Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-12
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HOLLYWOOD, April - Tho
most faithful army wife 1 know IS
Constance Bennett, who loft her
cortorubIc homo in Iiolmby
Hills .o ~ FIRST TO Miami then 20
New York 20 Dc near Gilbert Ro-
land. who was Stororet so Harms
hur-
Flon before Gilbert left Cali
fornia Connie lived near hum and
refused movie oilers galore be
cause S0c wanted 90 rcmar with
her husband a>---r- As possible.
Now Gilbert has gone overseas
and hrs bride is coming home.
According 10 word from her
She gets here "Wednesday morning
and Andrew Stones office reports,
she starts work As soon AZ she
gets here m "Hl DldGle Diddle," ia
the Lupc Vele7 role. Its being
rewritten. --rSith Martha Scott,
Pols Negri and Connie all IN the
one picture.
stone Will have his work cut out
for hin. in seeing each Of the
glamour girls get a a break.
RAPID RISER
NANCY COLEMAN isn't n
beauty. according To Hollywood
standards. but shes a honey of
an actress. In fact. ~ good i'm
THE edge Of darkness" her
name goes on 10 the Warner
star roster along with Bette
Davis and Olivia DE HaNilland's.
II YOU know the Hollywood
inside" that II getting Ia the
top fast. And 30 this morning.
instead of saying Nancy gets
the femme lead with Humphrey
Bogart and sydney Greenstreet
in THE Pentacle," II N officially
correct 10 say she cO-stars with
them.
The Coleman girl dropped by
first time I had met her, and she
is as different" and unusual of
the screen a. she IL on.
CHANGE OF CHARACTER
TWO MOVIE bad boys reform
Ing with a vengeance are VIC
McLaglen and Lloyd Nolan IN
"Guadalcanal Diary Vic, who
has done some mighty heavy
handed villalny in his time. will
play. of all things, the role OF the
priest.
And Nolan. who has shot upI
more than his share of gangStor
movies, will play the part of the
heroic gunner O'Hara. II con-
tinueS 10 hand me Chuckle the
way actors who arc still avail
able on the Hollywood scene are
getting out of the rut of being
typed particularly the former
heavieS.
With producers up against 1t.
with so many heroes in the Serv-
ice. the villains are having a field
day being bloomin' gentlemen!
SEEK ROYAL FAVOR
IL 1T were anybody hut
Charles Bennett who had writ
ten story about King Carol
and Madame LupesCu and eN-
pected Ia get Carols royal okaN
on II for a movie. I'd say the
chances were 100 to | against IL.
But Charlie il a whale of n
writer and not only has he
whipped up an original story
based on the former royal play
boy called Citizen of the
World" but he is submitting il
10 Carol In Mexico for his APP
prevail.
There was a time when kings
were going good in the king
business when such "A yarn
would be loaded with dynamite
national and International.
But times have changed, or had
you noticed"
CHATTER IN HOLLYWOOD
ROSALIND RUSSELL has had
n staggering array of gifts sent
her for the expected baby from
fans all over the country.
Il never knew. she told me,
"that people could be 80 inter-
eSted. a long distance call came
from a woman in Redwood. South
Dakota. She had read probably
in your column. that couldn
find a bathinette because of the
war priority on rubber. We have
one left IN our store here She
said. and would YOU like me TO
send it," ROz said She would and
10 lct her know the cost What
color do YOU WENT asked the
woman from Redwood Pink.
replied Rcz
In few days came a letter
saving the hdthnettt would be de-
layed because the color Vas blue
and the woman had painted
pink edging on herself before She
sent u.
LINE OR TWO
PAT DANE had no more than
returned from marrying Tommy