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SLD-TRCED.

THE CHINA

Behind the Scenes

in Hollywood

By DOROTHY HERZOG

Copyright, 1929, Premler Syndicate

Hollywood is exactly like a faucet that is turned on. It drips acenia emotions, at a studio umpty ump haurs daily or nightly. But the faucet's still on, so it keeps drip- ping. If it's all dripped out some- body turns on another faucet.

Which paragraphs us to Sharon Lynn, and Clem Clark, Sharon is a lil' girl who dances and sings and acts for Mr. Fox. Sharon went- a-partying to the Hal Roach house. three weeks ago. There she met. Mr. Clark. Mr. Clark bails from Shreveport, La. He has an awful lot of money, but folks still say he's a nice boy. About twenty-nine, to be accurate. He- resembles Charlie Farrell, but he isn't quite as tall.

MAIL,

Marilyn Miller

russet expression. Mr. Skelly was ep an emotional tree.

A nice lad yelled: "Giver the A C." She, whoever she was, got what she wanted. He then called: "We're sunt," which was sporting-. y honest of him, but as it turned out he intended the remark techni- cally. Silence while talky was being made, The actors commene- al to act.. I stepped back a little and the hol of my Holland shoe argued with a light. The .noise made me look for the nearest exit.

A prop may, in his disgust, popped a rubber band. Because of jealousy. a aunlight arc did a take- off on Lon Chaney and tat-tatted away a la z machine gun.

The scene came to an abrupt end.

I expected fireworks. There was none. The scene began again, and ended happily.

"The Saturday Kid" And so to Clara Bow's "The Saturday Kid" set.. Clara was in bed. So was Jean Arthur. An alarm clock routed 'em out. Direc- tor Eddie Sutherland cried: "Cut. Okeh." Cameraman Harry Fish- heck supervised the moving of his bungalow-boxed camera further Luck. preparatory to shooting a semi-long shot of the girl's waking to another yeasted dawn.

I had been warned not to ques tion Clara about her fiance, Harry Richman. She's fed up on such With awe-

hailed a chap who saw the test and questions, it seems. asked:

"How is he?"

The chap who had seen, reported: "He's still Harry Richman?"

"Sally"

some restraint, I resisted dashing cnto the set and asking her if it was true she didn't want to answer questions about Mr. Richman. By this time it was noon, Clara was surrounded by a fortress of lights, I craved

Over on the First National lot is Props, and protectors. lad named John Francis Dillon to sustenance in order to continue this of garnering t whom has been entrusted a millionervating work

colyum. And so, and a half dollars. He will spend with such a splendid morning's vastly pleased this million and a half in eight or effort, out into the broiling, open. ten weeks. The results of his efforts are expected to net the com- there were any more Daddy Brown- aces of Hollywood to, ponder if pany a goodly return.

Jack is megaphoning Marilyn ing'e in the world and why "God Miller in "Sally" Marilyn receives Gave Me Twenty Cents" only. a paltry $150,000 for leaning her

Screenalities: James Hall corral- electric light talents to this all- technicolor production. She didn't ed himself a nifty case of ptomaine do so worse in it when she played prison and balked at posing for under the Ziegfeld banner to New heroic photographs that day... Yorkers some years ago. But a mil-Artie Jacobson, assistant director, lion and a half is a hummy sum to espied talking with Doris Hill in the sink into a picture. But in spite of Famous Players lobbying hail. Ar- this and the heat. Jack 'pears to be tie wished the news to be spread. He really wanted to see if I could Clem figured the titian-haired cheery as ever.

correctly. He's Incidentally, banked above and spell his name Sharon a hoop-de-da. He rushed

a meany that-a- her. Ergo, they were declared en around the garden set now being pretty much of

Robert Armstrong is a shot for "Sally" are approximately way.. gaged. And it isn't so 'atall.

mileage widower. Um. His wife, Sharon was heard to opine they'd five hundred incandescent lights.

Baby, when they start to burn no Jeanne Kent, has gone to Oakland never reach the ring stage, would they advance to the altar one has to tell you they're on. They to emote in a play yelept "This crawl. But Clem is persistent generate a heat that shames the Thing Called Love". ‚ ...

cuss.

