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MARCH 5, PART I. 7 MONDAY MORNING. Del Rio Will Become Star With Warner's; Sidney Blackmer Called Romantic Find WHEN IT'S SPRINGTIME IN THE MOVIES Engagement of Around and About in Hollywood Evelyn andvbeautiful actress, Jumps the gun Just a wee bit on the summer wardrobe, MEXICAN BEAUTY'S FIRST ROLE WILL BE 'DU BARRY' mciuaing ine oversized straw cnapeau, but, men mere aiwaysraim opnngs wnen we weainer man aou-ble-crosses Hollywood. Miss Venable, who has leaped Into the film spotlight overnight, plays a featured role In "Death Takes a Holiday," which will open at the Paramount Theater Thursday. BY READ KENDALL Directors and producers who In-and-Out Masculine Filmer Now GuyLombardo Soon to Close Although Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians are doing big business at the Paramount Theater, bookings make it necessary for the maestro to leave after Wednesday night.

Thursday the picture which has squelch pet ideas born In the minds I of actors had better look to their laurels. Leslie Howard let It be known yesterday that he intends siege of laryngitis. Warner Brothers are glad that the natural curl is back in Jimmle Cagney's hair. He had his hair shorn for a part and it took a. long time growing back.

LeRoy Prlnz directing dance' scenes at Paramount on a crutch. He fell from a high platform ten days ago and water on the knee de sponsoring a little picture movement Has Steady Career in Sight; Oxford Latest Locale for Movie BY EDWIN SCIIALLERT patterned along the lines of the lit tie theater movement, so that screen Thespians will be able to film and record some of the things that have veloped. A free-lancer wrote a song for Mae West to sing In "It Ain't Not only will Dolores del Rio become the star of "Du Barry," received an impolite snub. as rumored Saturday In this column, but simultaneously she will No Sin," but she was forced to re As soon as he completes "Of Hu ject it with the comment it was even too hot for her. Guy Kibbee man Bondage" at he will take his camera and portable sound Join Warner Brothers for a term.

This Is an entirely new alliance of star and company, foreordained, perhaps, when Miss Del Rio went to the studio to play and Oliver Hardy, with their wives, recording equipment to Palm Springs 1 planning a plane trip to Mexico to shoot a little idea he has written probably excited more controversy than any other in the last season. "Death Takes a Holiday," will open at the Paramount. Fredrlc March Is starred In this unusual story. "Death Takes a Holiday" is a story of strange events transpiring in a magnificent castle on an Italian mountain top. For three days, death takes a holiday; autos crash, and no one is injured; people shoot each other, but with no effect; nothing is fatal for these three days but love.

March has a role which In "Wonder Bar," and liked the experience very much. Differences of vlewnolnt cronnedirrfsslve mouth. Still the "Show- City just as soon as they can get studio leave. Ann Dvorak returned with Ralph Bellamy and William Gargan as the cast. Otto Kruger, Off" has been considerably modified to her ranch home at Van Nuys from the studio the other day to somewhat of an amateur sound ex pert, will be at the mixer and How for the screen version, and also for the audience of today, and a lot discover that her husband, Leslie lard will direct and do the photog of credit for that.

Fenton, had lost his tonsils. raphy. Howard long has been The picture does miss, some of camera bug and his layout is worth Things of Interest several thousand dollars is awe-inspiring. Kay Francis always dreamed of the points made in the stage play, but as far as Tracy is concerned it is destined to amuse. Madge Evans sympathetically assists, and the In the featured cast are Evelyn being an acrobat and always want Reducing Complications up during her association with where she is finishing a contract.

Her career during that connection was static a considerable part of the time. It. is expected that she will be seen with much more regularity in pictures under the new arrangement. Miss Del Rio has one more pic-lure to make for and Indications now point to "Green Mansions." Others have been proposed like Sea Girl" and "Dance of Desire," but there is no immediate prospect of their being produced. Venable, Sir Guy Standing, Gail ed to turn cart wheels but never Patrick, Margaret Alexander and could.

Judith Allen is learning to other roles are very acceptably done. Kent Taylor. play a celesta for the role of Octavia It is light entertainment. "BOTTOMS-t7P" CLEVER COMEDY DIVERTISEMENT in "Cleopatra." Although still in her 'teens Helen' Mack has had thirteen years' stage and screen i I A ill experience. William Frawley has "Bottoms-Up" comes near being For weeks Polly Moran has walked two miles every day to reduce.

