The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-10
JIM MMIE FIDLER h Hollywood
Distributed by Mcknight Syndicate. Inc

HOLLYWOOD, August 10-New York scouts report that Pola Negri will altar-trek with an eastern night club proprietor, come September. ... Audie Murphy, Americas most decorated hero of World War II, will make his acting debut in the play, They Came To A City," to be staged in Hollywood this fall Add traffic casualties: Singer June Hutton of the Frank Sinatra air show, injured when her car was forced off the Los Angeles-Jas Vegas highway.
 The Jennifer Holt-B Billy Bakewell marriage is set for Sept. 25, with Lew Ayres acting as best man .. Wotzis about Joan Berry, the gal in the Chaplin case, being suspended by Variety Artists of America for violating @ contract with a mid western night club? .. It was Lana Turner's refusal to come to the mi crophone or be photographed that caused fans to shout "boos' at the Night and Day" premiere :. Blue-pencn that malicious rumor that Loretta Young is ill and de- termined on retirement.
 Jane Russell will refuse to ink a new contract with Howard Hughes when her present ticket expires a few months hence; she says he's kept her off the screen too much of the time <. :. Joan Davis is read ing scripts to find a suitable musi- cal comedy for Broadway tagging. Insiders say that Errol Flynn has spent nearly $10,000 aiding his fathers studies of marine life . -. Jimmy Dunn, unable to get satiS- factory screen roles despite his Academy Oscar, can enjoy the last laugh; he's signed for the stage lead in Eugene O'Neill's new play, Moon For The Misbegotten, to be pro- duced by the Theater Guild.
 Mickey Rooney is completing ne- gotiations for radio serial based on the Hardy Family" pictures. Bette Davis San Fernando Valley Fan club will present her with a replacement this week for her pet scottie dog, libby" which was killed in traffic recently It's Michael O,Shea who will select a Miss. Galveston, Texas" for this years Atlantic City beauty competi- tion Add best-bets: that the Rxta Haywor tk-Tony Martin TO- nance. all rumors to the contrary notwithstanding will end in an al- tar-march.
 Preview Nights: Pic Of a picayune week: Universal's Canyon Passage CDana Brian Donlevy-Su- san Hayward. Oregon in Techni- colored beauty, plus an action packed plot adds up to excellent film fare for the whole family RECOMMENDED: Uniyersals The Black Angel" Dan Duryea-June Vincent-Peter Lorrel. Heavy sus- pense, light romance and a sur prise ending provide a blue-plate Epecial for "Thodunit" fans GOOD: PRC'S Blonde For A Day Hugh Beaunont-Ka athryn Adams Michael Shayne" kayos a gambling syndicate in entertaining fashion =. FAIR: Universals Cuban Pete CDesi Arnaz- Joan Fult0n-Eth Snith-The Andrews Sisters. Tune ful enough for music lovers, bur handicapped by sway-back plot SO-SO: PROS Prairie Rust lers" CBuster VrabbeEvelyn Fin ley). Plot -hoobled. BEST PERFOR- NANCE: Susan Hayward in Can yon Passage
 From New York comes word that Andy Russell fans were lined up ir single file by stage door guards al the Paramount theater. They were then admitted in small, orderly groups, to the stars dressing room where every autograph hunter re- ceiyed his desired signature. There was no confusion, no torn clothes no disorderly conduct. It strikes mt that thie iSna1 Dlay1 Sh01lld bp a6Ort.