| Show Movies f M MSo ovies Tone Down Slaps at Nazis So 50 Latin Audiences Wont Won't Riot BY ty y Paul Harrison HOLLYWOOD NEA From t two wo individual sources which ordinarily t Id I'd consider reliable this del department de- de has heard that Germany Germanys l I is s censoring American pictures in thre three South American countries and md that the governments have agreed greed tacitly to suppress any films disapproved by nazi diplomatic rep rep- The situation seems a little overstated over- over stated The U. U S. S department of ot commerce doesn't know about it anyway and the Producers' Producers association association asso- asso denies it All the same Im I'm pretty sure that hat this has had a lot to do with the he movies' movies quick swing away from antinazi subjects There These is some proof roof In the current Claudette Col- Col Ray bert Milland rUlland picture Arise My ly Love The story is based somewhat on the he experience of Harold Dahl the American merican flier who ho captured and condemned by General Franco was aved Laved by the plea of his beautiful wife From there on on though the character of ot the wife seems to be modeled after Dorothy Thompson Anyway the comedy proceeds to more recent events and it ribs the nazis azis And almost every reference to o Germany or Hitler is being filmed in two versions versions one one definitely definitely anti antinazi nazi the other with most of the sting removed The Thel l latter alter will be used in South America merica The studio says this is being done I merely out of consideration for ex- ex I rr 9 h hl l J F Ii v I C Claudette Colbert Censored for South American sensitivities on the lower continent Feeling is so strong among the Latin LaUn hot bloods that any reference reference reference refer refer- ence to nazis either for or against raises uproar in the theaters Mother-in-Law Mother Fills In InCheck InCheck InCheck Check Takes It All The colony is chuckling at the frankly told difficulties of a prominent prominent prominent nent actor whose wife recently left him with the intention of suing for divorce With the breaking up of their home says sas the actor his mother law agreed to take care of the details of closing the house and paying off the the- servants So he gave her a signed check with the amount blank blank and and she took his entire bank account Until recently when he went off contract at one studio the actor had been working steadily for several several several sev sev- eral years and had d deposited posited quite a lot of ot cash Yet when he began began began be be- gan a picture on another lot the theother theother theother other day he had to borrow eating cating eating eat eat- ing money for the week And his wife's family is wealth wealthy Jeanette and nd Nelson Trade Trado Brickbats Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy are costarring in Bittersweet Bittersweet Bitter Bitter- sweet Recording a song for the picture Eddy gargled a couple of notes and spoiled a take Wheres s 's Allan Jones asked W. W S. S Van Dyke the director Is he busy right now Maybe we could get him said Miss MacDonald But nut how about Lawrence Tibbett Im I'm sure sure sure- Now youve you've got something exclaimed exclaimed exclaimed ex ex- ex- ex claimed Eddy Tibbett and Grace Moore the Moore the perfect team for for- this for this picture Theres There's a strong indication of the new order of practical picture making in a move by Warner Bros which will be a local sensation The studio is going to fire Paul Muni and Director William Die- Die This is not a mere refusal to renew contracts The stellar actor and director are being ousted before their contracts have expired and will be given settlements Both men were regarded as too doggoned arty and argumentative and temperamental Muni always raised Cain about his scripts and has insisted on changes which hurt his pictures at the box office Currently Currently Currently Cur Cur- he has been making trouble about High Sierra slated for his next flicker Dieterle has refused refused refused re re- re- re fused to direct numerous stories and in turn has fought for stories which the studio didn't like |
