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Show Gary Cooper's Salary Mounts Jo COQJGrandl By KHEILAH GRAHAM (Copyright, 1MT, for Th Telegram ) HOLLYWOOD, Oct 1-A gadabout's gad-about's notebook : Gary Cooper's new contract with Sam Goldwyn provides him with MOO 000 a year three pictures at 1200 000 per . Carole Lombard, has realised that a girl's worst friend hi her own temperament and I now allowing visitors on the "True Confession" Con-fession" set. Wendy Barrio apend 1 1 so month supporting her mother and alrk alsier . . . Imnrr Zorlna Is rutting rapere In the "Uoldwyn Kolllee," refusing to wear this : and that, and U do Ink and that. But, on the same set. Hlnger Helen Hel-en Jepeon Is as mild as milk. I j thought It was opera singer who were supposed to be temperamental. temperamen-tal. During William Powell's brief stay in Paris hs visited the exposition exposi-tion and was amated at being unmolested un-molested and unrecognised. He did not dlsguis himself with dark glasses, either. Marlen Dietrich's British picture, pic-ture, "Knight Without Armor," Is doing so badly that. In several theaters. the-aters. It hu been slipped In as the second "B" feature. Marlene received re-ceived only 1400 000 for making the film. There seems to bs something wrong somewhere. Frances Farmer, who apoeared in th technicolor. "Ebbtide." swears she will never again make a picture In color- thinks she looks better In black and white. The cutest sight of the week Katherlne lie Mille visiting her groom of a week on the set of "Buccaneer" to ask him what he'd like for dinner. The answer wa lost In a resounding kiss , . . Lloyd Hheldon Is the smartest producer m Hollywood. Instead of wasting his mnnev at tho races, he Invested Invest-ed It In Paramount stock when It waa selling Ifr AO cents per share. He Is now a double millionaire and haa retired from picture-making. One of G.irho a old homes on Chevy Chase drive is now housing Comediennes Fanny Brice and Beatrice Bea-trice Lillie . . . The accent of Anita Louise suddenly gone very English Eng-lish and she is being taught all over again how to say the word, "aunt." American stvl. B'cause of her inability lo say "crazy" without a cockney inflection, the word was changed to "mad." If you want to know why Sam Goldwyn snd Kord are buying out the United Artist interests of Douglas Doug-las Fairbanks. Charlls Chaplin nnd Mary Tickford, It's because the three sleenlng nartners shared in millions of profit for ths last year without doing anything resembling work. Lorefta Young aaya she's fed up with questions concerning her friendship with Joe Manklewlcz. But sh is not fed up with Mr. Man-kiewics Man-kiewics . . . Clark Gable celebrated Carole Lombard's birthday with the actress at Lake Arrowhead. And I'm told they had a whale of a time. The best feature of Myrna Iy her nose. The worsther legs. And, believe It or not, legs also are tha least attractive part of the beautiful (linger Roger , . , Alan Mowbray haa been pretty sick lately and his doctor haa barred all gay living for at least three months. I'm told that Barbara Stanwyck advises Robert Taylor on his picture pic-ture material. Too bad she did not keep him out of "Broadway Melody of 1938." which I understand has not don Taylor any personal good at th box office . . . Which reminds re-minds ms that ths picture that have made the most money this year to date are 'Thin Ice" and "Artists and Models" ... "I want you to ait next to so and ao at dinner" (mentioning (men-tioning a well-known feminine star), said hostess Mrs. Basil Rath-bone Rath-bone to Guest Ivan Lebedeff. "Oh, I see." replied Ivan. "Work not pleasure." |