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for October 19 5b
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At Sea
Sailing, sailing — for gay visits, for work in British studios, or just for fun! Read about the ocean adventures of your celluloid idols in this breezy feature
Henry Fonda, above, waves his greeting upon arrival in England. The Queen Mary makes her screen debut in "Dodsworth," with Ruth Chatterton and Walter Huston. The two pictures below show replicas of a stateroom and the sports-deck of the new sea-queen, built for the picture.
By Hettie Crimstead
voice. "Just to look around." Before I could ask for further details my hand was grasped by our own Jack Buchanan who had hurried back from America to act in a musical film called "This'll Make You Whistle," all about a young man engaged to three girls at the same time.
As Jack escorted me below we met a regal procession, tall Hedda Hopper sweeping along in magnificent sables and followed by a posse of stewards bearing her trunks. Other interesting luggage was being unloaded, too. A consignment of Sylvia Sidney's favorite books had come express from Hollywood for the modernistic Park Lane apartment the little star is making her home while she films over here. A parcel of shoes was for Leslie Howard, motoring with his family in Scotland just now.
Another sunny day I greeted genial Edward G. Robinson, arriving to act in a film, "Thunder in the City," in which he has the characteristic part of an American racketeer who jumps into English society by marrying the daughter of a bankrupt peer. The same ship brought Henry Fonda to be the hero of Britain's first all-color film, "Wings of the Morning." He borrowed my newspaper and exclaimed in genuine surprise: "Why, girl, I'm all over the front page!" Nice modest man, spending most of the voyage swimming in the pool and reading detective novels.
In the alleyway we glimpsed Richard Barthelmess snatching a few hours away from the sets to meet his wife and children. Young-looking and vital as ever, Richard is making an historical costume film at Twickenham Studios, playing a Royalist traitor who brings about the fall of Napoleon. A few yards away Virginia Cherrill was also welcoming friends from New York, wearing bright pink linen gloves to match her loose coat. (Continued on page 75)