Talking Screen (Sep-Oct 1930)

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Tidings from Tailzie Town and Savings National Bank {which merged with The Bank of Italy, in 1927), Mr. DeMille, in 1926, signed ten and twentydollar hills individually, "until he got tired." Since he signed about $5,000 worth, and since the hills are still in circulation, it might he well to watch your wallet for currency legally signed by the director who made bathtub^ famous in America. THERE are so many Lees in pictures that visitors to the studios find identification confusing. Not long ago Dorothy of that name chanced to meet an easterner while dining at the Rooseveh. "I've always wanted to meet you, Miss Lee," he said. Your work in Male and Female was wonderful." "You are mistaken in the person," replied Dorothy, sweetly. "It was Lila who was the dash of that picture. I was only the Dot in Cuckoos." N AIRPLANE started a tailspin near the First National Studio at Burbank, California. Before it could crash, seventeen cameramen with their machines, three directors and The rough-hewn gent above is no roamer of the pulsating plains at all, as his garb would have you believe. It's our old pal Reginald Denny, with the wife, at the gate of their mountain lodge. We were about to note thai Victor MacLaglen certainly carries his liquor well, bui it's not that at all — not by a jugful! It's merely part of the water supply Vic did away with while on location for On The Make. one producer were on the spot. Thus was Hollywood enterprise vindicated: "A free crash saves cash," murmured the producer as he walked away. The pilot and his passenger were killed. IORNA MOON, author of Dark Star, d which she wrote after tuberculosis had forced her to take to her bed. never received her $50,000 check for the screen rights. M-G-M officials tnailed her the money two hours before she died. It was delivered at her Hollywood home the next day. THERE is one extra man in Hollywood who never worries about the shortage of work in the studios. On the days he fails to receive a call, he visits every hotel and drug store on Hollywood boulevard, collecting forgotten nickels from the return slot in the public phone booths. He says he makes from five to seven dollars a day. LICE WHITE told me of the time she came closest to real tears on a movie set. As a child, Alice admired Blanche Sweet, then an outstanding cinema star. She was Alice's favorite. Then Blanche stepped down. A few months ago, she [Continued on page 74'] 31