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May 12, 1934
UNIVERSAL WEEKLY
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MARGARET SULLAVAN
paper to help advertise it, Margaret wrote back, "I have seen 'Only Yesterday.' The next space I reserve will be in the obituary column." She simply doesn't believe she was any good in that picture and if you tell her so she thinks you are being politely insincere.
There was the time when she ran into the late Lilyan Tashman at the Colony Club — Margaret's one venture into Hollywood's night life. Lilyan came up to her and said, "Aren't you the girl in 'Only Yesterady?' My dear, you were perfectly marvelous. You gave a divine performance ..." And Lilyan raved on and on just as we all do in Hollywood.
"Thank you," said Margaret and walked away.
"Someone ought to teach that child some manners," Lilyan said.
When Margaret heard that she had hurt Lilyan Tashman by her brusqueness, and that it was the concensus of opinion that she had acted most rudely, the poor girl was so upset she actually cried. She didn't mean to be rude.
But being called marvelous floored her so completely that she couldn't think of anything to say. If Lilyan had said, "Margaret Sullavan, do you know a good place to catch trout?" Margaret would have stood there talking until they shut up the place.
But she just can't talk about herself. And she can't get used to the good old Hollywood effusions.
There's a scene in "Little Man, What Now?" where Margaret has to walk in the rain. This scene — contrary to custom — had to be taken many times, and Margaret was drenching wet when it was over. "Well, I guess now you'll agree that Sullavan is all wet," she said as she wrung out her clothes. Yeah, you might just as well agree with Margaret that she's rotten and avoid an argument. (But you can keep your fingers crossed.) If you like Peter Pan, and Huckleberry Finn, and that freckle faced girl next door who gets such a kick out of her Girl Scout uniform, you've just got to like Margaret Sullavan.
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Frank Borzage Finishes “Little Man, What Now?” With A Feast
FRANK BORZAGE celebrated his birthday and the final shots of "Little Man, What Now" at Universal Studios on the same day.
With Margaret Sullavan headed for England, Borzage contracted for a picture with another studio, and Douglass Montgomery negotiating with three producers, but reserving three pictures for Universal, it was necessary to work far into the night.
At midnight on the final day, an elaborate supper was served on the stage in honor of the director by the cast. Seated at the festive board were Margaret Sullavan, Douglass Montgomery, Alan Hale, Catharine Doucet, Bodil Rosing, Mae Marsh, Frank Reicher, Alan Mowbray, Christian Rub, Etienne Girardot, Sarah Padden, Monroe Owsley, Hedda Hopper, the entire technical crew and Mr. and Mrs. Borzage.