Motion Picture Herald (Apr-Jun 1931)

April 11, 19 3 1 MOTION PICTURE HERALD 27 ASIDES & INTEI^LLDES || N the palatial Centenary, N. Y., residence of Sam (Publix) Katz appear many beautiful and costly objects. . . . And one of the most impressive is a gorgeously colored and finely 1 executed Bonawit vignette window. . . . Which is appropriately captioned : SOUSE. . . . Revealing a typical case, bending the more or less mythical lamp post. . . . ▲ O. O. Mclntyre sees Will H. Hays as "a slicker among the worldly" . . . one v^ho has "the most meticulously knotted evening tie on Broadway. . . . But, out in Sullivan, Ind., he can out-whittle anyone." . . . Mclntyre says Hays "is the most restless man he ever know." ... ▲ Not to be outdone by the Prince of Wales, Will Rogers plans a goodwill plane tour of South America. . . . ▲ Did you know that Ernest Torrence always puts a dash of perfume on his hanky ?_ ■ • ■ And that it was Marion Davies who befriended the late Alma Rubens in her trouble, guaranteeing attorney fees? ... ^ Wonder why Ralph Graves has a particularly strong aversion to cemeteries? . . . ▲ Germany can't get so fresh with Universal's "All Quiet" and not expect retaliation. . . . Which Carl Laemmle plans in the 'form of cancelling future annual visits to that country. The chap who is supposed to have continually sent love letters to Bebe Daniels for three years is last reported to have been seen entering an insane asylum. ... ^ Cameramen on the "Sea Eagles" unit in the Canal Zone sent in a rush order for ten rubber "nipples" . . . which caused plenty of excitement on the MGM lot until it was discovered that they were wanted to protect camera lenses from water. . . . ▲ Al Boasberg's nezv home at Malibu Beach is called "Yes Manor." . . . 'S 'fact. A Dick Hunt swings a mean butterfly net. . . . ▲ Add theme songs heard on the Sennett lot. . . . "I'm just a little dandruff trying to get a head." . . . Grrrrrrr. . . . Distributors spend enough yearly on direct mail .^tuff sent to theatres to pay salaries of 172 additional studio supervisors. . . . If snpcrznsors zvere really needed. . . . A Question (in a letter to the editor) . . . "Kindly advise when the new Radio City will be completed." . . . Answer: Autant d'Hommes, Autant d'Avis. . . . A A national circuit sent to Detroit a supposed well-educated, highly polished Harvard graduate to manage its houses in that town. . . . The illusion of higher learning was soon dispelled, however, when he called in various local managers and department heads and loudly bellowed: . . . "Youse guys aint managers; youse is a buncha plumbers!" . . . "Camerad" in Filmmerk, suggests that Eugene O'Neill spend a few months in Hollywood to find out what a Strange Interlude really is ! ... How Many Is Exclusive! Chicago (QP) — How can one call a club exclusive when the outsiders outnumber the members? That was the poser that broke up the Cloud Reachers Club, formed by Chicago exhibitors whose theatres had been robbed. The exclusive few who were not members of the club, organized last winter, began to highhat the brotherhood. And the Cloud Reachers came down to earth with a thud. /almost simultaneously with the appearance of "paper" on a new release which classifies the film as "overshadowing any other picture made," appears the following in a Fox house organ : ". . . . Theatrical advertising is following in the same old rut. . . . Violating every principle of logic, every picture of any consequence that comes along is hailed as . . . 'the greatest,' . . . 'the grandest' . . . 