Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1935, Page 9

Melcher in Filmland Being One of a Series of Hollywood Chronicles by The Star’s Dramatic Critic. Edward de S. Melcher, The Star's dramatic eritic, pauses in his { be watched are: THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1935, actor on the Presides committee. ‘The town ls larger, the citizens busier and the prospect for better pic- | tures evident at every turn of the walk. Most of the actors have backyards, where they box, wrestle and skip rope with their trainers three or four times a week. Garbo will be back the end of this month. Mae West still has these same seats at the “fights” every Wednesday night. Gene Raymond has bought himself a house right across from Marion Davies in Beverly. There is trouble about “Oliver Twist” because certain people say that the character of Fagan is grossly overdrawn. Eliza- beth Patterson takes a sun bath every available day atop the Roosevelt roof and flies in and out of the elevator in sun glasses, a wrapper and deep silence. If she sees you she pretends not to know you. Then she calls via phone and says: “That was me.” Which you know anyway. Swell per- son—says hello to Washington's Ann | Ives. There are more than 44 pictures in production right now. son” is said to be a smash hit—due not only to Ann Harding, but to Gary Cooper's amazing performance. The Gables are off to South America. If you “free lance” out here and are “in the money” your fan mail alone can cost you $500 a month. There were only 26 actors who | earned over $1,500 a week last year. There are 18,000 actors in Hollywood. Among the newcomers who should Margaret Callahan “Peter Ibbet- | reception | Shirley Ross, who was going to quit | pictures when up came “Anything Goes” and now all the studios want her; Rochelle #Hudson, who is very good to look upon indeed, and Wini Shaw, who is said to do a fine job in “Broadway Hostess,” in which she plays opposite Phil Regan, That's about all except who was it that said Hollywood isn't going on forever? i GE'I:S 10-YEAR TERM | Textile Workers’ Agent Convicted of Threatening Mill Owner. TULSA, Okla, October 4 (#).— Cleveland N. Tuggle, 26, business agent for the United Textile Workers at Sand Springs, Okla., was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday by Federal | Judge Franklin E. Kennamer for send- ing a threatening note to E. M. Mon- sell last Summer. Monsell is trustee of the Sand Springs home which owns the prop- | erty operated by the Commander Tex- tile Mills. The note threatened to was not settled. settlement,” Tuggle said in court. The strike is still under way. " RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. | A Rendezvous with Health! HOTEL DENNIS | ATLANTIC CITY blow up the mill if the textile smke‘ “I waned to bring the strike to a| explorations of little-known Hollywood tribal customs to grab a snack ‘with the screen’s great lover, Monsieur Clark Gable. Mr. Gable had soup for lunch and Mr. Melcher had a story before it was over. and all-important foot ball—which suddenly sprang to life out in the | streets and plunged most of the Editor's note: This is the last " of a series of articles by E. de S. | Melcher, dramatic critic of The (she plays opposite Gene Raymond in| Spend happy days beside the ser R-K-O's “Seven Keys to Baldpate”); | i on the Board < Olivia De Havilland (but we've said | y served and attended with that before); John Arledge, who is the intimate comforts of your homs. playing with Jane Wyatt in “Husk”; | SUN DECKS + SOLARMA * GARDEN TERRACE Frank X. Shields, who isn't playing in | SEA WATER BATHS « TEMPTING CUISINE’ anything, but who is being taught how 3 blecks from Auditerium and Usion Station to act and then go places by M-G-M; ' WALTER J._BUZBY. Inc. Star, who is in Hollywood to tell you how the film folk work and play, and to write of the produc- tion activities in the big studios. BY E. de S. MELCHER. OLLYWOOD, Calif., October 4 —Freddie (David Copper- field) Bartholomew is a patri- otic little boy. By that wemean V. S. A. patriotic as well as British. When the President was making his| speech out here the other day Freddie had his ears glued to the radio. “Come to lunch, Freddie.” said his attractive, sensible and 1 aunt. “Just a min- uate, auntie,” said Freddie, eating up every word. “Come to lunch,” said auntie once again, having taught Fred- | die the glory of punctuality. “But, auntie,” said Freddie, “you're not being patriotic. Won't you give up your lunch for the President?” Freddie is 12. He bounded into the | M-G-M publicity department and his | visitor into an assorted game of foot ball. When Preddie and his aunt first came to Hollywood they took a modest apartment. Then Feddie was given & dog and the dog somehow didn’t seem right in an apartment—and further- more they wouldn't take Freddie's dog |-on the bus when he went to work in | the morning. So to take the dog to work in the morning Mr. Selznick | him a chauffzur. And then because | Freddie couldn't drive the car he gave | him a chauffeur. And then becausse the dog still didn't seem happy in an apartment Freddie took a house. And that his how and why Freddie and his aunt live in a house. Freddie is also studying five hours a day. He is doing ‘“percentage” in arithmetic and is crazy about it. He |is also learning history—American history. He said, “But I'm through INFANTILE PARALYSIS FATAL TO VIRGINIA BOY First Death in Arlington Takes| Lad, 8—School Will Not Be Closed. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., October 4.—Arlington County’s first | paralysis fatality since recent preva- lence of the disease In Virginia was|. recorded Wednesday when death claimed 8-year-old William Doran of near Bon Air. The boy died in Children’s Hospital | Correction The price of Hi Grade Sliced Bacon as advertised in yester- day’s Star was given in error as 3lc Ib. in Washington two days after his case was reported by Dr. P. M. Chichester, county health officer, who took the occasion to reiterate his warning to | parents that they guard against per- mitting children to congregate in large crowds. 5 Young Doran was & pupil at Stone- wall Jackson School at Mulhall, the closing of which is not contemplated despite the rumors to that effect, ac- cording to authorities. Sl Mines Suspend. To reduce stocks of coal on hand the mining administration of Kailin, China, has suspended work in all| mines one day a week. STORES ED FOOD EISEMAN'’S SEVENTH AND F STS. 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