Modern Screen (Feb - Oct 1933 (assorted issues))

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Let's Talk About Hollywood Eddie Goulding made a modest speech saying all the credit was due to the stars, and not to him. This went down so well Eddie was prevailed upon to make the same speech every night for the first week of the film's presentation. DURING Harold Lloyd's European trip he arrived at Cherbourg without his spectacles. His brother, Gaylord Lloyd, was wearing spectacles and cheering crowds besieged Gaylord, clamoring and climbing for his autograph, and completely ignoring friend Harold in the background. When the Crown Prince of Comedy eventually reached London he was rushed straightway to meet the press boys at the Dorchester, London's largest luxury hotel and •'ballyhoo" home. Just before he entered the hotel the comedian was enticed out of his taxi, and photographed talking to a policeman. This photograph subsequently appeared in several papers with the caption "I think your London policemen are just wonderful" — but it wasn't Harold's fault. At the reception, one of the press boys dropped a brick with a wallop that could be heard half round the town by asking, "And how's your wife — Miss Mildred Harris?" "For crying out loud," protested Harold, "don't print that or you'll have me in the law courts. That was Charlie Chaplin's wife!"_ After a brief sojourn on the Riviera, Harold returned to London, and announced he may make a film in England if he can find a suitable story. {Continued from page 84) It was also given out in the English papers that he is to look for one of his ancestors in Scotland. As it was announced, at the same time, that Harold is worth many million dollars, there were immediately several hundred letters received from all over the country, from aged fortune-hunters, claiming to be his ancestor ! Joan Bennett and her small daughter "Ditty" recently left for New York to be with sister Barbara when the stork arrives. Connie prolonged her stay m the East so as to be on hand too. It is said that Joan's doorstep will be the old bird's next stop! THERE'S nothing unexpected about a lion knocking a man down — but when a man knocks a lion down . . . that's news! It happened when they were shooting "Central Park" the other day. The nice, helpful authors had written a scene in which a lion is supposed to jump into the middle of a crowded dance floor, scattering dancers right and left. They had a big animal from Selig Zoo all ready to do his stuff. Cages were arranged so that the actors could flee from one enclosure into another where the beast couldn't follow. The lion was what is known as "cage broke." That means, in zoo lingo, that he is scared of open spaces and always will seek shelter in his cage. It was decided that since he was sure to make for his own cage anyway, it would heighten the excitement if some of the actors ran into one end of the big en closure as he was exiting from the other end. Things went smoothly for the first minutes. The lion leaped in— crowd scattered. The Hon made a dash for his cage and the actors dashed m from behind him. Then the unexpected happened. Confused by the lights and noise, the lion wheeled blindly and charged the terrified group of actors. They wheeled, too ! But Wallace Ford, nearest the lion, lost his footing, stumbled, slid and catapulted right into the bounding beast! Both went sprawling! The next minute the lion leaped for his cage— the only place the poor king of the jungle could feel really safe in Hollywood— and Ford leaped with even greater enthusiasm for an exit ! The Charles Mac Arthurs (Helen Hayes) are noted for their cozy informal parties. The other night Helen hit on a brand new idea. It being the cook's night off, she arranged several small tables, each bearing a chaffing dish, the necessary ingredients and a recipe. The ff^sts had to prepare their own meal — and did they have fun! TONY— greatest of all actors (even though he is only a horse) has made his final bow— and retired to a quiet restful life of oats and cool green pastures. Tony's retirement from pictures was made necessary after a severe injury caused by an accident while on location, in which his master was also injured. Tom now has a new horse, Tony, Jr. ROBERT JOYCE 114 1 si, could you use a H'engli'sh accent? Printed in the U. S. A. by Art Color Printing Company. Punellen, N. J.