Evening star., 1947-05-14

her share of ivy. tor which David
selMick wns paid $74o, 900 for loAn-1
out Of her services. This y his last.
picture commitment with Joan.
From now on she sets It all-And
It'll be plenty.
And that reminds me. Burt Lam.
caster Is definitely set now to BE-
Joan,s leading man In Thunder on
the Hill" This picture was original
IL for Dana Andrews as the strong
guy, Robert Taylor IS the drunk.
Margaret Lockwood the good girl
and Joan the baddie. The strong
man and the good woman still re-
main to be cast.
Hazel Brooks has the top role for
Enterprise In Suppose It's Love. :"
There are more love pictures ut
this studio than anywhere in town,
with The Other Love- and aPur-
suit Of Love" on the agenda.
There's . rumor that Walter
Wanger Is leaving the Universal
international setup after he COM
pletes TAP Roots" with Van Helm
and Susan Hayward.
Larry Parks and his wife. Betty
Garrett. left for Mexico last week
for vacation. Larry hasn't worked
for four months now, and Betty has
done nothing since she came here
from her New York hit, Call Me
Mister"
And by the way, al Jolson did not
receive 81 ,o0o, 600 Is his first divi-I
dend on THE Jolson Story. He.
received 81, ,1Oo, 900! That's almost
fantastic for d man who was con-
sidered through before Sidney Skol-
sky, Larry Parks. and Jolsons own
singing voice put him on the map
again.
william Bendix joins Lucille Ball
and Desi Arnaz in Follow the
Girls" Lucille was given beau-
tiful new dressing room ut Metro
after she signed fresh contract
following Easy to Wed" But she
has never used 1t, because she
hasn't made picture for Metro
since the new contract was signed
Jane Russell has hired a new press
agent and hereafter you viii read
less about her figure. Jane now
screams when the subject is brought
up.
Judy Garland loathes guns and
is scared Of horses, but she'll have
to like both for her annie Get
Your Gum picture. Judy plays
Ethel Merman's stage role.
It's nice that Edmund Gwenn has
made a big success in Miracle on
34th Street" I've only been call
ing him the best actor in Hollywood
for years. And / hope when Ed
ward L. Alperson produces Somerset
Maugham's "Sheppey" for the screen
that he gives the lead to MIR. Gwenn.
He played it on the New York stage
dozen or so years ago.
fl
Alan Ladd read a western story in
magazine about a cowboy who didn't
use guns. He got" his man by
throwing rocks with deadly accuracy.
Alan wants to make 1T as movie.
but can't remember the name of
the story or the magazine he read
it in. Can you help him?
When the late Jean Harlow's life
comes to the screen under the title
THE Gallant Life" an unknown
girl will portray Jean at the request
Of her mother, Mrs. Jean Bello, who
is giving part Of her profits from
the picture to the Mercy Hospital
in Kansas City, as memorial to
Jean.
John Garfield, who is not going
East to live, Is trying to rent David
Lichine's six-bedroom house In Bev-
erly for three months Then he'll
make up his mind about where and
when he will build house,
When Pat Knowles goes to Eng
land, he Is tslxaIns yer lais hossse
in the valley his stand In, Bob
Wegner. Pats trip this simmer will
be his first to his native England
in nine years.
Eve Arden and her three-year-old
daughter are heading for New York
via auto.
{ Claudette Colbert will have to
rush through Sleep, My Love" with
Robert Cummings and Don Ameche.
Her State of the Union" has July
starting date.
(Released BY North American NEWSPAPER
Alliance, 1nc.D