The New Movie Magazine (Jan-Sep 1935)

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Well, it was the butler who did it, anyway "November 7, 1931. Big news from New York. Gloria Swanson reported married to Michael Farmer. City editor sent me out to see her about it. 'Ask her if it is true,' he told me. I told him okay but the thing was, seeing her. It was only 7:30 a.m. but the maid said she had gone to studio. I went to studio. They said Gloria was home. Went back to Gloria's. Maid said she was at studio. Sat on porch for while. Went around to the side where porch chairs more comfortable. Rang bell. Maid said Gloria not back yet. Phoned studio. They said Gloria home. Kept this up all day. "November 8, 1931. City editor thought maybe I could see Gloria today. Drove to her home 7 a.m. Maid said she had gone to studio. Phoned studio. They said she was home and so on until noon when butler, very hostile, said I couldn't sit on porch any more. Asked him why and he said never mind. I said all I wanted was to know whether Gloria was married to Farmer or not. He slammed door. Kept on porch — sitting until 2 o'clock when butler came out again. Said for me to leave. I asked him who said so and he told me: "Miss Swanson." "I said, 'Ah, ha! Then she IS at home!' and he said: 'Young lady, you leave right now or else ' Decided he wasn't joking. "November 9, 1931. City editor said never mind about trying to see Gloria today because we had a swell murder." AND here are a couple of happy little entries connected with another famous Los Angeles trial — telling how Hollywood again came a-visiting and the result "November 12, 1931. Managed to get seats in court room for Florence Eldridge and Mrs. Ralph Bellamy. Florence especially chic. Nice, friendly manner. Reporters impressed. "December 27, 1931. Florence Eldridge's secretary called today and said tickets for Florence's stage show. 'Private Lives' would be waiting at box office tonight. Arrived with boy friend to find SIX tickets, second row, center. Assembled four other pals. Swell show. Florence outstanding. Laurels to Fredric March for marrying her." Now comes tragedy, centering about the platinum-haired Jean Harlow, with a lot of water under the bridge since she modelled that white satin dress "Labor Day, 1932. Great excitement over Paul Bern suicide. Jean Harlow woman of sorrow. Pictures. Headlines. Mystery. City editor told me to go out and see Jean. Said to get inside story. Explained she was supposed to be seeing no one but told me to see her anyway. 'Don't antagonize her,' he instructed. 'Just get in with a photographer and take her picture.' . . . We didn't antagonize her. . . . We didn't get in. There are some things " More divorces! Kathryn Carver's from Adolphe Menjou. "August 5. 1933. Kathryn Carver appeared in court today. Object : divorce from Menjou. But nothing doing because case hadn't been properly set. Kathryn wouldn't pose for pictures, so w£ STYLISTS 5AV SO Ml^e R" M6 sfflJSHSj photogs. tried grab shots. She got hysterical. Called the press uncomplimentary names. Left in tears." Finally, however, Kathryn did manage to get her decree, to wit "August 14, 1933. Kathryn C. got her divorce today. Very decorative in blue dress, red belt." TTERE'S still another entry about *■ ■* Jean Harlow, with still more water under the bridge "Jean Harlow eloped with Cameraman Hal Rosson last night. Excitement at Jean's home today. Press there in full force. Congregated on back lawn with Step-papa Mario Bello very affable. Jean in white sports dress, girlish, but not so very bridal. Rosson looked tired and nervous. Business of taking pictures. Jean wouldn't pose with arm around new husband. Beer and sandwiches after it was all over. Somehow, I don't think that marriage is going to work. No reason to think it. . . . Just a hunch. . . ." Maybe you remember Los Angeles' William Gettle kidnaping a year ago? Here's a sidelight "Sunday, May 13, 1934. No late sleeping today. Working on Gettle case, assigned to stake home, Beverly Hills. Camped all day in backyard with other reporters, photogs., etc. Mysterious figure suddenly climbed over back fence, landing with a thud in geranium bed. It was Neighbor Winnie Lightner. Said she was lonesome." Bing Crosby's voice may be soft and sweet on the radio, but when it says "No," it is a pain in the neck to a reporter. This is a two-installment report concerning his new babies and the picture he wouldn't allow taken "June 27, 1934. "It was twins at the Bing Crosbys today. 'Marian,' the C. E. instructed, 'take a camera man, go out to the hospital and ,' I interrupted him, ' — get pictures of the Crosby twins. . . .' 'Yeh,' he said. "But that wasn't what happened. The twins were in incubators and the incubators attached to the far wall of the nursery. No one but nurses could go into the nursery. So all we got was a picture of Bing arriving .with a radio in one hand and an electric fan in the other for Wife Dixie Lee. "August 18, 1934. "The Crosby twins came out of the incubator today and went home, not without some commotion. The city editor sent our new photog., Perry Fowler, •and me out to get those long-anticipated pictures. The idea was to photograph Bing and the kids as they were leaving, but it wasn't so simple. Bing, arriving in sweater and slacks, preparatory to escorting the babies home in state, said nothing doing. He wasn't crooning, either. Said Dixie had told him not to let anybody take their picture. Said she would give him the devil if he didn't mind her. Perry and I disgruntled but not discouraged. Descended to the basement where the Crosby limousine waited. I hid in the receiving room and Perry in the laundry. When Bing arrived with two nurses, each carrying a baby, Perry stepped out and boomed his flash gun. Bing jumped in front of the babies and nurses and shooed them into the car. Perry shot again, catching Bing all scrooged down inside. The city editor swore when he saw the picture and ran a bathing beauty instead." 'ARY PICKFORD has long been America's sweetheart. After the following recounted visit to Pickfair, I came away agreeing with America's taste in stars. She's swell "August 21, 1934. "Drove to Pickfair at 7 a.m. Object: Interview with Mary Pickford about 56 The New Movie Magazine, June, 1935