Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-08
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Award nominee. IS returning lo
M-G-M. Ronnle. this time, VIII
have OuS SINNERS role m KS
met When NON acquired this
property IL was bought for VII
liam Powell. But that was over
wear aeo and m The rcSNuitllnC
Of the cards n was offered 10
Bills close friend. Ronnie
Otis Skinner appeared m KS
met" on the stage for a number
of wears. He came fere ~ 1880
a. the invitation Of Warmers 70
appear IN the picture. Warmers
later sold me film rights to
M-G-N.
HER SCREEN DEBUT
PAT HITCHCOCK. l5-Year-
old daughter Of Alfred Hitch
cock, hardly looks her vener-
shle years, she ~ such little
sitl And. might sdd. she
hardly looks like her rotund
pappN. either. because she IL a.
slender a. will n the wisp.
About = year ago Pat did
"Solitsire" I'm New York on the
stsge and receiN ed raves from
the critics. But she hasn't made
movie yet-that is, she hadn't
( been lined up for one until along
came Irving Pichel offering her
q role in Msckinlay kAntor'S
Happy Land" ~ Twentieth
with Harry Carey and Don
Ameche.
Pat has been attending Mary
mount School for girls. But
school - out. which may he
one reason her pa II letting her
make her debut on the screen.
GROWING Up
LITTLE EDITH FELLOWS,
now a young lady of r. gets a
starring role in Soldiers Of the
Soil" for Pine and Thomas. When
I first knew Edith she wore her
hair in curls hanging down her
back and postage length skirts.
She was always accompanied by
her grandmother, whose great
ambition was 10 make an opera
singer Of her adored grandchild.
Edith had. in early days. almost
as much legal trouble in family
battles as Freddie Bartholomew.
hut she wanted 10 live with her
grandmother and the law saw it
her way. She plays both a l2-
year-old child and grown lady
in Soldiers Of the Soil
INSIDE INFORMATION
JIMMIE YOUNG Is finished
at R-K-O on his advisory capac-
ity on Land Of the Rising sun"
and he and Margaret are head
ing for New York and q series
of lectures.
On my way to luncheon with
Charles koerner I stopped and
had q talk with the energetic
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES man
who knows all the frightening
things about the Jsps. Jimmie
told me that Joseph G. Grew,
who was ambassador 10 Japan
for many years and who has
been In the diplomatic service
for 30 years, kept a day-by-day
diary of his experience with the
Nips.
Jimmie says this Is all going
10 he put in book form and he
has an idea IL will be grabbed
by one OF the movie companies
right from the galley proofs.
CHATTER IN HOLLYWOOD
ATTRACTIVE RITA QUIGLEY
is wearing 1t. Elmer Stones fra
ternity pin. and that means some
thing. While Mrs. Quigley hasn't
announced her daughters engage
ment, ] suspect IT won't be long
now.
1t. Stone is in the air corps and
he has Just spent two weeks as
house guest Of the Quigleys fol-
lowing active duty IN the Aleu-
tians. Rita. who is very young,
made Der first bid for fame when
she played Joan Crawford's daugh-
ter in Susan and God" Since
then she has appeared in num-
Der of M-G-M pictures.
Cornelia Otis Skinner told me
Just three weeks ago she had dore
an overseas broadcast with Leslie
Howard on The Brain Trust,
which is the English version Of
Information Please She was
shaken over the tragic reports Of
his death
While I was talking 10 her.
Claudette Colbert came IN TO pay
her a visit, Claudette. too. felt
like all Of us who knew Leslie
that a sweet. fine person and a
great actor. Is gone He never
gave q bad or indifferent per-
Torrance.
COLLECTED AT RANDOM
THE BUDDY EBsENS ex-
pect their second child IN the
fall. Buddy IL in the coast
guard and Mrs. Ebsen arrives
in Hollywood next week
Mrs Robert Montgomery and
Mrs. Henry Fonda are off for
Bremerton. Wash. 10 visit their
fsvorite navy officers: Ernst la
bitsch IL spending the week at
Lake Arrowhead with his
daughter, Nicola; the Jerome
Cowsns have named their
adopted daughter Suzanne.
The Charles Smiths (he 10
DiIIy In the Henry Aldrich"
movies) are reported near the
breaking point: Martha Scott