'the most wonderful ever produced.' . . . Superlatives predominate." . . . All of which, we believe, will eventually develop into a situation over which plenty in this business will have considerable to worry about. . . . Wait ! A William Bakewell narrowly missed arrest in Hollywood . . . when he absent-mindedly stepped into someone else's car. . . . And was his face red when the woman owner rushed over crying for help! . . . A Claudia Dell wondered hozv come zvhen she dreiu four perfect hands in a studio bridge game. . . . She zvas unazvare that Director Melville Brozm had slipped a trick deck into the game. . . . A Just to prove that producers bear no illwill toward those who appeared in "Once in a Lifetime," in which Hollywood is kidded aplenty, MGM has signed Janet Currie, featured in the legit production. A Radio is "pushing" Johnny Darrozv . . . upzmrd! A That yarn about Mayor Walker which appeared in the Herald a few weeks ago, mentioning the (almost) impossibility of a picture job for "Jimmy," still holds good . . . and will for some time. . . . A Ted ("Cook-Coos") Cook thinks it's "nice to know that the innocence of censors is not at all apt to be corrupted by the things they have to see." . . . A Ned {"Dead Pan") Sparks is the greatest sufferer in the world . . . hating sunshine . . . abhorring rain . . . and writhing in agony at the thotight of weather in-betzveen. . . . A "Uncle Carl" Laemmle is, for the present, the big anniversary man of Hollywood . . . having recently celebrated his 63rd birthday . . . the 25th anniversary of his entrance into films . . . and the 15th anniversary of Universal City. . . . /\ND L. A. Young goes back to the wire business, leaving between six and eight millions behind him. . . . Young's bankers, say insiders, are mystified over the fact that he made such a splendid showing in other fields and was unable to reach the top with his picture unit. . . . The answer, we presume, may be found in whatever dif¥erence exists between wire and pictures. . . . A One of Neiv York's critics thinks Cecil B. DeMille faces quite a comedozmi in "The Squaw Man" . . . because the only bathtidj "C. B." could get into the picture was a tin one. Out Hollywood way they're relating the yarn about the writer who got a job at a studio only because he could cook a special kind of spaghetti for the boss' lunch. . . . A Mme. Chanel, whom Sam Goldwyn brought from Paris to teach players the art of dressing, has a tidy little nest egg ... of $15,000,000. . . . One of those dinosaurus eggs. . . . A Florabcl Muir writes from. Hollyzvood that "The old Pathe studio is the most crozi'ded and inadequately equipped of alt the film factories." . . . So? ' A "Photoplay" queries the whereabouts of that flicker for which the Gershwrins were paid $100,000. . . . The tenweek job brought only one tune from George and Ira wrote exactly 42 words. . . . Easy money! . . . And speaking of high finance, Photoplay lists Will Rogers' annual salary as follozvs. . . . From movies, $900,000 . . . from writings, $250,000 . . . and from Los Angeles real estate — pahlenty! . . . A Nezvspaper headline: "Hollywood's Swelled Heads Don't Show in Size of Hats That Top Them." . . . Which is okay with us, if a typographical error in numerals had not made* the subcaption read this way: ". . . . Average Size of Skypieces Worn by Male Actors Is 9ys, ; Almost As Many Wearing 9K-" ... 7 should have appeared instead of 9. . . . A RKO will star Dolores Del Rio in "The Dove." . . . And, if Radio executives like the HI' lady, they'll give her a termer. . . . Maybe. A Eph Asher will handle e.rploitation and distribution of "Mother's Millions" . . . 'which Universal has purchased from Giimbin. . . . A Oswald (the cartoon) Rabbit is five years old . . . and is suffering from Kleig eyes. . . . A Convicts of Ohio state "pen" who have been denied entertainment and privileges since they mutinied in 1930 and caused the death of 318 of their nimiber by fire, received their first liberty the other day when Warden Thomas screened "City Lights." One of the industry's leaders left recently for Hollyzvood after placing details of a deal upon zvhich he had been working in the hands of his second "looie." . •. . The important one is keenly interested in the deal and would like very much to see its consummation. . . . But his man "Friday" took an inaccurate slant and threzv cold water on negotiations. . . . The 4th of Jidy zi'ill be celebrated a little earlier in this outfit