Evening star., 1947-05-20

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varieties of nonworkers In the,
movie capital
The item tells Of q $3.50, 900 deal
between Enterprise films and Novel;
LIST Lionel Feuchtwanger for the lat
tiers as yet unfinished novel, Proud
Destiny
Not every unoccupied Hollywood
writer is q latent Feuchtwanger, OF
course, but few of them might
profitably leave the place and get
busy on the sort of thing which the
studios buy on the outside for big
money.
After all, there is precedent for
this sort OF thing. A couple OF
smallish Hollywood writers named
Cow and DUsseau a few years ago
spent their idle hours at RKO writ
ing q play called Tomorrow, the
world It was produced on Broad
way, became an outstanding hit, and
was purchased subsequently by an
other studio for $250,000.
There is mass of other similar
evidence to support the theory that
it is more profitable to be nom
local boy when it comes to writing
for the movies,
There was letter today from
Radio Clown Phil Harris
agency which strayed into the drama
department from Harry Macarthur
place, east of the east wall. The last
paragraph was the one with the
special piquancy. 1t read:
I'VE appreciate the comments you
have made from time to time about
the Alice Faye-Phil Harris combina-
ton and If there is any time you
want any first-hand information
about the show. don't hesitate to
write and ask us"
The fact is that any comments we
might have wanted to make on the
show throughout the 1946-1947 sea-
son would have been completely un-
printable.
From beyond the east wall, Mr..
Macarthur adds me too
The drama department is strictly
. Fred Allen-Dinah Shore-Peter
Lynd Hayes man.
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Two records were set by the
luncheon which Catholic Univer-
sity's Speech and Drama Depart
ment gave yesterday In honor of
Anita Colby. The first was expected,
namely that the luncheon would set
the seasons mark for prettiest guest
of honor.
The other, the surprising one,
was that there were no speeches.
Surrounding Miss Colby at the
head table were the Rt. Rev. Pat
rick 10. Mccormick, rector Of the
University, Rev. James A. Magner,
procurator Of the University, Eric
Johnston president of the Motion
Picture Association, Walter Kerr of
Catholic u. Rev. Gilbert v. Hartke,
head OF the Speech and Drama De-
partment, and Miss Mary Stuart
French representing the American
National Theater and Academy.
Miss Colby's tan, Bermuda type,
was the best at the table. She has
tucU lCtulilCo llOil live WSChs tiCl c,
will spend another in New York,
thereafter return to Hollywood to
take, over q new job. That will be
as executive assistant to Henry
Ginsburg, Paramount production
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A letter from Gov. Lesser c. Hunt
Of wyoming makes an Eastern critic
morbid that he cannot accept the
executives invitation to attend the
world premiere of Cheyenne" on
Thursday.
The catchy paragraph in his In
vitation is the one which says:
"The citizens of the entire State
Of wyoming have been invited to
participate and will be attired in
Western garb.'
1t would be lively perhaps seeing
what happened to the Wyomingite
who showed up in Hollywood polo
shirt, studio slacks and moccasins.
Sorry, Governor, but we still won't
be able to make it. When the studios
themselves used to issue the same
kind of invitations, they used to
send special trains to pick a man
up.
Even that did not make all pre-
nieres irresistible.
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