The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-24

demanded by New York state law, that delayed the Margo-Eddie Albert wedding Lou Nova, former heavyweight contender, has enrolled with a Hollywood dramatic coach and will bid for screen laurels :. Altar bound: Actor John Alvin and showgirl Suzanne Rosser have set the date for March 20 Tillie Loscb, whose acting in Duel Tn The Sun," brought her multiple studio offers, has mixed them all and will go to New York to organize ballet troupe.
 Helmut Dantine has persuaded immigration authorities to waive technicalities and let him bring his mother, long detained in Nazi concentration camp, to Hollywood .. Paramount and eastern censors are exchanging hot words over dia- logue in "The Lost Weekend" Jose Iturbi has donated $200,000 to hospital which will specialize in plastic surgery for World War II victims Keep an eye on June Haver and Victor Mature.
 
 PREVIEW NIGHTS: Pic of the week: MGM's "They Were Expend- able" (Robert Montgomery-John Wayne-Donna Reed). One of the wars greatest books becomes one of the years greatest pictures .'. {. GOOD: Republics "Mexicana" (Tito Guizar- Constance Moore-Leo Car rillo) A musical that will boom Mexico's tourist trade .. Warner Brothers Danger Signal" (Faye Emerson-zachary ScotD. Murder pays another entertainment divid- end MGM's What Next, Cor poral Hargrove?" (Rooert Walker Keenan, Wynn. Leave your logic at home and reap harvest of laughs SO-SO; PRC,s Fight ing Bill Carson" Buster Crabbe-Al St. John). As routine as a walters apologies for the butter shortage Columbia's "You Can't Do Without Love" English -made). But you can do very well without this movie <. BEST PERFORMANCE: Robert Montgomery in "They Were Expend- able" A Hollywood war hero re- turns with a bang bang
 .MGM has signed new actress named Doris May because she re- sembles the late Jean Harlow" Off, hand, I can remember at least a score of ambitious newcomers who have been given studio contracts be- cause of their resemblance to estab- lished stars but l can't remem- Der one who has ever succeeded. John and Jane Public simply won't go for carbon copies. If Miss Mary has ability and if she actually does look like Jean Harlow, MGM should dye her hair and change her ap- pearance as quickly as possible, thereby giving her fair opportunity to make good on her own.
 The war with Japan is over, but it's still a rare day that fails to bring at least one publicity story about some stars photo being found in the pocket of a dead Nip soldier Yesterday it was Gregory Peck) :. Looking back at the innumerable times that such bromides have been circulated, 1t becomes obvious CD that all Japanese soldiers, being red- hot movie fans, carried stars photos into battle, @ that American sol- diers never failed to search the dead and, (3) that Army Intelligence made 1t point to rush the news to Hollywood press agents. Maybe our boys could have accomplished more by dropping fan magazines, instead of atomic bombs, and rounding up the Nips while they started, entranced, at pictures Of the stars.
 I'm neither purist nor a prophet of disaster, but I'd like to bet two to one that Hollywood will find itself in trouble before long with the League of Decency and other similar organizations, unless the present trend toward suggestive screen ma terial is checked. The motion pie ture Producers Association, while enforcing the letter of it's censorship code, is not enforcing the spirit. Pro- ducers, by resorting to innuendo, are getting away with murder, and ey- cry successful breach of the "clean pictures" laws encourages them to still more daring scenes. The trend will probably not be stopped until public indignation makes itself heard. If studio bosses will only take the trouble to listen, they can hear the first rumblings of wrath right now.
 You'll never see shrewd glamour girl biting the hand that feeds her unless she's positive it's non-fat- tening.