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SCREENLAND
WHEN news that Bette Davis was living in an auto camp outside of San Francisco spread through that district of California, people gasped. Hundreds went to see for themselves, unwilling to believe that a film star would live in such modest surroundings. What happened was this: Bette's husband got a job playing in an orchestra near San Francisco. In order to be near him, Miss Davis moved. Because her husband worked nights and slept days, he needed a quiet residence. The auto camp was near the night club where he worked, and it was quiet, so when the husband indicated a liking for the place, Bette said, "Why not?", and they moved in.
JIMMY DUNN showed up at Lakeside Golf Club with a "little red book"— but not the kind you think. No, sir! This book contains a record of the number of rounds of golf Jimmy must play.
You see, Dunn has "done got fat," and he's trying to reduce. Still, he has an avid taste for sweets. So whenever he pleases this taste, he chalks up in the red book, so many extra holes of golf to be played to offset the "fat calories."
MYRNA LOY was the recipient of a fan letter from a man who wanted to renew their high school acquaintanceship by taking her to dinner. Miss Loy might have accepted, but for the fact the writer's letter went on to say, "I never invited you out when we went to school together because in those days you had too many freckles on your face!"
Stars of a recent Hollywood surprise wedding! Right, Josephine Hutchinson, film actress, and her new husband, James Franklin Townsend.
Wide World
So that's where the Vanishing American went! Below, Mae West and Tito Coral, one of the seven leading men in Mae's new film.
YEARS ago, when Jean Muir was playing a minor role in a New York show, she was known as Jean Fullerton. The theatre press-agent constantly misspelled her name — Fullarton, instead of Fullerton. Now she's in Hollywood, and the same press-agent, now a scenarist, was assigned to write a screen story for her. The first thing the writer did was to mis-spell her name "M-u-e-r"!
ALTHOUGH Dixie Lee will not allow .hubby Bing Crosby on her sets, she spends her time between scenes on his sets, working cross-word puzzles. . . . Tullio Carminati's full name is Count Tullio Carminati di Brambilla; he uses name and title on his calling cards. ... A room of Warren William's home is decorated like a ship ; the windows are portholes, and a ship's steering wheel revolves a hidden bar into sight. . . . Italy bestowed upon Wallace Beery the National Medal for the finest screen performance of 1934, in "Viva Villa". ... A jokester sent Mae West a copy of a book titled, "What Every Girl Should Know". . . . Ricardo Cortez, working with Virginia Bruce in a picture, was taught by her to knit — and he actually made a small sweater for his dog!. . . . Andy Clyde wired friends from San Francisco: "Having swell time. Wish it were paid for". . . . Marlene Dietrich, believe it or not, was voted by Hollywood style experts as "The screen's best dressed woman" of 1934.
Now she'll sign! Left, Katherine DeMille, having made good on her own, agrees to play in a film to be made by her father, Cecil B. DeMille.