Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-04
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NEW YORK, Dec. A. ELISA
Land, who might have been an
other Greer Carson with the right
breaks, returns tomorrow to pick
up her movie career where she left
off four years ago. When ELISA
left Hollywood she swore she
would never be back. Unfortu-
nateiy. / think the intelligent,
wcll-read Landi was ahead of her
time. The movies were not then
concentrating on the fine books
and plays they are making now.
Meantime ELISA has been in New
York on the stage.
The picture that has lured her
back is the co-starrlng role OPP
posite Otto Kruger in "Corregl-
dor. for Producers Releasing Cor
poratlon. That's sure fire title
and the picture. which will be dl-
rected by William Nye. has the APP
proval of the war department.
BACK TO TYPE
NOT LONG ago Don Ameche
was kicking up his heels about
playing so many newspapermen
ToleS--toO many, Don thought.
But something tells me he will
register non complaint about
getting the part of the foreign
correspondent in Last Train
From Berlin" based on the real
adventures of Howard II. Smith,
the last newspaperman out OF
Germany before the declaration
of war against the United
States.
Smiths account Of his adj
ventures has jumped 10 second
place on the list Of nOn-fiction
hest sellers and II thriller II
ever read one.
Twentieth bought the book
several months ago and Robert
Bassler will produce.
EXCELLENT SHOW
THE BEST show I've seen IN
New York IS The Eve of St
Mark j. j, 10 human The peo-
ple arc 50 rcai. II * entirely DIFF
fercnt from Maxwell Anderson ;
first world war opus. What Price
Glory with rs fc'ional feuding
between Captain flagg and Ser
ccant Quirt
hnpe that When Twentieth
Century Fox casts The Eve of St
Mark for the movies they VIII
consider Ahnc NacMahon for the
role of the mother.
also hope James Monks who
has been signed for movie. VIII
play ms role of the southern sol
der.
OFT or HAVOC
Ran INTO Virginia Gilmore
shopping and she told me she
had changed her mind about go
ing into "Cry Havoc" All Of the
important parts have been cast
and she feels she should have
something bigger than n minor
role 10 Justify her leaving the
movies for year.
Virginia said that Katherine
Locke, ueII-known New York
actress, will take the part Of
Connie, the German spy. Nuriel
HutchinS il cast a. Grace. the
ballet dancer.
Our own Florence Rice viii he
Flo. the hardheartcd wi>eCraker.
The ShubertS expect Ia get the
play going very soon.
\ LINE OR TWO
JANE RUSSELL is furious over
the STORES she is going 10 sue
Howard Hughes. She SAYS she IS
extremely grateful 10 Hughes and
hopes that he doesn't believe tho
rUTorS came from her
Mrs. Otto prem.ncer' beautiful
hands are Iu the Metropolitan
Museum before The death Of
Arnold Ccn'hc famed photog
raphcr she posed wearing a
famous collection Of Jade
Rose pc'>wIck Now York Jour
nal American motion picture
critic who has hecu BIT a Doctor S
Hospital is improving.
Wish ! could hc home tomorrow
nigh, for tho terrific Christmas
show the Los Angeles Examiner
is staging ~ The Shrine au-
drtorium II sound, like tho big
CeSt. and the best. ever put on,
with Eddie Cantor. Greer Carson,
Burns and Allen Olivia DeHavil-
land. Charles Laughton. Jack
Oakie and dozens OF others schcd-
uled 10 appear
The New York stores arc
damned with Christmas shoppers
and I hear the same thing is true
in Hollywood
Marlcne Dietrich who certainly
takes her canteen work 10 heart.
asked 10 be spotted into Sol Les
scr'S Stage Door Cantccn' and
she SAYS she doesn't mind being
shown washing dishes.
SNAPSHOTS 81. NV YORK
Woolunrth Donohue, detected
over being turned down nv the
army because of high blood
pressure. dining with Sylvia
Fairbanks NJ RI Morocco. There
are whispers that once he il free
Woody will we'd sylvia, who Is
seen with him nightly.
The prcttieSt girl on the dance
floor the same night was Kay