Evening star., 1942-04-10


Paramount's Sweater Girl" no
because of the popularity Of q song
Some executives want to retag 1t II
Said No." Harry (Hopalong Cas-
sidy) Sherman, following the open
ing Of Reap the Wild Wind" said
he is going to make . Western,
Rope the Wild Wind" Sherman
has just signed a two-year deal with
Paramount to make a series Of spe-
cial Westerns. First will be "The
Silver Queen" co-starring Priscilla
Lane and George Brent. Sherman
has also signed Bill Boyd for two
more years Of Hopalong. That
breaks Tom Mix's record of playing
the same character. himself, for six
years. 1t will be nine years and 81
Hoppies for Boyd.
After nine years in Hollywood,
Lynne Overman should know that
anything can and does happen here,
But he suffered one OF his most
embarrassing moments yesterday
because he forgot that fact.
Lynne had been snoozing CHATS
an old Overman custom) In his
portable dressing room between
scenes of "The Forest Rangers" and
when he was dismissed for lunch.
started out the sound stage door,
only to find that the door wasn't
there any more.
He did a double take. shook his
head, stared, made q closer exam
nation Of the sound stage wall, then
turned away, completely bafhed,
while remaining members Of the
crew roared at his discontinue.
While he had been asleep the orig
fnal door had been boarded up and
plastered over because 1t was not
wide enough to admit certain pieces
Of camera and sound equipment.
And another, larger hole had been
cut in the same wall, some 80 feet
further on, and q new door installed.
Lynne Is still shaking his head.
Measles ended the movie career OF
8-year-old Clare Sanders almost
before it began. Clare came down
with 'em q week after starting work
in one of the principal roles Of ''The
Pied Piper" which co-stars Monty
Woolley and Roddy McDowall.
Daughter of Maj. j. E. Sanders, now
fighting with the British in Egypt,
Glare had tried out for the role
principally so she might have been
seen and heard from the screen by
her father, who has not seen her
In three years. Peggy Ann Garner,
a veteran at 10, replaced Clare. But
there's a silver lining In Clare's
cloud. Screen Writer Nunnally
johnson has promised to pen in a
nice part for her in his next effort
In "Wings for the Eagle" Jack
Carson had to punch Dennis Morgan
in the nose seven times. Jack shook
his head unhappily, I'll be disliked
In Milwaukee and various parts OF
Wisconsin," he complained to Direc-
tor Vincent Sherman, "for hitting
one of that States favorite sons"
Willy de Mond, who fits and sup
plies stockings to 80 per cent OF
the screen stars, puts a perfect
label on the limbs Of Evelyn Keyes,
young Columbia starlet. "Perfec-
ton in leg language Is the 4-inch-7
ratio" Willy explains. THAT means
an 81 ankle, q 1871 calf and a 1917
thigh" Miss Keyes', according to
WHY'S elaborate chart on glamour
cams, are the only ones to meet
those requirements.
Bob Hope has just done something
for his art he's never done before,
and he's done plenty. He's had
his hair curled in pretty little ring
let's all over his head.
Bob submitted to the curling irons
for one sequence In Road to Mo
rocco" It's the one where he's pref
tilted for his marriage with Doro-
thy Lamour, a marriage that never
takes place. Big Crosby spoils the
deal. In addition to the tonsorial
treatment, Bob also gets q simul-
taneous manicure and pedicure from
a bevy of gorgeous girls, who play
handmaidens to Dottie. She Is a
Moroccan princess in the picture.
But that curly hair precipitated