Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1931, Page 26

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 5. 1931, MODEST MAIDENS T #I CAN'T AFFORD AN AIRPLANE YET. I'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY ALL TAKE A DROP.” MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE BY MOLLIE MERRICK. HOLLYWOOD, January 5 (N.AN.A.). separated for an instant, by which they With | lived during the first decade of their —It won't be blue Monday today! two of the largest studios in Hollywood Tesuming operations after four months of shutdown, there has been a ripple of energy and satisfaction running across the face of the village. Some smiles and some bustling of shopping that even Santa Claus’ visit didn't bring. This doesn't mean only work for actors who have been out of Jobs; it doesn't mean that extra talent and bit players will now get the $5 or $7.50 on an occasional day of employ- ment. It means that a great army of tech- nical workers attached to the studios will have a way of earning their daily bread once more; e:it means t.hx,nt thhe group of patient-eyed, quiet people who Erk all through the night developing e film taken during the day will be on the job again. g The sound technicians and electri- clans and prop men, the thousand and one people behind the scenes of this flamboyant industry has been trying to carry life along in one of the worst financial years in the history of the movies. Hollywood is made up of more than Beverly Hills mansions and picturesque studio fiats. There is something beyond gin parties and gay luncheons—there are those studio workers who live in little $25-a-month bungalows and see their movies purely in the 1-inch strip or magnified to the size of a picture rt card as they are flashed into the ttle machine that cutters use. Jack Warner said this year that there would be no more shutdogms for his studio; that work would be so arranged that the lot would move on a 12-month basis. If he accomplishes this, he will contribute no small amount to hu- manity—local humanity. No, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford are not being divorced. Of course, the old rumor sprouts again be- cause Doug starts off for Indo-China ‘when Mary is still making “Nini.” The peace in the house of Fairbanks would seem to be unruffied. And per- haps Mary and Doug will both be far more interesting for breaking thefr somewhat naive ruling of never being 010000 4 B 8 s Moo Strange Behavior. M’ g2 marriage. If some of the new books are going to be made nto pictures, the producers choosing them are going to pay good prices. I understand Arnold Bennett wants $85,000 for “Imperial Palace.” The story would fit Lewis Stone like a glove, but most probably Metro will find a more suitable glove still at a lesser price. If young Phillips Holmes gets the role of the boy in “An American Tragedy,” it will be the break of his acting career. He will be playing in the most expen- sive picture yet bought in Hollywood, unless “The Front Page” is considered. (Whenever one talks in money there is always the liability that whatever sum is mentioned young Howard Hughes has paid more for something else.) One hears that the price of “A Kiss of Importance” is up around $100,000. Neat little sum, that. Although when it was merely another French play that had been tried out in Baltimore and found wanting—and before Arthur Hornblow added his magic touch—it could have been had for the proverbial song. The Property’s Under Water at Movies deal in two types of men at desks—those producers who sit in mod- ern offices and talk in the hundreds of thousands, and those who go back to work tomorrow morning and sit at desks running strips of wet film between their fingers at $25 a week. And illd to get it these days. (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance.) Oxford Parties Very “Wet.” Monster parties at Oxford Universi- ty this season have a new idea for the staid English institution. There is no dancing or other entertainment typical of the varsity party. Now the main requisites are a large room, plenty of beer and gin and lemon, with lemon the favorite, and a phonograph playing the latest records. The party consists just of talking and mild ragging, with the possibility of a few chairs or cushions falling out the window and a few heavy heads next morning. KEN KLING 1. Plays boisterously., 6. Subside. 