The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-04-16
Hollywood Shorts
By JOHN R. CHAPLIN

Latest out-of-nowhere discovery Is
Don Alden King who, until recently
was gas station attendant in Holly
wood. Today he is under long-term
acting contract at the David O. Selz-
nick Studios. They claim he will
turn into star.
Hollywood's consumer cooperative,
the Motion Picture Cooperative Buy
ers Guild, is all excited over the deal,
for Don was an attendant at a dealer
members station, and was signed by
the studio of which Vic Shapiro, one
of the guiding geniuses Of MPCBG,
| is publicity director. -.
| Highlight of Los Angeles primary
election campaign was the Good Gov
eminent Gaieties, which a movie-col-
ony committee put on to promote the
candidacy of various progressives.
Actors John Garfield, Dorothy Com
ingore Qeading lady of the still-un-
seen Orson Welles film), Maurice
Murphy, Gale Sondergaard, James and
Lucille Gleason, ]. Edward Bromberg,
Joseph Schildkraut, Writes Donald
Ogden Stewart, Sidney Buchanan and
Michael Blankfort, and Director She
pard Traube were among the very
many Hollywoodians who partici-
pated. Hollywood Theatre Alliances
Mobile Theatre Unit furnished num-
bers from Meet the People and orig
inal material which went over with
bang.
Unfortunately, Los Angeles unus-
ually heavy rain washed out the meet
ing and kept attendance to a mini
mum. The election, for reasons too
involved to explain here, went almost
solidly against the progressive forces,
except for the denomination of Mayor
Fletcher Bowron.
Not to be overlooked among anna
teur theatricals in the labor move
ment was A Day in the CLIO Build
ing, presented by the United Office
& Professional Workers girls en-
ployed in the Los Angeles CLIO build
ing. Aim: to raise fund for furni-
ture for the girls rest room (they
said). The show: a lampooning of |
their bosses, including State CLIO Pres |
Philip M. (Slim) Connolly Rarely on |
the professional stage have you seen
any group with finer mastery of the |
little gestures and idiosyncrasies of
men. A terrific laugh with the lam
pooned bosses laughing hardest of all.
If a sense of humor can still save the
world the labor movement can pro-
vide it.
Briefly: Warmers plan a second
short to follow up on London Can
Take 1t. This will be called London
Can Give 1t, and will extol the power
If the R. A. F. =. Marlene Dietrich,
)rior to making Hilo Hattie, co-stars
With George Raft and Humphrey b.
art in w. B. pic titled Man-Power,
nd previously known as Danger Zone II
II Handle With Care. Marlene is a |
afe entertainer In the yarn (for &
hange), and Raft and Bogart play /
tringers of high-tension wires Why Il
lont they call it High Tension? They [
ould then bill it as: George Raft
nd Humphrey Bogart in High Ten [
ion with Marlene Dietrich - and {
hey'd really have somethingl 1
New record in Hollywood publicity
J the Hal Roach release which reads: C
Note to HOLLYWOOD wolves: New Hal n
.oach discovery Marjorie Wood t
'orth's papa is city attorney of Ingle- t
Tood, Calf" That, my friends, is v
eally coming out and saying what
on mean, without ambiguity. t
Sublime to ridiculous: The elab- C
rate majestic wigs worn by Norma 4
nearer in Marie Antoinette will now g
e worn by Judy Canova in a bur-
,sque scene in Sis Hopkins. Only t
l Hollywood can such things be.
Republic is starring John Wayne v
/ The Lady from New Orleans, while v
Universal has Marlene Dietrich billed C
S The Flame of New Orleans. Rep.
as pic called In Old Cheyenne, and 4
niv. has one with Lorette Young |
allied The Lady from Cheyenne. All
which will have the public in a
ither, and may have Republic and p
Universal in the courts. :. N
Stephens College, Columbia Mo-, Il
as offered Frank Capra and Robert "
iskin its portfolio of research on p
he average woman" with the sug- t
estion that they do Jone Doe sequel Il
} Meet John Doe. -. g
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