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Show Premiere Pays Dividends for- Mo vie Diarist By SHKILAH GRAHAM " Copyright. 1937. for The Telegram .. HOLLYWOOD, Nov. IS-Dear Diary: FRIDAY The premiere of "Hurricane" "Hur-ricane" Everyone'a in tails and ermine iears pting tha usherettes, who wear practically nothing leis and aouth aea bandannas) . . . Seen In the searchlight glare Frtd-dle Frtd-dle Bartholomew and Aunt Cissy. Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone (Joan a dream in white gown and long fox wrap) . . . Dorothy Lamour arriving in an open buggy with the love of her public life, Charlie McCarthy (In private Dorothy Is happly married to Or-rhrstra Or-rhrstra Leader Herb Kay) . . . Jon Hall (hero of "Hurriranc") wavea "hello" to his rurrent heartthrob. heart-throb. Counters (Gets-Her-Man) Dl Kraaso. And there for all the world to see is tha latest in Hollywood's "I'd die-for-dear-old-publicity" couplea Sonja Heinle with Ceaar Romero. (Tyrone tactfully stays away) . . . Simono Simon, a vision of pouty lovelineaa with former publicity ro-jnaaceWUiia ro-jnaaceWUiia .Wy-letADd Simone ' ex-publicity boy-friend Ciena Mar-key Mar-key paving the way for better publicity pub-licity paragraphs with Twentieth Century.Fox'a newest Imported "lovely," Annabella. SATVRDAY The town'a best boys and girls trek to the Countess (Give - a Party - Once Week) Di Frasao'a shindig. All the stara are auppoaed to come aa their favorite models. The countess ts ablaze in gunmetal, representing some Inner dream of her own . . . Gentleman Friend Jon Hall In raga and tatters the begger boy at the princess' table? . . . Prettiest girls present-Virginia present-Virginia Bruce and Mrs. Tay Gar-nett, Gar-nett, wife of the director. Conversation doea not flow as freely as the champagne. Most of the guests remember the party given by the countess last aeason, when a recording machine hidden behind a sofa preserved for posterity poster-ity the remarks of those who aat on it. John Barrymore and Elaine on that particular occasion were too, too amusing. Tonight the boys and girls are thinking firat and speaking speak-ing second. But It's no way to make a party aucceaafuL SUNDAY Kaleidoscope . . . Hollywood ia In a stupor, sleeping off the night before . . . Ray Mil-land Mil-land buya something at a Sunset boulevard drug store . . . Margaret Sullavan eats an early dinner in the troc cellar . . . Millionaire Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable enjoy a sandwich at a "drive-in" and Fanny Brica who can't remember namea creates an atmosphere of friendliness friendli-ness at the Brown Derby, hailing everything with "hullo, kid." MONDAY Edward G. Robinson with wife, Gladys, and Spencer Tracy at hia latest preview "The Last Gangster." In the crush afterward, after-ward, Eddie tells me, "stara can go on forever If they have the right atory and the right public." TUESDAY In projection room No. S with a few aelect members of the press. Ths dish of the night, "Victoria tha Great," atarring Anna Neagle and Anton Walbrook. ( last Hollywood film, "Michael Stro-goff." Stro-goff." I wish I hadn't seen Helen Hayes' "Victoria" on the New York ataga. It baa ruined all others for ms. WEDNESDAY In a Paramount projection room, viewing for over two houra tha "rushes" of "Wells Fargo." This film romance of transportation ia entertaining history. his-tory. You're going to like Hero Joel McCrsa, who emergea as a likable, strong type character, THURSDAY Kay Francis entertains enter-tains at the "Cock V Bull." Her gueata arrive ia couplea Darryl Zanurk and wife, the Ernst Lubit-achea Lubit-achea half an bou rla'er. Cary Grant with Phyllia Brooks after a 10-minute 10-minute Interval, Kay beaued by a blond stranger. (Delmer Daves must be on bis snay out). When the dinner is allmoat over, a large imported car and a amall aged coupe of American deaign roll to the door almultaneoualy. The Countess (Alwaya-Late-for-Dinnerl D Fraaao and Mr. Jon (escort) Hall have arrived. |