Hollywood (Jan - Oct 1934)

Pointed comment on cinema affairs and people 77) W. H. by FAWCETT Publisher of HOLLYWOOD Magazine •S\PAGE Lilyan Tashman Lilyan Tashman c ilyan Tashman has answered the final call and the cinema has lost one of its most distinctive personalities. Movie lovers mourn her as a departed favorite star — Hollywood mourns Lilyan Tashman the woman. Lilyan delighted in her reputation as Filmdom's style dictator. Women envied her uncanny ability to anticipate far in advance the trend of fashion and gloried in her introduction of the bizarre and unusual in style. For nearly a decade she was married to Edmund Lowe and their devotion was well-known. Lilyan Tashman had much to live for; her span of life was far too short. We grieve with Edmund Lowe and the world in her passing. The romance betzveen Gary Cooper and Lapc Velez of a fezv years ago is well-known. Later the Countess di Frasso apparently succeeded Lupe in Gary's affections. Now both Gary and Lupe are married — and Lupe and the Countess di Frasso are inseparable pals! Neighborliness ZaSu Pitts has revived the quaint old custom of keeping a cow and donating milk to neighbors. ZaSu and Claudette Colbert have been neighbors for more than a year but did not meet until recently when ZaSu visited the Cleopatra set and introduced herself. During their talk ZaSu discovered that Claudette drinks milk in an effort to increase her weight. ZaSu, with true neighborly generosity, offered to send Claudette a quart of milk daily from her private cow. It is not easy to picture a cow in the backyard of a movie mansion, yet this actuality is one of the many human sidelights of Hollywood. Hitch-hikers will throng the Hollywood highways more than ever nova. Recently one of them thumbed down a sporty looking car driven by a beautiful bhnde. He got the ride and a job in a box factory through the efforts of the driver who was — Jean Harlow! ZaSu Pitts The Academy Awards Charles Laughton The Motion Picture Academy's 1934 awards should bring much satisfaction to all fans. No fault can be found with the Academy's selection of Katharine Hepburn for the award going to the actress doing the best work during the season. Katharine won the honor through her work in Morning Glory. And it is agreed that Charles Laughton justly received the actor's award for his performance in Henry VIII. Fox enjoys the unique distinction of winning three awards for Cavalcade: for the year's best production, the best direction (Frank Lloyd), and the best art direction (William Darling). Mae West likes to tell about the time she went riding with a too impetuous gentleman. She asked him if he could drive with one hand and he eagerly said he could. "Then help me eat these apples," Mac replied. Comedy's Her Business Patsy Kelly's business is being funny. Coming to Hollywood from the New York stage, she succeeded within a short time in establishing herself as one of the screen's foremost comediennes. Her business is to make other persons laugh — and to forget she will not live more than ten years longer. Patsy was riding with Jean Malin when he accidentally drove his car into the Pacific and lost his life about a year ago. Patsy survived only to learn that physicians can do nothing about the sand that seeped into her lungs — they grant her ten years. Comedy — laughter — life — death — and a trouper who is going to make every minute of those ten years count. An eager screen newcomer asked George Burns recently if he thought makeup was harmful — and especially if lipstick did any harm. George referred her to Grade Allen zvith the remark that the lipstick Grade found on his cheek didn't do him any good! Patsy Kelly Here's Hope The Beginnings of screen stars should help those who believe they are doomed to a colorless existence in an unappealing job. We might never have heard of Greta Garbo if she had been content lathering faces in a barbershop; Marlene Dietrich might be a violinist known only in her native Germany if prolonged practice had not injured her hand, and Fredric March might be peering out from a teller's window if the stage had not triumphed over banking. Dauntless determination and a will to realize their ambitions lifted them from the ordinary to the position they now enjoy. 6 Marlene Dietrich In Search of Privacy Movie Stars discovered long ago that secret telephone numbers are far from secret. Many of them have to change their numbers once a month or oftener. Now they are building hideaway homes miles from a telephone where they can be reached only by telegram. If you want to send Joel McCrea and Frances Dee a telegram it will cost $1.50 to have it delivered to their ranch home. Ann Harding has a one-way phone — she can talk over it but no incoming calls can be received. It must be nice to avoid wrong numbers in the middle of the night! HOLLYWOOD Joel McCrea