The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-15
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Hollywood
BY ERsKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff COrrespOndent


NEA STAFF Correspondent
When Dennis Morgan advanced
the cash for his sons printing press.
he had no idea what he was start
ing. The boy, 9-year-old Stanley.
now publishes the pint-sized San
Fernando Valley Bugle and reviews
new pictures for the neighborhOod
kids.
After seing his father In The
Desert Song" Stanley wrote: I'm
this one my daddy makes love to
Irene Manning but she's not as
beautiful as my mother who also
can bake swell apple pies"
Jennifer Jones and Robert
Walker, whose separation sur
prised Hollywood, have reached
settlement whereby no divorce
suit will be filed until at least
next spring. She makes her film
debut soon in the star role Of The
Song OF Bernadette."
Daryl Zanuck's Wilson has
gone into production at Goth Gen.
tury-Fox. It's the most ambitious
Aim in zanuck's career with a
shooting schedule of eight months
and 149 speaking roles.
Akin Tamiroc has no more eye
brows than q Mexican hairless
dog. They were plucked down to
the last hair for his role Of WI
Lein, the Chinese traitor, in M-G-
Ms dragon Seed"
RKO is planning a re-make of
"Cimarron' with Ruth Warrick in
the Irene Dunno role.
Sure-fire laugh in Schlesinger's
Merrie Melodie cartoon-"R Russian
Rhapsody A quick shot of Hitler
ranting to his cohorts behind a
swastika decorated sign reading,
THE New DOOR" Promised
and hoped for: Marjorie Weaver's
return to the screen in "You Can't
Ration Love We've missed her.
Jack Haley says he's COM
pleted the show business cycle.
Started out In vaudeville 20 years
ago in comedy horse act. In his
new film, Take 1t Big" he's a
vaudeville star IN q comedy horse
act!
Vera zorina wears so much cos
tune jewelry for her role in
Three Cheers for the Boys Di-
rector Eddie Sutherland refers to
her as crystal packin' mama"
DOUBLE DUTY
Anne Gwynne has been selected
as the pin-up girl in the current is
sue of "Yank' for the second time
Get load of the art on Anne and |
you'll understand why Donald |
O'Connor says he and Gwen Carter |
won't marry until the Axis throws |
in the sponge-sne's wearing beau
tiful diamond
With all it's top romantic stars
in the service Hollywood had to
find greater lover-and 1t will be
none other than Charley Mccarthy.
He'll have five girl friends in Song
of the Open Road"
LARAMIE Day replaces Joan Ben
nett in Cup In MabeFs ROOM
Joan didn't like the part.
Shirley Temple has new nick
name on the Since You Went |
Away set. Everyone calls her
Butch A monument will be
erected in London for Leslie How
ard with the inscription, Gentle
Cynic." :. Judy Garland is fire.
quent visitor to the Outward
Bound set on the Warner lot.
Dialog Director Freddie De Cor
dova is the reason.
STAND-IN SHORTAGE
Hollywood is facing a stand in
shortage, too. For two days last |
week six-foot magazine cover girl |
was paid an extra check to stand
in for Sonny Tufts on II Love a
Soldier" set.
New item: "Negro Comedian
wv PAlAlL GCONtiAO fe'yo 41C OWCo Clll &C
million dollars" How he did it |
would make a swell movie.
Asked il he would ever retire
from the screen, Bob Hope cracked
that his agent was already getting
him set for Charles Coburn roles
Is years from now.
And it's Alan Reeds story about
producer after the preview of a
film everyone liked who said,
We've got to make some re-
takes"
Yes" said the author, "if we
don't do something quick, we're
liable to have a hit on our hands"
Ann Sheridan even has influence
on the cooking pages. A headline
reads, Carrots Can Have Oomph"
-. Unfilmed drama: A Columbia
executive goes to a drug store near
| the studio every afternoon and
roders either cake or pie. If he
orders either cake or pile. If he
knows she's to meet him that
NIGHT Pie ie HNp ~