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Show old m-wcnnuT who sturs in "The hvo of St. Marie," ,ms nlrcnd L ''Iv,h1 u $1,000 advance on his murdor njy.story, "Slightly on the HomU-luY," whli0 RlkUe po lmmorl.iH.l,,sr the good old'days ot viuuWUlo. Whllo tluvse nnd other Holly-woodltes Holly-woodltes are convinced that they have real contributions to make to the book-lovers, Joe E. Brown is convinced that, as a writer, he's a complete flop. Whon he rclnrncd from his strenuous trips to the Aleutians and the Solomons Joe determined to "write up" his ex perlences. After a week of complete com-plete seclusion, he had turned out just one typewritten page. He has decided to goback to acting and let others take charge of the writing writ-ing end of the matter. Warner Brothers have something some-thing of which all the other studios stud-ios are envious. It's a man named Captain Jack Young who looks so much like President Roosevelt that you can hardly tell the difference. dif-ference. Young has been used twice as F. D. R., in "Yankee Doodle Dandy," and "Mission to Moscow." And, to add to it all, they went out and bought a Scotty terrier, named Whiskers, who looks so much like the President's Fala that the two dogs can hardly be told apart. Whiskers appears as Fala in a White House sequence for "Princess O'Rourke." Lucille Ball is at work portraying por-traying her seventh role as a stage or movie star. For some reason, she seems to be Hollywood's idea of how an actress should look and act. The sequence began when she played with Jack Oakie in two pictures pic-tures of the "Annabel" comedy series. se-ries. Other actress roles include, "Stage Door," "Dance, Girl, Dance," "Big Street," "Best Foot Forward," "Du Barry Was a Lady" and now, "Meet the People." t hovts Z, scouts the country T the look-out for some-' some-' , plav the role of Eddlo j''lM tV's mother, In the film Winced bv W. R- Sheolmn, ror Story of an Amor- The specifications are: S" 5 feet 5 to 5 feet S; flg-"'''tiirdv flg-"'''tiirdv strong face full of r and determination such ;''irS l,t bo found on a pioneer -must Piny P"iult from 'cn , hair turns from red to SO 10 , sncnv white; must use American speech, no British F:3in " stratum dictum; loves 'ffwd must look maternal; (i .thetlc voice." !)1"P his mother role is a key one, AS fan the way through the n"U1 t should be the greatest m' nnrt the screen has shown mother pa"- u 'n'till be interesting for old-Refans old-Refans to learn that Lil-611,6 Lil-611,6 Dorothy Gish, stars dur-;?S-fLera,arebackin a a Lillian has just fin-Bfr: fin-Bfr: Pictur at Universal and I niftvin" the role of Mrs. rass Hearts were 0bS nd Gay," at Paramount. I0lv has "or the past few "ff been portraying the mother " Scar Serlin's brilliant stage "l ife With Father." TSe biting-fever" has At Hollywood, with practically ? leading stars authoring lei Among the authors, or rt be authors, one might men-r men-r Er rc , U, whose master-Se? master-Se? ltled, "Johnny Bow-Tie." CcL Lanford has written 2 her colorful experiences in jfbaUle areas as she enter-Sed enter-Sed American soldiers. Her of-(Btag-s tiUe is "Soldiers Don't g,,.. William Eythe, the 24-year- |