Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1930)

IL/V^X MJNUTE THI mc IE stork has been about the most active bird noticed on the motion picture horizon. The house of Thalberg has been recently visited and Norma Shearer has a new role — that of motherhood, to add to her career. The baby has been named Irving for his dadd>. It won't be long now. before Miss Shearer will return to the screen. In fact, she's contemplating "Susan Lenno.x" Ijefore Christmas time . . . Florence Vidor, too. caught a flying visit from the stork, who left a little daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Jascha Heifetz . . . The house of Carl Laemmle, also is casting eyes heavenward for the appearance of the bird. Carl Laemmle, Sr., delayed trips East awaiting the arrival of his grandchild. scheduled definitely to return to pictures. "The Painted Desert'?, will be his next venture. . . . Mary Pickford won't abandon thi talkies for the stage, but will do "Kiki ". . . . Charlie Chaplin will make a personal appearance in London when "City Lights" is world premiered. CUPID at the present time a pretty close race. Thornton Freeland and the former June Clyde have been honeymooning in New York where they came to attend the opening of "Whoopee" . . . And the cables are being watched for word of the wedding of Agnes Ayres and Lewis Milestone who have been abroad for some time. . . . Lupe Velez and Gary Cooper are again giving evidences of being ready to walk altarward. . . . Vivian Duncan and Nils .\sther are up to their neckings in wedded bliss now that they are returned to Hollywood from their honeymoon. . . Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pickford too, are giving Montmartre diners an opportunity to see how happ\ they are, now that they are married. . . . And to prove that marriages in Hollywood sometimes "take," Lilyan Tashman proudly displays a beautiful diamond and jade bracelet given to her by Edmund Lowe to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary ! ION CHANEY, "the man J with a thousand faces,'' left almost his entire estate of over a half a million to his second wife Hazel and donated a single dollar to his first wife. . . . .Among those who do not bow to each other when the\' meet on Hollywood Boulevard are John Barrymore and Lowell Sherman— just friendly brothers-inlaw! Dolores and Helen, the sisters, it is noticed, are bowing coollv, too. . . . seems to be running the stork CONRAD NAGEL has been in New York a' seeing things o! nights. He surely was entitled to all that he could see, for thi-. was his first vacation in six years. . . . Ann Harding and E. H. Griffith will go abroad to do the scenes for "Rebound." . . . Al Jolson, too, sailed to make a film in (iermany. After that's attended to, he will make "Sons o' duns'' in Hollywood. And they do say that the mammy singer has refused a Palace Theater offer of Si2,ooo a week. These are happy da\ s forAl. . . . Clara Bow's red hea I has been seen bobbing arouni at first nights in New York. She is vacationing a hit before starting work on a really serious pii ture at the Paramount I.on.; Island studios . . . Colleen Moore and Virginia Valli artin .New York. Colleen to star' rehearsals in her musical comed . . . . Claudette Colbert another New Yorker. She will be noticed round about the town for some time after that world trip which landed her in Paramount studios on Long Island just as the first autumn leaves fell. . . . Dorothy Arzner reached New York to direct the first Colbert eastern picture. THE bein ships news reporters are Dyar Keeping his head between them: and with Betty Boyd, new comedienne (left), and Frances Dee, his new leading lady, both pretty close, that's no effort for Charles Rogers in "Along Came Youth" BETTY COMPSON and James Cruze may no longer be married but the\ manage to work mighty well together before the microphone. Betty has the leading rflle in "She (iot What She Wanted ' which Jim is directing. . . . Society is taking up the movies in a big way with .Mrs. Glaezner, the wife of the vice-president of Cartier's, making her debut in "Sin Takes a Holiday." Kendall Lee is the name selected for movie purposes. Kendall, by the by, is an intimate friend of Constance Bennett. . . . Society will have to move several paces backward, however, with kings going movie in a serious way. The Kings of Siam and Abyssinia both lend attentive ears and eyes to the talkies and are liaviii^^ their palaces wired to show them. N.ANCY CARROLL is in New York to work at the Paramount Long Island studio. Then, too, she has another interest East -her husband's new play, "Frankie and Johnnie". . . . Joan Crawford keeps on being a niodern maiden in "( iirls Together " but in "Within the Law" will become serious for the first time. . . . William Haines plays opposite her in this picture, following his • i;..i,r r<Mc in ' Gentlemen's Fate '' . . . . William Farnum is celebrities hopping on and off the big liners. Dorothy .Mackaill got all caught up on that London vacation and spent a few busy days in New York before the long trek to Hollywood and a new long-term contract with First National. . . . Lily Damita left that dear Paris and will celebrate her return to the movies by making a picture with Al Jolson when he finishes showing C.ermany how to sing a mammy song. . . . Ivan Lebedeff popped into New York for a little visit before boarding the Isle de France. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Morton Downey, Barbara Bennett are ready for points West after a London season. .... Archie Mayo will be among those present when the Breinen puts out to sea. . . . Lillian Gish, forsaking the movies permanently, returned on the Pans lor another trial on the Broadway stage. . . . .\lbert Lewis will find himself among .American vacationers abroad these crisp fall days. . . . Hal Roach, on the other hand, is taking up aviation in a serious way. Traveled from the coast all the way by plane lor the polo matches and then hopped off to Boston for a brief spell just to prove how airminded he is. TH ESE hospitable shores are being invaded by foreign actors who are finding Hollywood streets paved with gold — something like the days of '49! Jose Crespo is back from Mexico where he retired when it seemed as though the talkies had banished foreigners. Now he is back and doing nicelv, accent and all for Spanish versions of M. Cj. M. films. . . . Barry Norton, from the .Argentine, Lupe Velez from Mexico, and Lupita Tovar are others who find their foreign tongue an asset instead of a liability. . . . (iermany is sending a mightv contingent. "Those Who Dance" alone, features Carla Barthell, Lizy Arna, and Anton Pointener. . . . Lotti Loder, straight from Unter den Linden is another seemingly permanent guest out lIollvwDixl wa\'. . . .