Evening star., 1941-11-18

out a preview. Now it turns up on
box office compilations as one of
the four biggest money-making pic
lures of last month. In spite of
necessarily shoddy and ridiculous
plots. no jungle picture in the past
five years has failed to make money.
Dorothy's Malaga" finished some
time ago, was sent back to the stages
last week for $4,000 worth of added
scenes, which entailed the building
of huge forest and swamp inside
one of the largest stages. Producers
don't stint on Sarong epics because
the investment is returned many
times over.
Among other things, H. NJ Pull
ham, Es.," will be featured by Hedy
Lamarr's new model smile. Hedy
has never liked her smile on the
screen. So, when rehearsals started
for the Pulham picture she went to
work diligently with a coach and a
mirror in an effort 10 make that
smile more natural and attractive.
The old Lamar and the new smile
now appear to be quite all right, but
there's still more work to be done on
it. Hedy says.
Edward Small has renewed his
search for a Rudolph Valentino type
and plans to film his long-poStponed
life story of the famous screen
"sheik" next spring. So far. Philip
Reed has the inside track, but before
deciding Small wants to hear from
more Valentino doubles throughout
the land.
In Rise and Shine" Sheldon
Leonard is heavy whose loot
thrives on football bets. He ar
ranges with Milton Berle to fix a
game so Notre Dame will win. Says
Berle: They won't win i Pat
O'Brien isn't coaching there any
more"
Republic is out with a new idea
on westerns-a mystery horse opera,
with the accent on horror instead
of horsemanship. Gene Autry will
star.
Christmas shopping note from the
Hollywood reporters gossip column:
All other things failing in its ef-
forts to check the shoplifting mania
OF one of its top femme stars, a
studio called each of the big stores
with request that when this play
er arrives to have a detective fol-
low her around, mark down what
she pluckS from the counters and
send an itemiZed bill of her thefts
to the studio"
After finishing Woman of the
Year Katharine Hepburn said OF
Spencer Tracy. her leading man:
He is the most economical actor
l ever met-he doesn't waste a
gesture or word"
In H. NJ Pulham, ESQ two
newspaper headlines which help de-
note passing of time will get laughs.
The first reads Roosevelt warns
Nazis,' followed a couple of reels
later by "Nazis warn Roosevelt" :"
Director Al Hall is fervid ad-
mirer Of fellow craftsman named
Ernst Lubitsch. In his Bedtime
Story" Hall inserted a line of dia-
logue in which Fredric March. re-
ferring to the bad histrionics of an
actress, says: Nobody could make
that dame act-not even Lubitsch. II
Gale Sondergaard will resume her
horror lady portraits in Paramount s
My Favorite Blond" playing a
mountaineering. witchlike leader
of Nazi spy ring.
Music may charm the beast of
the forest, but it's no match for
Oracle Aliens chatter. That's why
theren be no music, Incidental
background or otherwise, in Oracle s
Mr.. and Mrs. North" In one Sc
quence the voluble comedienne
talks continuously for five minutes
Nothing can compete with Oracle s
chatter" said David Smell M-G-M
musical director, so we're not even
/ going to try
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