Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
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straight scvcn-Ncar contract with
no options and. Ne hope, no Su,-
pensions,
BctNs new deal starts In 1914.
hgt her present salary goes on All
the time she Is away from wen
tieth having her baby Twentieth
has no intention OF doIne any
thing 30 upset their Betty Who j.
cold mine al the box Office
When La Cradle returns nc\t
summer alter arrival oil me
Harry James heir or hc,reSs,
shell be starred IN Times Have
Changed based on The old Black
Crook" burlcSQUe b Va. The
"Blsck Crook" was the first
shocker OF its time. and nice
women wouldn have thought OF
gong into the theater 10 see these
chorus ladies' wearing tights.
GARBo AGAIN
If Greia Carlo will forge her
notions OF a war debt sized sal
ary its entirely possible she VIII
have the femme starring role m
"Taiiana Sam Wood wants her
and believes tho Russian char
acter is suited TO her talent and
has been negotiating with her. SO
far her salary has made the deal
prohibftive.
She is again uncertain about
going 10 England at this time Tor
George Bernard ShswS 81.
Joan" If Charles Boyer can ar
range his commitments you may
see him in what Sam says IS
terrific love story.
Wouldn't that be a box office
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Boyer IN
a Sam Wood production
TOO MANY MEN
Bette Davis. who has been rest
ing al Laguna since she returned
from her sad mission East, VIII
find an array of leading men
waiting for her Wednesday when
she reports AT Warmers for MI.
Skeffington John Alexander,
who is remembered for his Teddy
Roosevelt - Characterization IN
Arsenic and Old Lace. has ar
rived from Broadway to play Con-
derley.
Walter Abel borrowed from
Para. has another good part. as
we said. Richard Waring is the
Young lover in her life The
clothes Bette wears in this movie.
designed by Orry-Kelly are
straight out of this world. Claude
Rains gets the role of Mr.. 6 after
half OF Hollywood was nominated
A GOOD SWAP
Heard il was Katharine Hep
burn who suggested Turhsn Bey
10 play opposite her in Dragon
Seed" To get the young man
Metro Goldwyn Mayer had TO
swap. of course. and in the deal
Universal gets Gene Kelly. who
doesn't fare badly, either. Gene
will have the top male role in
Christmas Holiday opposite
Deanna Durbin
I wondered about the Somerset
Vaughan novel for Deanna Until
II was explained that Felix Jack
son. the producer, had done
complete rewrite Job. and the
story now has no cenSorable an
giles. Robert Siodmsk, brother Of
the writer OF mystery thrlllerS,
will direct.
CHATTER IN HOLLYWOOD
II took war TO bring It out
but Spencer Tracy plays the
tuba! No fooling when he leaves
10 entertain the boys the tuba
goes with him. ] don't know how
well Spenc plays the goldarned
thing. never having had the
pleasure" Of hearing him
But ! hope he doesn't drive II
too close home 90 the boys that
war is everything Sherman said
n was. The tuba is a deep-dyed
secret from Spenc'S past He
learned 10 play The instrument
when a student Al Marquette. so
ne could get a spot IN the band
and accompany the football team
when il went touring in the fall
LINE OR TWO
The rumor was hot and furious
in Hollywood that Mike Roman
off would we'd Russian girl
named Davidoff while in New
York. His reply when I long-dis-
.tanced him 10 verify the story.
was Enthusiastically NJ ! Ike:
Never heard Of her. darling "
said he.
Katins Pillar PaNinou was &c
tually az deaths door before
Paramount heard how III She
was Complications SGT IN after
her bad appendicitis attack and
her life was deSpaIred NJ one
whole night The studio thought
she was improving. A. soon rs
she ie able Miss PaNinou vii
have an appondec'omy
One Of the Fan magazines IN a
coming issue names Charlie Mo-
Cambol Morrison us ihe hand
soonest man in Hollywood past
draft age Nlitzi Bruce wires she
and Ilona Massey who both came
from Budapest. arc perfectly Pood
friends Says Mitli who recently
obtained q divorce from George