The New Movie Magazine (Dec 1929-May 1930)

GOSSIP of the Motion Picture FAVORITES wiili a small company which almost ruined her career at the start. "W1[o' "Gar Jack Oakie: Came to Hollywood to be near Joan Crawford, but she never knew it. S Gr r e t a I) o ' s 1) o y friend .'" is a most persistent question since John Gilbert married Ina ( 'laire. "We'll tell you. She's been seen most frequently with Nils Asther. Horseback riding in the hills; dining at quiet, secluded places. Remember the time when it was rumored that Nils was cutting out John? Then came the rumor that Nils was finding consolation in Renee Adoree. It would now appear that the two Swedes are finding consolation in each other. JF someone would run a contest to discover which girl A in pictures has had the most proposals, we'd bank on Mary Brian to win. She just seems to be that type that men want to marry. Rudy Vallee is the latest to 1 ry and break down the portals to Mary's heart, gossip has it. What was Mary's reaction? First it was Charles Buddy Rogers, then — but why list them? Billy Blakewell seemed to be favored for a long; time. HP HE prop boys do get A breaks if they wait long enough. "Ernie" Johnson stopped pushing furniture long enough to play a part in "The Street of Sin" with Emil Jannings. He did so well that he even got press notices. But they put him back to his lifting. Then his voice chanced to. break in on the microphone and register. They remembered his acting and now lie's got a real part in "Behind the Make-up," with Hal Skelley. Sammy Bricker has worked side by side with "Ernie." He 'couldn't be hit behind so he got himself a. speaking part in "Darkened Rooms." OEMTNDS us of Eddie Nugent. Two years ago he was part of the furniture at M.-G-.-M. Today he is so popular as a leading man that the radio fans of Los Angeles demanded 16 that he he allowed to talk to them via the air. lie got his first break through wise-cracking and he never has lost the habit. He was recently Loaned to First National where they sent out a regulation biography for him to till out — as is the custom with even borrowed players. In all seriousness he sent back the form which contained, in part, the following answers: Childhood ambitions: To make two plus two equal four. Occupation before pictures: Stage and vaudeville and others too numerous to mention. Date of starting in pictures: 1920. (No mention of how started.) How did you get this start? I gave in. Present ambition : To arrive late on the set and leave early. Hobby : Taking up options. Favorite animals : Boudoir mules. Favorite books: Check and bank books. Sports: Letting air out of: friend's tires. Special aversion: People who ask me to wise-crack-. TACK OAKEY, the popular youngster who came to J Hollywood because he wanted to see Joan Crawford just in. time to get a big break in the talkies, is between two fires. And one of them is not Joan, since she's married. Gwen Lee and Helen Kane. Gwen, a blond home' towner; Helen, a brunette from Broadway. He takes one out one evening; the other the next, Just another sidelight on this New York-Hollywood competition. C PEAKING of Jack. He's wearing a wedding ring ^ and a diamond on his left hand. "What's this, a gag?" we inquired. "Certainly not. I wear them in case I want to rent a bungalow." TOUISE FAZENDA finished a long Kay Francis: A social success in Hollywood, she says, because of her dog, Sniffer. had and arduous day at the studio. She was in a red velvet gown. "1 won't stop to change," Louise decided. "I'll just drive home to Malibu in this." Two miles from the house her automobile stalled. She got out in her gorgeous velvet, long earrings, heavy bracelets and tinkered with the engine. It wouldn't even sputter. She walked the remaining two miles, the train of the gown dragging behind her. =x= # # ATLEEN PRINGLE is "r* having the time of her life. She has dyed her hair blond. The long, dark, silken tresses which Elinor