Evening star., 1945-12-16
Random Notes
From Capital
OF Filmland
BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.

Greer Carson has an amusing
lapel ornament, gift OF her mother
It's a tiny gold lamppost, the flame
supplied by a ruby. and the sign
board beside it has the stars lnltlalSI
and address engraved on 1t. =. Ann
Sothern is giving her small daughter
T!sha a doll dressed as Maisie, her
screen character. It's true copy,
down to a midget charm bracelet.
Lana Turner has a new sweater
for her private wardrobe; it's
hand-kn white dinner affair, with
a high round neck and cap sleeves
trimmed with wide bordering Of am
ber beading in pattern. June
Allyson is back in school on the
MGM lot, this time, it's to study
piano, harmony and counterpoint
for a musical role. .. Doris Dudley
mother of Butch" Jenkins and his
older brother Skippy, is buying the
boys a pair of baby skunks to add
to their menagerie, as Christmas
gift.
James Craig is in the business of
raising turkeys for the high-class
Hollywood restaurants; with 10000
eobblers ready and a profit of $3.50
per bird, Craig is doing nicely.
Van Johnson has that note from
Lily Pons inviting him to the Met
framed in his studio dressing room
| for all to see. The glamour boy has
gone highbrow musically. Bob
Taylor is on hunting trip at En-
senada and is looking for a ranch
hideaway for between pictures
prices and privacy in the nearby Sar
Fernando Valley are out OF the ques'
ton, he says.
i Bob Montgomery will spend hi!
first Christmas at home with th'
wife and children since before thu
war. Peter LORE has a new bull
pup named Hap O'Connor, his an
swer to the boxer puppy belonging Il
his neighbors, Lauren BacaN ane
) Humphrey Bogart. The Bogar'
pooch has given Lore some sleeples'
nights. They do say Carlo re-
Gently greeted an overenthusiasti'
, fan in a Beverly Hills hat shop witt
a new line. Il don't wish to b.
spoken to-" - ~ ,s--,~
susanna Foster, unable to fin
living quarters for her two Kid SIS
ters, enrolled them in boardln
school-one way of beating the hous
ing shortage. -. Barbara ana Con
e stance are the two little girls re
Gently adopted by the Don Ameches
E this gives them Ronnie, Donni'
+Tommie, Lonnie, Bonnie and Con
= ME. Faye Emerson carries
r handkerchief which once belonge
;. to Sara Bernhart as a good-luc
e trophy in Danger Signal" :. III
:. new Universal International NIL
r merger will find Orson Welles an
It Boris Karloff under the same roo
e also Sonia Henie and Maria Monte
e Eddie Bracken brought home h
k wife Connie and 8-pound Micha
Y Edward, their third child, from tf
hospital the past week: the Bracker
are planning to enlarge the hou!
: shortly. They say they want tV
e more children. When Dixie Ii
a sent lovely silver and gold antiql
a cup to Dotty LaInour, for the e.
if pected baby, she inclosed a card sa.
= ing, IT hope it's a g-i-r-l!" Sms
k thanks to Bing for those four Gu
: boys; Dixie has always yearped +
1t a girl. Sonny Tufts, still Bo
/ tonian at heart, accepts no Dem
le cratic Thanksgiving as final;
celebrated both the official and Il
,e original Thanksgiving. Settil
ID talk at rest that Gloria De Hav,
,e (Mrs. John Payne would reti
IT after the birth of her expected ba
Iv is the news that she's set for a re
n in Till the Clouds Roll By" Ju
re- Garland, also in the film. has
at ready done her scenes before m
T 7 ternity became too apparent.
~ Ilona Massey bought a big apal
~ ment house in Beverly Hills a.
" moved into one of the apartmer
so she could quit worrying abe
the lease on her house.