FILM STARS WALK OUT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 23 May 1936, Page 9

FILM STARS WALK OUT

GRACE MOORE AND FRED ASTAIRE THREAT OF £2SO,CCG LAWSUIT HOLLYWOOD, 13th March. Hollywood is in trouble, again. I allowing tile lcvoit of Marlene Dietrich, who refuses to play the role of a cham-ber-maid, two other famous stars have "walked out.” Grace Moore, the opera star, declines to make any more films until Hollywood learns to treat her "like a human being.” Fred Astaire, the dancer, says lie will not work until he lias had a six-months’ holiday with Lord and Lady Charles Cavendish, his brother-in-law and sifter, at, their Lismoiv, County Waterford, castle. OBJECTED TO BEING MILKMAID Miss Moore’s most serious objection is to being a singing milkmaid. “In the last picture 1 made,” ran her lament at Detroit, “they made rat sing and milk a cow info the bargain. T don’t mind milking a cow or two, but to sing all day is another matter. ’ Now they want me to return to Hollywood and make retakes and French and Snanish rreerdines of music. I

won’t do it. They don’t realise that you can’t work constantly at high pressure and work well. “I have another public besides flic Hollywood one. I’m sailing for Europe to fulfil concert engagements.” Mr Astaire voices a similar complaint. He, declares that to make film after film in nartnrrship with Ginger Rogers must diminish their popularity —and, anyway, he wants a holiday in Ireland. £250,000 FOR FOUR PICTURES Radio-Keith-Orphcum say he is “legally sulking” over a contract they are calling on him to sign for four pictures —with the dazzling bait of £250,000. He refuses to be dazzled, and since the firm fail to sec eye to eye with him both sides are consulting their lawyers. Columbia Pictures, Miss MooVe s employers, are flabbergasted. They say her new film, “The King Steps Out, is nearly ready for release, and that only two days ago she promised to return next week to make French and Spanish recordings. k ¥ * *

Bringing with her the largest assortment of clothes ever brought into Hollywood by an actress, the Continental star, Simone lias arrived to inaugurate a starring career at the Fox studios. Simone is reputedly France’s most successful screen and stage star. She has been in European pictures since 1031 playing a wide range of roles from comedy to tragedy. Darryl F. Zanuck •is , preparing to star her with Ronald Column in “Under Two Flags.”

William S. Hart, who will be remembered as one of the greatest adventure stars of the silent era, has turned writer for the screen. His newest story is "O’Malley of the Mounted,” a Fox adventure drama which stars George O’Brien. The beautiful San Jacinto Mountains which are seldom used for. motion picture locations, provide the magnificent scenic backgrounds for the film.