Here is another newspaper article from G. D. Hamann's blog,
mentioning Carole Landis. - the living Landis fan

.7/5/1946 HCN Lowell E. Redelings
HOBBIES IN HOLLYWOOD
If you're rather proud of that brick fence you built around your
backyard, you know the thrill of being a hobbyist. And just like you,
your favorite actor or actress gets just as big a thrill out of
hobbying....
Jack Carson doesn't look like a bricklayer–but he spends most of his
spare time troweling up walls and walkways. Why it's getting so that
pretty soon he'll have to move in order to have room to start all
over again.
Vincent Price goes in for collecting art works. His home looks like a
small museum. He haunts second-hand shops, antique shops, and out-of-
the-way stores in search of objects to add to his collection. He
studied art at the University of London and University of Vienna. So
he's well versed in his hobby. His collection ranges from an Aztec
head to a Goya painting two inches square. Just recently he bought
a "Santos" with the date of 1671 on it for $15. He has his eye, too,
on a Greek terracotta from about 500 B.C., but its price, $3,000, is
a bit prohibitive.
Greer Garson is an authority on china. For some 12 years now she's
collected porcelain figures and dishes from Germany, Italy, France
and England. She has them on display at her Bel-Air home and watched
them closely to see that none are damaged during house cleaning.
ART COLLECTOR
Edward G. Robinson, as is well known, is an ardent collector of
paintings. His galery is one of the best in America. Ella Raines,
David Bruce, Lionel Barrymore, and Martin Kosleck are others who love
art and do a great deal of their own brush work.
Betty Hutton, Gail Russell, Veronica Lake, Lucille Ball, and Diana
Lynn collect dolls. Miss Lake's collection, gathered from all over
the world, is one of the most complete in existence. Some were made
by natives of the Pacific islands captured by our armed forces during
the drive on Japan. Her most unusual doll is a medicine man from
Kwajalein who looks strikingly like Misca Auer! Miss Ball keeps her
collection in a special doll house. During the war she depleted her
collection, which numbers 400 from 23 countries, to aid the bond
drives. She auctioned off quite a number at very fancy prices.
Don't think that autograph collecting is limited to bobby-soxers. Not
quite. Ingrid Bergman and Ray Milland go in for autographs, too–but
they're very discriminating in their selections. During the last
Academy Awards event, they traded autographs.
Preston Foster, Humphrey Bogart, Dick Powell and Errol Flynn are
enthusiastic boatmen who go in for yachting, while flying has more
devotees, probably, in the film colony than anything else. Bill
Goodwin, Carole Landis, Don Ameche, and Tyrone Power are just four of
a legion of plane enthusiasts.
COLLECTS STAMPS
Barry Fitzgerald is a stamp collector. So is Penny Singleton. Rita
Hayworth owns a large collection. So does Vanessa Brown, 20th Century-
Fox actress formerly on the "Quiz Kids" air show. Her collecting is
limited to unused stamps with religious pictures on them. She
believes these stamps are invariably the most beautiful from any
stamp issuing country.
Hobart Cavanaugh once had a hobby but it kicked back on him. He told
a newspaperman, years ago, that he collected antique musical
instruments. After the story appeared, he started receiving dozens of
oddities such as one-string fiddles made of broom handles and cigar
boxes, broken ukuleles, mandolins, battered trombones and double
basses.
It all arrived express collect! A patient man, Cavanaugh did his best
to dispose of the junk, all the while keeping a firm hand on his
temper. But the payoff came when a kindly old lady offered to send
him (collect) a piano she was given on her 14th birthday–52 years ago.
After much effort, and with the energy of a desperate man, Cavanaugh
finally persuaded her to keep it.