Picture Play Magazine (1932)

39 HIGH LIGHTS time. He kept looking at his watch as they proceeded from the Ambassador Hotel to the Paramount studio. "Oh, that's all right," said Cohan. "There's plenty of time to get there. You don't need to worry." "No worry — no worry," answered the Japanese. "Plenty of time to get there, and plenty of time after we get there, you bet !" A New Silent Star. — Latest craze of movie colony has been an East Indian mystic known as Shri Meher Baba, whose chief claim to fame seems to be that he has not spoken for seven years. Maybe he seemed a relief after the bad dialogue in pictures ! Stork Offers Variety. — Talk about contrasts in movieland. Dolores Costello Barrymore became the mother of a six-pound-ten-ounce baby and Carmel Myers the mother of a ten-poundfourteen-ounce baby within a few days of each other. Blessed events are happening so frequently nowadays that we simply can't attempt to keep track of them. It's the fashion this year, you see. Jackie Still Human. — Just to prove what a human boy he is, even with all the fuss that was made over him on his trip to New York, the first thing that Jackie Cooper wanted when he returned to Hollywood was to rush out to his home to see his rabbits and ride on his bike. Just a kid, after all ! Connie Again Cleans Up. — Things can move along in their accustomed channels once again, for Constance Bennett's second picture at $30,000 a week for Warner Brothers is all but ready for showing. Constance got into a little wrangle with a Hollywood agency over a commission on this picture. They attached some $16,000 of her salary while arguing the matter out in the courts. However, Connie still has nearly $135,000. So it isn't so terribly serious. A Gentle Adventurer. — A very amazing gentleman by the name of Peter By Edwin and Elza Schallert After a successful fight aga a year, Lila Lee returns "Radio Patrol" and "War Why shouldn't Jack Oakie grin? He's had no arguments lately and he's got the lead in "Million Dollar Legs." Photo by Longworth Just to be ahead of the times June Clyde tries out a cellophane robe. Freuchen recently visited movieland. He is the author of "Eskimo" and will appear in this picture which is being made in the northern part of Alaska by M.-G.-M. Among other things, he had to hack off his leg one time because it was frozen. Other deeds of strength and courage were credited to him, and Hollywood in its accustomed way expected him to be terrifically hard boiled. He is one of the softest-spoken gentlemen ever to visit the cinema capital, and several feminine stars almost fell dead when in true Continental fashion he bent over and kissed their hands. He has eyes like those of a child. Another Gilbert Marriage? — August 4th is the deadline. Then Hollywood will probably be able to tell whether John Gilbert will really wed Virginia Bruce. Of course, they might slip away to Mexico before that time, but anyway the colony seems loath to credit this newest engagement until the marriage actually occurs. This would make Jack's fourth venture in marriage. Hollywood Men Washout. — One little girl by the name of Dolores Rev from the Ziegfeld "Follies" has had her say, let the chips fall where they will. She declares that she loathes Hollywood men because she thinks they are conceited, dress inelegantly, and have atrocious manners. Could a lady say less or more? Father's Welfare Guarded. — Eddie Cantor has become an aviation enthusiast, and in true Cantor fashContinued on page 65 inst illness lasting to the screen in Correspondent."