At the same time she waa appearing in "Going Hollywood" out at The cameraman noticed something strange in her screen appearance and complained. Miss Moran had reduced to such an extent the camera recorded the difference in her figure. Now she is wearing pads to fill herself out. one of the most ingenious films of been on the stage and screen for twenty years and never played a the studio world ever filmed. The 'SWA'lAGLiit juvenile part.

Gertrude Michael was locale is Hollywood, with a group of SIDNEY BLACKMER CALLED DISCOVERY a piano protege at the age of 7 opportunists crashing the movie gate, Sidney Blackmer, who has been "KOMOSEWOMZN -M SA11Y B1ANI and getting away with it. Spencer Tracy is also in this feature, but nowhere near as dominating as in years, gave her first concert at 10 and founded and operated a radio studio at the age of 17. In and out of the movies once or twice, is now heralded as a find "The Show-Off." John Boles Is I I The reason is the picture "Transient Love." Romantic characters seem Bing Is Careful more than usually successful, and discloses a new interpretative ability to be his netler, and it is as such in the role of a cinema actor who heroes that he is henceforth to This and That Rumblings heard again that Isabel Jewell and Lee Tracy are actually married. Bob Fellows, unit manager at Warner Brothers, the proud father of a daughter, Margaret, born to Mrs. Fellows at St.

Vincent's Hospital. Director Tay Garnett spent the entire week-end appear most of the time. Ho is is going from bad to worse, because of drink. Also he attains the note of caricature in one of the songs Carol Lombard and Bing Crosby indulge in quite a fight in "We're Not Dressing." Miss Lombard has to kick Crosby on the shins. After the first take Crosby insisted on wearing shin guards under his sailor trousers.

to have practically the central role in the new feature, "And Let Who Will Be Clever," with Ginger Rog ers, possibly, as the lead. Blllie Burke and Edna Mae Oliver are al tnat he docs, which is certainly a real departure. The production gives him ample opportunity to sing. The feminine principal Pat Pat-erson, who, I feel, does her screen work very sincerely. Whether she TINY FILM PLAYER Marian Nixon is one of the tiniest ready In the production.

with his head buried in the script for "China Seas" which will co-star Jean Harlow and Clark Gable. Muriel Kirkland about again after girls in pictures. She weighs ex Before this film Blackmer will enact the leading role in "Down to Their Last Yacht." Direction of actly 100 pounds and stands five feet has the glamour that will entitle her I one and one-half inches. She is now to the brighter sort of stardom is appearing in "Strictly Dynamite." very much a question, but she Is losing her tonsils. Glenda Farrell had to buy an entire new wardrobe for her son because he gained twenty-four pounds recuperating on the desert from an illness.

"And Let Who Will Be Clever" will be In the hands of William Belter, while the story is being written by certainly capable. The musical numbers in the film Roy Harris. are not especially impressive In their staging. But the picture delights with its comedy. An excellent por trayal of a film producer is done by Harry Green.

Herbert Mundin of Gleanings Clara Bow got rid of her cold at Palm Springs and is back in town again with husband Rex Bell. pet lion gave Jimmle Durante' father, Bartholomew the thrill of his life by chasing him around the set fers droll humor to enliven the scene. All things considered, this ought to be a popular event. De OXFORD UNIVERSITY EPIC TO EMERGE Oxfordian in everything, including accent, will be a new movie expedition. It Is a projected picture called "Manners Makcth Man," which John Monk Saunders is ing and which will be produced by John Considlne for Both men attended England's famous educational Institution and it has been their mutual dream to visualise the life there.

spite that they are not sensational in spectacular embellishments a word might be said for the novelty of several musical numbers. THE PAGEANT OF THE FILM WORLD where his son was at work. It was a frame-up. Marlene Dietrich has moved Into Colleen Moore's Bel-Air mansion. Wynne Gibson is a bridge hound and with three nonprofessional friends last week played from 9 p.m.

until 10 p.m. next night without a rest Minna Gombel on a clam hunt at La Jolla with her banker-husband, Joseph Sefton of San Diego. Her friends got plenty of clam juice. Mae Clarke, accompanied by Sidney Blackmer, guest IV 4 imrTtrnnr i mmmmimmmmSSSm Barbara Blair has joined the cast ffom TXtlMS SHORT WEEKS li MORE DAYS jbar" VV PHFOBHitiMS X7 ra Southern CoIifoN of "The Dark Tower," and will be Edward O. Robinson's interest In phy," have purchased a house in Pf honor at Agua Caliente yester- Hobnobbing in Hollywood London Sidney asking Ona, If Miss Munson goes to London, to Tom Brown on a personally con- the film, though Ann Dvorak Is the lead.

