Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-16
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Parsons
in AoM~ood

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 10. - ne
minute ! read the thrilling story
OF the adventures OF 1t. Gen.
Mark Clarks secret contacts with
General Giraud in North Africa
paving the way for our allied VIC
tories ] was sure my telephone
would start ringing.
Ii certainly did - with Para
mount getting there first with the
news that Joseph Sistrom was
already at work on their movie
(title registered) Advance Agent
10 Africa" Sistrom scripted
wake Island" and Brian Don
lew. who also covered himself
with glory in this same picture,
gets the coveted role OF Amer
icas dream hero. General Clark.
There was almost family
tangle between Paramount and
Bill Pine and Bill Thomas. In
Justice 10 the two Bills, who are
enterprising gents, they really had
their title. Message 10 Giraud." y
registered first with the Hays
office.
But since Pine and Thomas re-
lease their movies through Para
mount il certainly wouldn't do
10 tiff with the major company
SO the Bills have shelved their
movie.
BACK TO THE FRONT
WITH JACK WARNER on the
long distance telephone every two
minutes trying to arrange for a
release of "Casablanca" Thanks
giving Day, / am surprised he had
time TO buy story. But he did.
He nabbed The Time Be-
tween'' from the galley proofs, a
novel by Gail Wilhelm. Ann
Sheridan and Dennis Morgan will
be co-starred. The story is that
of a wounded flyer who n,arries
a girl while he is Convalescing
from wounds and then flies of to
war without ever getting ac-
quainted with her.
These war stories, In spite OF
so many of us preaching escapist
ideas, seem to be the most popu-
lar fare at the box office.
MARJORIE's OKAY
THE HARVARD Lampoonersl
will be interested to hear that
their pet victim, Marjories Wood
worth, is doing all right. Marjorie
who n blonde. pretty as picture
and resembles the late Jean Har-
low. Ia now free lancing. 1
She Was with Hal Roach until
the war sent him overseas and
the studio was taken over by the
signal corps. Her first free lance
break will probably come from
Hunt Stromberg. She. is taking al
test for The G-String Murders" u
which stars Barbara StanwyckI
and Eddie OShea, of The Eve OF
St. Mark" fame.
He arrives from New York
Wednesday. So many of our boys
are at the Roach studio. Major
Owen Crump, Sgt. Oren Haglund
and Pvt. Sonny Chalif. Sonny
wrote me a letter and said he felt
he was a general for a day when
he made the column.
OFF FOR A REST
IF YOU can call taking a Sec
Rotary, a typewriter, and a job
getting out the column ''vaca-
tion," then I'm for q short rest
somewhere in a quiet spot in the
South. Well, I won't have to re-
view any movies. which is some
thing, and the change of scenery
will be nice.
We're heading first for a day
IN Chicago, where ! hope TO say
hello TO my old friends from the
newspaper days and see what is
freezin' in the Windy City--or
Ehoufd I say what's BLOWN there
Believe me, I'm really looking
forward to a holiday from tele-
phones.
It's always 24-hour-a day jim
gle, jangle. jingle on Mr.. Bells
invention.
CHATTER IN HOLLYWOOD
THE WORD that Jane RUSSELL
and Bob Waterfield have made up
may not mean a lot TO their fans
throughout the country, but oh
boy. does 1t mean a lot to the
u. c. L. A. football team? When
Jane was seeing John Payne and
forgetting her boy friend, some
of the football enthusiasts wrote
10 me 10 see If something couldn't
be done about Jane and Bob.
But later Bob won so many
games j couldn't believe that he
was letting his love-life interfere
with his home work. But. accord
ing TO Jane herself, she and
Johnny Payne haven't seen each
other for over a week
DISGUISE FOR DOGS
DURING THE eight months
that Akin Tamiroff was wearing
o heavy beard for For Whom the
Bell Tolls" some one presented
him with a pup that became the
pride and Joy OF his life. Wherever
Akin went, the pooch went too.
CO The ~ Nod