The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
In Hollywood

HULL WOOD.-B e n lin d the
screen: So far as the newsreels
are concerned, the war is about
over Most of the careramen on
the continent have gone to Spain
and are waiting to return to Ameri-
ca. NeWsreel companies are refus-
ing propaganda material offered
by Germany and Italy, and here
after expect to deal largely in pre-
paredness news in the United States
and activities in Canada.
Many of the top names of Hol.
lyWood are completing plans to
bring large numbers of children
here from England. There are doz-
ems of estates and ranches which
can be turned into camps for refu-
gee kids. Bette Davis has
proposed a scheme to sell star
autographs for the Red Cross-the
Signatures to be exchanged f r
stamps which would be on sale at
every American theater. And
Harry Warner is leading a move
to get Federal permission or a
giant sweepstakes based on the
big race at Santa Anita next Win
ter. Proceeds for the Red Cross
could amount to $40, 600, 900 he says.
CHICO MARX
MAKES MARK
A fierce feud has broken out
among the Marx brothers because
piano-playing Chico got a bigger
salary than Harpo or Groucho
1888. The recently published U. S.
Treasury report shows that M-G-M
paid Chico $83, 333. "a. His brother
received only $83, 1888. SO each.
A Jewish restaurant on the bou-
levard displays several a m p l c
blue-plate lunches in the window,
along with a sign: "All This and
Herring Too-45 Cents"
Gail Page will make one more
picture with the Lane sisters and
then quit the e The actress
health just won't stand the strenu-
GUS dieting that a movie figure
requires. For the role OF Mrs.
Knute Rockne, she had to take off
38 pounds. So Miss Page is going
back to radio and mashed pota-
toes.
Some of the Chinese bit players
in The Letter" can't speak Chi
nese the way Hollywood thinks it
should sound, SO they're b e j n e
coached by a French technical di-
rector. :. And Douglas McPhail
is recording Irish ballards fir Lit.
tie Nellie Kelly under the tutelage
of Romano Roman, italian warb-
Ter Aben Handel was turned
down when he offered to work for
nothing on the screen adaptation
of his novel. 'City for Conquest,
and the job went to another writ
er. Now Handel has been hired for
a handsome fee to rewrite the ri
val writer's writings.
BIG DIETRICH
SCANDAL"
This is the only place on eartf
where a woman a create a sen
sation by going out evenings will
her own husband. Marlene Diet
rich and Rudolph Seiber have beer
doing that In the new Kay
Kyser comedy, his chauffeur, but
Ter, and cook will be played by Dor
is Karloff, Peter LORE, and Bel;
Lugosi. The boogey-boys will burl
esque their usual horror roles. =.
Eddy Duchin, who has been seri
ously studying dramatics, may ap
pear as George Gershwin in the
film Warmers are preparing about
the composer.
Simplest-living celebrity is FREQ
Allen. In New York he and his
wife live in a three-room apart
ment; out here, they have a two
room place, no car, and no serv'
ants. It isn't that he's trying to
save money, either, because Para
mounts paying all expenses while
Allen co-stars with Jack Benny in
Love Thy Neighbour" Ir
the flicker, incidentally, Benny will
play a theatrical producer in love
with his star, Mary Martin. Bur
Allen will tbe Miss Martins lega
guardian and, having a very low
opinion of Mr.. Benny, will try t.
thWart the match. {
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