| Show St E SCREEN By fly VIRGINIA VALE PALE Released by Western Newspaper Union may not see HOLLYWOOD Katharine Hepburn work working ing before its cameras again for some time she left when she finished Woman of the Year with no plans for making more pictures but with plenty for doing that new play if it runs as long longas as Philadelphia Stor Story did she wont won't be ready for pictures again for more than two years ears Incidentally Spencer Tracy who Tracy who also wants to do a play if U he can find I Ithe the right one one had had his hair cut for that new Hepburn picture the first first time hes he's done that since 1935 when he had a haircut for Murder Man i pr V N t 1 f. f aa r r S 'S q 4 I KATHARINE HEPBURN I which he made with Myrna Loy Lay think back and you'll remember that hes he's been doing unshaven and unshorn unshorn unshorn un un- un- un shorn roles a long string of them Case Investigators on the airs air's Are You a Missing Heir program travel thousands of miles and spend hundreds of dollars in search of those heirs so imagine their surprise when a legatee turned up practically under their noses she's Agatha Friederick and Is a writer script-writer for forthe forthe forthe the agency handling the the Heirs pro- pro gram tram i We know only that the studio has made some concessions in that difference difference dif dif- difference ference of opinion between Deanna Durbin and Universal that's that kept her heroff heroff off the screen all aU this time Last October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober it was reported that she was demanding the right to choose her vehicles and approve her leading men Inen and directors when directors when a star takes things into her own hands that way she's she usually on en thee the skids kids that lead to oblivion Now she's set to tomake tomake make snake pictures again Her Ber husband Vaughn Paul will not change his bis mind about his resignation as a Uni Uni- Universal versa venal versal producer John Payne replaces Victor Mature Mature Mature Ma Ma- ture in Century Foxs Fox's White Collar Girl In which he plays lays opposite opposite opposite site Betty Grable The picture is scheduled to get under way soon with John Brahm directing 11 It seems to be childrens children's day at atthe atthe atthe the Columbia studios Baby Davy James the infant Marlene Dietrich didn't drop In The Lady Is Willing has a new contract with options that cover a total of 21 years now a year old hes he's known professionally as Wonder Baby Corey his name in that picture And old day Norma NormaJean NormaJean NormaJean Jean Wayne is working in Blessed Event to That bartender whom you'll see with Richard Arlen and Arline Judge in Wildcat once had his day as a famous man lie He is Tom Kennedy and once upon a time he fought Jack Johnson for the worlds world's heavyweight championship E Speaking of war pictures pictures Para Para Paramount mount bought a story called Channel Channel Channel Chan nel Port way back last April and now is going to do something about it It will be filmed in England and executives are hoping to get Laurence Laurence Laurence Lau Lau- rence Olivier or David Niven for the lead Its It's a Commando story the heros hero's a long distance swimmer who swims the channel from France to England with important information Columbia grabbed the title The Commandos first however their story tori deals with an American boy who becomes one of ot that daring darine band and a girl in Norway who heads head an underground movement against the invaders one invaders one more boy meets girl plot in a new setting Bedtime Story has a parallel in real life Helen Hayes' Hayes announcement announcement announce announce- ment meat that she would retire for tor two years was contradicted by her husband husband hus hus- band Charles MacArthur who has g new play for tor her Same plot as the picture 4 ODDS AND ENDS ENDS Band Band bookers bookert tie e optimistic despite the war war Sammy Sammy Kaye tor lor example example has hat been booked through January 1943 2943 A pre pre audience liked Donna Reed to so much inThe inThe in inThe The Courtship oj of Andy Hardy that the he picture wa given a new ending a u happy one for Jor her In Unit ends end's Wak Brake Up and Dream Dream- bandleader Woody Herman not only makes hit his film bow OUI but bus dances dance a bit biJ for lor the customers custom- custom ers era Joan ala salary for lor the he therole therole role that aha was mas to hate hare been Carole x lambard's lam lom- m- m bards bardt in ill wile fie Kissed the Bride will all aU go to charitable or Travels Travels' it is not loot only very err funny it has hat a message messa |
