Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1930)

ILA^ST MINUTE THE doves of peace and contentment have perched happily, if not permanently, upon the roof tops of several Hollywood homes lately. Honeymoons have been very much the fashion. Alice Day — sister of Marceline — set off for a few blissful weeks with her new husband, Jack Cohn. . . . Zelma O'Neal and Anthony Bushell finished a honeymoon abroad that should have been started two years ago when they were first married. However, now that that's been attended to, they are both back in the Hollywood swing continuing their respective careers . . . Evelyn Brent managed a few happy hours with her husband. He arrived from London and she hastened into traveling togs for Alaska with the "The Silver Horde " company. . . . And they do say that wedding bells are getting ready to chime for Claire Windsor and Philip Plant. They are noticed together most of the time out on Long Island . . . And now, what of Constance Bennett and her divorce? Will she find someone else, as it's rumored, to fill the place once held by one M. Plant? JUST to sort of even up the Hollywood score, divorces continue to roll up big pluralities. Billie Dove is the latest to receive a full-fledged decree from Irvin Willat . . . Lina Basquette and Peverell Marley no longer give Sunday night suppers in the same household and their separation may be final, even though it is still friendly . . . Clara and Charles Ray, too, appear to have reached the parting of the ways and seem to be enjoying single blessedness again. . . . Ona Munson and Eddie Buzzell are another couple who are trying out the "absence makes the heart grow fonder" cure before definitely dissolving partnership. THE ocean liners are getting their full quota from Hollywood. East and west bound steamers are docking with decks fairly full of picture celebrities . . . Conway Tearle sailed for England — visiting home as well as attempting to persuade brother Godfrey to try American shores for luck and parts in talkies . . . Ronald Colman blew into town from a long trip in Londontown. There he sort of visited around with Evelyn Laye, who, by the way, is mighty popular in Hollywood where she is making her talkie debut . . . Emil Jannings is another who will come over across the seas with an improved English accent. p. &-A. Lohengrin was their theme-song: Hoot Gibson and Sally Eilers, just after Ziegfeld's choice as Hollywood's prettiest girl became, in private life, the Gibson girl YOUTH, so long able to demand everything for itself out where pictures were pictures, is sort of taking second place to Experience. George Arliss, for instance, well past sixty, is one of the outstanding figures on the gold coast in talking pictures . . . Marie Dressier, too, has blossomed like a June rose and is forever stealing pictures from beautiful blondes . . . Cyril Maude, cheered on by his contemporaries, will try his luck with "Grumpy "... Otis Skinner, in the grandfather period of life, is stepping briskly as a boy, preparing for " Kismet "... Beryl Mercer is trying her luck at screen laurels . . . George M. Cohan is lending a willing ear to screen-siren salaries . . . And, they do say, that if the price comes right, Harry Lauder himself will try a little Scotch yarn for benefit of the millions who turn into talkie theaters. ION CHANEY'S visit to New York has been for medical treatj ment as well as diversion from picture making. He has been seriously ill with throat trouble and received treatment twice daily . . . Little Lila Lee is another screen player who has been forced to abandon screen roles temporarily and has left Hollywood for a six months' rest . . . Lila Lee's misfortune, however, is Glenda Farrell' 1 gain. She will be substituted in the feminine leading role of "Littl | Caesar " with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. . . . Young Doug, by the by is stepping right along up the ladder with bigger and better part , in every picture . . . And the same thing can be said for Mrs. Doug This thing called love seems to be working wonders for Joan Craw ford . . . Sue Carol has reason to dance merrily 'o nights with he fairly new husband, Nick Stuart. For haven't Amos 'n' Andii taken her inside the magic circle for their leading lady in "Checl and Double Check " ? ANOTHER glorified girl, Claire Luce, is in Hollywood with! a nice fat Fox contract tucked away for a rainy day. She willl make her screen debut in "Up the River" . . . And it's "happy days are here again " for Margue' rite De La Motte, who will try her luck in her first talking picture, "Shadow Ranch," in which Buck Jones is the hero. . .A trip south, back to the cotton fields, will give Bebe Daniels a chance to show what Southern belles are wearing in her latest picture, called " Dixianna." Yes, that good old Dixie tune has been corralled by the mo\-ies . . . Lois Moran is stepping right along. Now she is getting ready to show her talents in "The Play Called Life." BARBARA BENNETT and Morton Downey are on their way to London. Morton will sing and Barbara will dance there at the Kit Kat Club — and that takes care of the summertime. They plan to return to Hollywood in September . . . Constance Bennett, on the other hand, has given up all ideas of going abroad and will start to work on "In Deep" instead . . . Lupe Velez has again caused a raising of eyebrows with her expenditures. She can't help spending generously. But then, didn't she just sign a contract at §20,000 per picture? . . . George Abbott has chosen New York as his vacation town. . . . Hope Hampton has again registered "success" in her operatic career. Her Belgium debut was called triumphant . . . Clara Bow hopped into town and ducked the highly curious by going places with the Richman man . . . Sally Blane, who looks so much like sister Loretta Young that it's hard to tell 'em apart, is all ready for the leading r6Ie in "The Leather Pushers." . . . That film, just to mention novelties, will introduce to the screen Richard Barker for its star. He was formerly a film salesman. BATHING costumes are more or less the topic of conversation wherever film luminaries gather. Dorothy Mackaill is appearing most often in linen bathing suits . . . Irene Rich prefers jersey, Zelma O'Neal likes pongee— and there you are. Bebe Daniels doesn't much care what she wears as long as she can get some use of the baker's dozen she bought . . . Malibu Beach is the place for week-ends nowadays. Marilyn Miller motors down frequently . . . Constance Talmadge and her rather recent husband are also among those present at parties ... As for Corinne Griffith, she is spending all her time there before the European trip is started. ESTELLE TAYLOR has landed the biggest part of her career as the glorified feminist of Edna Ferbier's saga of Oklahoma, "Cimarron" — opposite Richard Dix as the colorful Yancey Cravat . . . Husband Jack Dempsey is putting on the gloves again, to bring back, perhaps, that title that went to Max Schmeling. 14