Show Sf Star ale Oust Dust Hurricane Elo Elopement Story of Earhart Norma Steps Out By Ih Virginia Vale Tale i M is still gasping a little over the elopement elopement elopement elope elope- ment of Franc Frances s Langford the radio singer and movie actress and Jon Hall who skyrocketed to fame in Hurricane and hasn't been seen on the screen since Just after it was announced that they wouldn't marry until he had become become become be be- come more firmly firmly firmly firm firm- ly established in pictures they slipped of off to Prescott Ariz I with her mother and his sister and got married But Hollywood didn't s know about it until until until un un- un- un c til four days later lat lat- i erf er possibly because because bei be be- i cause he used his sr real name Louis 4 4 I Locher Frances Langford Even after Hall made such a hit in Hurricane he drew only a aI week for some time time mere mere chicken chickenfeed chickenfeed chickenfeed I feed in but this Hollywood Hollywood but salary was finally raised to I Kay Francis' Francis last st picture under her present contract will probably I be based on a story that she herself I wrote and sold to the studio Its It's all about a famous aviatrix who goes into a world the flight contest and gets lost on a desert isle Can it be possible that Miss Francis heard about Amelia Earhart Earhart Earhart Ear- Ear hart i Fashion news Claudette Colbert has a daytime costume of dark blue with white floral buttons down the side of the jacket like one which the duchess of Windsor likes to wear Recently one evening in New NewYork NewYork NewYork I York Helen Vinson wore a black chiffon gown with a skirt yards and yards wide banded with many rows of narrow black velvet ribbon No shoulder straps I i The New Nev York revival of those I two Valentino pictures The Sheik and The Son of the Sheik was wasso wasso I so successful that Agnes Ayres the I heroine has been booked for a 20 weeks' weeks personal appearance tour I And two more Valentino pictures will be brought forth I Speaking of th those se Valentino pictures pictures pictures pic pic- tures Verree Teasdale and Adolph were in New York before I sailing for Europe when they were being shown and he was none too N anxious for her to see The Sheik and see how funny he looked on the screen in those days r Norma Shearer would like to do a smart modern comedy after her herlong herlong herlong long siege of costume pictures so you may see her in The liThe Women n f S r rf rr f r d l 8 y J o y p t NORMA SHEARER which had a long run as a successful successful success success- ful play before being handed over overto overto to motion pictures Norma has a away away way of getting what she wants wants wants-as as Marion Davies found out when they both wanted Marie Antoinette and Norma got it Remember Eric von Stroheim who used to make pictures I Greed and Foolish Wives Vives among them that cost millions Hes He's acting in French pictures now which usually cost not more than Incidentally Jean Hersholt was reminiscing about Greed the other other other oth oth- er day how day how it was way over the right length and von Stroheim felt so badly about having it cut that he wouldn't even look at the film mm that was finally released r. r ODDS AND ENDS ENDS ENDS-A A radio actor and director who learned nineteen languages is on the air air as as a dialect stooge and imitator of oj animals anima Many of 0 the professional radio announcers are bad but after hearing a dozen doen amateurs try tryout tryout tryout out the other day clay the worst of oj them sounded marvelous Bette Davis Dads refused refused re re- fused I used to be included include d in a list of oj movie e doms dom's ten most beautiful girls said The uThe idea is silly because uc Im I'm not even a near beauty Its It's said that Metro spent developing I 1 Married an Angel Angelas as a picture and anci finally abandoned it it- it whereupon it was Eves bought for Jor the stage where its it's a tremendous success 0 Western Newspaper Union |