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Show CONTRACT OF STAR HANGS IN BALANCE By SHEILAH GRAHAM (Copyright, 1937, for The Telegram) s HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 11 An important meeting for Marion Davies is taking place at the Warner studio. It is to decide whether id thi hrothors will continue starrine her in their pictures. , . Hundred Men and a Girl." is joining join-ing the musical trek to Hollywood. "The Spawn of the North." hav-ing hav-ing had practically every star In town scheduled for It at one time or another, la now Hearing Its final metamorphosis and is being completely rewritten. . . . Fran-rhot Fran-rhot Tone will emote again with (tladya George hut this time In a comedy titled "Love la a Headache." Head-ache." . . . Irene Dunne will have Edgar Bergen and Dummy Charlie Char-lie McCarthy In her new funny film for I'niversal. Twelve-year-old Leatrice Joy Gilbert Gil-bert is climbing up the film ladder with the part of Velvet In M-G-M's racing yarn, "National Velvet." Bette Davis Is seriously considering consider-ing tha lead in the Norman Bel Geddea stage production, "Lower Than Angels." It will be her first since answering the Hollywood call seven years ago. . . . Clark Gable's likely to be "Yellow Jack," from the Sidney Howard play. If the outcome is negative. Miss Davies is faced with one of two alternatives to move her bungalow tt and Maff to hiiuiIut umllu, ui to j retire permanently from the screen. i I understand she favors the latter. V Meanwhile. Joan Blon.lt.ll i set yjt - to replace Marion in "Boy Meets J , Girl," with newcomer Wayne Morris CJ .as her masculine opposite. ) . Katharine Hepburn has decided l"i . to forget that BroanVay preaenta-'ff preaenta-'ff : tion of ""Jane Eyre" for the sca-f, sca-f, . on at least. Katie does not yet J feel equal to braving those same .J 1 drama critics who ripped her act- . Ing to little piece in the ill-fated "The like." For the time being she will stick to her movies. Following the rurr.-nt "Brlng- Ing I p Baby," .Miss Hepburn la . scheduled to emote In "Bridge In the Sky." After that comes a two months vacation abroad (with Howard Hughes already I following her In his plane according ac-cording to the K-K-U-Kadio pub-HoHp pub-HoHp department 1 1 Cecil B. De Mille's next super-eolossal. super-eolossal. to follow "Buccaneer," will v romanticize the Hudson Bay com-' com-' pany. The story deals with the " founding of the company, high- lighting tha early struggles of the - various personalities to gain con- trol of the fur trading section. Fred MarMurray la penciled in for v tha leading strong character part. - Aa usual, Jeannia McPherson, who haa worked with Da Mills for the last 20 years, is preparing the script. - Tha Columbia studio suffered a 1 net loaa of $40,000 over tha one-day strike called by tha local Interna- tional Association of Theatrical Stage Employes. The dispute, re tha withdrawal of aeveral makeup . men, resulted in the closing down a of tha entire picture plant. ". The f. A. T. 8. E. haa terrific I force) In Hollywood. It has tha fc power aa In the esse of t'olum- 4 bisv to rail strike without 1 vote by the interested parties. t Tha three affected pictures, "Lit- tie Miss Roughneck." starring Edith Fellows, with Leo Carillo: "No Time to Marry," with Richard Arlen, Mary Astor and Lionel Standers, t and "Penitentiary," with Walter J Connelly, Jean Parker and John Howard, ars now back before the cameras. Potted producti&n Items . . . T Olympa Bradna. that cuts bundle of French loveliness from "Souls at J Sea," is coatarred with Randolph - Scott in "Everybody's OirL" . . . Following "Rebecca of 8unnybrook Farm." Shirley Templa will Join the prevailing comedy trend in - "Susannah of tha Mounted" (I hope no one is allowed to throw a custard pie or even a ripe tomato, a la - Gladya Swarthout, in her face). Other Templa epics now in a state of preparation include "Little Prin- cess" and "Dude Ranch." . . . Hun- garian import llona Maaaey, now I running away with all tha honors In "Rosalie," will make her atar-Z atar-Z ring debut in "Madame Pompa- dour." ... Jose lturbi, inspired by I tha success of Stokowski in "One |