Show Bell Bel Tolls' Tolls Nearly Ready for Public By John Todd HOLLYWOOD INS The INS The inescapable in inescapable in- in escapable hour when there ther is nothing nothing nothing noth noth- in-I in ing left to do on For Whom the Bell Tolls is rapidly approaching It is almost a sad thought for Hollywood has grown so accustomed accustomed accustomed tomed to talking about the picture during the past three years that tha not having it to talk about willbe will wll willbe be distressing like not having weather At Paramount where the care and feeding of For Whom the Bell Bel Tolls has been a major industry for the past 36 months they are completing the final motions o of recording the music and scoring it on film Both of these jobs willbe will willbe willbe be in the can in about 30 days and then despite any attempts to forestall it the movie will be ready to face its destiny Last Scene Supervised Last week Sam Wood who is the producer-director producer of the picture did what research discloses to be bethe bethe bethe the final shot of the picture He supervised a scene showing a machine machine machine ma ma- chine gun chattering and Gary Coopers Cooper's voice blending into the tat rat-tat-tat of the gun Cooper who is the star of the movie along with Ingrid Bergman wasn't present present present pres pres- ent because he already had said his dialog and it was recorded on ona ona ona a sound track But the job required required required re re- re- re Woods Wood's presence and when the task was completed Wood found that there was nothing more for for him to do Pretty soon the technicians and the artisans alof all al of them will discover that they too just like Wood are fresh out of things to do for For Whom the Bell Tolls Soon the picture will like all al movies must go forth to seek its fortune It had better be a fortune fortune fortune for for- tune too because Paramount has expended more than thus far and theres there's at least another another another an an- other half million in bills which will be paid before long to bring the picture to your screening The film will be sent to New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and then sometime this summer probably July 4 it will make its debut at an event heralded herald herald- ed as the world premiere That's the status of For Whom the Bell Tolls today |