The Picture Show Annual (1928)

Picture Show Annual 139 early, amuse themselves with dancing to the gramophone, watching a new him, listening to the radio, or playing cards—and long before twelve o'clock they are peacefully asleep. Wonderful dinner-parties are given by Mr. and Mrs. Tony Moreno in the palace on a hill that is their home. Mrs. Moreno is a heaven-sent hostess ; there is something to amuse everyone, and at her parties you will find all the best-known people in Hollywood. At least once a week, and sometimes more often, the popular Morenos gather a gay crowd at their house, and to be asked there is the ambition of every visitor. Norma Talmadge and her husband, Joseph M. Schenck, are great entertainers, too, though on a smaller scale. They have folks to dinner nearly every night in the week, either at then home on Hollywood Boulevard or at their Beach house. Harold Lloyd goes there a lot, with his wife. He is a keen bridge player, like Joseph Schenck, and while the others watch a film he and " Daddy " collect a four and play a bridge hand. Edmund Lowe, Monte Blue, Clive Brook, Conway Tearle, and John Gilbert are other bridge enthusiasts. Musical evening parties are given by the Ernest Tor- rences, the Percy Marmonts, the Reginald Dennys, and the Conway Tearles. All these families are very musical, especially the Torrences. Ernest Torrence is a wonderful pianist and composer, and to hear him play in his own drawing-room in the cool of the evening is a real joy. The finest musicians in Hollywood may be heard at the houses of the music-loving stars just mentioned. Pola Negri gives lovely parties, with Russian dishes she prepares herself, and entertains her guests afterwards with