The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Sep 1935)

jDAV BY !*&¥ Day by day in every way Hollywood brightens the news . . . and Nemo, the reporter nobody knows, brings it to you Two people you like a lot — Mary Boland and Charles Ruggles in "People Will Talk." Joe E. Brown and Dick Powell attend a premiere in San Diego. NOW that the Santa Anita race track has closed for the season, we should be able to do a little better job of this gossip column. Ever since Christmas Day, when the track opened, the only way we could ever catch up with the people you want to hear about was to chase 'em out to where the galloping equines got their daily workout. In one booth, at the Gotham, we spotted Connie's "Hank" and another chap dining on turkey wings and wine while they discussed the relative merits of Twenty Grand and Ladysman. Across the way, Randy Scott and Monroe Owsley muttered in their respective beards about "double entries" and whether or not they would be wise to play Azucar "across the board." Anyway, the entire movie colony has gone stark, staring race crazy. And, if Phil Baker's "Bottle" is still that way about Mae West, all he has to do for a peek at the fascinatin' girl is hie himself to the Santa Anita track and there's Mae, utterly resplendent in ermine and diamonds! ^/PEAKING of horses, our pet stooge reports an amusing incident O that happened at 20th Century. It was on the "Cardinal Richelieu" set, and George Arliss, with all the dignity in the world, sat astride a fine-looking horse, but cautiously! Behind him, some process stuff (to give the effect of motion) was being run. Below him, and out of camera range, four men squatted, each of them firmly grasping one of the animal's feet! So, maybe you couldn't exactly call Arliss a horseman? B] i iING CROSBY is probably one of the rmost enthusiastic of all the track followers. First thing in the morning, he packs himself a lunch, sticks a racing form in his pocket, kisses mama and the kiddies goodbye and is off to the races! We stood next to him at the rail, the other day, when the barrier went up and the horse on which he had some of the Crosby dough, went into the lead by a good couple of lengths. "Hold 'er in!" Bing yelled. "Ho-oo-old 'er IN! . . . Save it!" Half way round the track, Bing's horse began to lose ground, and, by the time the thundering herd rounded the last turn, horsie had slipped back to fourth spot. Well, Bing was fit to be tied. '"i didn't say hold 'er in all the way around!" he howled frantically. "Try whippin' 'er a little, will ya?" f\ CCASIONALLY troubled with insom\y nia, Watty Beery has discovered a 100 proof remedy for it. Taking his plane up 10,000 ft., he turns the controls over to a relief pilot, curls himself up, and in no time at all, is in the arms of Morpheus. Of course, if you don't happen to have a plane, there's the catch. But, in a pinch, you might smuggle an army cot up to the top floor of the Empire State Building. EDGAR ALLAN WOOLF, the writer, is famous for his cuisine accomplishments. So, when Leo Morrison threw a party, the other evening, he wired an invitation to Wallace Beery, stating that Woolf was to do the cooking. Beery wired back: "Have tasted Woolf 's food STOP Will bring my own!" SO help us, this is positively the last time we'll mention it! But, before Mary Brian would place a bet on a horse, she'd go through the paddock, look them all over, and the one with the kindest face was the one that got Mary's money! Which is probably just as good a way as any to pick 'em? AND here's a new romance to make up in your little red book! Joel McCrea and Shirley Temple are quite, quite that way about each other ! But, true love never did run the way you want it to ! Every time Joel and Shirley try to sneak off by themselves for a quiet little talk, the still man follows along and messes up a beautiful romance by insisting that they pose for publicity photographs. On Broadway, New Movie plays a prominent part in "Personal Appearance." Members of Our Gang's team on the lot — Scotty Beckett and Spanky McFarland. f //, \ Hasn't Stan a lovely wife? Mr. and Mrs. Laurel at the Mayfair dance. ■HmBDmnnnnBH Una Merkel's new picture is a comedymystery, "The Mystery in Room 309." Wide World The Neiv Movie Magazine, June, 1935