Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-02-10 | Page 8 | Joan Crawford Brings Own Lunch to Work, Has Antikidnap Guard

JOAN CRAWFORD BRINGS OWN LUNCH TO WORK, HAS ANTIKIDNAP GUARD By SHEILAH GRAHAM i , - (Copyright, 1937, lor The Telegram.) i HOLLYWOOD, Ji'eb. 10 LoretUYoungwiescortedtothe I Basil Rathbone party by David Niven, ex-admirer of Merle Oberon, who is now picture-making in England. ... If M-G-M refuses to pay William Powell $200,000 or more per film on hii new contract. i . '' he will sign up with Walter Wen- (or or another Independent producer.. pro-ducer.. . Barbara O'Nell, of the "Jane Eyre" stage play in which Katharine Hepburn ia .tarred, flew out here to be screen-tested for Sam Goldwyn's "Hurrlcsne." In order to prove her suitability for a role In the South sea story, shs was mads to read bits from "Parnell," "Stella Dallas," In fart everything ' at the studio except "Hurricane." Joan Crawford brings her lunch o the studio In a hamper. She considers the excellent food provided pro-vided in the commissary too tough for her digestive organs. Owing ta the epidemic of extortion and kidnaping threats directed against the stars, Joan nowadays is always accompanied by her personal maid, chauffeur and music master. Incidentally, In-cidentally, Husband Franchot Tone la as enthusiastic about cultivating his singing voice aa his wife and aaya the only reason he makea pictures pic-tures ia to earn enough money to employ the best vocal teachers. . When Jesnette MacDonald goes Swimming, the pool la emptied of other human beings so that her - " - Miriam Hepkiat . . . WiH she We happy with restored kaibead No. 17 again threatening to return to her castle in Sweden at tha completion of "Madame Waleweka," ao shs ta hoping to see the light or screen day bar or tha snd of 137. Academy award receivera John Ford and Victor McLaglen entertained enter-tained Shirley Temple on the aet of "Wee Willie Winkle" by getting down en their hands and knses and bellowing like water buffaloe all because the little star had nsver heard a water buffalo bellow before. be-fore. When CharliU Chaplin was 15 yeara old he made the vow, "I'm going to be successful." Ha redeemed re-deemed the pledge with his first sppearancs In vaudeville. When he arrived in Hollywood he declared. "I'm going to make a million." He did, several tlmea aver. With the rush of money, the comedian decided de-cided to aplurge (1000 on underwear. under-wear. But the economy of years waa too much for him, and each Individual Item coat no mors than SO cents. It Just hadn't occurred to him that ha could afford to wear fine linen. Another story told about Chaplin Chap-lin concerns tha making af "City Ughta." He waa constantly naked by United Artists to name a re-i re-i lease for the film, and ba alwaya "w' ' If JJ Jemei llewte) . . tHta'leaa tee hi et eewier. j,i . . glgantl shsep do( rare frolic with her Id tha water... Lew Ayr la bow Interested in collecting first editions. Before his separation from Ginger Rogers, Law's privets life erase waa astronomy. Ginger's Gin-ger's current hobby la painting and sketching, and it la difficult to move In her dressing room with- . out getting covered with paint and arayon. , 'rX',.:' ' v ) ft. I "Film Pictorial," England's leading lead-ing fan magazine, selected Jimmy Stewart for atarring honors In 1J7. Which we heartily Indorse. . .Dainty Frances Farmer la the moot radical rad-ical young lady In Hollywood. Her political views are too leftist to reproduce here... Errol Flynn'a biography, bi-ography, "Beam Ends," la now en the bookstands. Wallace Beery visits tha Beverly Hills Brown Darby three tlmea a week at 11 at night In order to read the tnorntng newspapers. . . . It is fortunate for Director "Woody" Van Dyke that J. Maurice Ruddy, British writer, waa on tha aet of "Personal Property" when an En-glish En-glish butler ia an English country house used tha Word "elevator" when referring te a "lift" Hollywood ia wondering If Miriam Mi-riam Hopkins will find happplneaa with Anatol Lltvak, whom the actress ac-tress Is said to be considering for husband No. . . . Gall Patrick Wsllese leery . . . Vliirt Irews Derby Der-by to reed peeert, replied, "Thanksgiving day." The picture waa delivered for release on "Thanksgiving day" three yeara later. : J Frances Ferflaer . . . She'l too leftitt fe be oaeted io HeMrroed. Is getting all Gertrude Mlchaefs former roles at Paramount, but for much less money. . , Ariaae Borg. French actreaa brought to Hollywood a year ago by M-G-M bees use she resembled Greta Gar bo, was kept out of pie-. pie-. turee by the 8tudie because "she resembled Carbo" if this maters any sense to you. However, the disgruntled dis-gruntled actress haa just had her aalrart renewed, and Gar bo la