Atlanta Daily World

Behind The Scenes
In Hollywood

By HARRISON CARROLL
Copyright, 1932, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 29

Hollywood has rolled up its sleeves and is dishing out political stories as fast as writers can pound them out and cameras can photograph them.

Latest studio to get into the line is Universal, which starts work today on 'Merry-Go-Round,' another red-hot potion from our seething political cauldron.

For several weeks, this picture has been waiting on the casting office. After several deals were jammed through at the last minute, Carl Laemmle, Jr., announced the following players would be used: Burton Churchill and Carol Nash.

The screen play of 'Merry-Go-Round' was done by Tom Reed, and Edward C. Kahn will direct.

Chances are there will be a change of title before the film is released.

One of the better wisecracks of the week was pulled by Bob Burns, the comedian, when he was called to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to take a test for 'Rasputin.'

Sent to the wardrobe department for a costume, he asked for a large selection.

'I hate to be finicky,' he told the fitter. 'But I'll never be able to get those three Barrymores together again, and I want to go in there and steal that picture.'

One of the most unusual stories now in preparation is Fox's 'Six Hours to Live.' It depicts the actions of a man called back from the verge of death and given six more hours to live. John Boles has just been signed to the cast which already includes Warner Baxter.

Gordon Morris (that's Chester's brother), and Martin Barteaux are writing this one as a screen original. It will be directed by William Dieterle.

BOULEVARD TALK

Those in the know are chuckling over the lyrics of Dorothy Lee's song in a local musical comedy. She warbles of three boy friends and names Marsh, Jim and Fred, which easily figures out Marshall Duffield, Jim Fidler and Fred Waring. You notice, too, that Marsh gets top billing. Incidentally, Dorothy swears she will never 'stooge' for comedians again. Hereafter, somebody else will ask the questions and she will supply the answers.

The July issue of Equity Magazine contains a prayer written by an actor-member. Beneath is added: 'All rights reserved.' Unless they picked one after this was written, the Constance Bennett picture goes into production today without a leading man. Al Scott returned here last night. Business kept him away from Hollywood and Colleen Moore for a month.

Down at Laguna Beach, they've persuaded Bob Armstrong to take part in their big open-air fiesta. Other film people who have taken houses at this beauty spot are Frederic March, E. H. Griffith, Arthur Caesar, Charles Kenyon, Chuck Reisner, Polly Moran and Mal St. Clair.

New fad at Hollywood parties is to make records of the guests' voices. Jerry Horwin carried a microphone around all evening when he entertained for Rian James. Some of the playbacks sounded so strange.

A whole train-load of stars are going to participate in the pageant put on by the Shrine Convention in San Francisco. Wallie Beery, George Bancroft, Harold Lloyd, Eddie Robinson, Joe E. Brown, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Lupe Velez, Tom Mix, Buster Keaton are only a few on the list. Sid Grauman will act as chaperon.

DID YOU KNOW-
That Norman Foster and Hardie Albright were schoolmasters at Carnegie Tech, where both took dramatic courses?