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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1937
Page
25
Actress Dolores Del Rio urges women to improve figures through steady care, regular exercise, proper rest and dieting. She says many neglect health, yet shop for clothes hoping styles will fix neglect, noting clothes alone cannot remedy a sluggish body.
Hollywood gossip notes recount discharges at Columbia, screenwriter Abe Finkel on Warner’s project, training in sleepwalking Nat Levine, Miriam Hopkins and Parker as friends, Lombarda’s visits to Gable, a dinner table quip about love, Adrienne Ames adopting Adrianne, Hays office on Jean Harlow, Mae West’s gendered image, Go West censorship, and Moss Hart drafting a Greta Garbo musical.
Irene Dunne analyzes six fan mail types from six months of letters to Paramount star. The Future Seeker seeks work, the Souvenir Seeker wants autographs and mementos, the Money Seeker asks for financial help, the Hand Seeker proposes marriage, the Pen Pal craves weekly correspondence, and the Genuine Admirer offers sincere praise.
Old fashioned keys crafted in antique gold slip through loops to hold Jeanette Marc Donalds new belt. The belt is worn with a brown frock and matching enaelimere material.
A film unit plans to approximate Napoleon's height for Charles Boyer in Madame Walewska with only a quarter inch heel height. Cameraman Joe August reportedly never cuts his hair while filming. The text notes superstition about bad luck.
Hollywood reports Walter Plunkett has completed months of Civil War era costume research for David Selznick’s Gone With the Wind. He will design wardrobes for Scarlett O Hara and Rhett Butler for director George Cukor with Sidney Howard adapting the script.
Hollywood reports 24 dogs from as many breeds join the Stepping Toes set for an Astaire Rogers musical. Dog impresario Henry East calls it the largest canine acting assembly in modern film history.
A Hollywood observer notes Shirley Temple’s hair turning from golden curls toward brunette while filming with C. Aubrey Smith on Wee Willie Winkie. Mrs Temple confirms she also darkened from blond to brunette at age ten.
Joe Sanders known as the old left hander brings his Night Hawk dance orchestra to Danceland for a one night stand on Thursday with Barbara Parks as featured vocalist. Sanders rose to fame after pitching as a southpaw in Kansas and has carried on at Chicago's Blackhawk since last May. Sanders is praised as a master dance band director and innovator in entertainment. Tonight at Danceland Court Hussey's orchestra will occupy the pit with dancing from old
Hollywood report states George O'Brien and director Dave Howard of a George A Hirliman production hunted for a stuffed penguin for a key scene in Park Avenue Logger. After weeks no taxidermist museum or private holder could provide the specimen, and the bird was finally borrowed from an eastern museum.
Hollywood star Sonja Henie outlines an idea to tour with 40 to 80 skaters, building a larger show than solo appearances. Her first year as a pro yielded about 500000 dollars, with prior tours earning 12000 in New York and multiple high fees in other cities.
Hollywood gossip notes that Jack Oakie bought a bicycle to aid weight loss. He plans a five mile daily ride beginning soon with a swap of a model featuring electric headlight taillight and horn. The bike was delivered on set where Oakie is filming with Edward Arnold Frances Farmer and Cary Grant. Arnold joked with a horse saddle replacing the seat.
The veteran actor distinguishes experience from new talent, stressing confidence as key to success. She says feeling at home in a role marks the difference between veterans and newcomers.
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