| Show J r SLIE ASKS FOR G W T W ROLE ROLE AND AND THAT ISN'T HAY I 1 S tt U lah Graham I l le tell e LYWOOD It Dec 7 Leslie Lesliea t a lId Is la asking for the hai rge ge of playing Ashley In Gone Wind which may mayor or may not ruin his chances of ot getting getting getting get get- ting the role Joan Fontaine Is Isone Isone isone one of ot the 99 tested for the part of Melanie for which she was coached by Conrad Nagel Andrea Andrea Andrea An An- drea Leeds Is again fighting lighting with Boss Goldwyn and for the same reason she reason she wants a a. salary Increase or she will refuse her next assignment assignment assign assign- ment with Gary Cooper In The TheLast TheLast TheLast Last Frontier And there there- are some girls who would emote with Gary for nothing Brian Donlevy who knows Janet Gaynor very well says she will not marry Dressmaker Adrian Hedy Lamarr Lama Is telling elling friends she had no idea a film career was such hard work Of Ot all people Hedy should complain least She made only one Hollywood picture and became an overnight sensation She Is worried about her next movie which will decide whether she is an exotic flash in the pan pan pan-or or an actress actress actress ac ac- ac- ac tress William Powell estimates that his recent long illness deprived deprived deprived de de- de- de him of ot around in In film film and radio sala salaries es Ronald I S J 4 4 S Andrea Leeds Again fighting with Boss Goldwyn over salary increase She wants it if or she will refuse next assignment with Gary Cooper And there are some girls who would emote with Gary for nothing Colman Is reported to have the largest argest fortune among film stars who ho are still active Except Chap- Chap un lin n of ot course who If It he Is not actually before the cameras camera Is talking talking talk- talk ing ng about getting there Jon Hall has hasa a beautiful new wardrobe paid for by Mr Goldwyn but nowhere to take it IL His acting job jobin jobin in n London has been called off off for for which the trousseau was bought of ot Wrestler Wres- Wres Princess Baba bride tier er Bob Gregory Is the only film actress In Hollywood whose husband hus- hus band and takes her to the studio In the morning hangs around on the set seto setto setto to o have lunch with her then waits to take her home at night I am amold told old that she very well wellin in You Cant Can't Cheat An Honest Man Ian but that her acting leaves a wide margin for tor improvement Talking about acting there will wUl be a heap of controversy over Paulette aulette Goddard's perform performance nce in Dramatic School Some will like her ler Some will not Personally I thought bought it was a mistake to team her the Rainer-the the fine acting acting act- act ing ng of Miss Rainer threw too vivid vivida a searchlight on Paulette's lack of ot histrionic ability That small quarrel between Jeanette Jeanette Jea- Jea nette ette MacDonald and Gene Raymond Raymond Raymond Ray Ray- mond was over the decoration of ot their heir house Jeanette wanted it one way Gene another But I understand under- under stand tand stand they have kissed and made up p Bette Davis further explains her divorce I divorce I worked too hard to tobe tobe toe be e a good wife And yet there have lave been wives with careers who made a success of both jobs Myrna Loy Is one Norma Shearer with the late Irving Thalberg is another another another an an- other Incidentally where is the million dollars doltar reportedly paid Norma by Metro to keep her in pictures Remember when Norma was interviewed a few v months back she gave her Income at not more snore than a year Maybe she just forgot Dick Powell Is again fighting to keep his weight down So is Nelson Eddy who believes it is impossible for a singer to stay thin But what about Lily LUy Pons and Galli-Curci Galli Olivia de de- Havilland's deHavilland's first free day from picture-making picture went to Howard Hughes who is teaching her to fly fly It was Priscilla Lanes Lane's beau Oren Haglund who staged the reconciliation between Priscilla and Wayne Morris The whole thing was so affecting that the studio took photographs of it it which will wUl be used in the best Interests of publicity of ot course Maxie Ros- Ros spoke 30 words for his latest film without film without stumbling stumbling- and gloated Im a a. Thespian A certain kind producer was very upset when a little extra girl in his picture told him she had to change trolley cars three times to get to her home in the suburbs He drove her there one night in a afancy afancy afancy fancy looking coupe When they reached her door he pointed to the car and said with a flourish It ItIs ItIs Itis Is yours T Tile The e girl fainted and her Indignant mother shooed away the producer who had to walk three miles to the nearest taxi |
