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Show the set of her new movie, "Now Voyager." The first time, her cape caught in the door. The second, sec-ond, it caught again. On the third try, she kicked the door and hurt her toe. On the fourth attempt, she was so gentle, the door just didn't shut at all. At last, on the fifth go, she made it the door closed nicely and the grap got through with a quick whirl from Bette. I 1 Screen Shorts Not only is Hollywood doing its bit by giving up many of its much-needed male stars to the armed services of the nation, but also- many of the stunt pilots, so necessary to the super-abundance of flying films on schedule, are being called into service, either as pilots or flying instructors. It's "Take It or Leave It," as far as Orsen Welles is concerned when it comes to his new opus, "The Magnificent Ambersons," which RKO says is too long. Welles Wel-les has so far refused to re-take several scenes which would shorten the film. - For the sake of art or some- thing, Bob Hope submitted to hav- ing his hair curled during the filming film-ing of one sequence in "Road to Morocco," in which he was getting prettified for his marriage with Dorothy Lamour, which doesn't come off because Bing Crosby busts it up. Ann Sothern had to stand up and take having knives thrown at her for a whole day recently, during dur-ing the filming of her newest Maisie opus, "Get Rich Quick Maisie." While the knife-thrower was an expert, having hurled knives at human beings for the past thirty-five years, we can well imagine the state of Ann's nerves when the day was done. Useless but interesting information: infor-mation: A wig which before the Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, Freddy Martin, and Jack Teagarden, and all the rest, will be seen and heard via the screen. Laird Cregar, 338-pound actor, act-or, is so huge that he has to have practically everything made especially es-pecially for him, including special size cigars, specially-made cigarettes cigar-ettes and even his signature is so large that it just about covers a photograph. k Fred Astaire wants 18-year-old Joan Leslie as his dancing partner in his next film. He considers con-siders her the best dancing prospect pros-pect in Holllywood, which is something, some-thing, if you ask us. It took five tries for Bette Davis to get through a door on war could be bought for $750, costs one studio the sum of $3,200. It has finally penerated into the minds of studio officials that the public doesn't want to be reminded re-minded of the war any more than necessary, and, certainly, not when they are seeking entertainment. entertain-ment. So, a cycle of musical extravaganzas ex-travaganzas will soon hit the screen, being led off by "Yankee Doodle Dandy," a glittering spectacle spec-tacle based on the life and works of George M. Cohan and featuring Jimmy Cagney. Among the old-timers who attended at-tended the luncheon given to commemorate com-memorate Cecil B. DeMille's thirty years in the movies, were Richard Dix, Bill Boyd, Jack Holt, Jane Darwelland Conrad Nagel, who still are going strong; also Beatrice Bea-trice Joy, Mildred Harris, Hay-mond Hay-mond Hatton, William Farnum, Hobart Bosworth and others. The jitterbugs of the nation will be delighted to learn that hollywood plans to put all the "name" bands on the air during the coming season, Sammy Kaye, |
