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Show Paired as Songsters to Beat Old 'Jinx' I: "V, X' XX: ,v,; j t': ; - i I .SvO i vfr Vi, ; ! xx I r I ; I (3 f . w' , ,X , , lr VCX " ' j .. - - v ..... p : - j ' . rssai '- j mm x ii i 11 'I j i 1 1 I - ' v ,x ., i x' '- s ! X ;' x ' . ' - v-- Jeanettc MscDonald and Allan Jones... They form new singing combination after M-G-M breaVt MacDonald-Neltort Eddy dueh at peak. , Claudette Colbert Has 'Cold' More Serious Than Supposed By 8HEILAH GRAHAM Copyright. 1937, for The Telegram HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4 Claudette Colbert's "cold" is. In reality, bad case of bronchitis. She has never been quite well since her serious auto accident last winter. However, ahe is in good hands Husband Dr. Joel Pressman is one of Hollywood's best throat and nose specialists. Roubsn Mamoullan and Gsrtruda Michael are back where thsy left off a few months ago. Incidentally, the whole town Is congratulating Mamoullan Ma-moullan for his direction of "High, Wide and Handsome." . . . Joel Mc-Croa Mc-Croa used to work at M. O. M. for SU a week, but he was lee out because be-cause he was too "expensive"! . . . "Love, Live and Learn" has cost the same studio $180,000 In writers' fees since the original script was turned over by Marlon Parsonette. (The entire story Is now being rewritten re-written on the set!) In case you wonder why tha Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers picture combination com-bination was Interrupted at the height of its popularity, It was to forestall the hoodoo upsetting every Hollywood team to date. Either one or both players Invariably lose out In success. To name some the Charlie Far-rell-Janet Gaynor pairing reaulted In film obscurity for Terrell ; the Victor McLaglen-Edmund Lowe team the latter now rates "B" pictures only. Vllma Bankv avnd Ronald Colman once thrilled thousands wlHj their celluloid romantics; only Colman remains. re-mains. Dorothy Mackall and Jack Mulhall havs both disappeared from major screens. Ruby Keeler waa submerged by her partnership with Dick Powell until she took to her heels from the Warners to ths R. K. O. radio lot And M. O. M. wisely wise-ly gave Jeanette MacDonald a new singing mate, Allan Jones, for "Firefly," "Fire-fly," to lengthen her singing life with Nelson Eddy. Marlene Dietrich and Virginia Bruce did not realise how funny they sounded, discussing, shortly before Mariana left tor Europe, their favorite favo-rite movie actors on the scresn. Marlene Mar-lene went for Roland Colman In a big way. Her second choice was Basil Rathbone. Miss Bruce preferred pre-ferred Clark Gable . . . Lack of money Is holding up ths purchase of United Artists by Goldwyn and Korda. Nob even Financial Wisard A. C Blumenthal has been able to raise the required 16,000,000. The most expensive bathroom In Hollywood does not belong to a star, or even to a Cecil B. De Mills heroine, hero-ine, but is the present of Howard Hughes to the Guaranty building. At the height of his production activities, activi-ties, Hughes engaged a lavish auite and desired an elaborate bathroom and shower adjoining his private office. of-fice. By the time tht plumbing had been Installed, $30,000 had been spent. When the Abbe children ("around the world In eleven years") visited Robert Montgomery on the set they told him he was a smart man bees be-es us,, in "Ever Since Eve" he did not klaa his leading lady . . . Olivia De Havlland closes her eyes while memorising lines, which Is how she careened the front end of her car into a detour sign . . The gardenias sported by Carole Lombard are nor the gift of Clark Gable, but the produce of her own garden . . . Cracie Allen Is sore because 34 persons sent her bottles of perfume for ber birthday . . . Ida Lupino says she has grown two inches in the last year. And she Is over 31... Fred MacMurray created history by coming to the studio during his vacation va-cation and asking the starting date of his next picture. Frank Buck has purchased a rnch In the San Fernando valley to house several carloads of animals from his Long Island boo. Ths beasts will be available for motion picture work . . . Lily Pons, who says she dislikes Hollywood In ths summsr. Invariably makes her one film a year during summer and is now here for R. K. O.'s "The Girl In ths Cage" ... William Powell lost three pounds whlls wearing a hsavy raccoon coat in a scene with Myrna Loy in -Double Wedding" and has won his fight for an air-cooled stage ... Said Dashiel Hannett ths other p. m.. "I'm Just going to look at my two thin man' pictures te get an idea; for another storyl" P - |