Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1930)

ILA-ST MINUTE JOHN BARRYMORE is plunging into mysteries in a determined way. He's not content to ferret out the home of the elusive white seal aboard his yacht with Dolores and the new baby, but plans to play an old-fashioned sleuth of the Sherlock Holmes school in "The Maltese Falcon.'' . . . Screen detectives have a way of keeping in front of the Kliegs. DeWitt Jennings, who has done litti:; else but unravel screen mysteries, is again scheduled to do detective work as the captain of the guard in "Criminal Code." . . . William Powell, the Van Dyne detective-de-luxe, will holiday for a while before starting to work on " Xew Morals," in which Richard Tucker also will try his master hand. THE cowboy is roaming the hills again with his accustomed dash now that Western films are coming into their own. Ken Maynard will have a whole series of them to make his come-back a complete success. His first picture will be "The Midnight Stage," an old-fashioned thriller in which Jeanette Loff will be the heroine. . . . Little Ruth Mix, seeing the trend of the times, believes it wise to follow in daddy's footsteps and will try out the great big hat with the great big brim in "Red Fork Range," the first of a new series of westerns featuring Wally Wales. . . . It seems to be the day of the very much younger generation anyway. Little four-year-old Billy Haggerty is tr> ing to fit into the golden shoes of Jackie Coogan and Davy Lee in Mae Robson's picture, "Mother's Millions." New York in 1980: elevated boulevards with cross traffic on a different plane, heavenscrapers instead of skyscrapers, and human beings mere atoms. Thus is it predicted in "Just Imagine" J ETTA GOUDAL is one of Holiywoocl's newest brides. Her marriage to Harold Grieve, interior decorator, will give her temperament a new outlet, as she plans to become an activ^e partner in her husband's work. . . . Marie Mosquini, as maid of honor to Bebe Daniels, caught the bride's bouquet and is living up to tradition by announcing her engagement to Dr. Lee De Forrest. . . . Helen Twelvetrees, it is rumored, has been asked to change her name. This time, not through the holy bonds of matrimony, but for publicity purposes. It seems as though Twelvetrees is too long for electric light featuring and just Tree will have to do. . . . Old Lady Rumor has just heard that Mary McCormick is engaged to Prince Mdivani, at present the husband of Pola Negri, who has a divorce all scheduled. . . . Perhaps that accounts for the wistful air of Pola in Paris, these days. . . . Barbara Kent may spend part of her honeymoon abroad if it is really true that she and Paul Fejos have looked for and found the silver lining. D.'WCE, little lady — that's the slogan these days. Dancing feet carr\' themselves right to stardom. Barbara Stanwyck proved it. She started as a cabaret dancer and now does dramatic roles with Columbia. . . . Joan Crawford has l>een dancing for quite a while and only recently found herself growing dramatic in "Within the Law." . . . Nancy Carroll's toes carried her into starring roles in pictures — and so did the twinkling feet of Marilyn Miller, Fifi Dorsay and Lily Damita. THE football season is commencing to draw the west coast crowds again. Ruth Roland is having a very gay holiday in New York, shopping, seeing the big games, and night-clubbing. . . . Marion I>avies whirled about for a bit before taking the Paris fall styles out home with her. . . . Fifi Dorsay has been partying around in Xew York for some time and never seems to tire of it. . . . Ernest Torrence stayed in Xew York just long enough to say "hello," en route to Hollywood from a Scotland vacation. . . . Buddy Rogers and his mother sailed to see a bit of London, Paris, Germany, Nice and Italy — just a nice little vacation between pictures. . . . Conrad Nagel and his wife are now on the receiving line in Hollywood after their holiday in Xew York. . . . Richard Barthelmess is resting up in the East and spends a good deal of his time in Con-, necticut, on his estate. OXE of the very fastest trips ever recorded was that of Joan Bennett to New York. She just turned right round again and went back to make, so they say, "Smilin' Through." . . . Constance Bennett, on the other hand, contents herself with trips just across the border to Agua Caliente, where she was accompanied by her mother and Gloria's Marquis de la Falais. . . . The Marquis, by the by, is now connected with R.K.O. . . . James Rennie hopped the choo choos East en routf to Europe with ,i fat contract all signed by First National. His wile, Dorothy Gish, did not accompany him. She hasn't been accompanying the handsome James anywhere in some time, as a matter . . . Mary and her Millard re two of fact Eaton husband, Webb. others who will sail to see London in a Fall fog. . . . Barbara Kent will go relative hunting when she arrives in London town — in fact, she plans to have Christmas dinner, Yule log and everything at her grandmother's home there. GENEVIEVE TOBIN has joined the Malibu Beach colony. . . . Lois Moran is all rested from a little vacation at Santa Barbara. . . . Gary Cooper wants to add French, German and Spanish to his English way of making love in pictures and is taking up a course in languages. . . . Richard Dix is signing for another visit to Xew York and its interesting streets "somewhere in the fifties." . . . Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks have been separated for the first time since their marriage when Doug was on location in Arizona. CLARA BOW has again caused a general lifting of the eyebrows with the title " Xo Limit" — a picture with a gambling sequence! . . . Norman Foster, husband of Claudette Colbert, is scheduled to play opposite the red-haired headline-hunter. . . . Claudette, herself, is looking forward to bigger and better pictures, with "Strictly Business'' to start her on her way. . . . Myrna Loy is wearing a smile these days. She's all signed up with Fox. . . . Lily Damita will continue right along with "5>ons o'Guns" when Al Jolson gets into his stride with that picture. . . . Ruby Keeler, the mammy singer's mammy, has given up all thoughts of "The N'anderbilt Revue" and will tarry awhile with Jolson in Hollywood. INA CLAIRE and John Gilbert still deny reports of a separation. 8