Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-08
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HOLLYWOOD. March S The
dramatic but tragic story of the
five Sullivan brothers who were
killed when the Juneau sank in
The SolomonS is a motion picture
certainty.
Blevens Davis. handling the
rights for the family, has had sew
cral offers and the hottest pros
pect at the moment is David o.
Selznick. Certainly. in all the an
mails of war heroism there is no
more unusual story than that of
the five boys. George T., %, Fran
els H.. IS, Joseph f., p, Madison
A., -, and Albert l., 20, sons OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas r. Sullivan
who all died the same day.
When the five brothers joined
the navy they made one stipula-
tion--that they be allowed 10 re-
main together. Because the case
was rare one the navy allowed
all the brothers 10 be assigned
10 the same ship. The parents
who have carried on despite their
great loss. have been held up as a
symbol OF courage 10 other
parents.
TOUCHING SCENE
So polgant, 10 touching Is the
scene played by Roland Young
In Forever and n Day" that
when II was shown 10 Lord
Halifax there were tears In his
eyes. Right now there II a
definite place for an actor OF
Roland's great ability.
He would be marvellous I'm
stories Hike ''When knights Were
Bold" and "Cspt. Applejack."
During the last war Charlie
: Chaplin came into his own as
the little man whose comedy
roles aroused sympathy. Charlie
Koerner Of RkO Ii greatly In
terested In making . series Of
such pictures with Roland, who
has been in . New York play.
Certainly a tribute 10 him that
although the critics tore II to
bits, In the same breath they
paid tribute TO Roland.
RETURNS TO SCREEN
The most sought latter actress
on the screen, Vivien Leigh, is
now free to make pictures for
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer at any
time. Her contract, owned jointly
by Sir Alex Korda and David o.
Selznick, is now shared with
M-G-M. Korda having sold his in
terest in Miss Scarlet OHara to
Nicholas Schenck in New York.
The arrangement is now for
Vivien to make her pictures for
M-G-M for the duration in her
native England. After the war
will be q different story. She will
come here and do her picture
making for David, who gave her
her first start in America in the
widely discussed Gone With the
Wind"
DEFINITELY PARTED
The Johnny Maschios know
now that Broadway and Holly
wood are n far apart ~ the
poles. Mrs. Maschio-Co
Moore 70 many fans--was rs
happy ~ any wife 1 know to
the moment she went East 10
accept one of the leading roles
I'm by Jupiter"
She had her home, her baby
snd Johnny and they were de-
voted 70 each other. Then came
10 months Of success on Broad
way, q complete change from
Comics life I'm movieland with
q difference In hours, In friends
and interests, 80 that when she
came back she couldn't adjust
herseif TO her old way Of living.
AFTERTHOUGHTs
The most thrilling event OF
the academy dinner was the I'M ,
yelling of the service flag with
27.677 names of Hollywood men
who have answered Uncle Sans
call. Tyrone Power. handsome in
his marine uniform, and Alan
Ladd. dignified in army khaki.
raised the flag. II was really a
military evening with many uni
forms. 1t. Van Helm was APP
plauded to the echo when he
accepted his award for having
given the best supporting perform
ance. He thanked the army for
letting him off.
Margaret Tallichet Wyler got a
big hand when she thanked the
academy for Willie's prize and said
II meant so much TO him--over-
seas now.
Rita Hayworth was al the
Harry Cohn table so it looks as If
lie has forgiven his golden girl
for walking cut OF MY Client
Curley"