Detroit evening times., 1943-01-05
THIS IL AUTRY

AtAN - ~ 4 "
SGT GENE ATTRN. cowboy
No. !. spent three hours today
talking with Hal Wallis at
Warner Brothers studio about
playing In This l. the Army"
Gene Will have one of the fea-
tured roles and will have a
chance 90 keep mp the good work
az appealing 10 the youth of the
country.
II il possible he will also do n
service picture for his own
studio. Republic, although this
has not been definitely deter
mined.
Although the government does
not easily grant permission for
actors 10 make pictures once
thcN are in the service. naturally
any movie with propaganda
message is important.
STROKE OF LUCK
THEY LIKE Esther Williams AT
M-G-M and think the pretty little
swimming champ is really going
places on the screen. Her first
movie. Andy Hardy's Double
Life !" was trial balloon 10 see If
she was honest-to-goodness movie
material with a camera person
ality Well. the girl made good
SO good, in fact, she VIII be
starred IN Bathing Beatty, a
water extravaganza about travel
ing swimming troupe Have 10 be
careful not 10 mention the word
"Aqnacade" because that is the
exclusive property Of Billy Rosc).
So without treading on Billy'S
toes we Will just hint that Bath
inC Beauty" will have big musical
numbers and plenty of swimming
chorus girlS-and Esther, OF course.
HORSE SENSE
JACK BENNY'S radio nag.
Leona, is getting fan mail. with
over 1000 fans writing 10 In
quire sollcitously II the sway
backed hay-eater had recovered
from losing her footing on Holly
wood boulevard.
Particularly interested are the
gals named "Leona" from all
over the country-some are fiat
tered, and others peeved, that
their name has been taken in
vain. Believe IL or not, but
firm In Sioux City, Ia, sent a
cOntraption called a "kow-
lrfnEnTff In III
gets balky. And fan writes:
"Leona sounds like she might
have formerly belonged 10 Bing
Crosby's famous stable OF non
winners"
CHATTER IN HOLLYWOOD
DON'T BE surprised II lovely
Natalie Draper for my
money she is one Of the very pret-
test girls in this town and Mer-
rill Pye, M-G-M music and art
director, get married They arc to-
Cether constantly and Merrill,
since his broken romance with
Eleanor Powell a year ago, has
paid scant attention TO any other
girl.
Natalie. broken-hearted when
her marriage 10 Tom Brown went
on the rocks. seems happy with
Merrill and well, this looks like
the real thing
LINE OR TWO
TALK ABOUT love At first
tUk -.
Maggie Ettinger's office and
Charles Kostelak, associated
with a flying school here. were
married today at Las Vegas.
They met just two weeks ago.
Wonder II Sam Goldwyn and
are mellOwing with age We
didn't have battle in 1912 and
az hours have gone nv in l9I3
and we are still speaking.
Harry Cohn hasn't yet heard
from Penny Singleton whether
she IL returning Ia make the
next Blonde" movie. Her last
word was she would arrive here
February -. and since Columbia
has waited for three months She
NhN i'il iiti Nhlf WAS 700 lNtf.
80, now the next movie il up
10 her.
Charles Einfeld'S l1-year-old
daughter wrote. staged and di-
rected the play presented at
Hawthorne hooI and Is
Charlie proud
\ letter from Pvt. Orry Kelly
from II. Petersburg, Fla. had
me In stitches. Orry SAYS when
he comes hack home he will be
able 10 apply for general house
work. He SaNS he II In the zero
class and can't 20 much lower.
What about putting him IN the
camouflage department He is
one of the finest artists in Holly
wood and his paintings are the
envy Of every one who has seen
them.
That's all today See you 20
morrow
CI