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...Hearst, relating that he, too, had just arrived in Los Angeles, with the words: "I'm just CWAZY about Europe." On the back page were eight more little pictures of Miss Davies, and a lengthy colyum of studio gossip by "Prunella Parsnips," parodying Louella Parsons, Hearst reporter of Hollywood chit-chat...
Given a script written by Donald Ogden Stewart, and a cast composed of prominent Paramountites, and entertainment is in the nature of a foregone conclusion. "Rebound" has the cheery banter, the rapid repartee, the nonsensical chit-chat that is peculiar to Mr. Stewart's humor. And yet the picture has a high specific gravity, gathering body as it goes, until a climax of seriousness and deep dramatic interest is attained. "Rebound" is the story of a woman who marries the man of her love after he has been jilted by another. Follows a period of short-lived happiness, until...
...chit-chat at rest, it was announced at the White House that it was most unlikely the President would take any extended vacation this summer, that certainly no plans for one had been made...
Shakespeare's Juliet was a practical, intriguing chit. What tickled Manhattan most about Princess Chrysanthemum was the story of how she got her little Paris suits and gowns and hats. On the recent official visit of Their Royal Highnesses in France, representatives of the big Paris houses called obsequiously, begged for the honor of creating costumes pour son Altesse, expected to charge top prices, for the Japanese Imperial Family is known to be vastly rich...
...Hoover secretariat has long been troubled because it has not been able to build its "Chief" up with the sort of human-interest publicity which proved so helpful to Calvin Coolidge. Chief obstacle has been President Hoover's refusal to allow any personal chit-chat about himself or family to be divulged. Last week, however, the secretariat was able to put out this story...