Evening star., 1941-12-14

Aller all lQeSe years OF QelVlng
and his girl friend, the newspaper
boys themselves have become the
quarry of the movies.
Editor in chief, sports editor, for
eign correspondent, leg man, desk
man-all the way up and down the
city room and front Office, a news
paperman's private life has become
virtually an open. shooting script
Nothing is sacred any more!
A generous assortment of top
fight screen lovers is engaged at the
moment in delving deeply into the
love technique of the gentlemen of
the press. And in the scenario de-
partmentS, additional works dealing
ever so intimately with this long
neglected personality whose profess
sional side the screen has roundly
mistreated, are being made ready for
the cameras.
Clark and Lana Repeat.
Start of this surprising cycle
should be dated perhaps to Design
for Scandal" which has Walter
Pidgeon, as a hard-driven combina-
tion cameraman and reporter, max
ing ardent love to Rosalind Russell.
Miss Russell appears as charming
Judge whose court is on Pidgeon'S
beat Chances are from now on that
court house reporters everywhere
will regard any feminine judge with
calculating eyes. It's anybody's guess
how the fair justices will regard the
reporters.
Last week, Clark Gable reported
back to M-G-M after three-month
absence and found himself slated to
uncork lot of new reportorial ro-
mantle methods for a picture called
Somewhere I'll Find You" Clark
Is to play war correspondent and
answering a thunderous demand
for "Honky Tonk" encore-Lana
Turner will be the girl who listens,
and finally kisses. Fancy reporter
trying to measure up to Gable in
love scene. It's going to put the
boys on the spot with their dates.
Other studios, other top stars,
are busy, too, attempting to point
up the love lives of the news
hounds. At Goth Century-Fox, Don
Ameche is top man for big
worldwide news gathering syndi-
cate in Confirm or Deny" and
George Montgomery in "Roxie
Hart" undertakes to WOO and win
Ginger Rogers. Lynne Overman is
also reporter in the same picture,
but his love life is entirely neg
lected.
Answer to a Dream.
In arsenic and Old Lace" an
other of the screens foremost ro-
mancers, Cary Grant, plays the
hero role-and when this hero isn't
trying to prevent his eccentric old
aunties from poisoning innocent
gentlemen with elderberry wine or
trying to explain away repeated
essences to his bride. Priscilla Lane,
les drama critic on New York
newspaper.
Ronald Reagan did a neat COM
bination job of police reporting
and blond courting in Nine Lives
Are Not Enough" At the end of
eight reels, he had trapped the
mysterious murderer. baff1ed his
cantankerous city editor and won
the girl. Reagans finale situation
in that film might we'll be the
dream of all reporters. With his
wealthy fiance behind him, he buys
the paper, takes over the managing
editors chair and sets his arch
enemy. the city editor, to writing
a column for lonely hearts.
THE Man Who Came to Dinner"
will have Richard Travis (who
makes love to Bette Davis as
owner, editor and publisher Of
newspaper in Mossalia, Ohio Not
so many weeks back, Edward G.
Robinson was a newspaper lover
in "Unholy Partners" He won
the heart of Laraine Day and got
out of the paper at the same time.
Remember? But he was manag-
ing editor and instead of marrying
the girl, he took off on a trans
Atlantic flight. In THE Girl Has
Plans" Ray Milland plays a news
paper reporter through the first
reel or so and then takes a fling
at radio work, where he meets
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