Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1930, Page 23

SPRING FEVER. —By BURTIS MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE HOLLYWOOD, Calif, April 7] (N.AN.A).—Hollywood friends of Mary Miles Minter flout as purely legendary the tale that she is planning a come- back in pictures. ‘The former star entered a Santa Barbara sanatorium, reduced 30 pounds via the Dr. Sansum dietary and inspired a rumor that it was the opening move in a campaign to win back her lost | public. Those close to the Minter state that nobody whoever appeared before cameras has less concern about return-| ing to the cameras than this lady. A gelatin career brought her money, misery, family trouble and notoriety. Her fat has been a gland complica- tion and has, of late, threatened to be- come a menace to health. Some months back she voiced an interest in the legit- imate stage to friends, but she has as- | siduously avoided the film colony and maintained a residence in Pasadena when here. Charles Maigne and William Desmond ‘Taylor directed her in the days of her glory. Both men are dead. Taylor'’s shooting has been as thoroughgoing a mystery as “who killed cock-robin?" ‘Three women came into its scope. All three lost their careers through the no- toriety. Mary Miles Minter, Mabel Nor- mand and Edna Purviance. ‘There is a definite determination on the part of the Hays office to keep the ranks of motion picture players as free from scandal as is possible. This condi- tion alone would preclude the probability of a Minter comeback, even should the actress be fostering such a motion. The Minter screen technique is no | longer negotiable. Rhythm and timing | have changed since her day. Standards MERRICE. are a further abyss which separates the once popular golden-haired girl of yes- terday from the industry of today. Another thing, the Minter type has gone out. The ingenue with the curls is a_ type which even Mary Pickford could not keep alive. And the very ma- ture Minter, now in her late thirties, would need to have some tremendous asset to warrant such a move. He is a Hollywood playboy. And his wife went East to visit her family. He had some high times in her absence. There were parties at the Spanish home with the rustling banana palms in the moonlight. There were parties, as I said. But there was very light housekeeping af- terward. Bottles accumulated. And other signs of gayety. The playboy set- tled his fancy on a little dancer. Oh, there were very high times. ‘Then wife telegraphed she was home- ward bound, the lad took an entire day, and, with an army of Orientals, re- stored the ancestral castle to its shining splendor. They made a good job of it. He met his wife at the station. Es- corted her to a perfect abode, kissed her on the brow and departed for the studio. “Perfect,” he confided to friends who had shared some of the high times and who were a bit timorous as to results of the wife’s homecoming. “Perfect—if I do say 50, I'm a diplomat.” But the next day his downcast coun- tenance moved them to a few inquiries. “How come,” said they, “this flock of clouds on the face of a diplomat?” “How can a guy ever get to know these women?” he ya-ahed. “How was I to know the first thing she'd do would be to dump the vacuum cleaner bag and find it full of blond hair?” of beauty have changed. And talkies (Copyright, 1930.) l Daily Cross-Word Puzzle l . Rallying cry. . Bavarian city, . A meat stew, . Cavalryman, . Humiliate. . Having a whistling sound. Depart. part. . Blockhead., . Pastidious. . Varnish ingredient. . Metalliferous earth. . An auction. an. . You and I . Aromatic root. . Bishop's headdress. . Old alphabetic signs. . Made safe. . Propelled with oars. . 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