Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1930)

ILA^ST MINUTE DOLORES DEL RIO has found romance along the matrimonial pathwa> again. She and Cedric Gibbons did what the>' could in the way of making promises before the good Padre and are now enjoying a little honeymoon before the call of the microphone interferes. . . . Romance is not flourishing in the houses where Princes once reigned. Pola Negri started the general exodus of nobility when she decided she could get along \ ery nicely without Prince M'dvani. . . . And while the Marquis de la Falaise de la Coudraye is once again in Hollywood, he is no longer a guest in the household of Gloria Swanson, who has definiteh stated that she finds single blessedness quite attracti\ e — for the time being, at anv rate. G I\'IN'G Tit for Tat is a new pastime in the amusement world. With almost all of Broadway sunning itself on the west coast, Broadway is sort of turning the tables by calling Hollywood's most celebrated to the footlights. Mary Pickford is said to bend an attentive ear to the call and is expected East almost any time. . . . Colleen Moore, too, will try out the musical comedy stage for a while. She has been signed by Archie Selwyn to sing, dance and be merry. . . . Vilma Banky and Rod La Rocque are two others signed to tread the footboards of Broadway theaters. . . . Eddie Cantor also harkened to that ole stage urge and will try out the Palace Theater — but that's just between pictures. Shiver m' timbers, but what's this the sea's tossed up? It looks tough, whatever it is. Maybe it's a mermaid with bobbed hair. Maybe it's that ol' davil sea dog, Jim Tully, in "Way for a Sailor" GETTING a thrill on the other side of the amusement fence is Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who stormed Hollywood so successfully. She is now waiting to see how her good Public takes her talkie debut in "The Play Called Life." . . . Marjorie Rambeau, too, is w-aiting with fast-beating heart the verdict on her first talkie, "Her Man.'" Oh, yes. there's still a thrill for everyone with the talkies to conquer. . . . Ruth Chatterton is getting even more enthusiastic over the opportunities of the talking pictures now that she will play both mother and daughter roles in "The Right to Love'' opposite her own husband, Ralph Forbes. TAKING pounds off and putting new clothes on can be said to be among the absorbing moments of feminine film celebrities. Constance Bennett goes in very strongh for the ensemble idea and stresses it to the smallest detail. . . . Clara Bow likes sports clothes and much prefers the old white duck trousers unless she must dress to be on parade. . . . Greta Garbo goes in heavily for tweeds and two-piece sports dresses and, oh. yes, felt hats. Perhaps the "Green Hat" left its influence after all. . . . Lupe Velez runs to scarlet in her clothes. Nancy Carroll likes all colors and wears them all well. . . . Marion Davies goes in for elaborate evening clothes while Nornna Shearer lets the modernistic note prevail for her daytime dresses and calls it an evening with printed chiffons.^ CLAUDIA DELL will be the girl with "Fifty Million Frenchmen." . . . Maurice Chevalier returns to that dear Paris for a few months. ... In "The Playboy of Paris'' Maurice has a new leading woman who is, by the way, none other than Mrs. Chevalier. Her screen name is Yvonne Callee. T\IE foreign in\-asion is by no means o\er — e\-en if the talkies do seem to ha\e come to stay. These bright foreign lads and lassies have a way of mastering the English language. And even if they don't, there is the old S.A. to consider. Marlene Dietrich landed from German shores with plenty of "it" and a shining per sonality to play with Gary Cooper in " Morocco'' and from advanc reports, she is doing mighty well in this picture. . . . There is als Nora Gregor, Vienna's pet, doing Mary Dugan for Germany an, .Austria. . . . Maurice Chevalier found English easy and there i{ also another Frenchman who does well, Andre Luget. . . . Spail is sending a mighty contingent including Jose Crespi, and strangell enough a Spanish miss who calls herself Conchita Montenegroi ... .As for Mexico, it has always been well represented. Dolorell del Rio and Lupe Velez are just two of its tempestuous daughter*' who shine in Hollywood. AS the first large salmon commence to appear in Colfax Bay*1 Canada. Clive Brook may be found vacationing there wooinj f his salmon with eager eye and skilful hand .... Charlie Chaplir is recuperating in the Si' erras. . . . Claudettd Colbert is making aj round-the-world tour. And she has motion pic-, ture films which she taken to prove it! . Mary Nolan has can-': celled European passages^ and will rest out at Lakej Arrowhead, instead. Herl next picture, by the way, will be "Boudoir Diplomat"— a title! . . . Gildai Gray is among those pres-f ent in Honolulu instead of altar-bound. . . . Edwta Carewe is finding New York restful before work on "Resurrection" begins . . . Sidney Howard will tour Europe by car. He has earned the rest after completing "Lilli" for Evelyn Laye. ... J. Farrell McDonald will answer the call of vacation and go down to the sea on a long cruise with his wife on their >acht. " Lorna M." N' 'EW YORK is entertaining picture celebrities these days. _ They are not all pleasure bent, though. Ed Wynn has come East to work on "Manhattan Mary "out on Long Island. . . . Ginger Rogers is working in the film, too. . . . Jack Holt found it necessary to play around Lakehurst, N. J., for a while to take the lead in "Dirigible." . . . Ralph Graves is co-featured with him. . . . Lowell Sherman is again getting a kick out of acting and directing. This time "The Losing Game" engages his talents. . . . Marian Nixon transferred the old traveling bag to the R.K.O. studios for this same picture. . . . Ben Lyon has tucked away a five years' contract with Warners for a rainy day. . . . And Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., too, can stop worrying about the rent coming due for a while with that long term First National option on his services. ^^^ARIL"irN MORGAN changed her name recently. Celebrated with champagne n' everything. But she didn't get married to do it. Warners just thought Marian Marsh sounded better. . . . Louise Brooks appeared upon the streets of Hollywood for the first time since her di\ orce from Eddie Sutherland. .\nd now she will be Buck Jones' leading woman in pictures. . . . There are persistent rumors that Corinne Griffith should be knitting booties for little feet. But then, that rumor is always just as persistently denied. . . . Adolphe Menjou is one of the old guard who has "come back" and who is as sartorially efTective as ever along Hollywood Boulevard. . . . Clara Bow's new picture will be "Her Wedding Night." And isn't it strange, Clara and Rex Bell are reported "that way" again? . . . Jack Pickford has put on the domestic slippers again, having parked, matrimonially speaking, for the third time with Mary Mulhern, a New York show girl. . . . Ben Lyon, who plays one of the leading roles in "Hell's Angels," dropped into New York for the premiere of the picture — and spent, time at the opening autographing programs, cuffs, straw hats ai^K^ newspapers. 8