The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-11-09

on his own life, which was directed
by screen star Gene Kelly when II
was produced in Hollywood last
month; he'll have the leading role
If it is done in New York. Yet he Is
never too busy to entertain the men
at veterans hospitals, continuing
his work during the war, when he
appeared at training camps and
gave both time and effort to re.
cruiting drives for army and navy.
Paramount has re-established a
service introduced during World
War II. Motion picture theatre pa
irons who can identify sons, hus-
bands or sweethearts In Paramount
News clips of military training
camps or battle areas can obtain
these clips free of charge. with in
structions for having them en-
larged. Thousands of clips were
sent out during the last war.
Sterling Hayden has returned to
Paramount, the studio which took
him off a sailing ship and boosted
him to overnight stardom. He made
two pictures with Madeleine Car
roll, married her, then got into
the war and made a brilliant rec
ord as captain on secret o. S. S.
duty under the name of John Ham,
ilton. Recently a ~free-lance, he has
signed a long-term contract.
Gary Cooper plans on making
one more picture after Dallas
and then going to Africa again for
some big game hunting. This time
he will also take a camera, hoping
to get enough good shots for a short
subject at least
Humphrey Bogart refused to
play a scene In q sound stage
subway for "The Enf0rcer",
pursuaded Director Windust to
rewrite the scene with q bus
background. His shamefaced
explanation-that riding sub
ways makes him sick!
Jane Nigh, who has had the
feminine lead in three Of Mono
grams Cinecolor specials during
the last year, has been signed to q
long-term contract by the studio.
She recently finished ~co-starring
with Bill Williams in "Blue Blood.
Clarence, the delightful play
by Booth Harrington which raised
Alfred Lunt to stage stardom-it
ran a year in 1919-r920-has been
announced for Alan Young's first
Paramount picture. Robert WEIGH
will produce it.
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, the
comedy night club team seen in
the my Friend Irma" pictures,
won the top spot in the Motion Pic
ture Herald's tenth annual Stars
of Tomorrow poll, the first team
and the first comics to come in
first in this poll of Americas pic
ture exhibitors. And they're the
men who know which actors bring
in money at the box officel
10 Gilbert, the radio actress, will
make her motion picture debut in
'Horsie". by Dorothy Parker, one
Of the three short stories which
make up Queen for a Day, a
Robert Stillman production for Uni
ted Artists release.
Rosemary Clooney's infectious
laughter almost broke up Peggy
Ann Gamers radio show, Meet
Me in ST. Louisr. Rosemary, after
~co-starring with Perry Como on
MICS presentation of the "Call Me
Madam" score, dropped in to
watch her friends performance. Al
though she was seated in one Of
the back rows of the audience, her
laughter almost broke up Peggy
Ann.
ODDS AND ENDS William
Holden was %runner-up in the mo-
ton picture exhibitors poll of Stars
Of Tomorrow; John Lund was high
OF the list Jack Benny, whose
stinginess is a constant source of
comedy on his CHS show, recently
gave his daughter Joan a new con-
vertible J.. Carol Naish. star
of Life with Luigi, stars in Let
There BE Iipht' nrnd11cad hu IIni.