Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-05-16 | Page 9 | Feud Develops in Freeze-Out Writing Chore

Feud I Develops Develops' In Out Freeze-Out Writing Chore By SHED SHEILAH AH GRAHAM I Copyright 1938 for The Telegram HOLLYWOOD May Jimmy 16 Cagney is the unconscious cause of a way four feud now taking place n the the- Warner Brothers studio Four writers have been hired to write rite a western apiece for Mr Cag Cag- ney The sole instructions ns they have received are that the hero must be a pioneer and he must not W wear ar a a- coon cap Only two of the stories will reach the screen the screen the first and best will be Jimmys Jimmy's next picture with the sec second nd to follow A years year's contract will be awarded the The losers are faced with Immediate dismissal Feeling is running pretty high at atthe atthe the moment with all four scribes so busy watching watching- one another's progress they find it difficult to concentrate concentrate concentrate con con- on the writing about feuds Errol Flynn is it on terms with the Lane sisters which is one of the reasons he refused to make Sisters Sis Act with them David O. O is In a qu quandary He wants Douglas Fairbanks Jr to play the title role in R Rupert pert of with Ronald Colman in another equally qually important role But Colman feels that the actor playing the name role will naturally get top billing in the minds of movie audi audi- Production is being held up vp p pending Colmans Colman's acquiescence ence Jimmy Stewart and Buddy John Swope are pla planning ning to build a house at a total cost of of low said sad a friend commenting on the price Its kind of ot small explained Jimmy Baby Leroy who could remember his movie lines at the age of 2 blew his dialogue horribly when radio Interviewed the other other day L La roy rey is now 6 And a nice and normal normal normal nor nor- mal youngster who would s sooner oner play with his toy train than study lines There has been some talk of putting him in the next W. W C. C Fields picture But the plan has I fallen through for two reas reasons ns a Fields has not yet forgiven the moppet for stealing picture-stealing and b I the comedian does not riot lik like the story prepared by Paramount and is currently currently cur cur- on the suspended list i Garbo expected back in Hollywood in June minus the Mrs in front of name Mickey Rooney is not afraid to tell the boss when he has a grievance I saw him on the lot a few days ago in arm with Louis B. B Mayer and saying Look here Mr Mayer this picture isn't so hot for me Both Martha Raye Rave and her stand stand-in are in love with medical gentlemen in Iii the Cedars of Lebanon hospital Patricia Wilder was asked to test for the role of Scarlett in Gone with the Wind For three weeks she rehearsed with Drama Coach Oliver HinsdelL Then came the test I r did everything Mr Hinsdale told me me says Patricia I r cried I 1 sighed I was haughty I was naughty Then I r looked up and there was George laughing laughing laughing laugh laugh- ing fit to bust P. P S S. Miss Wil r will not play Scarlett It has just been discovered that thata a a. certain very prominent prominent- film star is is- isa a very bad speaker But this handicap has been overcome by the writer of his newest picture Im making him so full of emotion emotion he he cant can't speak says the scribe