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SCREENLAND
News about the Continental holidays of your film favorites
By Stiles Dickenson
PARIS always has its allure. Stars of all nations can't resist a visit, if only a fleeting" one. All at the same time we had a Mexican invasion, a Swedish star lingered a while, a French songbird rested her wings on her flight back to Hollywood, and some American directors and film producers were here on their constant search for new faces
The Mexicans in the persons of Dolores Del Rio, Lupe Yelez, and Ramon Novarro were still fundamentally Mexican amidst the French atmosphere ; the Swedish Nils x\sther seemed as though he belonged
always in Paris, but the French diva, Lily Pons, seemed subtly but surely to be changing into an American. Of course big American film magnates like Joseph Schenck, Samuel Goldwyn, and the Warner Brothers are essentially big American film magnates no matter what the surrounding atmosphere may be.
The Del Rio was on her way to London to co-star in a film with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Each time one sees Dolores she seems to be more beautiful. There is a glowing warmth in her dark beauty. She seems less febrile and there is added poise and depth plus a real joy of living. The joy of living, she will hasten to explain in her exotic, vibrant voice, is the success she has made in combining a career with married life. But she says that if it ever comes to a showdown and she must give up one of these it would be the career that would go and she would settle down calmly and happily being Mrs. Cedric Gibbons. Her husband had finished his work on the decoration and scenes of "Romeo and Juliet" in time to accompany her. They arrived in Paris expecting to be joined by young Douglas so as to shoot some scenes in Paris, but Douglas was sick abed in London so they went on to join him. In the film to be called "Accused" Dolores plays the part of a dancer and knife-thrower.
Paris was their playground when our reporter saw, and interviewed for you, lovely Dolores Del Rio, above; dashing Nils Asther, left; sprightly Lily Pons, right; and other stars vacationing abroad.
(married to Douglas), who is accused of murder. The opening scenes showing Dolores doing her turn in a Parisian Music Hall were to have been staged at the Alhambra here in Paris. When she left she said that they would return to shoot the scenes later on, but knowing the great ability of the studios to create atmosphere I fear they might decide to do the Paris scenes in the London studio. It would be a pity, for surely the scenes shot in Paris would carry enough weight in their authenticity to warrant the (Continued on page 72)