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HOLL WOOD Nov. - go ~
wonder Lester CoVsn set ont fol
New York with a smile on ms
face that wouldn't come of lr
his pocket was q telegram from
Katherine Cornell reading A.
last 10 looks as n ] have found the
role thai viii bring mo 70 Holly
wood What the One-and-onlN
Cornell was referring 10 was the
part Of Madame Sun-Na'-Sen m
testers picture based on the ca
reer Of China great hero. sun
Yai-Sen
What more Cornell has agreed
10 test when Cowan reaches
Now York which IS certainly far
ther than she has gone with any
other movie offer
Lester certainly Frightened up
our corner when ne sent A PRINT Of
"The Commands Strike Al Dawn
Ann Warner. RAY 5OctZ and SeV-
eral ether HollNwoodcrS saw II a.
one Of the 'hesterS AZ A private
pre,iev When N0l don { have 10
reNeW movies for a living they are
2 lot NJ fun
We STAYED on 70 see The regular
SHOW Nightmare with Bran
Donlevy and Diana Barrymore
Is 2 good thriller 10 a critic on
vacation even 4 other reviewers
did take pot shots.
DIFFERENT SLANT --
HARRY SHERMAN. dear 10
the hearts 81 the exhibitors a.
a producer of money making
Westerns. isn't going hlghbrow.
But he has purchased a different
and very dramatic Western from
national magazine, Hank
JohnSOn's Brother nna Of
his United Artists movies star
ring Richard Dix.
The story nv Samuel w. Tay-
Tor IL well of the beaten path.
II reVolVeS around n hero. very
III. who t. sent out West To re-
cover his health. In n small
COW hoy town he Is mistaken for
the brother Of murdered man
and eventually becomes involved
In murder himself.
Gerald SchnitZer has been
signed nv sherman 10 write the
~
which Harry has purchased to
star Dix.
ACQUIRE DIRECTOR
WITH OUR best directors. as
well as our best actors, in service
for Uncle Sam Tor heading therel,
Warmers have something to hraG
about in getting Dave Butler on a
long termer.- Dave made his mark
directing some of the best Shirley
Temple musicals AZ Twentieth and
the Para hit. Caught in the
Draft Warmers is a great lot
for musicals little fact am
sure was not lost on Jack Warner
when ne handed Dave the new
ticket
Butler has lust started Thank
Your Lucky Stars on the lot and
while ms second assignment ism I
announced. It's a cinch 10 have
tunes and pretty gals.
HAS TALENT
LANA TURNER'S husband.
Steve { me. may develop into
an author instead Of an actor.
In collaboration with Harold
Stanley. Steve has whipped up
an original yarn about n jockey
which IL seriously being consid-
cred nv M-G-M To star Mickey
Rooney.
Last week we told YOU Para
mount wanted Ia borrow Mickey
for "Salty O'RouTke," hut the
deal was mixed because 81
deathbed scene. The Crane
Stanley opus has much hap
pier ending. Instead Of the
demise Of the Jockey he Ia shown
ehliSting in the army.
HOLLYWOOD SNAPSHOTS
HEAR THE Lawrence Tibbet
Jrs. have dated the Stork Make
Rosenbloom. whole heart and
fancy free again, is dating June
Forest.
It's still on with Jimmie Ritz
end June Mlllard, who continue 10
dance cheek 10 cheek. William
Wellman, Dennis O'Keefe, Lloyd
Nolan and Brian Donlevy-all eX-
pectant fatherS-have organized
club. They're calling themselves
The January Fathers Of l943."
Herb Stein. one Of Hollywood'S
top ColumniSts before he became
lieutenant IN the army. marries
Linda Benjamin IN Hollywood,
Thursday.
You would hc surprised II YOU
knew who was calling Frances
Farmer on the phone every night:
the Gary CooperS of 10 New York
end vacation after GaNS long
STINT IN For Whom the Bell
Tolls
That's All Tor today. Sec you
tomorrow But Helen CeSarlo,
Chicago. says Buy bonds today
end more tomorrow. And when
,ou're through theren be no
sorrow.