The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-09

mutual Anglo-Allelloah tllea'
Exchange of American and B
os.ble under wartime condi-
now seems a definite reality.
..sen Landstrom, an Associated
. staffer in London who ap-
.ontlv has been watching every
Paat train bringing visiting celeb
D3;os of major note into London,
'aorfs a tWo-Way traffic across
t sa Atlantic in recent months of
wv playwrights, directors,
P.tors and actresses, technicians,
asndleaders, vocalists, even talent
aonts bent on a newly heightened
~sstornational show world trading.
n',ss adds that leaders of the Brit
IN entertainment world say traf-
IN aiIl increase in 1947, and notes
M following big names who have
.rrived or departed from England
Katharine Cornell was over to
,ooE at a new play by Kate
N'Brien which she. may do on
proadway, with London a posi-
siItv for some time later. There's
oood chance Katherine Hepburn
NAV 90 over for a London copy
~ "Philadelphia S y" Mary
chase. author Of Harvey" is in
london now trying to get that
famed comedy onto west : end
boards. but casting difficulties are
tbp current problems. Russ says
Toe E. Brown may be shipped
over for the job.
S. N. Behrman is locked in an
olegant Claridge hotel room,
polishing his adaptation of an old
Somerset Vaughan short story,
~"Jane." which the Theater Guild
will trv out in London. Elsa Shell
lev is there counting the big cross
es of her pickup Girl" which
wasn't a hit here but definitely is
in London.
Broadway Producer Oscar Ser
lin was over to see about a Lon
don showing of Life With Fa-
ther." Mary Martins voice and
~rersonality have found favor in
Noel Coward's new musical, Pa
cjfic 1860" ever if the show found
4 few critical dissentors. Yolande
Donlan, wife of Phil Truck, and
daughter-in-laW Of one of our act
irg favorites. Ernest Truck, is
somewhat of a sensation in ''Eorn
Yesterday in Glasgow; bril-
liant is the word Landstrom en-
rloyes. The Carson Kanin come
dy also restores a dimension to
te audience view of one OF our
silent film and early talkie favor
ties. Bessie Love, who has been
in radio and movie work in Eng
land for some time.
Both Gish sisters, Lillian and
Dorothy, we're over on a talent
search, both literary and acting.
Roland Young went owe TO play
opposite Dame Lillian BraithWaite
in "Truant in Park Lane Bit
isl-born Melville Cooper is on
hand for the London production Of
"Romany Love-" known on Broad
way as Gypsy Lady"
Add also reports that Laurel and
/ Hardy and Mae West will make
the Atlantic trip, that Sophie
4 L.:ker viii appear in London
Mnetime this year, that Jack
Hylton may produce Carmen
Jones' and that Abbott and Cos
telo will be over for a month in
The summer,
"Oklahoma.' IS a near : certain
London offering for this or next
year, with "CarouSel' also a pos
sioiity. Plans to present Voice of
the Turtle in England begged
down, APPARENTLY aopelessly. Mar
garet Sullivan and Joseph Gotten
were 10 have starred.
On the movie side: Paulette
Goddard, Cary Grant and c. AL
brey Smith viii go over to make
films. Burgess Meredith also is
being sought. Orson Welles has
commitments with S j r Alexander
Korda, and Deanna Durhin may
star in a British cinema version
Of John Gays THE Beggar's OPP
era" a stage modernization of
which is currently on Broadway.
lngrid Bergman is due for a
British film after she finishes the
: New York run of Joan of Lor-
ralne.' Margaret O'Brien prob
aoly will make The Secret Gar
cen' for M-G-M in London.
And Noel Coward is in New
York to see old friends, new
SHOWS and possibly arrange a
Broadway p + oduction of "Pacific