| Show Walfer Walter Winchell in Hollywood 0 Vatican Paper Pacer Maintains Maintain Correspondent C in n Hollywood Mo lo Memos l Despite fables concerning il illiteracy ii- ii literacy a among ong Hollywood Holl producers producers producers pro pro- the fact is that the ma- ma of them are college grads Interest In the cinema colony colony colony col col- col- col ony Is 18 world worldwide E Even Eve v e n the Vatican newspaper has a l. l correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent here Outside ofa of a it government reservation the largest tribe of Indians Indians' resides In Hollywood All of them are thespians who appear in Hoss Fame is powerful enough to affect a piece of land Because of ot Hollywoods Hollywood's popular popularity ity some of the neighboring lo localities localities lo- lo have changed their names Toluca became North Hollywood a and n d Ivanhoe and Prospect Park adopted the East w HoU Hollywood Od It has been estimated that Americans go t to the movies every week The film industry is one p pia place 1 a c e where mediocrity pays handsome divi divI- Producers of B lImE films are among Americas America's highest paid executives Those also reap the most loot Too many ambitious youngsters believe that beauty is the only qualification qualification qualification cation for film success Beauty is the cheapest commodity in Hollywood The overwhelming majority og stars polished their talents by appearing on t the h e stage before coming to Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood Joe E. E Brown has a most unique hobby He collects perfume bottles The lives o of many film fUm folk pack more dramatic wallop t than It Ii a n any scenario A few years ago a producer was riding high His guests were served dinner on golden plates Now he is just another has been trying to make a comeback There used to be lemon groves where sprawling film lIm factories now stand Movie makers dislike dislike dislike dis dis- dis- dis like having their products described described described de de- de- de scribed as ns movies They want them called motion pictures Such airs An A film means that it costs more than thana a half halt million to produce Most films are under the quarter mil lion Hon mark Fan mail skyrockets sky sky- rockets after an actor has had a divorce There is a marble shrine for Rudolph Valentino Inthe Inthe in inthe the garden of the house where he lived For some unknown reason actors stay lc longer nger In the public eye than actresses o NO tic other ollier industry in America pays such whopping salaries as the cinema industry Constance Bennett Is supposed to have received the top weekly salary I However they're all haunted by insecurity Many fany talented people people peo peo- pIe who win an academy award one year cant can't get jobs the next V Hollywood sets the clothing styles for tor the world Many department department de de- de- de I stores a and n d clothing manufacturers have representatives tives in keeping a close watch on styles worn in new pictures Off Oft the screen players dress informally informally slacks slacks being the m in most o 0 s 5 t popular gar gar- armente ar- ar mont ment More money is spent in Hollywood for cars than for lor clothes Prestige is important all In Inthe inthe inthe the scheme of things Youve You've heard many quips about those who earn per week looking down on those who only earn carn a paltry 1000 weekly This gives you an idea of Film Film- landia's world wide influence The most popular magazine In India is a movie fan mag Before the war almost half hale of the cinema profits came froma from a abroad road Many stars who laid eggs in ht America kept their high positions because of their p pOpularity popularity pu- pu larity overseas One famous actress hasn't made a film since the war started because the foreign foreign for for- eign markets were closed After the war there will be bemore bemore bemore more emphasis on documentary films tUrns which are so popular to today today to- to day Not everybody in Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood works under the thc glare oa of o- ofa ofa a spotlight Some of the industry's industry's in industry's in- in most important people arc are obscure technicians Statistics show that 90 00 per cent of Hollywoods Hollywood's fan tan mail comes from women The majority of fan letter writers are arc 13 years old or younger The motion picture rc business has a capital investment investment in investment in- in vestment In the United States of over two b billion dollars Hollywood actresses have more men dreaming about them than Cleopatra ever had They hn have ve millions of u unknown admirers admirers admirers ad ad- throughout the world Almost everybody envies them Yet few have happy marriages The majority remain single while they are stars Among odd occupations you can list walrus trainers and snake charmers whose talents are arc used for jungle films Few people people peo peo- pie realize the comparative youth of the screen industry The movie colony is only 30 years old and the talkies have just passed their birthday The average American famIly family family fam fam- ily spends 25 per year for film fare Earl Early film producers went to California because a powerful New York trust throttled throttled tied independent comp competition in inG G the east Ix In IIi a few years the New York trust went into bankruptcy bankruptcy bankruptcy bank bank- because of their western western west west- em ern rivals' rivals competition |
