Evening star., 1942-12-30

they are not forgotten. Grant, VIII
combat service, and with enlistments
prohibited, will probably forego his
Air Corps ambitions. In the inter-
walls of entertaining the men who
fight, he may continue with his
Hollywood career. He is down to
play Claudia's husband, David, in
the film version of Claudia"
There is great danger to the future
of Hollywood in the current mac
scramble by every one to get into
picture theaters. Studios are making
money hand over fist, and there is
a tendency to turn out any piece of
rubbish in the belief that the public,
with money to burn, will pay, re-
gardless of the quality of the product.
A word of warning to the produc-
ers: This war will be over one day,
and it would be too bad if, with an
overdose of bad movies, you had
killed the goose (the poor old public
who lays the golden box office eggs.
When lots of pictures are poor,
people get the habit of staying away
from all the movies.
Important Short Reel.
James Cagney and Ann Sothern
are making a short for the Govern
ment with the interesting title
Hello, God" 1t seems to be an i'm
portant greeting, because no less
man than Mervyn LIE Roy is direct
ing. Anne Shirley has had to
dye her hair yellow because her next
film, The Gibson Girl" is in techni-
color. And now I suppose that
Ginger Rogers, who will star in the
picture, will dye hers back to black
just to be perverse. Lana
Turner's recent picture was origi-
nally titled Nothing Ventured"-
which I liked. 1t then became
Careless Cinderella Now it is
merely Careless" but there is moth
ing careless in Lanas determination
to make only one more picture
before the visit of the stork next
summer.
Humphrey Bogart is rushing
through the last scenes of his. cur
rent film for Warmers, Action in
the North Atlantic" And you would
rush, too, if your next assignment
were with Rita Hayworth. who is
also speeding back here to make
Our Friend Curly with Bogey for
Columbia. Well, we'll, we'll,
Simone Simon! Remember her?
Well, she now has the lead in Re-
public's Tahiti Honey" with Dennis
OKeefe. The title seems family
familiar, but Mile. Simon won't
mind that-she's glad to get the job.
I see where Goth Century-F Fox is
planning film based on the life of
the late Earl of Suffolk. He was
killed recently in a bomb explosion
in England. If they want any infor-
nation about his wife, I can give it
I was the understudy for the Count
ess when she was on the stage as
Mimi Crawford.
Corinne Griffith Hopes.
Laraine Day won't like it-she's
been trying for months to get time
off to be with her husband-but
Paramount wants her for the lead
in Hostages" the picture that was
previously offered Zorina as sop
for losing the lead in For Whom
the Bell Tolls" Jean Arthur
believes that her husband is the
best producer for her, and she again
stars for him in Free for All with
John Father of Four Wayne the
leading man.
Corinne Griffith wants to come
back to picture making She was
good in the old days. but hate to
see those former beauties playing
middle-aged ladies on the screen.
OF course. if they need the money
that's something else-but thought
Corinne was we'll supplied with that
commodity. -. Jackie Coogan's most
recent bride, and divorced wife.
Flower Coogan, is earning her bread
and butter at Warners-she's a
Showgirl in Thank Your Lucky
Stars" A postscript to the recent
parF graph about Grant Withers: He
has another Job, a featured role in
Universals Captive Wild Woman