Picture-Play Magazine (1933)

They Say in New York — Continued from page 21 sieged by theatrical managers who are trying to lure her away from the movies. Gloria Swanson arrived from Europe, polished her finger nails while reporters interviewed her, and went on to California. Ramon Novarro came on the same ship, but he must have donned black glasses and a beard, for he avoided the newspapermen without difficult)-. Probably didn't want to talk of his success as a singer in Europe. Some will, as you may have observed, and some won't. Sylvia Sidney arrived, and snapped at the reporters. She was mad because the doctors Paramount sent to examine her after her throat operation "treated me like a nobody, and I'm a somebody." Too mad to be modest, which contrasts sharply with the way she talked the last time she was here. Then she declared that Paramount had done everything for her, et cetera, et cetera. And Benita Hume arrived, staying just long enough to say "Hullo" and "Good-by" ; she sailed for Europe to marry that impatient fiance of hers. Edmund Lowe came to town to do a sketch called "Late One Evening," which gives him a chance to be suave and just a little wicked, the sort of act that brings movie fans to the theater in droves and boosts the bank roll. Back to New York. — The company that is making "Take a Chance" at the Paramount Studio on Long Island has been having a grand time. They're just one big happy family, with lots of clowning going on. June Knight, James Dunn, Dorothy Lee, Lona Andre, Buddy Rogers — who commutes by plane from Chicago to do his stuff — and Lillian Roth are working in it. Anita Page arrived in town rather quietly, perhaps to join the ranks of the movie actresses who are out for stage experience, who knows? Since Jack Gilbert's success in letting Hollywood alone for a while, and then returning in that role opposite Garbo, a lot of players may follow his example. The opening of "Dinner at Eight" brought out an all-star audience to applaud the all-star cast. But some of us who had seen Katharine Hepburn in "Morning Glory" used up all our best adjectives on her work, and refused to get them out again for any one else. Mentioning Katharine Hepburn brings up the subject of Elizaheth Allan, because this lovely English girl somehow reminds me of her. She's prettier than Miss Hepburn, and, judging by her performance in "No Marriage Ties," she ought to be seeing her name in lights and getting her fan mail by the basketful before long. Of course, she may get bad breaks, but if you're one of the ones who predicted the rise of Garbo, and Dietrich, and Hepburn, put Miss Allan's name down in your book. Remember Nita Naldi, or don't you like to remember the days when she moved slowly and voluptuously through the Valentino pictures? She's to appear in a stage play in New York this fall, which may be a step toward returning to the screen. Tallulah Back Again.— Tallulah Bankhead was one of the returners from Hollywood, and this time she looked as if she'd just swallowed the canary, though I will say for her that she's no cat. You may recall that last return of hers. It wasn't made under what could be called auspicious circumstances. She'd gone out wanting very much to succeed in pictures, willing to do her best. And, judging by other people's reports, she was given the well-known runaround, which Hollywood lias brought to perfection. Some said that it was all a matter of politics ; I wouldn't know about that. Tallulah was very dignified. She made a few discreet statements and let the matter drop. She went into a stage play that wasn't much good, and made it a success by her own efforts. 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