Sharon Lynn'

nor

And, what's more, a friend eased him into the Pathe studio only t'other day and introduced him to one of the big shots. Said b. s. dated him for a screen test. They do. he sayin' that Clem Clark photo- graphed so good Pathe intends signing him up.

Ken May-

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He takes Sharon sky-riding steam room of a turkish bath. Cal- sard shopping for a cruiser. in his $20,000 airplane. His Man-culate even old boy Satan jumps up figures his speed boat is powerful and down fram raging jealousy. At onely... Mary Eaton has leased Fridays her yon and hither. He

least he would if he drepped in to the Doug Fairbanks, Jr.'s home in has even written to his mother to

check his furnace apparatus with Bev. Hills. One must have a home come Hollywoodwards for good.

modern improvements.

to enjoy birthday sunbaths, though with airplanes and a Rew blimp Screenialities-The Writers' Club ring so how these days not even chucked an evening's sketch enter a garden is insured as to privacy tainment. Glimpses in the audience. Carmel Myers, and her lawyer were Victor McLaglin, Theda Bara, husband, Ralph Bloom, deliberately Fannie Brice, Billy Rose, Giovanni invited scandal into their lives Martino, Beulah

when they lunched together at Ye Livingstone, Joseph Jackson, Gladys Unger, Zoe ontmartre and held hands during iwo courses ... And that's all. Akins, J. Stuart Blackton, et al..... Dorothy Burgess. George Marion and Walter Byron appeared in a sketch by Pauline Forney and Al Farez yclept "When Buddha Laughes. Players and authors re-

Helen Hayes From excellent authority this fick bureau is given to understand that Helen Hayes, Broadway star, plans to make at least one picture jin the autumn.

Jolin

ceived a big hand... Bowers and his wife, Marguerite De La Motte, shares bonours in "The Black Butterfly," a Haricmese skit by J. Stuart Blackton's 19-year-old daughter Gloria. John introduced Miss Blackton from the stage. She is almost six foot and rather plumpish. She recently returned from boarding school where she wrote a novel and

Miss Blackton is enthusiastic over "The Butterfly" which is a three- act play and that's all.

Ramblings

To Famous Players and onto "Behind the Makeup" set. Bob Mil- ton and Dorothy Arzner co-direct- ing. Hal Skelly, William Powell Powell and Fay Wray features. had just died-for the sake of the plot. Miss Wray wore black and a

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There unreeled one of the dog- gonest, bang-up travesties spotted on the silver sheet at any time. Louise, garbed in hectic Western attire and sporting the durndest line-o'-gab extant or extinct, gave a whoopee performance. Nell' is a Western travesty, Several years ago it was produced at the Writers' Club with Maude Fulton in the name part and Roy Stewart (now "Trader Horo"-ing) the lover.

Al figured it high time travesties reached the screen. He sold the Christies on the idea. Re-wrote the skit and produced it. More such hilarity, stirrers will follow with Louise Fazenda, Louise has been recognised as a comedienne de lux for years. Never, however, has she been given a real opportunity to flash clever histrionics. She's a honey as "Faro Nell" Even Bill Hart will get a chuckle out of her doing a take-off on him when she talks to hor equine pal. Louise's next travesty may have to do with “Rain” in the Jeanne Eagels man-

Tier.

Pauline Fredericks

Miss Hayes came to the Coast some weeks ago to play a limited engagement in her current hit, "Coquette." Her husband, Charlie MeArthur, former newspaper man and co-writer of "Broadway," is in Hollywood penaing stories for RKO.

It is whispered that both M.G.M. and Famous Players are flirting with Mias Hayes. She will make no definite plans, however, until a certain expected event in her family.

Some months ago, Harry Rich- {man, of Broadway stage and night [club renown, emoted through a screen test for United Artists. It was decided that Harry confer with the proper authority and have his nose fixed so as to enhance his pro file. Mr. Richman is now in Holly- wood. He has had another screen test. An executive on the UA. lot

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