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At Berlin's Eighth International. Film Festival, yup-talking Cinemactor Gary (The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell) Cooper sipped cheer with Italy's Cinema-donna Silvano (O.K. Nero) Pampanini, discreetly stared at her glittering necklace.
Tireless Tourist Harry Truman whirled about England before sailing back to the U.S. after a seven-week European gallivant. At a dinner given for him by U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's Winthrop Aldrich, Truman bumped into bodkin-tongued, Virginia-born Lady Astor. Cabled King Features Syndicate Taveloguer Truman: "My old friend and verbal sparring partner . . . The first time I met Lady Astor . . . I told her I was more of a Southern Democrat than she, because she had turned British and was no longer even an American citizen. She left me abruptly." This time, sparring was better: "I like her, and I know she likes the boss (Bess) and thinks she was a great First Lady." The Trumans also lunched with Queen Elizabeth II, scooted from the royal groaning board to watch the tennis at Wimbledon, two days later embarked at Southampton.
Acting less and less like his Great Profiled papa, Cinemactor John (The Big Night) Barrymore Jr., 24, unreeled a picture of Hollywood home life that sounded almost too good to be true. First of all he does not share the conditioned Barrymoreflex for strong spirits. Said he soberly: "I'm the worst teetotaler you ever met. I just can't stand the stuff. I don't mean I haven't tried it. You'd be a hypocrite to hate liquor without trying it . . . Nowadays, one shot of Scotch will fill me up to here." Then young John explained how he works out his marriage with carrot-topped Actress Cara Williams: "Cara loves to gamble. I hate it. So every week or so, I let her go out to a poker match with some men while I stay home with the children . . ." Cara, also on hand for the interview, took a misogynous view of her favorite sport: "I really love poker, but I can't stand the way women play it. . . They always want to play ridiculous games like Spit-in-the-Ocean with threes, sevens and tens wild."