Evening star., 1947-12-13
Hollywood:
Hughes May Let
More Millions
Go on Picture
By Sheilah Groham

by Shelion 1T0nom
Howard Hughes, so I am told, is
going to remake Vendetta" almost
from scratch! Howard has already
spent 100000, two years, and four
directors on this movie. But he is
not the boy to give up if he thinks
he can improve a project. He re-
made "Hell's Angels" completely
and 1t made him I don't know how
many millions.
Robert Taylor, back in Hollywood
from Texas, thinks he has found
the ranch he and Barbara STAN
wyck have been looking for-to re-
tire to when they no longer make
movies.
Van Johnson's father has again
Cancelled his trip to Hollywood. He
was due to arrive here shortly after
Van and Evie have the baby. The
senior johnson is scared of the
Hollywood razzle dazzle.
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Rita Hayworth wears a gypsy
dress to end all gypsy dresses in
1.-The Loves of Carmen" 1t was
designed by Jean Louis, and thou
sands Of multicolored spangles have
been sewn on the skirt and it cost
$1,000 easily. Any self-respecting
gypsy would hook the dress-if she
owned it!
Maria Montez tells me that she
received "a very substantial
amount" in Ter billing settlement
with Univers international, "but
I can't tell you how much because
that would be violation of the set
tlement." Maria says that in her
next picture. Queen Of Hearts," II
play girl just like me in real life
little bit whacky"!
Otto Preminger table-hops at
Romanoff's to chide me on my Don
Juan item about him last week. Its
all business with these girls I go
out with" Otto assures me.
Peter Lorre's former wife, Celia
Lovsky, is acting for the first time
in fifteen years in Sealed Verdict"
She plays a Nazi. And in the same
movie, you'll find Ludwig Donath
AL Jolson's father in "The Jolson
Story" .
Roger de la Rosa, top Philippine
movie star, will be staying with
Glenn Ford and Eleanor Powell for
the holidays: then he goes to work
here on his own independent movies.
joan Crawford changes her type
in Until Proven Guilty" She
sings, 1--we Been Working on the
Railroad" in a barbershop quar-
Betty Davis has told her studio
that she does not want any pub
liCity on her daughter Barbara.
Bette believes that the baby
should be completely divorced from
her career.
Frank Morgan is making a nice
profit on the former Humphrey
Bogart home which he bought re-
Gently. Frank, I am told, rents
the place to Mailman Muntz for
$1,000 a month. Morgan, for all
the vagueness he shows in his pic
lures, Is one of the smarter busi-
nessmen here.
Frank Capra is very popular with
the boys and girls who work in
State of the Union," because he
will close down the picture just be-
fore Christmas for three weeks, to
give every one holiday-with pay,
hope. The Hiatus will give Frank
a chance to look at the picture OBJ
jectively and to know what parts
to cut and which to build.
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Abbott and Costello are "un-
happy" with their deal at Univer-
sal-1nternational. I gather the beef
Is mostly financial.
Linda Darnell was accosted bv a
Lieut.. Charlie Ghent on the Doth
Fox lot, and he asked her to take
him to the Betty Cradle set be-
cause 1t was the dream of his life
to meet her. Linda obliged. and
unless the lieutenant reads this
column, he still doesn't know that
the tntroducer to his dream girl
was Linda!
You can look for Celeste Holm to
get big starring roles when she re-
turns here from her brief re-en-
gagement with oklahoma !" In New
York. The press and public there
really went to town for her. That's
the sort of thing that makes 'em
realize here, how good a gal is.
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Dorothy Lamour had a four-wav
celebration on the set of I,ulu
Belle" Wednesday, December 10. is
her birthday, as well as that of Greg
Mcclure. The sarong gal was visited
by Dorothy Gullman, who took Dottv
OH that experimentation elevator
IN Chicago and put her in show busi-
ness. Wednesday also was the last
day OF work on Lulu Belle"
Ava Gardner Is bedded with a virus
injection. She hasn't been well since
she came back from Chicago. Her
doctor has said no more dates until
she recovers. This may help her to
get better-Irving Refs is doing
everything he knows to get Ava for
the Venus role in "One Touch of
Venus"
Wanda Hendrix and Audie Muir
pny have left by plane for Dallas
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