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HOLLYWOOD HOBBIES
Mary Pickford's hobby is children, and her parties for the kiddies at Pickfair are gay ones. She's shown here during the fihning of Sparrows, when she mothered nine youngsters and enjoyed herself inamensely.
John Gilbert had his tennis court blasted out of
rock on ly wood and a lighting
his Holestate, special arrange
ment allows him to enjoy his favorite sport even at night.
All her life Billie Dove has been a collector of rare perfumes. Her hobby is an expensive one, for some of her containers alone are worth $10,000.
THERE are Hollywoodians with hobbies. Then, too, there are other Hollywoodians with HOBBIES! The former put no great dent in the fat pay checks of the stars. But the latter are costly things to ride.
The film folks run the gauntlet in pastimes — from whale hunting to collecting old cook books. Others search the far corners for rare perfumes, and a couple of childless feminine notables are more interested in children than anything else!
Expenditures range from the price of a year's dues in a golf club, plus a few dozen white balls, to the $40,000 or $50,000 necessary for the annual upkeep of a $250,000 motor boat on which to spend an occasional week-end or vacation.
CAREFUL tabulations of costs of these various and varied pleasures of the residents of Cinemaland convince one that yachting leads the list for outgo. And the major portion of the vast sum is contributed by five persons — John Barrymore, Cecil B. DeMille, Conrad Nagel, Hal Roach and Richard Barthelmess.
For years, John has been a sailor before the mast, his $150,000 Mariner once having won the Los Angeles-Honolulu race after traveling half way across the Pacific under full sail with John in command.
But John has now turned to power craft, his new Infanta, equipped with staterooms for twelve guests and quarter for a
crew of eight, having been launched last spring at a cost of a quarter of a million dollars. The ship is 120 feet long and is driven by two big Diesel engines.
Incidentally, the Infanta carries a complete nursery, for the stork was hovering over the Barrymore-Costello home while the yacht was under construction.
Builders of the Infanta estimate the cost of operating at more than $50,000 a year. That includes the pay of the crew, their maintenance, fuel for the motors and repairs.
The Barrymores have taken several cruises this summer and are looking forward to a South Seas trip.
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