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Show ereen Shorts lngi'Kl lierjjiyan as to have the leading feminine role in "Arch of Triumph" which is as perfect a blending of actress and part as has been seen in some time. Lewis Milestone, who did such a wonderful won-derful jobs directing Erich Remarque's Re-marque's first novel "All Quiet on the Western Front," will also direct the film version of this one. Paulette Goddard has been chosen by Cecil B. DeMille for the lead opposite Gary Cooper in the forthcoming Technicolor historical histori-cal production, "The Unconquered" In the picture, which will have a background of pioneer life in the Alleghenies, Paulette will portray an English girl who is convicted of murder and deported to America Amer-ica as a slave. Edward G. Robinson's next will be the forthcoming Sol Lesser production of "The Red House," i the George Agneau Chamberlain novel. After a year on the stage, Frances Dee is returning to the screen in a top supporting role in the Loew-Lewin film, "Bel Ami." Brian Donlevy is to have the part of Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves in MGM's- atomic bomb picture, "The Beginning or the End" in which Robert Walker and Beverly Tyler will also have featured parts,. Walker will portray an army officer assigned to the atomic at-omic project and Miss Tyler, the "Allison Keith" of "The Green Years," will play his war bride. 4 After having her baby, July Garland returns to the screen in "The Pirates" with Gene Kelly as her leading man. This is the musical musi-cal in which Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine were so successful. success-ful. Cole Porter is to write the musical score and Arthur Freed will produce. A few hours after the recent tidal wave struck Hawaii, Monogram Mono-gram had the title "Tidal Wave" registered and a film story outlined. out-lined. Some speed! In a scene in "Down to Earth" Rita Hayworth wears an $11,000 mink coat-dress, topped by a mink j bonnet, which is said to have cost ! $700. j We hear that the "Uncle Andrew An-drew Hardy" series will be resumed re-sumed as soon as Mickey Rooney gets back to work. In the first film "Andy" returns from the war and goes back to ' school, where he's still a frosh. Bonita Granville will still be his leading lady. The cast of "The Emperor Waltz" which includes Bing Crosby Cros-by and Joan Fontaine, will have a real vacation when they go on location in Canada. The studio is trying to get the Chateau Fronte-nac Fronte-nac for background. A new ending for David Selz-nick's Selz-nick's "Duel in the Sun" in which Joseph Gotten is starred, is being shot. Much of the filming of films based on the life of John Paul Jones will be done at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, with the cooperation ' of the U. S. . Navy. The film produced by Sam Bron-ston Bron-ston will be ready for release on the 200th anniversary of the birth of the famous naval hero, who was born in Scotland July 6, 1747. When the infant son of Hedy Lamarr and John Loder is christened chris-tened there'll be an all-star cast present for the ceremony. Actor John "Loder will have a dual rol father and godfather (he is to serve as proxy godfather for Max Aitken, eldest son of Lord Beav-erbrook Beav-erbrook who is in England.) Of course, there'll be mother" Hedy Lamarr and godmother, Bette Davis. Darryl Zanuck's "Meteor", has nothing to do with the atomic bomb, the planets or any other heavenly bodies, but it will have the heavenly body of Betty Gra-ble Gra-ble as an attraction. Also in the cast will be Mark Stevens, Victor Mature, Linda Darnell and Lloyd Nolan. |