10. The sun god. 14. Active. 15. Plant of the lily family. 16. Instead. 17. Rest in death. 18. A su¥division. 19. A cur. Old Latin household gods. Small French vanity boxes. Shrub of the genus Rhus. 7. Termed. . Women’s sanctuary in Turkey. . Measurements. . The sacred bull of Egypt. . Marches. Exclamation of surprise. Set going as by a push . Mexican blankets. . Pemale antelope. Man's nickname. . Councils . Labyrinth . One who contrives, . Biblical tower. 45. Doctrine 46. Jewish month. ANSWER TO YESTERDAY . Writs summoning a jury. . Ridicules. . Insertion or inclusion. By birth. Have effect (var.). One who acts. To wax . A street arab. . Terminates. . Heavenly garden. . African antelope. Down. . File down. Coquettish look. . Carriage . Gratifies, Dividing wall. Note of scale. 7. Armpit. Rule or preside over. Drinks made of acid fruits. . In good season 1. Arranges or brings into rows. Implored. . Sediment Measure in printing. . One-seeded indehiscent fruits. Acts with violence. . Ointments of lard, oil and wax. . African cobra. ¥ Footless animal . Deck out. Came to a gradual point. . Sorrow for wrongdoing. . Percolate. . List. Rend. . A small pat. Elders. Pertaining to the morning. Full of Small depressions. Thin fabric of silk and worsted. Projection on the end of a timber to fit in a socket. Possess truth. Used to make a reference. From which a plant springs. Former Russian national assembly. . Ireland. . Remit. . Before. . Half a space in printing. [ ' BV Fisuse Exposed??? S.LHUNTLEY Foul Words. Now What? 1S STILL WTH OS... WELL, ABNNIE, OUR FIRST STEP WiLL RE TO HAVE AN EXAMINATION AND SEE HOW MUCH O\ KNOW - o OO Hoo.! MY AUNT SOPHIE S MAD BECAUSE You SA'D SHE LOOKED uke A MOOSE | Now SHE WON'T LEAVE US HER PROPERT Y. Boo WHAT KIND OF PROPERTY ™ LeAVE us? UNCLE EDDIE WAS SHE 60ING SHE OWNS A BIG OYSTER BeED OF€ CAPE : HATTERAS. To LEAVE LUS THe OCEAN?WM- WINDY RILEY'S HORSE “BLACKOUT * DASHES TO THE FRONT AT THE QUARTER MILE POLE AND LERDS BY 50 LENCTHS! Hs He TURNS INTO THE STRETCH THE OTHER HORSES RARE SO FAR BEHIND THEY LOOK LIKE ANTS A Few MORE DAYS I BED, AND~OU'LL BE COVERS THE MILE N ONE MINUTE FLAT- CLIPPING 38 SECONDS OFF THE TRACK RECORD ! YOURSELF AGAW, JoE! SORRY FOR. POOR ANNIE OAKES THIS MORNIN' THE WAY SHE WAS COUGHIN'! NOW, My VERY DEAR AND GOOD FRIENDS, BEFORE 1 GIVE SOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO AVAIL YOURSELVES OF THE SPOT REMOVING CAKE OF MAGIC,1 WISH TO DEMONSTRATE THE AMAZING DEXTERITY OF SLE1GHT OF HAND- SO KIND AS TO PASS WILL SOME ONE. BE . EDDIE) I GUESS You'LL BE PULLING YOUR HM-ER~NO-0~O~ Reg U'S Pat OR.. Coppright 19313 The Chucago T SOMETHING OCCURRED NEW EVE WHICH SEEMS DESTINED TO CHANGE My WHOLE LIFE! ER-FOR THE PRESENT (T MUST REMAIN A oH, SHE'LL NCVER _ | FoR6WE LS, You mMusT APOLOGIZE ¢ THAT'S A FING BeQuesT. BUT How ARE WE GONNA coLLecT 1To ANSWER ME THAT. JOE HAS OANLY HIMSELF TO T GUGSS IF T APOLOGIZE S LEAVE US THE OCEAN, THE NORTH PoLe, THE AURORA BOREALIS AND TAROW IN THE GULF STREAM IN CASE of ATIE SOMEONE MUST HRVE PUT ‘EM WISE THAT ITS A MECHANICAL THAT WD BLAME FOR BEWG SICK— IVE WARNED HiM REPEATEDLY ABOUT 0 THE DANGER OF GETTING HIS YOU DONT HAVE TO FEEL S0 SORRY FOR WATCH CLOSELY EVERYBODY. RIGHT BEFORE YOUR VERY EVES ,MY FRIENDS,1 PRODUCE FROM THE HAT A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF ABSOLUTELY FRESH, WARRANTED EGGS..FIT FOR THE BREAKFAST TABLE OF KINGS AND QUEENS LIKE TO SEE ANY BODY SICK LIKE THAT I'™M S0 SOFT nearTED! EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S AN ABSOLUTE. IMPOSSIBILITY TO - PRODUCE EGGS WITHOUT THE AID OF CHICKENS_.\F THAT ISN'T RIGHT 1 WILL GLADLY PRESENT YoU WITH A BRAND NEW, FRESHLY MINTED, TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECE NO CHICKENS _-NOQ EGGS--~ THAT WASNT sucH A BAD COUGR! SHE WAS WEARIN HER NEW TAM-0-SHANTER!