Film Colonies in London And Hollywood

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19026, 28 May 1936, Page 13

Film Colonies in London And Hollywood

LJOLLA'WOOD stars now making pictures in London have learned to drop into Koscoe Ales’ apartment lot the welcome Rout hern-fried chicken dinners he gives. Edmund Lowe, attending one just after having watched the boxing matches at Blaekfriars, told how lie had visited all the physical culture centres in London the first fortnight lie was there.

One Hollywood star unable to mingle with the other members of the colony in London was Constance Bennett, whose attack of laryngitis has held up work on t lie picture she L making there. Other Hollywood players who form the ever-growing colonv in London include ’Constance Cummings, Clive Brook, Helen Vinson. .Mary Carlisle, Nils Astlier, Neil Hamilton, Boris Karloff, Victor McLaglen, Maureen 0 ’Sullivan, .loan Bennett. Sylvia Sydney, Chester .Mortis, Alin Robson, Charles Haggles, Roland Voting, Noah Beery, and Cary Grant. While the American picture colour is establishing itself in London, tin British colonv of players in Hollywood is becoming more firmly established, and its members seem to be movin; to the seashore on masse. Alan Alim bray lives there all the year route Alary Lllis took a house on the ALilibe waterfront as soon as she reached Cali forum. .Merle Oberon retained hot lease at Santa Monica while she went bad; to England, and Carv Grant wii ret am to the house by the side of the sea which lie and Randolph Scori rented before Grant went to Lnglani to star. Now Reginald Owen it;;deserted Lev rle\ Utils for It is new beach home tit .Malibu.

Others in the Hollywood British fin colony who gather togethei eves week-end include E. E. Clive, Lrb Wore, Bonita llnme, Heather Angel Ralph Forbes, Herbert .Marshal! Henry Wilcoxon, Errol Flynn, Davi Niven, Frieda Inesoort, Ernest Cos sart., Alison Kkipworth, Walter I’idgeon, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Denny, Conway Terle, ami Henry Kolker, the last four and Ralph Forbes playing in support of Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer.