Modern Screen (Dec 1935 - Nov 1936)

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That's why when they got to Balboa for an all-day stop, one of the musicians told Oakie that the boat wouldn't leave until midnight — which was a lie if ever there was one, 'cause everybody knew that the boat sailed at eight. Still Oakie accepted the advice in good faith, and when sailing time came he was still out doing the town. The inusician heaved a sigh of relief. But the Captain could not sail without all his passengers. So Balboa was combed and Oakie was found and the mastering of ceremonies continued, far, far on into the Pacific. Still his undying exuberance is the thing that has made him famous. Not only to all the world, but he's about the best known person in the movie colony. Garbo and Dietrich may never have met, ditto Hepburn and Colman, but everybody knows Oakie. And while everybody pretends that Oakie gets under their skin, in their hair, and under their feet, nobody would really have it otherwise. Not long ago when there was some talk of Oakie buying a house in Toluca Lake — the popular star-colony out Burbank way — his pals ganged together, visited a sign painter and before long all the roads in that section bore the brilliant warning, "Keep Poison Oakie out of Toluca Lake." But it was just a gag, and nobody knew it better than Oakie. He used to be Hollywood's Delightful Date until he met Venita Varden just about eight months ago, and he's been her delightful date ever since. Right from the beginning he told everyone that this girl was different. And on Sunday, March 22, they were married. Venita, unlike most of Oakie's girls in the past — Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Toby Wing, all eleven of the "Murder at the Vanities" chorus, Mary Brian, and countless others — is best described as quiet, demure and domestic. She was born in Georgia, and educated at Sweet Briar College and also at Washington Seminary. She wanted to be a decorator, but became a model and a show girl instead. She's been around the world three times. In Paris she modeled for the famous Patou. In New York she was the original Russell Patterson Girl, and she was also in several of the "Follies." It was while she was working in one of them that she first saw Oakie. Harry Richman on the stage spotted him in the audience and in typical Richman fashion stopped the show to say "Hello." One glance at that homely, good-natured mug and Venita had a feeling she was falling. But she didn't meet him then. Not until she was brought to Hollywood eight months ago to be further glorified in "The Great Ziegfeld." But even Venita, with Oakie practically in the palm of her hand, has found him difficult to cope with at times. There was the time recently when he said to her, "Now, Pidgeon, I have a great treat in store for you. I'm going to introduce you to High Society, get you in with the right people, on account of how you and I really should surround ourselves with class. You're the type, and I'm going to do right by you. So fix yourself up pretty Saturday night, and I'll be seeing you at eight." Venita took him at his word. She bought a new dress, a new hat, and the latest shade of nail polish, and dillydallied at her dressing table for three whole hours. "Gee, will you knock 'em dead," said Oakie on beholding her. Venita expected to meet a title and Oakie didn't disappoint her. They went to a party at Man Mountain Dean's ! Venita was the only girl there and the rest of the guests were all wrestlers ! But when Oakie told me about it, he wanted me also to understand that very often he does go out in Real Society — • as often, he says, as he can stand it. "But there was that red and white party at Countess di Frasso's that wasn't half bad," he informed me. "They had a good gag there. They had microphones under all the chairs. Of course, they didn't make a record of anything I said, 'cause I was tipped off, but you should have heard some of the stuff that was picked up! Boy, was it hot!" (Funny thing, that Oakie was tipped off ! Well, you put two and three together yourself!) What Oakie says kiddingly is the truth, if you can judge by the clamoring, among stars and prop boys alike, that goes on when there's a chance to work in an Oakie picture. There was actually a lot of bribing and begging, especially among the crew workers recently when Oakie made "Florida Special." Why? Because working is always fun when Oakie's around. He strolls on the set in the morning, fingers an imaginary mustache and striking a John Barrymore pose says in a deep, rumbling voice, "Tell me, my friends, what is the play? And what is my part?" Of course, Oakie is an awful scene stealer, but he's such a grand guy that his fellow stars don't seem to mind it very much. There was only one whom Oakie remembers who wouldn't let him get away with it, and that was Victor McLaglen. "It was while we were making 'Murder at the Vanities," Oakie recalled. "At the end of one important scene we both had to go out the same door. Well, as anyone knows the last actor out of the scene usually gets the scene, because after he's left alone in front of the camera he can do most anything he likes on his exit — make faces, give 'em this, give 'em that — you know what I mean. Well, in the rehearsals, I always fenagled it so Vic had to go out of_ the door first, and for a while I didn't think he was noticing how I was pushing him a little. But then came the take, and that big_ brute gave me such a push that I went right through a brick wall, through the sound proofing and all, and landed right on the street. "Not that I use any tricks that shouldn't be used — be sure to get me straight ! At least not when I'm working with someone who doesn't try them on me. But an oldtimer like Vic knows tricks, too, don't forget. He's a smart guy and okay." And Oakie does look out for Oakie all right ! Like the comic who gets in your hair, he believes it pays to advertise, too ! On the door of his dressing-room, there is a large photograph of the large Oakie head — in color, mind you. And since Oakie's dressing-room is first on the left after you pass the studio entrance, nobody entering or leaving the lot has ever been able to avoid it. Nor have persons with itching fingers and handy pencils seldom been able to resist it! Once when I saw it not long ago the Oakie mug was adorned with Valentino sideburns. But that was soon replaced with a fresh reproduction of the original. Again the Oakie eyes peered out from under a row of Jean Parker bangs. But nothing dis 66