Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-29
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years Of Metros policy of refus-
ing all other bids for the one and
only Pete. The shorts" he
makes are the pride and joy of
his studio, and you'll have 10
admit his droll voice Is as IA
nous in its way as Boyer's or
Colman's.
Pete won't personally appear in
the Kaye picture, but his voice
goes all through the comedy
antics. There was a time when
Smith was head press agent for
Sam-but that was way, way
back.
SOLDIER LEE TRACY
Lee Tracy, who has been in
Washington, d. C.. for the past
year with the military police. has
returned 10 Hollywood for brief
leave before heading for Stanford
University. There, Lee will take
an advance course for the AMG
Allied military government in
occupied territory--before being
given an overseas assignment.
Every one who has seen him says
he is completely wrapped up in
his work and can talk Of nothing
else. / must say il seems like one
OF the most interesting branches
OF the service and IL has made a
new man of the former screen
reporter" who was plenty dy-
manic both on and off the screen.
LEWIS, GoETZ JOIN
David Lewis bowed out OF Para
and into a production berth with
William GoetZ so fast--all within
a week-that ne hasn't had tinSe
10 select story. AS matter Of
fact. the contract for David 10
produce independently for Inter
national Pictures won't be signed
until the first week in December.
But the deal is not only on the
fire, il has cooked. Next week
Lewis leaves for New York for a
month, where he will look an
shows and read story properties.
He has made such box office hits
~ Dark Victory" IAN This and
Heaven. Too" and recently COM
pleted "Frenchman's Creek"
CHATTER IN HOLLYWOOD
Charles Chaplin Jr., who left
today for the army. had been
having quite a few dancing dates
with pretty little Cara Williams.
l7-year-old Fox actress The kids
were very much smitten and Just
before he went away Charlie was
explaining 10 Cara just why he
would not be able 10 see her on
his hast night in town. Said
Charles Jr., very seriously: I'll
have 10 spend my last evening
with my father and my step
mother, Oona. She's very young.
YOU know. and ] don't want 10
hurt her feelings"
EyERYBoDY's HERE
"Everybodys here today" said
the check room girl at the Colony.
The Duchess OF Windsor. Fannie
Ward-everybodyl" And so there
was.
Went 10 luncheon with Grace
Moore. Ruth Chatter,on and Elsa
Maxwell. Ii was so wonderful 10
see Valentin Parera. Grace'S huS-
band. who looks so well. Grace
has taken Off AZ least Is pounds
and I'm wondering why she
doesn't make a picture.
I'm afraid / stared rudely az the
Duchess OF Windsor as 1 am one
OF the people from the country
who wanted 10 see her, She was
dressed very plainly. and, by the
way. that r1In1or that the Duchess
Of Kent is expected here is being
denied.
Raquel Torres, Rene Torres and
her bridegroom, Edward Ashley,
Of Uncle Sans army, Dorothy
Kilgallen, lunching with Hope
Hampton, were also at the Colony.
Hope looks as young as she did 10
years ago.
COLLECTED AT RANDOM
King Carol has engaged Russell
Birdwell. Hollywood'S famed p. A.,
10 represent him in this country;
walked into a Fifth Avenue shop
just as Greta Carlo made an APP
pearance. Carlo didn't even have
her specs on nor was DR.. HauSer
with her.
Friends in New York are sad
dened at the word, that John Nc
Cormick is seriously ailing in
Dublin: one OF my scouts reports
that Doris Duke Is easing the
boredom OF her Reno residence by
slipping into Hollywood over the
week-ends; Steve flanagan says
its business that takes him 10
Hollywood at this time, but every
body else says it's Ann Sheridan.
The Robert Youngs welcomed
their third daughter and have
named her Betty Lou. She has a
pugnose and lot Of black hair.
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