Show S E NA i 10 0 ily by VIRGINIA VALE released by western newspaper union HEN columbia decided W WHEN to film the tree of liberty they decided to give the public more than good value many of the scenes pf af the book are laid in williamsburg va at the time of the revolution and just afterward and since the rocke fellers have obligingly restored most of the buildings of the town so that they look as the they y did then columbia sent the company to williamsburg they also invited newspaper writers down to see cary grant sir cedric hardwicke richard carle and others working under the very able direction of frank lloyd students from william and mary college acted as extras in a scene made in wind and rain in front of raleigh tavern see them dressed as students of the college were in the seventeen hundreds the wind and rain were artificially produced on a beautiful spring evening the next afternoon grant was to be photographed riding up to the door of a famous old pla plantation nta tion the governor of virginia and crowds of enthusiastic fans assembled to watch when you see that scene imagine the governor and the rest CARY CABY GRANT of us shivering in a chilly wind from the james river waiting tor for the sun to come out while grant patiently rode his horse up and down until somebody pointed a candid camera at it at close range making it s so granot nervous nervo u s that it ran away grant lost his hat and got his wig rumpled and by the time order was restored restored res torea the sky was too cloudy for any pictures to be made the following day a mob was to storm something or other and a torchlight parade was to be held so it rained the picture people were patient accustomed to that sort of thing the newspaper people were not so they went home the only news was that the title had to be changed to the howards of virginia because the other one sounded too much like a warner brothers patriotic short and that martha scott instead of joan fontaine would play the lead its going to be a swell picture one of frank lloyds best recommendation enough for any movie director john stahl who has been connected with only two studios metro and universal during the past 25 years has broken a way away along with such producers as walter and frank capra to enjoy the freedom of making his own picture selections you must remember his back street with irene dunne and only yesterday with margaret sullavan to mention just a few of his successes hes chosen the life of daniel webster for his first free picture and has signed with james roosevelt to direct the boy grew older tor for him spike jones drummer in oscar Br adleys orchestra on the CBS screen guild theater refused an offer of for a drum head recently the original cost of the drum head was only 10 but its covered with signatures of famous hollywood stars who have appeared on the program from shirley temple tempie to bette davis lanny ross was recently nominated as the perfect date by a group ol of pretty girls who act as professional fashion models to show his appreciation he be invited tour four of them to be his guests at a very smart and very expensive night club when the night was over lanny who was selected as the perfect pe date because he knows just w what hat to do when nhen escorting a woman found that he pay the check because hed left his wallet at home many commentators will air their views on the forthcoming presidential campaigns to be held this summer to one however it will hold special interest many years ago edwin C HUI hill americas star reporter covered the me theodore roosevelt convention from the time teddy became president HUI hill was referred to by the rough rider as th the e unofficial member of my cabinet this summer hill will again cover a roosevelt convent convention ioia providing franklin delano roosevelt runs for a third term |