Evening star., 1944-03-22
Cardwell Was Only Novice

I was smoking a cigarette, and In
real life I never do, and the smoke
got in my eyes, and I was doing
love scenes with Miss Darnell and
I'd never met her before and when
1 held her hand-well, gosh, that s
how it happened"
Paramount is already considering
entering the Hitler gang as a
documentary film in next years
academy competition Vincent
McHugh, author of the novel, I'm
Thinking of My Darling" has check
ed in at Paramount to start a con-
tract as writer Tim Whelan
now directing Frank Sinatra, has
written a play, DIR. Pilgrims pro-
gress,' scheduled for production on
Broadway this season Michael
Powell, of The Invaders is now
shooting a modern Canterbury
Tales" in England. He will draw a
parallel between times and con.
| ditions =. A visitor was watching
Ann Sheridan whip up creamy
dessert for scene in The Dough
girls" at Warner Bros. After the
scene was taken, the lady asked Ann
llf she had a recipe for the concoc-
ton. Sure thing" replied Ann
"one prop department, one commits
sary chef, and one assistant direc-
| tor"
The success of The Miracle OF
Morgan's Creek" following the lons
delay before its release reminded
Preston Sturges. writer-producer-
director, of his experience with the
famous "the Power and the Glory
probably his greatest screen play.
There was some doubt around
Hollywood as to the films success
Colleen Moore was well known, but
spencer Tracy was just starting
Not great number of prints on the
picture were run off. Some years
later Sturges expressed a wish to
William Perlberg, the producer. for
a print. Trouble developed. Few
prints had been made, and the
negative and the Lavender" had
been lost in a fire Sturges resigned
himself to having no memento of
his work.
Some months later, Perlberg sur
prlsed him. II have print for YOU
Preston" he said, "and you will
never know the trouble we had get
ting it together for you"
They had called in every print in
the world, including foreign. and
out OF them made one complete film
Sturges took 1t home, called in a
houseful of guests for a screening
and then discovered there was only
one unusual thing about the print
In three sequences, Spencer TRACY
suddenly started to speak French.
RkO is going to put Mamma s
Bank Account" on Broadway before
making film of it. They are par
tlcularly interested in having Katina
PaXinou, originally announced for
the MIN, as star Of the stage plav
however, Paramount has the Acad-
emy Award winning Greek actress
under contract and may balk at the
idea San Francisco apparently
Ielt badly because Ann Corio did
not take 1t off" for sleep 1t on"
the stage play in which she's ap-
pearmg. Measures have been taken
to make every one happier :. The
New York Stage Door Canteen is
getting face-lifting with new and
modern equipment and decora tions
The Hollywood .Canteen continues
TO operate in an abandoned barn.
but the thousands of servicemen
there each week are just as happy
they don't see thing but the stars.
anyway.
The same fame and fortune that
came to ziegfeld girls in the days
OF his famous Follies may be in
store for II beautiful girls who will
De chosen by M-G-M as Zieefeld
girls for the screen musical to be
known as "Ziegfeld Follies."
While there will be hundreds of
pretty girls in the picture, the plan
is to pick a dozen of the cream of
the crop to be the pictorial works. .
They will be treated as stars, given
the most costly costumes and a
buildup internationally.
When ziegfeld picked a girl to
carry his name. she became a per-
sonage and often wound up wife
of millionaire.
Can M-G-M do the same for the
lucky II?
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