Evening star., 1947-01-14
HOLLYWOOD

I1oLL4 L WoOb.
Joan Fontaine,s mother, Mrs. Lii
liam Fontaine, has an important
role in Joan's current picture, '"Ivy."
Mrs. Fontaine is playing her daugh-
ter's "best friend" That's good
casting. This is the first time that
the mother of Joan and Olivia De
Havilland has appeared with either
of her famous daughters on the
screen. Rosalind Russell has
Raymond Massey signed for her
picture, Mourning Becomes Elec-
tra," but is still looking for a good
actor to play her father. Ray
Milland goes to England to co-star
with Ann Todd for Hal Wallis in
his British picture, For Her to
See." Ray has only just come back
from Britain, but I doubt whether
he'll have time to make a movie
in Hollywood before returning to
London for his picture there which
has a May starting date. :. :.
Thomas Mitchell is joining the trek
to the stage-he stars in and pro-
duces "The World and Mr.. .Wilkens,"
to open in San Francisco on Febru-
ary Is.
Brenda Marshall, wife of William
Holden, who more or less retired
to have babies and to keep house
for Bill, is taking another crack
at the movies-she stars with Lee
Tracy~in Fifty y-Second Street." I'm
glad that Brenda is coming back:
she can act. ~. I'll also be glad
when Jimmy Cagney gets to work
on Time of Your Life" from the
Saroyan play. It sounds like a
natural for him. Dolores Del
Rio, the most beautiful girl of her
day in Hollywood, seems to be doing
all right away from us-at the
moment, Dolores is starring for
John Ford in 1.-THE Fugitive" in
Mexico City. Then she's off to
Buenos Aires for a starring spot
with an Argentine film company.
But if she's good in Ford's "Fugi-
stive,' bet we'll see her again soon
in Hollywood.
Larry Adler will be the star in
II Shoulda Ate the Eclair" when
Milt Gross produces his successful
book. 1t should have been no
surprise to Celeste Holm when Goth
Century-Fox took up her option
last week. Celeste was terrific in
Three Little Girls in Blue" :.
Spencer Tracy has a wife in "Cass
Timberlane," and the rumor is that
Josephine Hutchinson will return to
the screen to play the part. That's
nice comeback in any Ian
guage. I haven't seen Stu
art Erwin for a while, but learn
he plays a sheriff with Robert
Cummings and Brian Donlevy in
Heaven Only Knows" Bing
Crosby and Ingrid Bergman are
getting all the honors for 1916. Their
latest - Photoplay's Gallup Poll
Award for the most popular pair
of the year. Paulette Goddard
is back in town for her Paramount
picture, angel Face"
Lionel Shapiro, Foreign Correspon-
dent of North American Newspaper
Alliance, has sold his book, 'The
Sealed Verdict" to Paramount. The
story is about the Nazi war criminal
trials in Germany. .. The title for
the Lucille Ball-Franchot Tone pic
ture at Columbia is 1.-THE Mating
Call" Rex Harrison has returned
to work in "The Ghost and Mrs.
Muir" after a session of flu.
Gregory Peck's next for Goth Centu-
ry-Fox is 1.-THE Walls of Jericho, I"
but he can't make it until May be-
cause he has only just started "The
Paradine Case" for Selznick. After
the Jericho" picture, Greg goes to
Goldwyn for Earth and High
Heaven"
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George Raft, who made record
last week by keeping out of the pub
Lie prints, gets to work with William
Bendix in Race Street" for RKo.
Eddie Cantor Is now working
with Joan Davis in IF You Knew
Susie" Eddie is a smart boy. He
doesn't make too many films, which
means that every one of his pictures
is an event.
There is talk that Betty Garrett,
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