Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, August 1921 · page 14 of 68
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This page contains Hollywood gossip columns, a staple of 1920s entertainment journalism. The text discusses: 1. **Clara** (last name unclear from text) facing industry blacklisting—the Motion Picture Directors' association and Screen Writers' Guild allegedly opposing her photoplay project, making it nearly impossible to produce or exhibit. 2. **Pauline Frederick** (silent film actress) reportedly planning to remarry **Willard Mack** after a recent New York visit. The column revives old scandal: during their previous engagement, Mack wavered toward returning to his then-wife **Marjorie Rambeau**. Frederick allegedly confronted Rambeau, ultimately "winning" Mack before they separated. The satire mocks Hollywood's romantic melodrama and industry politics—treating actors' personal lives and professional feuds as entertainment. The tone is gossipy and moralistic, reflecting 1920s attitudes about women competing for men and the film industry's power to punish controversial figures.
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12 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Los Angeles says that besides the Motion Picture Directors' association voting to expel any member who aids Clara, the Screen Writers' Guild has taken action against the Hamon photoplay. If all this dope is true, Clara will have a job on her hands illustrating her adventures to young girls via the screen play. Even after the play is produced, if it ever is, Clara will find it a task to find the- atres to exhibit it in. Pauline Frederick is now on her way west again from a recent trip to New York. They say she whispered to a close friend in the depot in New York as she was leaving, that she and Willard Mack will again wed very soon. This recalls to mind the gossip that revolved about their previous engagement when Pauline was playing at the Famous studio in New York City several years ago. While she and Mack were engaged—he was waiting to get a divorce from Marjorie Rambeau at the time—it is said he wavered for a time and showed a decided inclination toward returning to the fair and beautiful Marjorie. Pauline became so alarm- ed over losing her playwright prize that it is said she approached Marjorie. So Pauline got him, then they separated. Last winter the beautiful Barbara Castleton, former Goldwyn star, went east, joined one of