Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1930, Page 31

1 I MODEST MAIDENS l MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE HOLLYWOOD, Calif., September 17| (NANA)—The colony, which has| been calm for the past’ fortnight, yes- terday plunged into a maelstrom of up- set which has had tangible results on the temperaments of its members. | The disappearance of Noah Beery's wife, with the tragic implications which 1§ wmay involve; the death of Milton Sius, following a dramsatic orophecy to his daughter that a life close to her was | about to be snuffed out; the separation | of the Eddie Sutherlands, known to all the professional group as one of the congenial couples of the village—all has served to demoralize routine and send | players into huddles along the sidelines the moment directors relax for camera | or scenic adjustments. | Four days ago Dorothy Gardyne Sills went to have her fortune told. Eight- een and full of enthusiasm for many things, she entered the room with a| singing . heart. Almost at once the| zythic told her that a person close to | r would pass away within two days. | Two days later her father, with whom she was playing tennis, fell at her feet and_within sight of her pretty step-| mother, Doris Kenyon Sills. ~Milton | 8ills had been a sick man for some time, but it seemed more a thing of the spirit than of the body. He made “The Sea Wolf” recently, a picture involving tremendous physical strain. Hobart | Bosworth had )my'd a part in the pic- | ture, and the fact that both these men were idols of the silent regime had given the picture added interest. At Saltair, where the Milton Sillses| lived, hospitality had been a tradition, their home one of the most magnificent Spanish-type residences in the colony, their gardens among the most beautiful in California. Since his return from almost a year's eonfinement in an Eastern sanitarium, Milton Sills had moved through this heavenly California éflbflde with a smile- Jess countenance. Some strange spir- itual depression seemed to transcend even his physical weakness. And he| brought to his work when he resumed ! it at last a fury of intensity which pos- | Daily Cross-Word Puzzle 1. Composer of “The Bartered Bride.” | 8. Stately dwellings. | . Esteemed. A state of the Union 7. Slamese coin. Bugle plant End plece | The lion-headed goddess of Thebes Fish spawn | 2. Steps " Look closely. Strays. . Curbs A ruminant mammal 9. Greek letter, Drunkard. 2. Obtain. 3. Slave to a habit. 5. Habitation. . In that manner. . A preposition. 3. Accomplished | Daughter of the river god Inachus. . Greeks. " Devil, in French. . Roman bronze. . Let ‘the bait bob lightly. . Unit. Pouches. . . Members of an indigenous race of | [EDE jAIR'S |1 SIS T i_![.! 5 PIATHE] N} RADIUS] eV | vorce proceedings. He refused to be a ggs. | 65. Leading unit. T#E EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1930. MERRICK. sibly wore more than the fine edge of his resistance. His daughter, who spends several months each Summer at his California home since his marriage to Doris Ken- yon Sills, some five years ago, had her ticket bought to return East today. Fate closed the book of Milton Sills while the two people he cared for most stood by him, unsuspecting. Noah Beery can shed no light on the apparent tragedy of his wife's disap- pfi"a'}r;flnbfiondxmm' that rh:l!lx she mig] ve intended resum e ivoree st which e begas some-tme | Golf Used to a0 uad which had apparently been| Be an Open- robped. . A week ngo he began a private search [ Air Game, for her, which has been without resuit, and the cumulating suspense has almost shattered his nerves. Neither her law- yers nor her intimates have the slight- est clue to her disappearance, beyond the fact that the car in which she drove away from their home is the one she habitually used. Whether or not she carried luggage cannot be estab- lished, and if she confided any plans to oy BUD FISHES anybody her confidents have not ns yet been located. The Beerys were married 20 years when Noah Beery's wife instituted di- perty to the action, on the ground that they were life partners, and settled $250,000 upon her when the suit was dropped. When Ethel Kenyon says that she and Eddie Sutherland were so much alike that the very things which drew them together mitigated to separate them the colony listens with apathetic sympathy. In the face of more serious matters, a mere divorce seems casual to the Hollywood group. They- have in 30 days’ time lost two - of the most famous ing men of their 2 history_Ton, Chaney and Milton Sils The Price of And a tragedy may store for an- 0 other of the same dynasty. Noah Beery Courtship! and Wallace Beery are tied closely to the history of pictures by virtue of years of work and popularity. 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