Screen Guilds Magazine (August 1935)

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In the Arcade E DWARD Everett Horton no sooner got into town for one pic for Twick¬ enham than he received three other of¬ fers ... he may take one in the late Fall; as he has four to make in Holly¬ wood on his immediate return, here is one swell comic who doesn’t have to worry much, at this time! . . . the Mills Brothers and the Boswell Sisters just grabbing all the raves in this town . . . the Cole Porter “You’re the Tops” just beginning to be whistled, hummed and played all over London; reason it has been delayed is that Cochran refused permission for broadcasting or playing said tune until “Anything Goes” open¬ ed. It is now at the Palace with our Sydney Howard (who was in “Trans¬ atlantic Merry-Go-Round,” remember?) and Jeanne Aubert recently at the Rainbow Room. S HIRLEY Grey, Loretta Young, Bela Lugosi and Wynne Gibson are just a few Hollywoodians we didn’t mention last month, working here; it is getting more like old home week every day . . . Bob Montgomery did a personal at the Empire and was a sansashun as Greg Ratoff would have it . . . social note, with all due apologies to Esquire: it is quite the thing now to wear a soft black hat with full evening dress, (white tie outfit) and London has, finally, accepted the soft turned-down collar with a Tux for less formal wear; you can thank the Prince of Wales for giving the deciding vote! Johnny Saunders is busy with ba- loons; real ones, of course, for “Con¬ quest of the Air” . . . wifey Wray re¬ turns here to play opposite J ack Buchanan in his new flicker 4 ‘ Come Out of the Pantry”; it’s an Alice Duer Miller tale and Austin Parker scripted same . . . Helen Vinson is much liked here and will stay for more movies . . . in fact there seems to be more Cali¬ fornians here than there are Londoners but then, my deah, this is reallah holi¬ day time and most of we socialites are at Majora or pernts south! ! ! Y OU should see how Chevalier is standing ’em, up in the revue ‘ ‘ Stop Press” here, show was diving rapidly until Maurice agreed to come in on a percentage and now they are topping the town’s business in a big way, and the sudden heat wave here notwith- By John Paddy Carstairs standing . . . Monckton Hoffe in town on a vacation and waxing very witty at Hollywood’s expense . . . Bob Mont¬ gomery, Miriam Jordan, Walter Huston, Richard Dix, Madge Evans, Helen Vin¬ son and Noah Beery; the above have ar¬ rived ! ! Noel Coward and Bob Montgomery pal-ing up and throwing orchids at one another, in a metaphoric way, of course . . . the Grace Moore reception in this country was nothing short of sensation¬ al .. . and the m^amzelles Kay Francis and Myrna Loy can’t grumble at the publicity they received at this scepter’d isle. T HEY are telling this one on Joe Schenck . . it seems that Joe zoomed out to the B and D studios and was politely asked by the studio sarge if he wanted anything, Schenck said that he knew where he was at and he knew the B and D studios backward and he’d find who he wanted to find ... a little later he returned to the sergeant to en¬ quire where Mr. Alex Korda’s office had been moved to . . said the Sergeant politely, “Mr. Korda is at his own studio at Denham and hasn’t been here for six months! ! ! ” . . . well, that’s what they say . . . “G Men” has been doing terrific busi¬ ness at the Regal . . . “Four Hours to Kill” a hit at the Plaza and it looks as if “Public Hero No. 1” will do nicely at the Empire ... all of which means that England and especially London just laps up any sort of gangster theme . . . Jimmie Barker, Alex Korda’s chief maker-upper returns to Hollywood to Max Factor. T HIS time next year will see at least a dozen new film companies making movies in this burg . . . although obtain¬ ing freelance names and any featured players they can, the “Biggies” this side aim, finally, to get a reciprocal movement going shortly . . . sort of “You loan us Astaire and we’ll let you borrow Jessie Mathews” . . . don’t say we didn’t tell you . . . comedy writers here wish director-scribbler Timmie Whelan were back; he taught ’em plenty on construction. • 22 The Screen Guilds’ Magazine