Screenland (Nov 1936-Apr 1937)

for December 19 3 6 95 have a surprising number of holidays. Whitsuntide quite interfered with her moving into a house, she insisted ; but Whitsuntide or no Whitsuntide, she won out and moved in. It's a joy to talk to Sylvia, both to the eyes as well as the ears, for I have rarely seen a more expressive set of features. Her sense of humor is enormous, and her nose wrinkles up in a most intriguing way when she smiles, and her oyster-colored eyes with their long, black lashes flash with a very knowing gleam. After finishing "Sabotage" at the Gaumont-British Studios she lingered in Paris a few days before going to Cannes for some sun-bathing and swimming. Her mother was joining her there and together they return to Hollywood. Sylvia was very enthusiastic about her next role, as she will play in Emily Bronte's grim novel "Wuthering Heights." While in England she visited the Bronte home and absorbed the atmosphere of the country around Haworth — at the same time re-reading the book for the fourth time. Richard Barthelmess had just finished his first film in London, "Spy of Napoleon," from Baroness Orczy's novel. He and his charming wife Jessica were in Paris, and as they were stopping in the same hotel as Sylvia Sidney they w:ere very neighborly, but for all too short a time. We had a cocktail party at the Ritz which Jessica Barthelmess called a landlady party. The Barthelmesses on leaving Hollywood rented their beach house to Sylvia Sidney and their Beverly Hills place rs, for Cole Porter is I ing melodies with their GIVEN iflTO YOU ! Let us tell yon ho w to obtain one of these gorgeous, Guaranteed Wrist Watches absolutely free of all cost— orhowto earn some money. Write today! A postal will do. GAIR MFG. CO., 1916 Sunnyside DEPT. 12-17 • CHICAGO, ILL. Sufferers from Asthma Paroxysms! 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She asked me if I had seen Maria Sieber, Marlene Dietrich's eleven-year-old daughter, when she was in Paris with her mother. \\"hile on the subject of Maria little Mary Hay, speaking of her best friend, said: "I am very, very fond of Maria, but I think she is getting a bit too sophisticated." Well, there you have the seasoned opinion of thirteen about eleven! It amused me during Mary Hay's visit to see how the present-day youth look at everything with eyes influenced by the movies. The Venus of Milo in the Louvre was a fat hulk of a gal to Mary, whose ideal in the way of figure is Ginger Rogers. I took her to hear "Romeo and Juliet" at the opera. With visions of Norma Shearer, Grace Moore, and Jeanette MacDonald in her mind, little Mary was most disgusted at the sight of the plump matronly Juliet who appeared. Not till she had sung the waltz quite as well or, to my mind, much better than Jeanette MacDonald in "Rose Marie' was Mary won over to the fact that opera is not run along cinematographic lines. From the sublime to the ridiculous I must leap to the visit of Jimmy Durante. He nosed his way into Paris and left all who saw and met him chuckling. We all found that camera angles in no way improved his famous snout. He looked in on us on the final lap of a holiday jaunt and after a few days returned to America. "Show Boat" is showing at the Ambassadeurs to full houses. One evening a colored gentleman quietly asked for a seat at the box-office. Like magic word got through the house that Paul Robeson was in the audience. Old Man River sounded much more thrilling when the people knew that the "old man" himself was among them. Robeson was the center of attraction when the film wras over but otherwise his visit in Paris was uneventful. He arranged to give some concerts in Europe which he will sandwich in with his film work. Paris is a good place to come to after taking a cure. Nils Asther and Herbert Brenon took the cure so seriously at Vichy that they decided to stop off here to celebrate for a couple of days before returning to work in London. Their friendship started when Herbert directed Nils and H. B. Warner in "Sorrel and Son," that neverto-be-forgotten film. With all these visitors coming and going, a native son came home to spend a short holiday. Charles Boyer and Pat Paterson, his lovely wife, quite upset the normal life at the Gare St. Lazare when they arrived. Boyer had planned to make a film here in Franch but was delayed too long in Hollywood finishing "The Garden of Allah" with Marlene Dietrich. So instead of working hard he hied himself to Deauville to play hard. All the French fans are sorry', for they look forward to one French Boyer film a year. 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