Bob Crosby, brother of Bing, Is to do a little singing in the musical movies. He is to make-short pictures under the supervision of Anson Weeks for Paramount. Rov Cooke and Frank Marlowe are in "Now I'll Tell," the Rothstein story, so-called. Theater Books be sure and meet John Gielgud, who ducted tour of studio for BY GRACE KINGSLEY Robert Montgomery will probably be the star of the film, if present plans are carried out, but he will not necessarily have to speak with an Oxford accent, even though he ran probably drum one up on short notice. ARLEN HEAdFncTtO THE FAR EAST Richard Arlcn is going to set out shortly for Honolulu.

Both Jobyna Ralston, his wife, and their youngster will accompany him. This is the vacation Dick has planned for some time and which was originally to have taken him to Europe. But he has decided to travel in the other direction and may visit the Orient before returning home. He will be gone seven weeks, at least. plays in "Richard of Bordeaux." and "is motner, a former vaudeville art nia tritotr-gon see If he is really as thrilling as he 1st.

Bette Davis well again after a Ona Munson, who was at one time seems on stage and screen each other, when the former was last In New York," said Ona, "and they became great friends." to njoy tht GREATEST of all nUrfainmnt reported engaged to Ernst Lubltsch, and who has lately come to Hollywood from New York, fresh from success in "Hold Your Horses," is Extra Showings once more betrothed, she admits. a mm i trm- xnis time the happy man is a New York banker, Stewart MacDon- El Capitan Theater has scheduled ald, and Ona wears on her engage two extra matinees Thursday and Friday, this week as Francis Lede- One of those completely gaga girls Insisted on telling James P. Mc-Gulnness, the writer, how funny her boy friend could be. "He can keep you in stitches all day." she said. "Yeah that's what my doctor did to me when I had my operation," McGulnncss cracked.

George Chandler says that the reason the radio is so noisy is because it's in its infancy. Discussing the virtues of a fellow actor, Herbert Mundin declared, "He's the sort of guy who, if he gave you the time of day, would demand a receipt!" And Roberta Gale, Too! Still another engagement is in the air, that between Roberta Gale and Sam Zagon, well-known attorney of this city. While denying any formal engagement yesterday, Miss Gale said: "We don't deny we are very much in love, Mr. Zagon and and also that there may be an engagement later. But we don't wish to make any formal announcement at this time, especially as my mother is in ment finger a handsome sapphire-and-platinum ring, the stone being a large, square-cut one, mined more Part of Arlen's intention is to try to recuperate from the attacks of pleurisy from which he has occasionally suffered.

with JOHN GILBERT LEWIS STONI IAN KEITH DAVID TORRENCE and ELIZABETH YOUNG IfeveaUttg tbej LIFE AND LOVES of qOEEfJ CimiSTIMA Together with rer, Eurojican star, winds up his engagement in "Autumn Crocus." The week's schedule now includes matinees for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Saturday night the star will make his final appearance and the next day, together with his company, flies to San Francisco to fill an engagement. Sunday matinee at El Capitan Theater will mark the western premiere of "Men in White with a than 100 years ago in Persia, and of the most desirable "corn-flower" color. "Mr. MacDonald and I may marry soon, or we may wait several months," 6ald Miss Munson yesterday.

