Evening star., 1947-04-29
Hollywood:
Pidgeon Signs
To Stay at Metro
Until He's II
By SheiIoh Grohom

Laurence OllVler Will play Mar
cellus for j. Arthur Rank when
current negotiations between Rank
and Frank Ross for 1.-THE Robe" are
completed. You can expect the
official announcement of this any
day now.
Walter Pidgeon's new contract
at Metro takes him to the age OF
II! I doubt whether Walter will
look any different then than he does
now. And for my money he can
stay in pictures until he's 100.
Susan Hayward gets Van Heflin
for her next picture. And you car
expect a change Of pace in her pic
ture material. Susan has made two
strong pictures in q row. Smash
Up" and 1.-THE Lost Moment"-and
her next will be something lighter
Ginger Rogers paid more thar
$50, 900 for her new double decker
trailer. It sleeps 10 people. But
Ginger will use It as an Office fol
her employees when she makes hel
picture, 1T Had to Be You," al
Columbia, with Cornel Wilde.
Burt Lancaster Is OF to New York
for his sisters wedding. When hi
comes back here In a couple o1
weeks, Burt will decide whether te
make Thunder on the HIP with
Joan Fontaine. A lot depends or
his current financial tangle with
Hal Wallis.
Olivia de Havilland's picture
THE Snake Pit" has been post
poned until July. This means ar
interval Of a year and half since
she finished her last movie, "The
Dark Mirror" That's too long be-
tween pictures. And by the way
Olivia's agent, Kurt Frings, assured
me that he is handling other clients
in addition to Olivia and she does
not hold him to an exclusive con-
Cract.
Zachary Scott is suffering with
excruciating headaches and when
he finishes "Whiplash" he goes to
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti-
more for complete checkup.
William Holden has sold his entire
collection of guns. That accident
to Hymie Fink's little daughter
scared Bill and his wife, Brenda
Marshall.
Orson Welles is very unhappy be-
cause Republic has decided against
filming his Macbeth" package. ]
guess they didn't quite believe that
Orson could deliver the movie in
"a days at cost of s650,00O
Philip Yordan is having Macbeth
trouble, too. The Johnston Office
has blue-penciled the first script OF
his modern version called Joe Mac
Beth" You should have stuck to
Shakespeare, Mr.. Yordan.
Richard Ney refused a good part
in THE Foxes of Harrow" because
he wants to be free to travel with
Wife Greer Carson when she fin
ishes "A Woman of My Own"
Glenn Ford has been offered the
same producing deal given to Rita
Hayworth If he'll sign a seven-yea1
contract now. Glen still has two ane
half years to 60 on his present deal
At the moment his idea is to free
lance at the end of 194e. But II
make a bet now that he'll sign the
new contract. It'sItoo big to refuse
Maureen OHara. recently de.
scribed in a magazine article a.
Frozen Champagne" has been in.
vited to the Chicago frozen fooe
show next week as 'The Thaw of thu
Week"
James Mason murders his wife ir
THE Upturned Glass" And it's hi.
real wife, Pamela Kellino! TIL,
couple are co-starred.
X 4 y .
Dennis Morgan has q bad cold but
continues with 1.-TWO Guys From
Texas" When the picture Is canned
Dennis is taking his family to Wis.
consin for a visit with his hom,
folks.
Lauren Bacall Is wanted BY
Michael Curtiz for the top feminine
role In Romance in High c." bu'
Lauren says she wants to make pic.
lures only with her husband, Hum.
phrey Bogart.
Betty Hutton and Joan Caulfele
are not as friendly as they might b.
the point at stake Is a certain
movie.
Joan Crawford is sending her T.
year-old Christina to public school
This is to- forestall any tendency
toward snobbishness. I saw Chris.
tina yesterday and she's going to b,
a real beauty when she grows up
on the blond, blue-eyed style
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