The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
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Hollywood, Sept. Eff the St. Louis Cards win their league pen- nant, their head bat-boy during the World Series will be bandleader Harry James. . Looks like 1t will be Tallulah Bankhead in the other woman" role when "Serenade" is screened. <. . Margaret (Hal's daugh- ter) Roach Is reported out of dan- ger. after undergoing a very serious major operation. June Hutton, one of the Pied Pipers featured on the Sinatra air show, will altar treck, Sept. IS, with radio announc- CT Bob Moon.
 Add Jane Wyman to the long list of Warner Brothers stars who have drawn suspensions; she's off the payroll for refusing to play a role assigned her in Love and Learn" . Loretta Young and hubby Tom Lewis are duffle-packing, off for a Honolulu loll. On Doc. Stork's list: Mary Beth Huges (Mrs. Ted North) =. Patricia Morrison's three year-long singing lessons have won her an operatic debut in mid West production of Carmen. :. -. Wondering muse: Will RKO bosses, who threatened to cancel Lawrence Tierneys contract in the event of another headlined scrape, make good the threat?
 Marshall Thompson, screen hero of MGM's Gallant Bess," quail fled for a real-life medal last week when he rescued coed companion from drowning after their Sailboat was capsized by sudden squan :. Tyrone Power and Cesar Romero in- terrupted their air tour of South America to spend 10 days at Aca- pulco, Mexico, deep-sea fishing .. Wotzis about the Herbert Marshall Boots Mallory romance icing Odd formation: Warner Brothers statis- ticians, after much pencil work, re- port that gal stars average 31 years old; the males average 32. :. . How come all Hollywood reporters over- looked the fact that Veronica Lake was under doctors care for 8 week after having an altercation with 8 black widow spider?
 Preview Nights: Pic of a sub-par week: United Artists MT. Ace" George Raft-Sylvia Sidney). Anus ing political drama, but it's too lightweight to win landslide vote =. Good: Republics Under Me- vada Skies" (Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes-Dale Evans). Mur- der, music and mystery add up to fine film fare for Rogers fans. ... So-So: Monogram's South of Mon terey" (Gilbert Roland Martin Gar ralaga. A little too far south for good entertainment. Universals Trail of Vengeance" (Kirby Grant, Fuzzy KnighD. Off the trail as of- ten as it's on.... Take It Or Leave It: Republics The Invisible h. former" Ginda Stirling William Henry. My advice is leave it.. Best Performance: George Raft in MT. Ace"
 News that 20th Century Fox had stopped work on its sets for For ever Amber" precipitated a rumor last week that production plans for that sensational picture had again been indefinitely deferred" Act ually, the rumor would have been true had the word temporarily" instead of the word indefinitely" been used. Production is being de- layed by the inability of studio bos- ses to decide a momentous question what color shall the hair of Linda Darnell be dyed? Until that is settl- ed, the color of her gowns and the colors to be used in the set decora- tions will remain a question mark. Such painstaking care may be laud- able, but it won't determine the box office fate of the picture. That will be decided by one thing and one thing only-the general publics re- action to very questionable story.
 Warner Brothers, publicizing the 20th anniversary of talking pictures, sent to all Hollywood columnists a bundle of the notices which used to be flashed on the screen in the days of the "silents"-such signs as "SilenceT, Somebody's Baby Is Crying-Is It Yours?", Ladies, Please Remove Your Hats" and No Smoking. Please, It Annoys Other Patrons" Looking them over, I A Gss6 " STOCTIM'C k