Hollywood Highlights and Studio Stirring Tales
Hollywood gossip from PAUL HARRISON notes a blonde actress facing contract issues due to illnesses, a crew miscue where Frank Morgan broke a tooth on toast, Paramount warning signs for high voltage cables, and Mary Livingston's betting system. Sidney Salkow rouses extras, Claudette Colbert mingles with gossip, Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres rumors, and Jane Wyatt reads about pregnancy. William Wellman becomes a father as a boy arrives. Lionel Barrymore composes in his dressing room, Sylvia Sidney sports a riding outfit, and Edward Arnold mocks his 22 costume changes. Virginia Bruce and David Niven dine in style at Troca dero. Mae West and King Levinsky romance rumors amuse fans while Deanna Durbin's age provokes letters and Bobby Breen ships out catalogs.
Bell's Hawaians to Head Vaudeville at The Iowa
Bell's Hawaians headline a vaudeville bill at The Iowa on February 19 featuring rhumba dances and hula with Baby Joy dubbed Shirley Temple of Hawaii. Cast includes John Kapona's Moano hotel orchestra and four additional acts. screen feature is Woman in Distress starring May Robson.
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Baby Joy
Shirley Temple
Hawaii
John Kapona
Moano Hotel
May Robson
Hard on Shoes Joan Crawford Wears Out Shoes
Joan Crawford wears out more shoes during the making of one film than in the rest of the year for personal use, reflecting the demands of on set fashion and performance.
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Joan Crawford
Fans Think Actress Is Fount Of Wisdom Distressed
Hollywood gossip piece notes Jean Dixon dislikes being viewed as a problem solver for real life while playing confidant to leading ladies. The column also mentions Jack Oakie as a professional pal who receives fan letters seeking advice, and recalls Dixon’s film roles with Crawford Colbert Loy and Sidney. It adds a vignette about Hart’s Broadway wealth and Fletcher Warren’s dog diplomat Big Boy traveling with him to Latvia.
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Hollywood
Jean Dixon
Flicker
Miss Dixon
Jack Oakie
Oakie
Joan Crawford
Claudette Colbert
Myrna Loy
Nancy Carroll
Sylvia Sidney
Carole Lombard
Fletcher Warren
United States
Legation
Latvia
Big Boy
Lillie Garter Souvenirs Stir Broadway Banter
New York notes that Beatrice Lillie garters are a popular novelty with business travelers and theatergoers alike. The piece links the trend to Broadway shows and Hollywood deals, noting high prices paid for stage and film rights and other show business chatter.
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New York
Beatrice Lillie
Lady Peel
Knights of the Lillie Garter
Hollywood
Broadway
Lunt- Fontanne
Margaret Sullavan
Stars Avoid Politics In Private Or Public Interviews
Hollywood reports that top film stars keep politics and religion off limits in most conversations. Jean Harlow is cited as an example of public civics talk paired with careful evasion of her own political leanings. The piece notes stars often vote or discuss policy selectively.
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Hollywood
NEA
Jean Harlow
Harlow
Maine
Vermont
Lowdown On Ladies In The Women
Gilbert W. Gabriel reviews The Women a 1937 Broadway comedy by Clare Boothe recognizing its sharp satire of New York marriage. He notes the play exposes a social system dominated by women through witty scenes set behind men, bath tub beauty parlors and boudoirs, leaving audiences amused yet uneasy.
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New York
Clare Boothe
Barrymore Theater
The
School For Scandal
Park Avenue
Mme. de Stael
Brothers Minsky
Mme. Boothe
Dolores Del Rio Shops For Spring Wardrobe
Hollywood star Dolores Del Rio completes a spring shopping spree highlighting fashion notes. She favors prints and wide shoulder lines with belts and high daytime necklines, fourteen inch skirts, patent shoes, large straw hats, and slim silhouettes. A black crepe daytime ensemble with a paisley coat and red ribbon accents serves as a versatile, season-spanning basic outfit with a white crepe sun option.
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Hollywood
Dolores del Rio
Dolores
Barbara Stanwyck Home Protected By Microphones
Protection devices planned for Barbara Stanwyck's valley home involve a loud speaker system with microphones at strategic points. A woman's scream into a mic could be heard for a quarter of a mile. The feature mentions potential practical jokes stemming from the setup.
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Hollywood
Barbara Stanwyck
Valley
Electric Signs Go Berserk On Gay White Way
New York memorializes the electric sign misprints that turned theater titles and hotel slogans into humorous phrases. The Rivoli read These Three as Tee Hee while a Madison Avenue hotel hosted pep talks under flickering bulbs. Paradise Cabaret signs flashed Eve a Cover Charge and other playful gaffes linger in memory.
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New York
Rivoli
Tee Hee
Madison Avenue
Montclair
Broadway
Paradise Cabaret
How Stars Look In Surrealist Eyes
A Hollywood art idea after an exhibition prompts Joan Crawford to urge surrealist word portraits of stars. Notable titles include Robert Taylor’s A Bomb in a Basket of Valentines and Carole Lombard’s Venus de Milo in Jello.
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Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Robert Taylor
Jean Har
Low
Frank Morgan
William Powell
The
Carole Lombard
Venus de Milo
Clark Gable
Achilles
Richard Boleslawski
Robert Montgomery
John M. Stahl
Greta Garbo Reveals Bold Dressing Room Colors
Greta Garbo selects a vivid color scheme for a new dressing room with cardinal red and off-white hues. The space features modernized French furniture and contrasts with the star’s usual drab gray preferences.
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Greta Garbo
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Paul Harrison
T Kes
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Sidney Salkow
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Lew Ayres
Jane Wyatt
Edgar B. Ward
Honolulu
William Wellman
Wellman
Lionel Barrymore
Beau Arnold
Edward Arnold
Virginia Bruce
David Niven
Miss Bruce
Mae West
King Levinsky
Deanna Durbin
Bobby Breen
Bell
Iowa
Hart
George S. Kaufman
Garbo
Moss Hart
Duse
Arline Judge
Gilbert W. Gabriel
Spencer Tracy
Celluloidia
Taylor
Damon
Pythias
Tracy
An Oweil
Tallulah Bankhead
Miss Bankhead
Lulu
Longie
Melton
Yagers
Yager
Yager’s
Women’s Dept
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