The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-07-01
Gossip Of lhe|
Movie Lots
BY HARRY LEvETTg
(For AMP

HOLLYWOOD - Don't looL o..
the scand-I mean secret hess
spillin' al the start OF the or Ko,
yum. have 70 dish up the le.,,
innate news first. so lust read =,
down. and you will find the scana
or-I mean lid lifting off prIvs,.
lives at the end. Just stick 10 N,
column. week after week. and y
will stand by you - Some tim.
soon I'll tell you what each of M
sepia stars gets paid in Holr.
wood. They don't even know me-,
! have the figures. I'll tcr Won
about their home life their lows
life. their fads. fanclcs, supers,,,.
tons, good traits, and faults.
Harry NJ. Popkin. executive nro
Queer OF Million Dollar produc.
tions. Is on the way back from New
York after very encouraeIn,
tour over the eastern field Tn
trip was In line with the cemen,.
Ing OF the new deal recently mads
with the Sack Amusement enter.
prises which now has the ereln.
siye distribution of Million Dollar,
sll-colored cast films. Meanwbl.
Mr.. Sack has been covering ,er.
ritory In Tennessee. and othe,
southern states before heading "a,
Chicago. Harley Harding. who -ha,
been operating the Million Dol.
lars branch office in Chicago. win
return shortly 10 the home ofr
Meanwhile Director Leo c. popkin
and Unit Supervisor Arthur
Brooks are making preparations for
the filming OF "One Dark Nisht"
With Hattie Mcdaniel. and Manlan
Moreland --Thirty-six members q,
the Ninth and Tenth Calvary. and
the cath and 25th infantry have
been drilling every afternoon At
Ross Snyder playground in prep.
aration for the filming Of Black
Regiment" the big war picture
Million Dollar will build around
the life OF the late Col. Charles
Young.
Ralph Cooper, who catapulted
to film fame as the star ~ Bar
gain With Bullets" follower later
by THE Duke Is Tops will also
return 10 Hollywood from New
York in few days. He has been
east for several months making
personal appearances and leading
his band He will hasten IN pre-.
pare for his next starring vehicle
tentatively fitled. white Silent
Walls" in which he Will play A
highly scientific physician who il
withal sympathetic and self-sac.
rlicing. He figures in a sensation.
al episode In the story that Is sure
10 he jam packed with thrills
More than doubling Us produc-
tion budget over last year, and
with list Of properties that in.
cude New York stage successes
and best-selIing novels RkO Radln
pictures will produce IS feature
length films during the lqas.io
season. IL was announced At the
Hollywood studios.
Vacation plans are The order "
the day in Hollywood. too and
your Hollywood faveriies are all
trying 10 arrange their working
schedules. so that they can rsi
time out for time OF.
when actors applaud 4 mus he
good hundreds Of 'exiraS
damned in the senate galleries in
"Mr. Smith Goes In Washington
Capras current Columbia produc-
lion. rose. cheered, whistled and
stamped when James Stewart and
Claude Rains concluded brilliant
debate scenes last week the
two portray warning senators.
Way Down South Rob Bieent
new starring picture. has been
scheduled for release July q An
other Breen story with a modern
South American background will
go into production Aug. ! Il was
announced by Producer Sol Less
or