| Show Kay Will Play Spy Role for Final Picture By SHEILA ILAH GRAHAM RAHAl HOLLYWOOD May 30 News 30 New from the studios Kay Fra Francis Francis' cis' cis final picture fadeout fadeout fade fade- out will se see her as a fascinating slinky spy And sh she will have hav screen monster Boris Karloff as one of her two leading men The Th Theother Theother other will probably be George Brent Bren Meanwhile Miss Francis has start started d work on her one last r n film Unlawful with two fairly unknown young youn men mim playing opposite site site Richard Richard Bond who was Abie in the recent revival of Irish Rose and ana John Eldredge New Net NewYork NewYork York actor who has been under contract to Warners two years without getting an opportunity to prove himself There is La also James Stephenson who plays Kays Kay's hus hus- band Local estimate of the film fortune fortune fortune for for- tune Kay carries into private life exceeds one million dollars Darryl Zan Zanuck ck firmly finnly b believes that Richard Greene is made of ot star stuff and toIl following owing his lead ing big role in the current Sonja Henie Henle film the Englishman reports re- re re reports reports re- re ports to ace director John Ford for top spot in Splinter Fleet The story is exciting concerning the tricky work performed by torpedo torpedo torpedo tor tor- tor- tor boats invading enemy harbors harbors har har- bors boys during the Wor World d war Beverly Roberts faced with the problem of making a B serial for Columbia or doing nothing at all solved the difficulty by changing her name to Carole Wayne for this one picture Wild picture Wild Bill Hickok starring Gordon Elliott in the title role Madeleine Carroll has been definitely definitely erased from the cast of Waier Walter Walter Wal- Wal ter er Personal History and ind the search is on for a suitable leading fading lady Henry Fonda now emoting jn in Spawn of the North has has' las the leading role role and and a par part will probably be found for Louise Platt who did such good work with Fonda in I 1 Met My Love Again William Dieterle of Zola fame directs John Barrymore plays in Paramount's forthcoming Zaza Zaza Za za which stars Isa Miranda under under un un- der the dir direction of George Cukor is the tile theatrical gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man who finds Zaza in the gutter gutter gutter gut gut- ter and bu builds her up to the modem modern modern mod mod- em ern equivalent of a night club singer Alia Alla Nazimova who starred in the 1905 stage production production production tion of Zaza has been hired as special consultant to Producer Albert Lewin Production quickies Irene Dunne h has s turned down that par parn part in n There GO Goes Gots s My Heart which h was turned down by Carole Carols Lombard Lom- Lom bard ard and it has now been offered to o Margaret Sullavan The bone of contention is leading man Freddie Freddie Freddie Fred Fred- die March who gets the best of it from from a script point of view 1 Zanuck tells me he is de- de d T that his his new discovery Arleen Whelan shall h ll be no jn flash-jn- the pan starl starlet t. t Consi Considering ering her herin In- In in inexperience experience e Arleen acq acquits its herself very favorably in with the he result that her part with Don DonAmeche DonAmeche DonAmeche Ameche In Ellis Island has been rebuilt And she will also aiso be Tyrone Powers Power's leading lady in Jesse Jess James Ceclia Parker has signed another another another an an- other I 1 contract contra t which means that when and if it Cecelia marries Dick Baldwin she will continue with her career as a daughter of Judge Hardy in the Judge Hardys Hardy's Children series Timer Old-Timer Aileen Pringle has a small role in Too Hot to Handle the he Cl Clark rk Myrna Gable-Myrna Loy opus Frank Morgan and Mischa Auer bolster the acting strength in Sweethearts in which Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy are starred Franchot Tone is delaying delaying de- de laying aying his return to picture making and and wife Jo Joan n Crawford He has just arrived in New York City after a fishing trip will stay in the city a few days and journey to visit his parents in northern New York state Fadeout Due k t- t 7 i i 1 j c it 4 1 ii 9 f j y iJ 4 k I 01 0 r j j I Kay Francis Franch her fadeout will be as a slinky spy and Boris Karloff as as leading g man |
