Show MAE WEST PICTURE DIRECTOR Supervisor of Blondes Blonde's First Screen Hit Dies HOLLYWOOD Dec Dc-c. 29 20 Holly JP P Holly Hollywood wood today mourned the death of Lowell Sherman director actor who made one of outstanding box office successes in She Done Him Wrong a picture that introduced intro- intro blonde Ma Mae Mac West to the screen Con Confined ined to a hospital since Thursay Thursday Thurs Thurs- day ay morning Sherman died late yesterday yes yes- erday afternoon of pneumonia Conscious almost to the last Sherman Sherman Sherman Sher Sher- man lay quietly in his bed when he suddenly was seized with in n which he died He Hc had been a chronic sufferer from laryngitis A year ear ago Sherman contracted the he ailment For the last six abc or eight months he could hardly speak above a whisper Against his physicians physician's orders he reported at his studio as usual last Thursday to direct an all all- color picture The director became weaker during the he day and consented to go to a hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital in the afternoon |