by crowds in Honolulu, where they are making personal appearances . . . Dave Ep¬ stein, prolific p.a. at Palm Springs . . . Gregory Ratoff in Hollywood for two film assignments . . . Dick Quine and his moth¬ er on the set of “Boy of Flanders” . . . Joe Barr, Hollywood artist, sketching Joan Crawford . . . Jimmie Durante without his cigar . . . Jack Rey, popular m.c. entering a Hollywood nite-spot . . . Tom Kennedy and Wilson Atkins, proprietors of the Brass Rail in Hollywood leaving for the races . . . L. Wolfe Gilbert week-ending at Caliente . . . Opal McCue, one of the “Search for Beauty” winners, who writes to inform us that she is soon returning to California . . . Joyce Home, curls and all, posing for publicity stills . . . Jan Rubini, who is still at Phoenix . . . Salvator de Santaella and Mildred Stone enjoying the music of Orville Knapp . . . June Glory who lends her beauty to Warner Bros, musicals . . . Matty King, the dancing de¬ mon, glimpsed with a gorgeous brunette . . . Dorothy Hill, Dorothy Messmer and Dorothy McCarty who have formed a sen¬ sational singing trio . . . John B. Alden, the youthful producer, who is soon to start “The King’s Highway” . . . Marvelle Andre, headlining the show at the Sunset club . . . Roland Young and his English secretary . . . little Georgie Breakston, who has just completed a personal appearance tour . . . June Marlowe, formerly with Ted Fio Rito assigned to “The Great Ziegfeld” . . . Mrs. Bernice Saunders, interviewing new hope¬ fuls at Central Casting . . . Joan Reber, film actress, driving by with Allen Greer, the western actor . . . Edwin Martin and Cy Allen lunching at Levy’s . . . Barbara Perry in her new apartment . . . Bill Mc¬ Guire talking old times with Billie Burke . . . Chester Morris and his manager at the Universal cafe . . . Dick Weil audition¬ ing new radio talent at the NBC studios . . . Pat O’Shea, the crooner . . . Marion Anita Farrell, who won the Shirley Temple contest in Cleveland, on the coast for films . . . Leo (Rosenthal) Olete, who prefers aliases to his own name . . . Hal Berger rehearsing the “In-Laws” at KNX . . . Lois Lee, of the “Drunkard”, entering radio sta¬ tion KFWB . . . 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