Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-02-02


Linda DarneII role is a strong
willed girl whose
selfishness brings unhappiness to ev-
cry one she meets. Evelyn Heath
(the guest) is to Anne Baxter what
Mildred was to Bette Davis in "Of
Human Bondage" what Scarlet
O'Hara was to Vivien Leigh in
"Gone With the Wind"-we hope.
Anne began her screen career on
loan-out back in 1910. David o.
Selznick first tested Anne and Twen-
tieth Century signed her on the basis
Of the test. Then Metro borrowed
her for her first screen role in
Twenty Mule Team"
A Flying Start
Another example of the girl who
made good away from home is
Jennifer Jones, who won an Acad-
envy award for "Song of Berna-
dette." Selznick signed her, loaned
her to Twentieth for the title role in
the Franz Werfel story, then refused
to let her play the title role in
Laura" which has put Gene
Tierney among our first ten young
sters.
Linda Darnell had been playing
juvenile leads at home-Twentieth
Century-but they got her hardly
anywhere. Then Rene Clair came
along with "It Happened Tomor-
row." a picture which had role
made to order for Linda. She fol-
lowed as a selfish Russian peasant
girl in Chekov's Summer Storm"
and she completed the starring fem
mine role in Bling Crosby's "The
Great John L." Three top assign
ments, one after the other.
Ruth Gets Around
Ruth Warrick is widely loaned
out actress here. Under contract to
RKO, she played opposite Edward
G. Robinson in "Mr. Wrinkle Goes
to War;" then Pat O'Brien in use.
cret Command" and then "Guest in
the House." So what happened aft.
er that? Ruth was handed the top
role at RKO in "China Sky" which
Claudette Colbert had turned down.
Same thing happened to Baxter.
When she got back to Twentieth they
handed her good role in "Czarina,"
with Tallulah Bankhead.
Ingrid Bergman, under contract to
Selznick, is one of our most impor-
tant loan-out stars. After "Intermez-
20" for Selznick she did For Whom
the Bell Tolls" "Gaslight," and
Saratoga Trunk" all at different
studios and David made much
money on the deals. Now she re-
turns home for "Spellbound.
Another Stray
Metro killed LARAMIE Day off in a
DR.. Kildare picture in order to help
her escape from the series. Then
LARAMIE began making the rounds
away from home. First she did "Mr.
Lucky" with Cary Grant, then C.
B. De Miles "Story of DR.. Was
SELL" After those two pictures,
opposite Cary Grant and Gary
Cooper, Laraine was ready for star
dom on her own home lot, so Metro
gave her 1.-The Woman's Army"
The most rented-out baby in town
is Joan Fontaine, but she no longer
cares, for always she gets top roles
in top pictures.
Leaving home in Hollywood has
spelled success to some fine &C.
tresses, given them the biggest op-
portunities Of their careers. In the
old days the home lots groomed their
young players for stardom, then
built a fence round them mile
high so no one else would be able
to cash in on their success. Today
Hollywood doesn't hoard talent-it
lends at a profit. Because Hollywood
is smart enough now to know that
when girls leave home they'll return
with better fan following, higher
box office rating, plus experience.
Secret, but Not Very
Columbia studio isn't admitting
that Jose Iturbi doubled for Cornell
Wilde when Chopin takes to the pi-
ano in "A Song to Remember" nor
that Frank Sinatra doubles for Phil
Silvers in a number for the harem
ladies' in Zone Thousand and One
Nights" but everybody's going to
know it when the swooning starts.
Esther williams, who made a
terrific hit on her tour of hospitals
with the song Cant Do Anything
But SWIM" will sing it in early
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