Talking Screen (Jan-Aug 1930)

Tidings from Talkie Town ANITA STEWART, once one of the most popular L actresses of the screen, has returned from her honeymoon, following her marriage to George Converse, wealthy business man, and has settled down in Hollywood. Just before her wedding Anita broadcast an appeal to her fans to help her choose a spot for her honeymoon. Although places in all <juarters of the globe were suggested, Anita finally chose a quiet retreat at Lake Arrowhead in the Arrowhead Mountains, about sixty-five miles from Los Angeles. HEN Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks drive to or from Pickfair, their mansion atop a Beverly hill, they must pass before the scrutiny of the first Mrs. Fairbanks. The original Mrs. Doug, who recently married an actor fifteen years her junior, has purchased a honeymoon nest at the foot of the Pickford-Eairbanks mountain. And the only road leading to Pickfair passes the gate of Mrs. Doug the first. ITH The Taming of the Shrew, the only picture which Doug and Mary have ever made together, safely completed and out of the way, the famous couple have left for their annual tour of Europe. This time they will spend most of their period abroad in France and Italy, although they may pay brief visits to the royal families of other countries of Europe with whom they are on friendly terms. There are always rumors that Doug and Mary may settle down in Europe, but it won't be this trip, for they are due back in New York for the opening of the Shakespearean comedy some time late in the fall. N Elinor Glynish discussion was under way not long ago at Henry's. The question was: "Should a fellow burn up his love letters?" Nancy Carroll, Jack Oakie and Helen Kane don't need megaphones to go over big in the talkies — they were all working in Sweetie, a mn^ieal romance of college life. Posing with their celebrated uncle, Gary Cooper, Georgie May and Howard Cooper wear hats appropriate to the big occasion. "Yes," insisted a certain well known director, "he should. Just before mailing them." ITH the completion of her latest picture. Smiling Irish Eyes, Colleen Moore has closed down her production unit to take a protraaed vacation. She has just moved into her beautiful new home in Beverly Hills which has been under construction for about two years, but apparently she intends to leave it and take a long, long trip, possibly around the world. It has been, her custom to just slip off with her husband, John McCormick, for little trips in her yacht, but now she seems to feel that she has a real rest coming to her. ADOLPHE MENJOU, whose contract with Paramount was not renewed — even after his first talkie, Fashions in Love, had proved to be one of the best pictures he has made in years — has signed a two-year contract with the French Pathe company to make pictures abroad. These will be made in five languages, including English, and will probably be released in this country — so that Menjou will not be lost to his fans altogether. Menjou, although American born, has always been a great favorite abroad. LEATRICE JOY, who went on a vaudeville ' tour just by way of a little preparation for the talkies, has now decided that it's a pretty good way to make a living, after all. She has it arranged so that she can slip out for a trip around the circuit every now and then between pictures. This time she has gone to Europe to show people who have seen her in pictures what she looks like in person. She is taking the same sketch in which she appeared at RKO theaters several months ago. {Continued on page 75] 31