Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-10
SOLD TO TWENTIETH

the movie rights.
Twentieth comes up the WIN
nah" after competing with TWO
other major companies for the
property.
Already scheduled as book
of-the-month sell ct on, the
factuaI story IN said TO contain
the most personal and thrilling
accounts OF our battles with the
Japs yet written.
william GOetZ. boss Of Twen-
tieth has not vet scheduled a
cast but the budget viii be SKY
high, TO make this one ~ the
greatest war movies ever filmed.
GIT THEIR REWARD
BILL PINE and Rll Thomas
brought home the bacon Win
their small-budGcted action moves
for Paramount so now the boys
ret their reward They have Just
been handed a straight contract
through 1915 and q selection Of
"a" productions tho first being
The Duchess Flo HIGH
Since both boss used 20 hr
press agents before hey were
draped with the glamour oi pro-
duccrs. well Just have 20 take
their word for u that II ha, The
best plot for a musical they We
ever read
They've asked for and may get
cute Itrlo Betty Hutton Tor the
femme lead.
PROUD PARENTS
RAN INTO Douglas Fair
hanks Jr At the Quentin Reyn-
ODDS cocktail party and he talks
about nothing but nine pound
Victoria Susan. his new daugh-
ter. Talked with Mary Lee
Fairbanks over the phone and
she Is feeling marvellous and
just As proud a. Doug.
The New York apartment OF
Quent and his bride, the former
Virginia Peine, Is the most
stunning ] have ever seen. They
AS 50 happy IL did my heart
good 10 see them.
Plenty ~ talk, too. about
. Quent's "bahN," his new book.
"Dieppe Dress Rehearsal" and.
speaking Of this opus, he gives
plenty ~ credit Ia Young Doug
who acted rs military authority
on the last chapter
Already there arc several
movie bids for the REYNOLDS
var story. which is thriller.
IN THE oFFgvG
a little bird tells mo that ~
long last Martha and Victor Ma
ture have reached an agreement
70 get a divorce Martha viii
enter he suit shortly unconteStcd
by Vic When she is legally free
she Is expected 20 marry Steve
Brody, her devoted swain for
months on the coast.
Vic is slated for combat duty
and IL he and Rita Hayworth fec
The same way about each Other
when he returns. ! Will be sur
prised indeed. II they don NARY
ALISE OR TWO
Who did I meet face 20 face
hut 1t. Richard BarthelmrSS.
who has been reported all hut
on his deathbed in Virginia. nc
said he never felt better In his
life and he certainly looked IL.
even II his friends were All get
20 IL
wTcathS. Dick saws " any one
Is going tO send iiowerS-malsc
n houtinicrc Before gossip
mOngerS GET busy. I'd like 10 say
that the stunning woman aC-
companying Dick 10 the New
York shows Is his >i>ter-in-law,
Llta Raynor.
Anna Reyes, blond dancer
and q very pretty girl, may he
In the movies soon. While I WAS
dining with Joseph Schenck NJ
tho Stork Club, he saw her and
arranged for her 10 have test.
II it turns out what they expect
n. she will 20 90 twentieth Cen
u tury-Fox.
"The Dough Girls" which had
an out-of-tOwn tryOut. II said.
by the smart boys. 10 be a sure
hre hit Some Of our movie
girls, Arieen WheIan. Virginia
Field and Doris Nolan. have the
top spots.
Saw CongrcsSwomau Clare
BOotbe Luce. IN the wee small
hours Of the morn, talking 10
"F1ying Tiger" VINO had just ar
rived In town. I'm the lobby of the
Waldorf Astoria Towers She
aald she was LEAKING for Holly