The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-06

Churchill here 10 write his Holly wood impressions for British news papers, will devote one article to film colony consensus on Charlie Chaplain. ..... Hal Screen-w writer Ethel Hill, whose nag one the $l00,- 900 santa Anita Handicap, had to change her phone number to es- cape from too-insistent salesnlenl" Martha Rave and hubby Nick Con- dos are mulling plaffs for Chi cago night club Showgirl Bar bara Moffitt is consoling Orson Welles
 Joan Crawford says shes drop ping IT pounds on her new neat salad fruit dietC f you want details write her, not me- , Add
 imitation notes: The weekly pay Of the average studio worker has scared from S65.50 in l94l, to Sl05 in l944L Abbott and Costello will film a ole-reeler on juvenile de- linquency. all proceeds to go to the Low Costello, Jr., Foundation ..,. Jeanette Macdonald, always top favorite in England, will make 5iX-weeks concert tour there.
 John Carroll and associates plan to built iai alai court, just out side Hollywood. capable of seating 5000 suectators. It's Latin Amer ica's most exciting game .. MT District Attorney" the air-thriller, will debut soon as a comic strip ,, Despite resumption of his screen career Wayne Morris will remain in the Naval Reserve and test new combat planes.
 PREVIEW NIGHTS: Pie of a lack -lustre week: UniversalS So Goes My Love" CMyrna Loy-Don Ameche- -Rhys Williams). NoStal- gic romance and solid laughs. blend- ed in q sure fire entertainment pattern ... GOOD: Republics Gay Blades" Allan Lane-Jean Rogers Edward Ashley. 1t-happened-in- Hollywood comedy, sharp enough to cut itself a good slice of audience acclaim . PRC's The Caravan Trail" Eddie Dean-Al La Rue-Jean Carlin). An all-color bonanza for outdoor adventure fans . FAIR; Metro o-Tnternational's Tt Happened At The Inn" Made-in-F France mys- tery fare that's long on artistry and The Haunted Mine" Johnny Mack Brown -Raymond Hatton). Western heroics, as routine as a sophomore's slang 4 BEST PER TORRANCE; Don Ameche in "So Goes My Love" Hollywood's most overlooked fine actor filings down another challenge.
 Harold Lloyd. who was awarded heavy damages when he won suit against Universal Studio. has filed a similar action against another movie company 1 don't know the merit of his new case, that's for courts to decide, But let's hope that Lloyd's legal actions will discourage the too common Hollywood practice of stealing the other fellows stuff" That practice is responsible for the ancient jokes you hear so often on the radio, and for the hoary situations you see so often on the screen. A few dam age suits may persuade unScrupu- lous writers who are guilty of slch thievery, to get out and hustle for themselves.
 The other day Humphrey BOgart, discussing his latest suspension from the Warner Brothers payroll (thiS time for refusing an assigned role in Stallion Road") argued that a star is entitled to reject inferior stories because "it takes excellence of product to keep u player alive" Viewing the records, there's no doubt that bad pictures can kill the biggest star-but there's plenty of reason to doubt the average stars ability to judge the scenarios offered him. It hasn't been so many years since Bogart got his big break because George Raft refused one of the best stories ever filmed, It will be ironic if Zachary Scott, se- lected to play the role that Bogart has mixed, makes 1t his stepping stone to challenge Bogart's posi- tion.
 
 At party given by Ann Ruther- ford some weeks ago, the highlight of the evenings entertainment was the showing of a movie which was reversed and run through the pro- jecter backwards. The gag was such a hit that other party-givers are now following suit; backward mo- vies are becoming the rage, After giving the matter due thought. I'm in favor. There are so many pie lures that will make better sense 1 that way,
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