Evening star., 1944-12-25
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD

Ingrid Bergman was to have
played a blind girl in '''Dawning. "
The fans wrote, 1--WE don't want
Ingrid to be blind" And David
Selznick has sensibly abandoned
the picture .. Walter Pidgeon gets
three months off after Weekend at
the Waldorf" and is already plan
ming the play he wants to take
abroad to entertain servicemen. 1t
will probably be There's Always
Juliet by John Van Druten. Her.
bert Marshall and Edna Best played
1t on the stage in London Spen-
Ger Tracy's next film, after his
without Love" chore with Kath-
arine Hepburn, is THE Romance of
Henry Manafee," by Paul Calico.
Spencer plays a clown with the
usual makeup; but before that he
hopes to have another spell of visit
ing sick boys in hospitals :. Ann
Sothern hoped so hard that the
baby would be boy that she deco
rated the nursery in blue-with blue
drapes and blue trimmings for the
bassinette. AS you know, "he" Is a
girl.
Hedy Lamar is not taking any
chances with her expected infant.
She is working in Her Highness
and the Bellboy,"- and rather than
have the long morning and evening
drive to her home in Benedict Can
yon, Hedy is sleeping in her dress
ing room on the Metro lot, going
home only for weekends.
IT'S fine living in the studio" she
tells me. Il have my meals sent in,
and see a new movie every eve
ming My husband comes over, and
I'll probably be sorry when the pic
ture is finished"
Hedy wants q girl, and she is still
enamored of the name Victoria. !"
The fans are sending in presents.
saw a doll that was supposed to re-
semble Hedy. and a tiny pair of
blue woolen panties.
Margaret O'Brien leaves for New
York tomorrow-to see some snow
Il go every year" she informs me.
Jennifer Jones should be in the
Academy Award lineup again this
year-for her job in Since You
Went Away" Deanna Durbin Is
no longer seen with Robert Landry
reason: too much publicity and
not enough of the necessary ingre-
dent known as love. Deanna is now
seen often with Stephen Crane, who
was once married to Lana Turner.
Tallulah Bankheads dearest pos
session Is the camera screen invented
for her by Ace Cameraman Arthur
Miller. who used it on Tallulah
while photographing "A Royal Scam
dal." At the conclusion of the film,
Miller, who calls his invention The
Bankhead" Git eliminates all lines
and shadows from the face pre-
sented it to the actress who keeps
1t locked in her safe. Too many gals
here want to steal it,
Victor Mature in town, looking
kind of saucy in his sailor outfit, for
the STARS and Spars" show in Los
Angeles. Lynn Bari Is writing
the great American novel-that's
how she puts 1t. It's murder
mystery-"and," says Lynn, I've al
ready got three bodies. I had a
cold one day and had nothing to
do, so decided to be an author" &.
June Haver says she had a date
with Van johnson recently land
I was disappointed in him!" Per-
haps because her heart belongs to
Seaman Farley Granger, who wrote
her asking for fruit cake for
Christmas June, a gal who does
things thoroughly, sent him five.
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The town still wondering about
the Lupe Velez tragedy. Her pres
ence is perhaps missed most at the
indoor Friday night fights where
she had ringside seat every week.
She used to attend the open air