Hollywood (Jan - Oct 1934)

WITH THE NEWS HOT SLEUTH by HAL E. WOOD — Ernest A. Bachrach Chick Chandler boasted his wife, Jean Frontai, had Hollywood's prettiest legs — now she has a movie contract 26 The Bachelor Famine Dawn Of 1934 gives promise of slim pickings for Hollywood maidens who have delayed filing claims on prospective husbands. Never before in Talkietown's annals has the roster of fancy-free bachelors contained so few big money names as at this moment. The twelve months just closed have witnessed the desertion of some of the most sought after altar possibilities of the last decade, including Prize Package No. 1 in the person of the rich and handsome Gary Cooper. Announcement that Gary had placed a fifteen-carat sparkler on the shapely hand of the young and aristocratic Sandra Shaw cracked down upon a romance-loving world like a bolt from the blue. No cinematic betrothal in recent years has caused so many feminine hearts to flutter. It was only last summer that Gary, admitting the demise of his amour with the still-wedded Countess di Frasso, boldly declared that henceforth he was devoting all of his energies to his career, with no time out for serious thought to the opposite sex. But that was before he was introduced to Sandra, whom he met on common ground because of her fondness for outdoor sports. The Love Parade WITH Gary and Sandra blazing the trail, the big trek to the parson's gate is under way. Mervyn Leroy, youthful director of box-office winners, and Doris Warner, daughter of Mervyn's big boss and heiress to many celluloid millions, will take the vows during the Yule season. It probably will be a double wedding in jolly old London for Cary Grant and blonde Virginia Cherrill, and Cary's buddy, Randolph Scott, and Vivian Gaye, Sari Maritza's attractive manager. Foreign Affairs Mary Pickford is going to England to make a picture . . . and she'll discuss marital problems with Doug Fairbanks Sr. . . . A serious attack of homesickness has sent Charlotte Susa hurrying back to Switzerland for a holiday . . . Fox is dusting off Marie Gallant, which will serve as a vehicle to introduce Ketty Galligan, beautiful blonde French actress, to American audiences . . . Boss Winnie Sheehan signed her after seeing her on the London stage . . . Paramount imported Jose Ortiz, Mexi The lowdown on current reported in concise, Cary will meet Virginia in England, and escort her to Kent to visit his parents before the nuptials, while Randy will pay a call at Vivian's abode in the British capital to gain consent of her Dad. Maureen and Johnny Johnny Farrow and Maureen O'Sullivan will don double harness as soon as they can get a special dispensation from Rome, the Pope's approval being necessary because of a previous marriage involving the bridegroom-to-be. Lee Tracy and Isabel Jewell, engagedfor almost four years, will journey down the aisle before the wild geese start Northward again. Franchot Tone and Joan Crawford probably will visit the license bureau the day Joan's divorce from Doug Fairbanks Jr. becomes final in February. Charlie Chaplin's friends tell me that Charlie plans to elope with Paulette Goddard as soon as he completes his current picture. Al Hall and Lola Lane are counting the days until Lola's year of grasswidowship from Lew Ayres ends. Larry Kent and Natalie Talmadge, the erstwhile Mrs. Buster Keaton, have ordered the invitations. Bob Risken and Glenda Farrell are perusing, honeymoon tour maps and discussing home furnishings. Ricardo Cortez and Christine Lee have decided everything except the date for the ceremony. New Loves For Old FOR sheer courage in the wake of matrimonial disaster, you have to hand it to these Hollywood beaux. Bill Powell was a terribly dejected fellow when Carole Lombard hied herself to Nevada to divorce him, but he's finding a new interest in life — and love — in the companionship of Margaret Lindsay. HOLLYWOOD