Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-30

sSeNeTSky. lie ndu a WOIluti I'LL
treat. for at Edgar's request
Mai Seversky made a little
speech following the showing of
Zeno Klinker's Conquest BY Air. Z"
The Klinker film is an amazing
collection of Newsreel clips dating
Back 10 the days when the Wrights
eXperimented. when Teddy Roose-
Welt took his famous flight and
Houdini few over Australia and up
to the glorious moment of our
present American Flying For
CRY HAVOC"
= When the cameras start rolling
ncxt Monday morning on Cry
Havoc" Merle Oberon will be
among the missing. She has been
suffering from an impaeted wis
dom tooth in New York and has
notified the studio she isn't we'll
enpough TO begin work.
Meantime. plans are being made
10 star Lady Korda merle 10 her
fans) in a picture 10 be selected.
She il Under contract to M-6-M
and il is expected she will star in
several of their forthcoming pro-
auctions. The question is-who TO
get 10 play the "Smithie" role in
"Cry Havoc" a? The search is on
AT the moment and it's rumored
LARAMIE Day may be chosen to
take Merle's place.
GREER AND PIRATE"
On Greer GarSon's dressing room
table is copy OF the Lunt and
Fontanue play. The Pirate" She
reads il between scenes while APP
bearing in Madame Curie." and
for a very good reason Greer is
10 play the Lynn Fontanne role.
The Pirate" the most recent play
in which Lynn and Alfred have APP
reared on the stage. was bought
for Metro-Goldwyn-Ma red.
haired academy winner. l wouldn't
he surprised If Mervyn Leroy. who
has made most of the Carson sue
cesses, does the directing.
INARTICULATE
Nineteen-ye ar-old Lon McCallis-
ter thought he would be completely
lnarticulate when he faced the
cameras in stage Door Canteen
with Katharine Cornell But Kat
gave him courage for she. as all
the world knows. is real trouper
and the lad came through IN such
4 big way Sol Lesser has put him
on a long-term contract
Lon expects TO be indicted in
the army any day. but Lesser will
still keep him on salary. SO in
stead Of the 81 month the lad
will receive from Uncle Sam he
will have pm money for pin up
Sirls and ice cream sodaS when he
pm leave,
7HATTER IN HOLLYWOOD
The torch Betty Cradle car
ried for George Raft when they
first parted no longer exists. She
is all over her romance with him
and is getting anywhere from
three 10 four long distance tele-
phone calls day from well
known orchestra leader now IN
New York-one who has been
her friend for long time.
Betty is in Palm Springs re-
Operating from recent opera
ton. and when and If the orcheS-
ira leader gets his freedom it's
my guess there will be wedding
bells.
AIR RAID WARDEN
In Heavenly Body" the for
tune-telling opus starring Bill
Powell and Hedy Lamar at
M-G-M. there's another top role
that OF an air raid warden. He
has TO be young and handsome and
make love TO Hedy--but the studio
says they can't find just the right
type. / got 10 thinking over I've
list OF real air raid wardenS and
] offer the following candidates
for what they are worth:
How about Cecil B. DeMille-
who is a whale of a real air raid
warden. And who knows, for the
sake of making love 10 Hedy. c. B.
might don toupee. Then there S
Carey Wilson. producer of the
Andy Hardy" films. who, If Sc
lected. could be billed as Andy
Wilson" / understand Ernst Lu-
bitsch Is an air raid warden OF
sorts, and so is Sabu.
COLLECTED AT RANDOM
Maria Manton. Mariene Diet
rich's talented daughter, is head.
ing for Broadway soon, for a play
said; Bob Hope will make a
Ivie when he reaches London
The proceeds 10 be divided between
English and u. S. A. war charities
lie will donate his services.
Paramount's Peggy Drake anc
Columbia's Ed Hall are in tune
Col. Daryl Zanuck will have fin.
iShed editing his government film
by Saturday and expects to leave
for Washington There is still nc
word from Washington whether hC
will be retired to inactive duty
Bob Sterling, who is expected Il
marry Ann Sothcrn soon. may have
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