Evening star., 1938-09-20
Leading Roles
In TwoFilnns
A Problem
Wizard of o. and
Another Chan
Hard to Find.
By HAROLD HEFFERNAN,
HOLLYWOOD. Sept. 20. - Scat
. tered sights and sounds:


~ tered sights and sounds:
Two peskiest casting prob
a a lens s-not excepting "Gone
With the Wind" which now rates as
an af1iction, not q problem-concern
title roles Of 1.-THE Wizard Of OF" and
Charlie Chan" series. Fresh patches
Of dark horses gallop up each day to
confuse the issue. Mervyn lie Roy.
who will start making the L. Frank
Baum fantasy October (Oz or no
or, says he will be content with any
one Of . quartet composed OF w. G.
Fields. Frank Morgan, Hugh Herbert
and Ed Wynn. His personal choices
range in the order named. but every
one Of the group Is unavailable at this
time. Leo Carrillo, . hot bet for sew
eral days to take over the Chan man
tie left by the death Of Warner GLAND,
now bows to Noah Beery-Wally's
older brother, retired for several years
because Noah's general build and IA
cial appearance are similar to Glands.
nARRYL F. ZANUCK is cautiously
watching plans Of Grand National
to revamp l6 short comedies made by
Shirley Temple when she was = mere
toddler for release As feature subject
titled THE Life Story of Shirley Tenn
Pile" Insertion Of newsreel and casual
material shot on Shirley from time to
time during her development to the
present day Is planned to bring 1t up
to date Irene Castle Mclaughlin,
adviser on the new Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire dance e-musical, "The Cas-
ties" brought out IL trunks packed
with motion picture Aim, priced pho
tographs, clippings, clothing and va
ried accessories which played a part
in the sensational dancing career of
the couple. They will be scanned by
the R-K-O research and wardrobe de-
partments in making the new life story
authentic. What attracted most at
tention was her silent print Of 1.-THE
Whirl OF Life" 25-year-old feature
picture dealing with the meeting OF
the Castles. their struggle to win at
tention in France. and lastly the ac-
complishment Of their aim-to reign
as the worlds premier dancers. 1t was
box ONCE hit in its day, but now it is
prize horror. One of the surprises
V the old movie is the appearance Of
Mrs. Castle, whose gowns, coiffure,
hats and general appearance are strik-
ingly up to date-proving again that,
as q style arbiter, she was some Is
years ahead Of her time.
RASIL RATHBONE had never met
Hedy Lamar until the crowd filed
out Of the Biltmore Theater after the
opening performance of Susan and
God" A woman sprang out OF the fan
mob lining the sidewalk and snatched
the carnation from Rathbone's lapel.
He turned in a fury and shouted: Il
think you are very i'll bred" But the
culprit had skipped and Rathbone
found himself kissing into the sur
prised face OF Miss Lamar. She
blushed a deep red and Rathbone
stammered. Mr.. Reginald Gardiner,
Miss Lamarr's escort, then handled
the formal introduction When
Robert Young was \ small boy he ran
away from home because his parents
insisted on him taking piano lessons.
Now he is taking them for his role
with Joan Crawford in The Shining
Hour" Paralleling Young's dilemma
IS that OF Fay Banter. middle aged
character actress. For location scene
IN the same picture Miss Banter was
told she must drive an automobile
several hundred yards through trafic
She confessed to Director Frank Bor-
zarge that she had never driven q
car in her life.
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