Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-22
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HOLLYWOOD, sept - When
! p MarqIands novel So Little
Time. reaches the screen you'll
see Joseph Cotton as JEFF Wilson.
Gotten Is certainly hitting The
high spots with choice assign
mentS, and no matter what your
private opinion on the possibilities
OF this book as = movie. 10 VIII be
an important one because OF the
sensational sales and all the pub
lcIty IL has already M the
i65 600 copy mark.
Having David Selznick al the
production helm won hurt,
either. OF course. il rs only one
persons opinion minel. hat /
think David has his work cut out
making SO Little Time Slti-
cicnt.y different IN plot from
MarQu7ud former hif. II. NJ.
PulhaW Esquire. Take away
some Of the grand Satirlcal pas
SaCeS from so Little Time and
the plots are Very similar the
conventional married gent who
slips from The straight and naI-
row only once ln h., lfe.
RAIN"
am Very Interested .u me deal
thar Mar Ploklord has made
with Howard pIetz and a. p.
WaNman 20 bring back Sadie
Thompson IN Ram 80 Tho lady
tSadie l mean had quite
vogue both on the stage and in
The movies and now her expert
enceS IN Pago-Pago are going 10
be set forth ia music. Howard
Dletz and Vernon Duke are writ
inc the lyrics and music. and
$50 coo is being spent on the
production. Mary VIII accept as
payment for the rights "a Rain
an interest IN the musical
Since so many old-time plays
have been revived and have done
so well there is every reason TO
believe this one will meet with
audience approval. Gertrude Law
renee and Marlene Dietrich are
both mentioned as a possible
choice for Sadie Thompson.
WORST VILLAIN
nearly fell into my typewriter
when some one confdentially said
"Hitler's been found" When /
recovered my breath sufficiently
TO ask where. the voice said
We'll. you know Buddy De sylvia
has been trying and trying TO find
a fuehrer for 'Hitler'S Gang" and
now we have signed Bobby Watson
for the role of the worlds worst
Vllyun." Watson is being brought
here from New York for this
movie which is being hurried into
production.
BIG BUSINESS
Big business looms ahead for
Anita Loos who is in New York
10 confer with Arthur Hopkins
She'll discuss the play she and
Lionel Barrymore wrote. "Old
Buddah," which Hopkins is pro-
ducing. and she will also talk with
Zoe Atkins about another stage
play they wrote together. The
Theater Guild has already nodded
its head in approval Of the latter, |
which is, up to this writing, !
naneleSs.
Anita will probably stay in New
York until winter. She is no
longer under contract 10 M-G-M |
and her interests this year are
with the stage.
CHATTER IN HOLLYWOOD
John Payne few out to see
ElySe Knox before he is trans
ferred to Carson City for three or
four months of additional flight
training Just when these two
plan 10 get married is still pretty
much up in the air. You can get
some bets that the wedding will
never come off-the lady herself
says il won't be until after the
war
Elyse Is Just back from a highly
successful bond tour. and she is
so pretty she broke records every
where-equaling the high water
marks set by stars much more
famous than she is.
LINE OR TWO
Neither Col. James Roosevelt
nor Col. Elliott Roosevelt knew
the other was in town and when
they met Unexpectedly Saturday
they fell on each others neckS. 1T
was a short reunion for the broth
srs. however, because Jimmy
pulled out for Washington the next
day q. Four new motherS-Lana
Turner Crane. Frances Neal Hef-
lin. Peggy Moran Roster and Dor
othy Darrell Pasternak-Stole all
the thunder away from Joe Pas
ternak az his own birthday party
by talking constantly about their
bawhinOs
When Fred Allen and Portland
arrived IN Hollywood Jack Haley
-:et them az The station with a
baby calf in his arms around the
7alfs neck was q card reading.
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