SUNDAY IN HOLLYWOOD.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19759, 14 December 1935, Page 19 (Supplement)

SUNDAY IN HOLLYWOOD.

THE STARS’ DAY OFF. ENTERTAINMENT OF FRIENDS. An invitation by Joan Crawford to "come over to my house on Sunday at four” does not mean a party. Sunday is an informal "at home” day with Joan Cby invitation only). In the afternoon there is always a select group of her friends, among whom one may possibly see Francis Lederer and, of course, Franchot Tone. The long table in the dining-room is crowded with good things, from hoxs d’oeuvres to ice cream. Everyone is invited to help himself. Food is usually welcome after a swim in her new blue-and-white pool. A Confirmed Bachelor Entertains. Ramon Navarro, a confirmed bachelor, enjoys his modern hillside home and entertains his friends at Sunday dinner parties and musicales. Robert Montgomery rings up his friends on Sunday mornings and says, “ Come over and play tennis —at two.” Tennis continues throughout the afternoon, and often well into the evening, for the tennis court is well-equipped with lights. Dinner is served when the game ends, but goodnight always comes fairly early. Norma Shearer’s Sunday parties are by invitation only. Dinner is served at six and pictures are shown later in one of the large rooms of her Santa Monica home. Una Merkel loves to do her Sunday entertaining in hter. garden. Her parly usually consists of her own immediate family, Madge Evans (her greatest friend), and the Robert Youngs. Everyone is invited to see the new roasting pit and give a lesson on how to cook steaks out-of-doors. At dusk the party adjourns to the living-room for friendly chatter. The Younger Set. The younger set of Metro-Goldwyn-Maver players—Henry Wadsworth, William Henry, Betty Furniss, and Cecilia Parker —can always be found at. polo games or watching exciting tennis matches. After the games come refreshments at one of their homes, followed by ping-pong or a run to the beach. Jackie Cooper entertains his “ club ’ on Sundays. Only members are allowed to swim in liis pool or inspeci Ids specially-built aeroplane, and later all arc taken by Jackie’s mother to a picture house close byEarly to Bed. Hollywood has its own groups and individual ways of But usually the parties finish early. Monday is a busy day at the studios, and the players must be ready for a new week's strenuous work. ■*