The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-05
In
Hollywood
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA staff Correspondent

rival studio. Leon Schlesinger is
farming out his cartoon flash
Bugs Bunny-to George Pal to
share honors with Jasper in the
puppetoon Jasper Goes Hunting"
Right in the middle of the picture,
Bugs will turn to the audience and
shout, Hey, I'm in the wrong
picture
Add odd searches: M-G-M's hunt
for One-year- Chinese baby
that looks like Katherine Hepburn
for scene in Dragon Seeds
Erick Won Stroheim has traded
his famous monacle for pair of
steel-rimmed spectacles as mad
scientist in Republicans 1.-THE Mon
ster."
Raffles, Othe talking Minah bird,
will wear a sarong for scene with
Dottie LaInour In ParamOunt's
Rainbow Island"
Funniest fantasy shot of the year
is Fred MacMurray as Superman in
mo Time For Love-" Hollywood
Is chuckling over that item in
Variety about the manager of local
theater resigning and taking a job
as projectionist in the theater in
stead. The men who run the movie
machines make just about twice the
dough as the managers.
WINTER WOOLIES
Kay Francis, one of the best
dressed women on the screen, wears
pair of mems long winter under
wear covered by sheer black
chiffon negligee, for a scene in
-Four Jills in Jeep." Before the
war it would have started war.
Comedian Joe E. Brown, accom-
panied by Harry Barris, is off for
another overseas entertainment
tour.
Paulette Gcddards new dressing
room at Paramount is almost solid
mirrors Every time she turns around
she sees so Paulette Goddards.
Walt Disney will reissue Snow
White" for the holiday trade {.
Hollywoods version of "One Mans
Family will not star any members
of the radio cast. Diana Barry
more is taking a siX-month vaca-
ton from the screen to star in
a Broadway play, white Wings"
Garry Moore, the comedian,
is sporting the loudest sport coat
we've ever seen. Says Moore: 'It's
the only sunset I've ever seen beltet
in the back"
Formula of the Bill Pine-Bul
Thomas action pictures for Para
mount is that the hero has a dan
gerous job. To make sure the au-
dience knows this, the script al
ways has pal of the hero losing
his life in the same job in the OPEN
ing scenes of all their pictures. Next
Pine-Thomas film, however, is a
filmusical, Take 1t Big" in which
the hero, Jack Haley, plays the
rear end of horse in a vaudeville
act. Other day Thomas found Seem
artist Howard j. Green with head
buried in his hands. whats the
trouble?" asked Thomas.
tits terrible" moaned Green. IT
can't figure out way to prove that
it's dangerous to be the rear end
of horse"
BROTHER ACT
Metro Is planning film biography
of the Dorsey brothers. Cobina
Wright, Jr, whose baby was born
Oct. 2, is already scanning movie
scripts. Leonid Kinksey is be-
ing PACED by the Mexican Film Co.
for two films. He's known as Tito"
in south OF the border countries.
Watch for q stiff jump In the
price Of theater tickets II the
Treasury Department adopts that
30 per cent ticket tax increase.
Frank Sinatra is having his teeth
glamorized to the tune of $500.
1t was the studios idea.
Someone asked Joe Gotten what
he thought Of Ingrid Bergman, with
whom he worked in "Gaslight."
Gotten said: She's a girl who
doesn't look or act like anyone else
in Hollywood-and she's not a bit
worried about it,"
Copyright. 1913, NEA Service, Inc)
Japan's spring crop of silk CO.
coons was 1900 tons less than ex-
pected.