Screenland (May-Oct 1931)

28 SCREEN LAND CONFESSIONS of a Hollywood !Baby Editor's Note: Last month you met this Hollywood enfant terrible for the first time in your life — and his! You read all about his dawning doubts that his parents' home life was not following the continuity of the perfect screen romance. In fact, a Latin lover seemed to be doing his best to break up the family. But Baby got busy, and now read the rest — it's the laugh of a lifetime. Baby Knows Best! Continuing the intimate diary of an infant born to the cinema purple. Smart Baby! By Owen Atkinson Give me a FRIDAY. Everything's all right. Nurse says she's never seen Dad and Miss Latour act so affectionate. Mike says it takes a kid to make a family. Sunday. Cocktail party. Spent most of the afternoon with Doak Williams and Grace Rhodes. Grace said Doak couldn't stay around me with a highball glass in his hand. Doak put the glass away. Didn't fall into the swimming pool, as usual. Grace is swell. Said I was an astonishing baby. If she thought she could have a child like me, she might get married herself. Good party. A boy of my age likes to have something going on. Tuesday. The twins come to visit. Played with Bingo and Mitzi. One of the twins pulled Mitzi 's tail so hard the hair came out. Guess that cat won't hang around any more. Never liked it, anyway dog like Bingo every time. McGuire and Dad came and watched us. Smoked cigars. Talked about the days when they were on the Force together. Dad's a real man. Got a bullet hole in his shoulder. A crook took a shot at him. Not every kid has a Dad like Bill Regan. Just because the twins' father is a cop is no reason for them to act so fresh. Guess Dad could be a cop again if he wanted to. Thursday. Dad and Miss Latour had a row about Del Santo. Miss Latour said that he was a lovely boy. Went well with the flapper fans. Said she might use him in her next picture. Dad said Del Santo was crooked. Dad wants Miss Latour to take the lead in his new outdoor epic. Said he'd make her famous. Miss Latour said she was famous already. Didn't care to play in any rough-neck horse operas. Guess things aren't running as smoothly as I thought. A boy has a hard time keeping his family straightened out. Friday. Two months old today. Nurse says I'm getting to be a big boy and ought to behave myself. Saturday. Miss Latour has stopped production on "Boudoir Brides." Nurse says they are rewriting the Baby Tells All! script so Del Santo can be in the picture. Going to call it "'Bride of the Rio Grande." Will be laid in Mexico. Dad's on location. Sunday. Not many people at the cocktail party today. Miss Dad. Del Santo was here. Looked mighty pleased about something. Grace wouldn't dance with him. Said when he touched her it made her squirm. Not much of a party. A dull time was had by all. Tuesday. Went for a ride with Mike and Nurse. Had no idea Hollywood was such a big town. Saw a lot of people wandering around the streets. Mike said they were actors looking for jobs. Thursday. Miss Latour held a story conference at the house. All the big shots from the studio were there. Seems there is a row about putting Del Santo into "Bride of the Rio Grande." Director said Del Santo couldn't act natural. Always mugging. Miss Latour said she'd have him or nobody. Guess she gets what she wants. Monday. No cocktail party yesterday. Miss Latour and Del Santo started work on the new picture. Wish Dad would come back from location. Pretty lonesome around here for Nurse and me. Friday. Big excitement. Nurse and I had a call from the studio. We're going to be in Miss Latour's new picture. Nurse was so nervous she almost dropped me. "Can you beat it, Spooks?" she said. "I'm going to arrive at last. Bet when the directors see how I film, they'll _tytf offer me a contract." >^ Saturday. Another exciting / i day. Reporter u f.M I from Picture jM J News came / /ft