Motion Picture (Aug 1940-Jan 1941)

The Talk of Hollywood [Continued from page 68] Hubby will believe to bis dying day that wifie was suffering from hallucinations, and that she must have really been sicker than he knew. But the fact is, that the woman was right. You see, Carole Lombard was in the very same hospital — and Clark, coming to visit her, got into the wrong room by mistake. Gag ■ Silly crack of the month was Peter Lorre's, in the RKO barber-shop. Peter sat in his usual chair, and the barber said : "Your hair needs cutting badly, sir." "No, it doesn't," snapped Lorre, quick as a flash ; "it needs to be cut nicely ! You cut it BADLY last time !" Aren't they the cards, these movie stars? Terse Verse | Clever guys, these Brothers MarxAll the gags from Noah's Arx! Wampas Revival? 3 Most interesting development of years, in Hollywood, is the move to revive the old "Wampas Baby Star" selection. In the olden days, it was Hollywood's great annual event — just as important, at that time, as the current yearly award of Academy "Oscars" to the industry's top actors, producers, and so on. Among the Baby Stars of bygone years, who climbed from that start to the top ranks of movies, were Janet Gaynor, Joan Blondell, Clara Bow, Dolores Del Rio, Lupe Velez and many others. In the old days, the selection used to be made by the studio press-agents. The new plan calls for a board of judges to be selected from the major lots — a top director from each studio. Each studio will then be allowed to submit the names of one or two of their young hopes — gals under 21, who have played not more than two speaking parts. From these candidates, the board of judges would pick 13 stars who have the most promise of eventual success. Terse Verse ■ Go ahead and choose your "Baby Stars" — But we bet you'll find no Hedy Lamarrs ! ! "Who Was That Lady, etc.?" H H you want to try the latest Hollywood zany pastime, here it is — as invented and practiced, ad nauseam, by the Marx Brothers. They call their new game "Who Was That Lady ?" and it goes like this : One person asks, "Who was that lady?" and the other person must come back with a quickie like : "She was a masseuse, but she rubbed me the wrong way!" And when you get over rolling on the floor over that one, here are a few other nifty comebacks, as practiced by the Marxes — "She was a housemaid, and she swept me off my feet." "She was a tattooer, and she had designs on me." "She was a dressmaker, and kept me in stitches." Well, there you are, friends. Don't say your Li'l Old Hollywood Correspondent doesn't keep you in touch with the latest developments in this glamorous, clever movie capital ! Gable-Lombard Zoo B Latest freak at the Gable-Lombard zoo (which is what Hollywood is calling that amazing San Fernando valley ranch of the stars) is a cat with one hind leg in splints ! Seems that Clark and Carole have no less than twenty cats about the place — and the population is going up steadily. But even so, the famous couple can't find the heart to dispose of any of them, no matter how steady the rate of production. And when one of them meets disaster— well, the other day one of the cats got in a trap, and came out with a broken leg. Instead of having her killed, Carole and Clark sent her to the veterinarian's, and had the broken leg set and put in splints — and now the puss hops around on three legs until the fourth one is healed again. Male Fashion Notes From Hollywood | Quite neat was Wayne Morris at Ciro's the other night, in white dinner jacket with black tie, and black kerchief in his breast pocket. And nobody noticed that the black hankie was NOT a black hankie, but a black silk sock, which Wayne substituted at the last moment when he found he didn't have any black kerchief ! And Harpo Marx tried to get into a swank dining-room in open-necked sports shirt the other night. Was turned away because of house rule that no open-necked shirts were admissable. So Harpo taxied to his home, came back a few minutes later with a red scarf wrapped around his throat. The head waiter passed him in — but almost collapsed when, once at his table, Harpo yanked the red scarf away — and brazenly displayed it as the lower half of a pair of pajamas ! Terse Verse | Guys to whom Ann Sheridan is merely "neat" Even in Hades wouldn't notice the heat ! Toupee Or Not Toupee Most amazing fan-experience of the month was the one suffered by Eddie Albert. He was having lunch at the Brown Derby, when a cute girl dashed up to his table, all but breathless. "Oh," she gasped, "you're Eddie Albert, aren't you?" Gallantly he stood up and admitted he was. "Can I run my fingers through your hair," she asked; "my friend back home says it's false !" 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