Evening star., 1952-04-09
Hollywood
Diary
By SheiIoh Grohom

| Diary |
By SheiIoh Grohom
HOLLYWOOD.
Hal Wallis had q clause in his
pact with Terry Moore that she
couldn't date while Come Back,
Little Sheba" was shooting. Now
that "Sheba's" shot, Terry says
she'll date a new male every night
as long as the supply lasts.
Twentieth Century-Fox is econ
omizing. Dick Sale will film "A
Wife's Best Friend" while June
Haver is. recuperating. He'll shoot
her dances in "The Girl Next
Door" when he finishes wife"
Lana Turner isn't too optimistic
about collecting from Bob Top
ping. He doesn't seem to have it,
which would be a surprise to Bob's
tinplate-king grandfather. .. Or
son Welles' latest flame blew out.
Italian airlineS hostess Gina
Ludovici gave him the air. .
Bernie Luber heads for Britain
to make three pics. two with
George Raft. Mike Curtiz
says that half the lies you hear
about him aren't true. Peggy
Ryan and Ray Macdonald have
set the wedding for June.
MGM isn't ready to announce
it yet, but the Sadler's Wells Bal
let is set for "Brigadoon."
And Metros straight seven-year,
inception contract with Jimmy
Craig hasn't much longer to run.
He's collecting a reported $3.50, 900
per year and averaged only four
months Of work annually.
Almost as good as the deals with
Spangler Arlington Brugh (Robert
Taylor) and Mrs. Greer Carson
Fogelson, who work only seven
years on their 15-year pacts.
but then Guy Madison and Andy
Devine are guaranteed $4,000 q
day on the rodeo circuit.
Claudette Colbert is popular
with the crew Of her British pic
ture. She distributes 20-pound
hams to them every week.
Tony Duquette, the big mask end
decor man, will do the sets for the
San Francisco operas Der
Rosenkavalier," starring Blanche
Note to Hal Wallis: Dean Mar
tins lease in Palm Springs ex-
tends to May 10. Jerry Lewis has
his whole family with him at the
Racquet Club for what could be q
long siege. The Bette Davis
television project is titled TITS
Happened Before" Met Bassc
Cesar Siepe is coming here to test
lat Metro. Which means little tc
Yvonne de Carlo, who's doing the
spots in Gotham with Anthony
Carlos, lumber king, before she
takes of the Cannes Film Festi-
val.
Maurice Evans will play either
Gilbert or Sullivan in the Kords
Opera pic. According to his
friends, when Jennings Lang goes
back to work he'll be a lawyer
again. His own. maybe? It'll
harder for Universal-Interna
tional to book that great film
Bright Victory" than any o1
their ma and Pa Kettle" epics
Mrs. Paul NUM- is seriousl!
ill. And June Haver will hav'
to have an operation on her spine
But that doesn't prevent this won
derful trouper from lining up th'
Easter show for the Claretian Fa'
theirs Guild
Jimmy Durante, doing three (
night at the Copa in New York
predicts "They won't get any NOR
top names unless they cut it dowl
to two shows nightly" :. Arthur
Lubin, who discovered Francis an,
Rhubarb, wasn't even invited II
the affair when Rhubarb won tn
Patsy award.
Robert Stack wears a blon'
beard for his phantom Pirate
TV series. They shoot the half
hour films in Technicolor. to b
ready for the great day Of univer
sal color television.
| Alan Ladd had better stop be
ling tired. He has to make at leas
1.-TWO more films for Paramoun
before his contract expires i
lOctober Of this year.
Sight Of the week: Hundred
pound Sally Forrest giving a bat
to the 160-pound Newfoundland
Matisee, which belongs to he
press agent, Russell Birdwen-
with pictures, Of course.
Edna Shelton won't be workin
again for Red and doesn't hay
to. She receives a our-flgure-s
week salary for life for the use {
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Alliance)
her material.
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