Picture Play Magazine (1938)

! hat he's emotionally serene, a full-fledged bachelor, he's civen up the notion of producing his own pictures and is >ack with Oily and Hal. IOR a while Warren William had MGM really awed. When he checked in on the lot he brought a dressing oom built into the back of an automobile. Other stars vere pushed into drabness with their lumbering portable J-ooms as Warren's man drove off 'n' on the sets. But alas! Word has just reached the studio that Warren and his wife lave been trailering clear to Canada; and it seems his ultra effect is simply a station wagon designed principally for inexpensive touring. MvA/HAT have your Christmas cards cost you? Stars won't tell. But here's an idea. Harry Joe Brown, producerfeusband of Sally Eilers, has been arguing with income tax M.nen. He wants an exemption for his holiday greetings bill, Rasserting that his cards cost exactly $683. And producers jdon't know half as many people as popular players. I OLA LANE grew just a little bitter about the real rubies Louella Parsons wears in "Hollywood Hotel." Louella plays a reporter; Lola plays a movie star, and felt her gems should be the real thing, too. But they gave Lola some fake jewelry and explained that Miss Parsons, a real-life I columnist, is an exception. EVER notice that Joan Crawford's pictures seem to take place mainly in drawingrooms, with seldom an outdoor set? We hadn't until a fellow with MGM confided that Joan dislikes to be photographed outdoors, except in long shots. She feels that studio lights are needed to dramatize her beauty. It's just one of those whims, a cameraman told us. |ENE AUTRY seemed pretty embarrassed the other day on location when game wardens took away his fancy gun and kept it twenty-four hours. The movie cowboy apparently had been taking pot shots here and there, after a day's filming, contrary to game laws. And Uncle Sam's wardens weren't a bit impressed by his cinema standing. A GROUP of stars got a great chuckle from a ten-year-old autograph seeker at a recent sports event. After getting autographs and smiles from Bing Crosby, Ronald Colman, Dolores del Rio, Kay Francis and several others, the lad handed his book to Rosalind Russell, who was about to leave. In the well-known Russell manner, which is somewhat on the ritzy side, she signed her name, brushed aside his thanks and hurried away. The youngster's grin faded. Shaking his head sadly he remarked to the assembled celebrities, "She's awful pretty — but she ain't very nice, is she?" pREDRIC MARCH tells this on himself. His brother Jack was visiting the set of "Buccaneer," so March began explaining various movie gadgets to him. Suddenly Freddie noted an unwonted stillness on the set. He paused guiltily, thinking the bell had rung for silence. Every one was staring at him, and now they laughed. 61 "Bravo, Freddie!" some one cried. "What gestures, what oratory! Probably your finest acting, all to explain what a 'gobo' is!" That rebuke, coming from fellow actors, made March vow never again to be caught gesticulating except for the camera. IRENE DUNNE, looking unusually lovely in a green sports suit, was recognized by three ladies in a Hollywood department store. They watched her buy a coffee set, and two of them hurriedly duplicated the purchase. Then they followed her to the sports department. Irene purchased a beige suede jacket. One of the ladies promptly purchased a similar j acket. They might have duplicated still other purchases if they hadn't lost Irene's trail. We wonder if they'd have copied her at all had they known she was buying the things for a servant's birthday. £LARK GABLE was spending a few hours in an airplane factory to get atmosphere for a forthcoming film. He didn't have much to say, and the mechanics developed an antagonistic attitude toward him. FRANCISKA G A A L