"I'm returning to New York within a fortnight, and if you get a wire reading, 'Mr. MacDonald won't let me go to you'll know I'm marrying at once." The reference to England means SHOW-OFF" GOOD SHOW FOR TRACY "The Show-Off" (previewed) tome pretty close to being a monologue for Spencer Tracy, though it is a pretty good picture none the less. The leading actor makes It that. He does his role Florida, and I don't think it would be fair to her to announce our plans chm and loud hurrah" I Lffttfllt O. rirarmi.

ff via Imp I definitely until she is here." Roberta and Zagon met first in Hollywood, at a party, and after ward in New York. At the latter without the sheer egotism of the cast headed by Roger Pryor, Miriam original stage character, though ag- Jordan and Henry Kolker, place the romance grew to its pres I I TJii" i 11 1 li Slnm Bmii, Dally dm A I H'SllVl ll li "Ort fmt of intvtiinmtnt." pJJIUj'iyil Ediria SthiUerl, Tl wi wotjpi 1 1 "nmju i i. it "Srifl, ialoB-crowdnl tmr." U'fiir AiW Hirrlion Cirroll, Hnl4-ErMt that Miss Munson is under contract ent happy state. to appear there with Laura Hope Crews and Roland Young In Clare CAPITAL SHOW ARRIVES Heard on the Boulevard Kummer's latest play, Just closing Americas great NEW STAR a Sidney Fox, Douglass Montgom in New York, "Her Master's Voice." OCIIAL PUOLOGUE featuring MARIA "CAMBY CAMIARIttl WORLD'S CRIATIST DANSIUSI "When I marry Mr. MacDonald, tt ery and Ona Munson lunching in the roof garden of the Chateau Happened One Night" With Gable and Colbert I shall leave the stage forever," she said.

"That Is our understanding." Elysee, with, of course, Douglass's huge Irish wolf-hound, Padralc, The pair met at a tea given by present Ona planning to friends of Mr. and Mrs. Cosmo Great Event of Entertainment Keprtnted irotn Saturdar'i lit mlltinm Mr. Frank Capra, director, who, with Mr. Robert Riskin, scenarloist, derived considerable fame from his creation of a Cinderella tale some visit Kay Johnson and her husband, Hamilton.

John Cromwell, at their San Fer "The Hamlltons thought we would nando Valley ranch over the week' end And reporting that months ago called "Lady for a Day" is back on the field of action, mean like each other," said Ona, "and arranged the tea for us. "By the way, I introduced Mr. Lubltsch and Mr, MacDonald to IN SAMUEl GOLDWYN'S MAMA Laurence Olivier and Jill Esmond, 2 OUTSTANDING BEAUTY1 BALLETS OCTETTE OF OPERATIC STARS MICHTY CHORUS OP 100 VOICES CAST OF 150 PEOPLE ON THE STACE COSTUMES THAT COST A KING'S RANSOM SETTINGS THAT ECCAR DESCRIPTION tAt the lowest prices this playing in New York In "Biogra' ing that of the dancing and also visible (in the theater) celluloid. He has arrived with a modern swashbuckluing narrative of how a bold knight (really newspaperman) wins a golden princess, meaning, in this Instance L-1 Rf tCUY Pi SI I i ii an heiress. And if the public doesn't go all the way for this one, then HOlMtS UONEl ATWH.I MA CLARK MUOIEl KISKLAW) IIICHAKD 6CNNCT7 there is not, nor should be, any Joy in Clnemaland.

The dashing exploit, showing at best performance he has ever given, i MATINIIS 5075c IVININCS (I 5075100 I nvt us II Twitt Daily II 2t ft" li00 No less excellent in Its way is the am fty performance by Miss Colbert, which 71.. I K.V',I theatre has ever offered Gitnumftii's AM evidences a discreet refinement, coupled with effective defiance when SJL t) fif i A the demand is for that. Connolly is usual authorlta On Sole owl nn co. a a ar tive and highly diverting. Karns tne Hiiisircet, is cancel "It Happened Night" but I don't suppose that makes any difference.

The facts are ihat it happens in two or three of them and days also, but the time equation is of no particular moment. This picture has the pulse. With Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert Ideally cast, and various other people, especially Walter Connolly and Roscoe Karns helping things along, It is just about guarantted to cure any fit of the blues, and maybe even a headache. Of Gahln nnlv thin nppri tw said 'inUPraffDOKKGHI' Frtnlt Cprt Production is exceptionally good, and even a bit done by Alan Hale is Immense All ACINCIIS mm Just a few CSAINSofBCrE But it charged their lives! Catumkm FMw while it lasts. Jameson Thomas is about the nearest thing to a is; 3 jiaiarg if villain, but is really the goat of the whole enterprise.

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