Screenland (Apr-Oct 1930)

64 SCREENLAND Acme Holy Smoke? Queen Greta, in what is probably the most informal snapshot ever taken of her, appears as a hardy mariner, pipe and all. It happened during her European vacation. HERE'S CONSIDERABLE friendly ri^ valry exists between Joe E. Brown and Jimmy Durante, who are respectively proud of their exorbitant facial features. When Durante returned to Hollywood from New York, he sent Joe a large scrub brush to which he had nailed a handle. An attached card announced this to be "A toothbrush for Big Mouth." Not to be outdone, Brown hastened to a store and purchased a tablecloth. This he sent with a note: "A hankie for Schnozzle." By Weston East High and dry! Lilian Harvey does her autumnal surf bathing from the diving board, dabbling her dainty toes in her own Beverly swimming pool. P. S. — Our last swimming picture of the season! AFTER all these years, Janet Gaynor clings to the same make-up kit she used during "Seventh Heaven." It is not really a make-up box at all, but is a fishing-tackle container with grease paint, rouge, and lip-stick where hooks and leaders are usually stored. Janet laughingly explains her odd kit with: "If cosmetics don't come under the head of fishing tackle, what does?" AN ENVELOPE addressed: "Why A Don't You Come Up Some Time? Hollywood," was delivered promptly to Mae West .... Did Maurice Chevalier look up the lovely lady stars after his return from Europe? No; his first call was upon Baby LeRoy .... The James Gleasons celebrated their twenty-seventh wedding anniversary during the week when nine divorces were announced in Hollywood .... Less than a fortnight after Peggy Hopkins Joyce was quoted, "I was never so happy to get away from a place," she was back in Hollywood .... Jean Harlow's radio-interview elicited more letters than any single program ever broadcast from that station .... Wearing Benda masks, fifty chorus girls in "Dancing Lady" have features the replica of Joan Crawford's .... This is no joke: Lew Ayres returned from his debut-visit to New York with a neck-crick brought on by gaping at tall buildings. Clark Gable brings in a catch of trout! The one that got away would have been too big for this picture, anyway. PERHAPS Greta Garbo does not realize that she was observed. If not, this tribute to her "kindest deed of the month" will inform her. One day I was motoring on Washington boulevard where I recognized the Swedish star's limousine in front of me. As I watched, her car swerved unexpectedly to the curb. The reason was immediately apparent — -a tiny girl was seated beside the street, crying bitterly. At her side lay the inert body of a dog ; evidently her pet had been crushed by an automobile. Garbo stepped quickly from her machine and sat beside the child. I meanwhile parked a safe distance away. I saw the actress fumble in her purse and summon her chauffeur, after which the driver departed. Within a few minutes he returned, and in his arms wiggled the cutest, liveliest puppy imaginable. Three minutes later the entire episode had ended. The small puppy and the child were playing gaily. The chauffeur had removed the body of the dead dog. Greta had smiled and re-entered the deep recesses of her limousine. Her car had drawn peacefully away. I remained parked for minutes, wishing the world might have witnessed the charming story that had unfolded itself before my eyes. YOU'LL giggle at this : Ernst Lubitsch. Napoleonic little director, flew from New York to Hollywood. For some time f'itlowing his arrival he was stone deaf ; in fact, after hours had passed and he still could not hear, he hurried to a doctor. You guessed it — Lubitsch had forgotten to remove the cotton wads (often worn for airplane travel) from his ears!