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for February 1936
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Charlie Ruggles, left, just a good, old hayseed. Eddie Horton, above, looks over his acres. Joel McCrea, below, as a milk-man; and, right, robbing the roost with Frances Dee McCrea, at their ranch.
By
Dickson Morley
Going Hayseed?
trol as of yore. Wide-open-spaces Cooper has settled down in citified Brentwood.
But now as to which stars do spend their spare time really participating in the business of ranching"?
The biggest plunger has been none other than Clara Bow ! What's more, she's made money at it. Gone from the screen for some time, the redhead is not forgotten and she plans a comeback this winter. Since determining to resume her career she has built in Beverly's exclusive Bel-Air district. But those great Nevada stretches where she regained her health and her perspective will ever be home.
Clara and Rex Bell lease four hundred and fifty thousand acres of flat cattle range from the government. Rex personally runs it, while the former flapper rules the kitchen. Their ranch is a ten-hour drive from Hollywood.
Regular tours of inspection being on Rex's program, Clara tells me she goes along with him. They put packs on their horses and stay overnight at the various cabins they have at strategic points. They have had their exciting happenings, too. Last winter there was good old-fashioned cattle rustling, until Rex stopped it in true movie hero fashion. More recently their great Dane turned wolf, sneaking out to join the pack bent on kill
ing the calves. Yep, Rex and Clara are serious ranchers.
Next in earnestness rank the Joel McCreas. Joel was as anxious to have a ranch as he was to become a star. His thousand acres near Ventura were fully paid for when he proposed to Frances Dee. It was "Love me, love my ranch !"
Right after the honeymoon they moved into their home there. Encircled by low hills, it is far from the artificialities of the studios. Carefully they are establishing a little heaven, entirely apart from the confusing crowds.
Joel's cattle have made his ranch self-supporting and he rides the range at every opportunity. Although his most embarrassing moment occurred when a photographer asked him to pose milking a cow ! A whiz at every other barnyard feat, he'd overlooked that basic accomplishment. And his humiliation was complete when Frances calmly stepped forward and showed him how to proceed. Joel didn't recover until he discovered she'd hired one of the hands to teach her while he was out riding! Now he's an expert himself.
Whenever the McCreas are not actually working on a picture, they stay at the ranch. They have become so enthusiastic about the simple system that they are going to run a dude ranch for (Continued on page 69)