The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Sep 1935)

Left: The Harold Lloyd children, Peggy, Harold Jr., and Gloria, entertain Shirley Temple at a gay party. Below: At the Stanley Berger man party. Helen Vinson, Carl Brisson and Toby Wing make a happy threesome. Hollywood Entertains The social merry-go-round of the month, brought to you by GRACE KINGSLEY, New Movie's society reporter E VER since Eve wrapped herself in fig leaves and asked Adam to guess who she was and didn't he think she looked cute, folks have loved costume parties. Disguising themselves — playing they are somebody else. Marion Davies disguised even her Santa Monica beach house recently, making it over into a section of old Tyrol, and everybody who came wore the native Tyrolean garb. And a great scrambling for books on the subject there must have been, also a great rummaging in costume departments. The aprons seemed to be the hardest to find. Gloria Swanson admitted she had helped to make her own, because she wanted a particular, long kind that she had seen in a picture; Jean Harlow wore a boy's costume, which suited her admirably — because she couldn't find exactly the right dress. William Powell was Jean's escort. He wore a black velvet suit with a little feather in the rakish hat. Edmund Lowe came alone, and spent a lot of time playing ping pong and other games with his friends Herbert Marshall, Edgar Selwyn, and Charlie Chaplin. Herbert Marshall brought Gloria Swanson; Cary Grant and Virginia Cherrill, having made up, were more devoted than ever to each other; and Gilbert Roland was with Constance Bennett a goodly part of the evening. Pola Negri, as usual, drew a lot of masculine attention, and was talking sparklingly with Prince David Mdivani, Billy Haines, Harry Crocker, and others. Everybody was especially interested when Pola and Billy Haines were spotted talking to each other animatedly, as their hectic romance of other days was recalled. 36 The swimming pool was open, and well lighted, and Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Richard Barthelmess and some other of the hardier masculine souls exchanged their picturesque costumes for bathing suits and took a dip. Mary Pickford and Harpo Marx distinguished themselves and astonished the natives by stepping a real Tyrolean folk dance. THOSE three pals, Loretta Young, Sally Blane and Polly Ann Young, may always be found in three-somes with their beaus. So we weren't surprised to find them at Rosie Dolly's with Max Baer, Howard Hughes and Pat di Cicco. Couldn't find out which came with which, except that Polly Ann seemed to be with Pat. There were some lone arrivals, too — Jeanette MacDonald, whose friend Robert Ritchie was in New York, and Edmund Lowe, who goes everywhere alone. Cary Grant and Virginia Cherrill were there too. And though Jean Harlow came with William Powell, she was dispensing her smiles all about, at each admirer who made his appearance. Another delightful costume affair was given by Dick Polomar, assisted by his beautiful young wife, who was Miss America a couple of seasons ago. Jack LaRue came as a bad, bold Apache, yet he went meekly enough into the kitchen and cooked the best mess of spaghetti you ever ate; while Colin Tapley, not in costume, but dressed in formal tails, attended to the beer tap. That is, he did An elaborate affair against a Tyrolean background welcomed Marion Davies home from Europe. Here are Marion, Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer. when he wasn't being so attentive to Marina Schubert, the new Paramount find, who was dressed as a Tyrolean princess. She offered to help him at his duties, because he absentmindedly let the tap run long after the customers had filled their glasses! It was the younger group of players mostly who were guests, and they entered entirely into the spirit of the party, Mary Carlisle, as a Hungarian peasant, and Jose Crespo, Spanish actor, who wore the real Morocco sheik's {Please turn to page 58) The Neiv Movie Magazine, February, 1935