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Show I ciecn i SBiorts There are several unusual aspects of interest in the selection selec-tion of Joan Crawford as the best actress of 1945. The first is that she was selected for her work in her first role in three years, the second is that the role was a "mother" "mo-ther" part, usually very unatrac-tive unatrac-tive to actresses, and finally, that the role which won her the Oscar, was spurned by many other outstanding out-standing actresses before Miss Crawford decided to accept it. Dick , Haymes has. joined the ranks -of Hollywoodite ranchers. He just recently bought himself a 100,-acre ranch 60 miles from ollywood at the edge of Ven- Olivia de Haviland and Joan Fontaine, sisters, have the pleasure pleas-ure now of watching the movie career of their mother, Lilliah Fontaine. She has a part in "Suddenly It's Spring", with" Pau-lette Pau-lette Goddard. Jane Withers plans to feature fea-ture young people on her radio show. As soon as newscomers are signed by studios, Jane plans to introduce them over the air, describe de-scribe them and tell something of their background. Then she'll let them give out with samples of their talent. Not -a bad idea. The film colony's only girl's to make the California section of the Debutante Register were Shirley Shir-ley Temple and Gloria and Peggy Lloyd, daughters of comedian Harold Lloyd. Errol Fynn is one of Hollywood's Holly-wood's canniest actors. He recently recent-ly formed an outfit which will produce one picture a year, known as the Thompson Picture Company. Compa-ny. It owns Errol's boat. Catch in it is this: When' Errol takes that nine months' trip to shoot backgrounds in -South ArAerica for a forthcoming picture, all expenses ex-penses can be deducted from his income taxes. Here's how that young Canadian Cana-dian comic, Alan Young, who did sq well in "Margie," that Darryl Zanuck is keeping him for another anoth-er picture, came to Hollywood. It seem that Agent Frank Cooper's radio went on the blink and all he could contact were Canadian stations. During the time, Young came on, Cooper listened to his gags, heard the audience reao-tion, reao-tion, telephoned him long distance and signed him for Hollywood. |