About Hollywood

Southland Times, Issue 22471, 6 November 1934, Page 5

About Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD HEROES. SKEET SHOOTING POPULAR. (By Rene Clair.) Hollywood, September 16. Two heroic persons in one family is almost too much. Robert Montgomery distinguished himself by aiding in the rescue of two people who went over a precipice in an automobile. His wife Betty, not in a gesture of competition, however, went him two better and saved four people. And Montgomery lost the wreath to her. Mrs Montgomery tried to keep the news of her heroic deed quiet but the story would out and was told yesterday when she returned from a location trip to Lake Arrowhead with her husband. While skimming over the waters of the lake in a speed boat, Mrs Montgomery saw a sailboat with four people in it capsize. She didn’t hesitate to go to their aid and soon pulled them out of the water.

They turned out to be four Los Angles socialites and Mrs Montgomery withheld their names because they requested it. To pay her honour, the four people tendered her a banquet that evening. Montgomery only the day before helped to pull a man and a woman to safety after the car crashed over a mountainside at Arrowhead. Unspoiled. Not often is it that a school-day romance survives motion pictures, and that is why Jean Parker’s proved news yesterday. Miss Parker was literally lifted from a float in a New Year Day parade at Pasadena and started on a successful climb up film’s ladder of fame. But this story hasn’t ruined her romance with her high-school sweetheart, Francis Lucas. In fact she said yesterday, his advice and friendship have helped her. _ Miss Parker is now working with George Raft in “Limehouse Nights” at Paramount and Lucas is studying to become a lawyer. When he gets his certificate to practice, it is quite possible that he and Miss Parker may discuss seriously the idea of marriage. Can’t Beat Them.

Clark Gable, John Barrymore and some other grown-ups received a lot of notoriety by taking up skeet shooting. The younger set isn’t going to lag behind. , They are organizing a shoot club ana will put up a range out in San Fernando. They will use BB guns. Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Gwynne Pickford, Bill Janney, Anne Shirley and Glen Boles are the launchers of the new club. Leave it to Lupe Velez to stir up a commotion." , While she was sitting m one of the popular night spots, a dancer stopped in front of Miss Velez’s table and asked for her autograph. She was obliging but the poor flustered fellow couldn’t find anything m his pocket to write on. . He finally put a one dollar bill in front of her and asked her to sign it. “Too cheap,” quoth Lupe as she thrust the currency down the front of A crowd commenced to gather around the table and the poor guy was thoroughly embarrassed so he laid down a twenty dollar note. This joined the other bill and the autograph seeker not only lost his breath but also saw visions of losing his bills. After Miss Velez had her little joke she affixed her signature to the bill. As the red-faced stranger and his fussed dancing partner disappeared in the crowd. Miss Velez said she wondered what he would have done had it been a 100dollar note. To Direct Sten.

King Vidor, with all plans set for a visit to London, is instead to be brought back to Hollywood to direct Anna Sten in her next picture. Taken from “Broken Soil” by Edwin Knopf, this is being adapted by Paul Green, who wrote “In Abraham’s Bosom.” The production is chosen because it is not desired to have the star appear in two Russian roles in succession. The change is to Polish this time, and therefore not too remote, However, this Sten picture will be iocaled in America, and show the conflict between a Polish family and New England aristocracy. Knick-Knacks.

So a lot of you want to know how come Douglas Fairbanks junior once attended the Hollywood School for Girls. Well, at one time in its existance, the school lifted the bars and accepted infants of both sexes. Doug. jr. went there then . . . English Actress Binnie Barnes showed Hollywood preview hounds a new trick the other evening. She had three stooges go early to the theatre showing “The Merry Widow” and hold the seats until her arrival with two unidentified male companions.... After inspecting more than 30 places, W. C. Fields is still looking for a new house... .Sheldon Lewis, playing in a revival of “Hawksham the Detective” here, is stone deaf. He gets his cues through vibrations, through watching the other actors’ lips and gestures. He never misses... .And Herbert Mundin is taned up til two broken ribs are cured. He fell of a truck going to location.