Silver Screen (Feb-Oct 1935)

SlLVE SCRE Topics FOR Gossips THE most glamorous lady of the screen is in love with a married man— and what's more, boldly admits it. The lady is Shirley Temple, and the object of her affections is Joel McCrea. Between scenes on their current production, "Heaven's Gate," they are wont to dash away to quiet corners to hold hands. But, alas. Complications have arisen with the ever persistence of a cameraman who follows wherever they go. Shirley and Joel one day were certain they had eluded him completely, but, just as suddenly, he bobbed up. Annoyed and thoroughly disconcerted, Shirley cried, "Oh, Anthony— can't you give us just one moment alone?" TO AN BLONDELL says that every time she works " up a good conceit, someone always goes and ruins it. The other day she was calling up some of Mrs. Eddie Nugent's friends to invite them to a baby shower she was giving for her, and evidently got the mother of one of these friends on the phone. "Who's calling?" asked the woman, very boredlike. "Joan Blondell," said Joan. "Who?" asked the woman, quite excited, "Who is it?" "Joan Blondell," said Joan again, and feeling quite grand that the mere mention of her name was causing such excitement. And then she heard the woman turn from the phone and call to someone in the next room, "Hurry, Hurry— it's Joan Crawford!" Now Joan is utterly convinced that to a lot of people there is only one Joan, and that's Crawford. — — ■ EDDIE LOWE, who has kept very much to himself since the sad death of his wife, Lilian Tashman, has started going about these spring evenings with Marian Marsh. Lil's house on Linden Drive, with its formal Empire furnishings which haven't been touched since her death, is now up for sale. THE Spencer Tracys are celebrating their reunion with a trip to Europe, and they are taking the two children with them. "When Spring comes 'round with dappled shade," then Una Merkel is right there helping the buds and bees and shaking her pretty finger at the cut worms and the rosebugs. HOLLYWOOD ain't what it used to be, they'll tell you, but it's still exotic enough for us. After the nautical ball Kay Francis threw at the Venclome the other night she had an ambulance waiting for her at the door, and when the last guest had departed in the cold grey dawn she drove away to the hospital to recover from a case of flu that was rapidly turning into pneumonia. Jobyna Howland walked away with the prize at Kay's party by coming as a smokestack, and sure enough she had nice black smoke coming out the top of her hat. — 4— RETA GARBO is spending her Sunday mornings these days playing tennis with Cedric Gibbons and Dolores Del Rio on their very secluded tennis court in the Santa Monica canyon. THE other day three old-timers, Viola Dana, Shirley Mason and Anita Stewart, all had lunch together at the Vendome and the stars of today were as busy staring at them as the tourists were busy staring at the stars of today. . — <$, — . MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN is at once the delight and the despair of the enterprising local real estate men. They find Picture Titles That Have Changed "Four Hours to Kill" (Richard Barthclmess) formerly "Small Miracle" "Paris in Spring" (Mary Ellis) formerly "Two on a Tower" "Chasing Yesterday" (Anne Shirley) formerly "Sylvestre Bonnard" "A Night at the Ritz" (William Gargan ) formerly "King of the Ritz" "The Mark of the Vampire" (Beta Lugosi) " "Vampires of Prague" "Goin' To Town" (Mae West) formerly "How Am I Doin' " it an easy matter to sell her a lease to a beautiful hillside or canyon home, but no sooner will Maureen be established there when she will fall in love with some other locale. And quite naively, with little thought of complication or litigation, she will move— just like that. Which sometimes makes it difficult, especially for her lawyer who has been tying himself in knots endeavoring to unscramble the situation. ——<$>■ — « BECAUSE of its creamy paint-job Glenda Farrell has named her new car "Cupcake." ■ — — • NEWEST Palm Springs rage is jui-jitsii coats. Catharine and Ralph Bellamy started it, but they do not practice the art. _.<§>._ HERE'S an amusing and typically Sally Eilers story in conned ion with hei accepting the role opposite Lee Tracy in Columbia s "Carnival." Shortly aft< i the i>ii ili <ii hei son, nick-named hi in "Poochy." When she was handed the script of "Carnival," she read it through, and discovered that i here was a litil<fellow in ii named [Continued on page 58] T for May 1935 17