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Show with legitimate 4-F classifications do all they can to avoid donning uniforms before the cameras, because be-cause they feel that they would invite criticism as phonies and arouse resentment by playing such roles. Norbert Muller, a newsboy who has been bringing newspapers to the home of Basil Rathbone for the past five years, was recently rewarded by the actor a role in Rathbone's film, "The Scarlet Claw." -At Boris Karloff, after spending three years in New York and on the road with "Arsenic and Old Lace," is back in Hollywood for two pictures at Universal. While he declares he intends to continue villainy for a career, he says he is of the robot variety, such as Frankenstein's monster, which he through forever with horror parts played in three different films. Robert Haymes, another new singing star, has been selected by Columbia for the singing lead in their story of the adolescent jive set, "Meet Miss Bobby Socks." ' Screen Shorts "Gone With the Wind" has turned in the amazing total of $35,000,000 so far to its studio, a record if there ever was one. And yet, David Selznick is busy publicizing "Since You Went" with comparative figures with "GWT-W". "GWT-W". If you're to conclude from publicity already released by the studio adjective-slingers, "GWT-W" "GWT-W" will be far over-shadowed by the new epic. We just can't believe be-lieve it. k Mickey Rooney is reported to have top billing for a revival of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," along with Jimmy Cagney. When first released, Rooneys name was at the bottom of the list. -At Don Loper, with whom Judy Garland has been seen often recently, re-cently, is one of the most versatile young men in Hollywood. Not only entertaining, he can act, design sets, discover new talent and has such discriminating taste that he is said to know what every girl ought to wear to look like a mil-4 lion dollars. Some guy! Sally Eilers, a favorite of a few years back, has returned to Hollywood, via Monogram, and has joined Elyse Knox and Ann Gillis in "A WAVE, a WAC and a MARINE." Ann Rutherford has certainly had "ear" trouble lately. Her automobile au-tomobile was stolen in November, burned in December and she got a new one for Christmas. Then she had tire trouble, and finally someone some-one stole the auto radio and lighter, light-er, spotlight and everything else removable. Victor Mature is giving Frank Sinatra some competition with the women folk. It is said that Vic, now touring the United States selling the Coast Guard and war bonds, has the women swooning when he appears. The day after Donald O'Connor, O'Con-nor, 18, married Gwen Carter, 17, he left for Fort MacArthur to report re-port for army duty. Those eggs that you see Eddie Ed-die Cantor and George Murphy eat in a breakfast scene in "Show Business," are not the real McCoy. Mc-Coy. They're halves of canned apricots placed . on very thinly sliced white bread of the proper shape. Over-age actors and actors |