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Merle Oberon, below, at the Hampshire home of Lady Morvyth Benson; upper left, Mr. and Mrs. George Arliss at home; upper right, Anna Neagle and Jessie Matthews at the studio; above, Henry Wilcoxon and his wife outside Buckingham Palace.
The star parade in Europe's Hollywood, from party dates in Piccadilly to studio calls at Pinewood
By Hettie Crimstead
p\LANE trees are flowering down Piccadilly and the sun-awnings are _Jout in Park Lane and the grey old Tower of London is the coolest place in town. Mrs. Henry Wilcoxon says so and she should know, because the tall good-looking "Biff" has conscientiously taken his Hollywood bride out to see the sights every day since they arrived on their belated honeymoon. She's bought a grey chiffon dance frock to set off her auburn curls, old china and books for her California home, and an amusing red lacquer coffee-jug as a present for her great friend Claudette Colbert.
In addition to acting as tourist guide, Biff has also found time to act in a film, Capitol's new production called "Jericho." It's a dramatic story about the negro soldiers who came from America to fight in the European War, with Paul Robeson as a trooper who earns disgrace but manages to escape to the North African deserts. Interior scenes are being made at Pinewood and the lovely woods surrounding the studio buildings present a curious spectacle when hundreds of swarthy Arab extras are strolling around at lunch-time. Sitting under an ancient English oak I saw a strangelooking desert sheik wrapped in long white robes but with an outsize cigar in the corner of his mouth. "Hello, Toots!" he called. "How are you?" Salute the inimitable Wallace Ford who is adding complications and comedy to the film as an American salt-smuggler in the heart of the Sahara.
Two more big productions are under way at Pinewood, Anna Neagle's spectacular film of the life of Queen Victoria and Jessie Matthews' new musical, "Gangway." Beautiful blonde Anna and vivacious dark-haired Jessie have been friends ever since the days when they danced together in a revue chorus at the London Pavilion, so they often foregather for tea at four o'clock. Jessie usually knits as she chats. She makes all the gay^ sweaters worn on the set by her director-husband Sonnie {Please turn to page 74)
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