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There's glamor in British film studios, even as in Hollywood. Meet some film favorites in a different setting in this sparkling story
By Hettie Grimstead
ONE of the nicest things about our stellar visitors from Hollywood is the way they remember us when they are hack home in California again. Dolores Del Rio writes regularly for the lovely woolly things hand-knitted by a London stylist — she's just ordered a peach-pink jacket of exquisite wool lace to wear for spectator sports. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., gets all his suits by mail from England, and that ardent antique glass collector Xeil Hamilton often cables a famous W est End shop enquiring for details of their rare pieces.
Before Marlene Dietrich sailed for Xew York she visited her local boot-maker and had the famous feet measured for some pairs in the latest London models. He has just despatched her very high-cut town shoes in black matt kid with a row of six little black and white buttons down each side. Accompanying instructions say that Marlene's million-dollar legs should be encased in bright ginger-brown stockings when she wears them.
Otto Kruger, who divides his time between fishing and films, habitually sends for rods and tackle to a tiny old-fashioned shop in St. James's where King George and the King of Norway and Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., are also on the list of customers. At the moment Otto is able to choose his tackle in person, being here to make another film at Elstree Studios. It's a gay comedy of school life called "The Housemaster" and you will see Otto careering around in college gown and spectacles with never a suggestion of his customary screen self-sacrificing. "Am I tired of being a noble martyr !" he remarks feelingly. This time be actually gets the girl and beats all his rivals to it. Phillips Holmes and demure little Rene Ray are in the picture too.
Otto unfortunatelv crashed his car driving to the studio 'in a London fog the other morning" so he Please turn to p. 92
Starting at top, Otto Kruger; then Neil Hamilton, collector of old glass; above, Rex Harrison, new bet, and Vivien Leigh. Left, Genevieve Tobin; right, Maureen O'Sullivan. Left, below, Roland Young, Jessie Matthews, Jack Whiting, and whoopee; below, Noel Madison, Mr. Young, and Mr. Whiting, and ah, me!
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