The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-08-02
OUR
FILM FOLKS
HELEN SIGMUND


plOyees throughout the world, is
donating one of the largest con-
tributiOns to bring English refu-
gee children to America, includ-
ing the children of Warner en-
plOyees in the United Kingdom.
The entire expense is personally
guaranteed by the three Warner
brothers, Harry, Jack, and Albert.
And the Club will endeavOr to
place the children in homes of
Warner employees in the United
States. The project will begin inn
mediately.
The future of the Jack Benny
Fred Allen smoker looks black be-
cause it's too bright. Tagged
'LOve Thy NeighbOr," it is tailor
made for a publicity build-up with
the Benny Allen etheriOts. But
Aliens new sponsorship will ban
the feud. which leaves the stu
diO holding a couple of plucked
lOve-birds in the bag!
After several days of addition
ing Latins for the part of the
gaucho in ''Down Argentina Way"
Director Irving Cummings chose
one actor who appeared to be the
perfect type for the role. Name,
please ?" asked Cummings, jotting
down the data. Mike Seibert, "
was the answer, and the directors
pencil stopped in its tracks.
Seibert, Cummings recalled, is a
Jewish actor better known as the
Cowboy from Hester Street"
The Little Man Who Wasn't
There: Twentieth-FOx studio is
scrapping its scenario on the life
of the creator of the "impregna-
BILE" MaginOt line.
Amid a long list of impressive
names on this seasons Hollywood
Bowl program hobs up one Oscar
Levant. And it won't be his tick
ling Of the worries that will draw
the natives. =.
And speaking of the rib-tick-
ling pianist, he walked onto the
set one morning looking very chip
per. DO you know your lines,
Oscar?" asked the director. do
1? I know 'em backward and up
side-down!" Let's try them for
ward, for a change" said the dir
ector, dryly, so they'll get over
with the duller type of audience!"
The U. S. National Park Div
isiOn has requested the use of
Schlesinger's cartoon, Gross
Country DetOurs." In it is a Sc
quence in which a bear hits a
tourist over the head with a sign
reading, "DOn't Feed the Bears. .
Park departments idea is to use
this scene on posters in an educat-
iOnal campaign.
Cinemites and Cinemighties:
The Tony Martin-Faye separation
will soon be welded. Lou Holtz
will transfer to the west coast
with purchase of a Beverly Hills
home. John Garfield's younger
brother, Max, plays the "borscht
circuit" this summer. Every few
years someone tries to bring
David Warfield to Celluloid CITY
this time it's Gene Marley,
Hedys ex. but the famous actor
isn't dazzled with gold. En- route
to New York, Eddie Cantor stop
ped in Omaha, addressed a B'nai
Birth group and visited Boys
Town, Father Flanagan's nom
sectarian institution. Studio sent
Noel Madison clips from Dance.
Girls, Dance" the last film in
which his father, Maurice Mos
covitch, appeared. Moscovitch's
final resting-place is the Jewish
Cemetary which is adjacent to the
RKO studio, location of his last
picture assignment. Robinson's
Brother Orchid was stripped of
soundtrack and titles and used in
hp-reading contest for the hard
of hearing. The shooting of 1.-THE
Great Profile" is bedlam when
Barrymore and Ratoff get togeth-
er. Barrymore says it's "a duel
between st. Vitus and epilepsy!"
After scanning the days por-
ton of the script, a particularly