| Show Hollywood Hollywood's 5 Stars and and Ordinary Ordnary Citizens Citizen S Rank RanJ Bob T Taylor One of Most Popular 4 Sheilah Graham A G Gadabouts Gadabout's Notebook HOLLYWOOD Sept 22 Fredric 22 Fredric March is is receiving for his role in Trade Winds which is exactly half his usual sal sal- ary But But and and this is a big but Freddie but Freddie also gets a share of the profits In this way not only will he gross gross more money but the said lucre will stretch over a number of years automatically lowering lower lower- ing his income tax payments Smart lad lad that Freddie Talking about mone money a long time ago Paramount paid Gene Fowler for his Timberline Timber line but but there Is b no sign to date that the excellent book will ill ever become a movie movia It was vas s suddenly discovered discovered after after odd 80 days of shooting that shooting that The Lady and the Cowboy lacked an ending So production has been halted for a week while the writers think up one Franchot Tone at La Conga with Margaret just just a few yards away from Joan Crawford and nd Cesar Romero An embarrassed time Ume was as had by pu all 1111 Carole Lombards Lombard's newest publicity publicity pub pub- pictures are all very dignified fied no fled no more harum poses pose poses for a little while anyway Incidentally Mr 1 Gable has added another accomplishment to his isis hise e growing ever list list lie lie ha has initiated Carole into the mysteries of skeet shooting Columnists Columnist beware The reason why Anita Louise re replaced replaced replaced re- re placed Arleen Whelan in The Littie Little Lit Lit- tie tle Princess is the old story that Arleen's looks are are so vivid they overshadow everyone else in in the casts cast I am sorry I would like to have seen Arleen's lovely red hair in technicolor Jane Withers receives for her two weeks of personal appearance appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap in Cuba plus Cuba plus expenses Robert Taj Taylor Talor lor is rapidly becoming becoming becoming be be- coming the most ost popular star star star- with the stars as well uell as with us ordinary folk in Hollywood Ills His complete good nature and naturalness natural natural- ness stand out with attractive clarity in in this city of too many His biggest booster is Barbara little son Dion to whom Bob has just presented presented pre pre- scooted a studded silver-studded riding saddle and Mexican riding boots Myrna Loy and husband Arthur I Hornblow have canceled their European European European Eu Eu- vacation at t the request of their respective studios which cant can't afford to risk losing t them em in the threatened war Bette Davis DavIs' secretary tells me there is not the slightest possibility ity of the rumored divorce between Bette and Hus Husband and Harmon Nelson II I I am sure she is right Bette and Ham are both too sensible to let the bugaboo of fame and career come between them Joan Fontaine has spent the he past two weeks at Conrad Nagel's beach home chaperoned of course by her mother and sister Olivia de Havilland Ha David Nivens Niven's newest heart throb is a a. pretty blond stenographer in the Warner Brothers publicity depart depart- ment That reminds me that glamorous Merle Oberon has been minus a abeau abeau abeau beau ever since coming back to Hollywood discounting a few dates with George Brent which was a matter of publicity convenience anyway Can you imagine Merle being without a string of devoted swains in any other city In the world except Hollywood Claudette Colbert has recovered from her recent bout of sinus trouble trou trou- ble As Claudette herself puts Ither Ither it her her only ache now is gia gia which to you and me is the common or garden headache j n p cy 4 i j r ow Fredric March He is h dumb like hIs hIsa a fox in only getting pay paycheck paycheck paycheck check for hit his next picture |
