Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-01


ture in England HIMSELF Rene
Clair will direct.
\ TOP DIRECTOR
The very versatile Leon Gordon
he wrote and also acted in the
stage version of White Cargo '-
has Just been made a producer al
Acknowledgment Mayer He is be-
ing given some Of the pick of the
crop of plays already owned by
that company. and he has started
work on Without Love, the
Katharine Hepburn play IN which
Katie. of course. Will be starred.
There il some doubt whether
Spencer Tracy VIII be cast oppo-
site her since he has They Were
dependable " Leon also rates
Mrs. Parkinglon. the Louis
Bromfield story. and Remember
When" two other M-G-Ms top
properties. Remember When" is
a swell comedy about a wife who
boasts about her former SWANS
until husband meets them.
GIRLS TOGETHER
The Cry Havoc" gang show
cred" Ann Sothern with butter.
eggs and sugar, and with their
gifts each girl wrote a note Civ
ing Ann advice. j was on the
set the day after the big event
and l must say l don't know any
set where they are having 80
much fun.
The girls are loving IL because
they don't have 10 use a speCk Of .
makeup. have their hair done or
bother with clothes. They wear
overallS. I'VE can sleep an hour
later in the morning." Marsha
Hunt told me. Robert Sterling.
the bridegroom, was visiting
Ann the day | was there-not
the incest way 90 spend honey
moon-watching his wife work.
But he wasn't complaining.
having been given time off 10
marry the one and only.
GIRL GRADUATE
Jane WithcrS. who has grown up
as gracefully as any child actress
] know. graduates from Mar-Ken
High School June Is. She has
managed. with all her movie jobs.
10 keep up her studies. and come
that happy day she'll be given
time off from her North Star
COB 90 be with-th sweet girl
graduates.
Her one-timc boy friend PVT
A. {. LyleS gets q furlough from
army air corps duties IN Texas
that very week. II is guess
whether he Will be head man when
he returns or Farley Granger. the
young hero Of North Star who
is one q JancS great admirers
and has been taking her 20 The
parties given by the Younger set
GREAT ENTERTAINER
What a gal. sophie Tucker.
after a quarter ~ century and
more in the show business. j.
still one Of the greatest enter
tainerS on the stage TODAY. Her
first night al tlorentine Gar
dens was exactly like the good
old days when she was queen AT
ReiSenW Cbers.
She WAS done 90 The teeth ia
white erminr and orchids and
how she put over her songs, even
though she was just out 81
sick bed suffering with pnpu-
moni1 Heart warming ~ see
such troupers a. FANNY BriCe,
Eddie Cantor, Joe D. Brown.
Phil >ilNcrs along with some ~
the Younger geuefatiun-SalIN
EilicrN. Belita, DANNY Kaye,
Jack Oakc. Winnie Baruc, and
Mike ! rankuNVh.
! nfortunate That 80 many i'm
pOrtani people had t0 III in the
back and .ofue couldn't get in At
MI. y. I. g.. was like "A chicken
running around with his head
cut off, worried over offending
those whose reserved seats had
been grabbed in the rush
COLLECTED At RANDOM
Capt. John Huston waiting for
orders. dining With Olivia DE
Hay Hand and Major la'tak, Bar
hara Sfanwyck and Bob ayi0r arc
az Blythe tomorrow so Bob ear
get some added flying hours hriorc
re joints the army,