Show Sheilah Gr Graham liam H n Duces Duce's Son Bans U. U S S. Film in Italy HOLLYWOOD Aug 3 30 I 30 1 I understand understand understand under under- stand that Italy's thumbs down on Idiots Delight is the work of Vittorio Mussolini who still re resents resents resents re- re the cold reception he received when in Hollywood recently to study motion pictures His papas papa's government threatened threatened threat threat- ened cried Metro that if the picture were made without its permission all of that studios studio's product would be banned in Italy which would mean an an annual loss of lire Franchot Tones Tone's film popularity has taken a sudden rise since his separation from Joan Crawford and film flint offers now are so tempting he probably will sign for another six months before doing Quiet City on Broadway Richard Arlen is another to find himself more in dem nd since the up break-up of his marriage and he is now receiving more re requests requests re- re quests for his s screen reen services than at at any time in the last two years It would seem that fans like their men unmarried While I think of it Joan Crawford has joined the he large group of stars who drive around round in station wagons wagons but but with witha a chauffeur Fernand Gravet in n spite of 70 odd dd days of portraying Johann Strauss in The Great Waltz still cannot annot even pretend to play the fIddle iddle The hand you will eventually eventually ally lly see strumming ming the strings belongs belongs be- be longs to another and the actual violin music is supplied by yet another another anther an an- other ther musician Music in three- three part art time with a vengeance Wallace Beery's current director directors is s flabbergasted at Wally's sudden facility for remembering his lines Next to John Barrymore Wally has the worst memory in the business busi busi- ness Im I'm telling tales out of school chool but this is how and why Wally secretly studies the next days day's dialogue the evening before And when the time comes to shoot says ays casually What do you wish me to s say y now and rattles It off offo to o the amazement of everyone everyone in in- in eluding luding himself Constance Bennett is making a day on the side lending her imported imported im- im ported car license number in her starring picture for Universal Service De These days Connie Bonnie earns almost as much with thIs his limousine as she does with her few and far between pic- pic tures ures Hedy Lamarr Is having her portrait portrait por- por trait rait painted in oils by Reginald Gardiner which is one way of seeing seeing see- see ing ng a great deal dea of a girl who has suddenly taken the film world by storm torm Poor Mr Gardiner has lots lotsof lotsof of f competition these days days and and is making the portrait last as long as possible The can containing You Cant Can't Take ake It With You reaches New NewYork NewYork NewYork York only one hour before its scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- preview What if the train is late ate The earl of Warwick acting under the name of of Michael Brooke is not popular in Hollywood among imong those who regard him as a little ittle on the pompous side David Niven visited Olivia de deHavilland deHavilland deHavilland Havilland on the set the other day watched her 30 minutes without speaking one word Maybe that's why Olivia is quite jittery these days and cannot sleep without slumber-inducing slumber medicine |