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Show BETTE FALLS IN LOVE ONCE MORE . -BUT ONLY FOR PUBLICITY f -iw.i. ii ii ii mi i lie m r ' ! " ' - - ' -' " I:-, i V' f ? '. . J ' i t stf " ' - f . ' ' '- " ' ' j V & i ! -y , . 1 . . .. ... i " V .j Bette Davis ... Studio sdmrit her romance 'with George Brant "juf boxoffica." Sheilah Graham ! j HOLLYWOOD, May IS That j Bette Davis -George Brent romance i is now admitted by the studio to be nothing more or less thsn awset 1 publicity which msy be the beginning begin-ning of a new honesty policy anent fabricated love. Deanna Durbin says: "I don't care what they say about me I'm still 16." (poor Deanna has been rated as high as 19!). Warner Baxter's health breakdown break-down Is mors serious than his studio stu-dio admits. Capsule success story: Sidnsy Guilaroff was just a good hairdresser hair-dresser Irt New Tork, earning around 100 a week until he maneuvered ma-neuvered with a Hollywood friend to coiffure Josn Crawford and Nor-i Nor-i ma Shearer during their recent visits to New York. The girls liked him, asked for him to take care of the hair problem in "The Women." Wo-men." Before Guilaroff could be induced in-duced to leave New York, he demanded de-manded and received a one-year contract at Metro with a salary of $25,000. Which makes him ths highest high-est paid hairdresser in the business. busi-ness. Kstharins Hepburn and not Howard Hughes owns ths movie rights to her successful stags play, "Philadelphia Story." Katis is planning plan-ning to sell ths film rights to Harry Edington, hsr former agent, now turned producer with herself in the stellar role, of course. Olivia De Havllland, by ths way, is still receiving flowers from Mr. Hughes two doxen roses every other dsy and four white orchids twics a week. Olivia tells ms that about one-third only of "Gone With the Wind" has been shot, and shs is in a slight predicament. Her original orig-inal contract with Selsnlck for the role of Melanie was for eight weeks. Three months havs already elapsed, with the picture heading for an end-of-July finish. Meanwhile, Olivia's next picture, The Knight and the Lady," begins today, and the little actress will havs to be twins or something to keep both dates. David Niven will tell you that he has never been as happy in his life as at ths .pressnt moment "so why should I marry?" hs adds, referring re-ferring to his romance with Miss Dyer. David has a funny story to tell re ths efforts to 'make him cry during Merle Oberon's death scene In "Wuthering .Heights." "They finally had to use menthol," says David. "But, instead of the tears coming through my syes, they came through my noss and dripped all over Merle's head. Almost ruined her dying." Talking about this picture, how do you like the following, which I saw on a Hollywood theater mar-q mar-q u e e "Laurence "Wuthering" Heights' OUver and Vivien "Scarlet O'Hara" Leigh in "Fire Over England.'" En-gland.'" Not a mention of Flora Robson, who was only ths star of ths picture! William Buckner, whom you may remember as ths romantic interest of Loretta Young, will shortly opsn Hollywood offices as an agent, backed by a group of filmites including in-cluding Miss Young. In case you want to know why, after all the ballyhoo, the part of Lya Lys in "Confessions of a Nasi Spy" is ons step removed from nonexistent, non-existent, here it is: The original of the role portrayed by Lya threatened threat-ened Warners with a terrifio libel suit unless ths part was cut It was in ths cutting: room. During the making of ths picture, Goldwyn is said to have called Jack Warner and told him he was a fool to make it. "Well, then, what should I make Ths Cowboy and ths Lady?;" cruelly queried Werner. Errol Flynn snd Bette Davis are having quite a tussls for premiere billing in what was originally titled "Elizabeth and Essex." then The Knight and the Lady." Bette wants "Elizabeth and Essex." Flynn Insists on "The Knight and tha Lady." I'm backing Bette. Copyright, 183. N. A. N. A. |