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Show 1STUDI0 CANCELS GARBO'S NEW PICTURE Sheilah Graham t HOLLYWOOD Brenda Marshall Mar-shall Is the bright-eyed number on girl on the Warner lot She's a young lady who Is a fine actress and has striking beauty. The critics took so kindly to the exotic brunette bru-nette In "Espionage Agent" that Jack Warner has Instructed his story department to find a vehicle In which she can be teamed with either Greoge Brent or Errol Flynn. Meanwhile, as a starter, Brenda replaces Ceraldine Fitzgerald Fitzger-ald in The Sea Hawk," which has Mr. Flynn In the leading role. The Irish girl switches over to "Forgive Us Our Trespasses," with John Carfleld. By the way, from now on, Flynn will come to you via technicolor only. His color cycle began In "Robin Hood," continued con-tinued with "Dodge City" and "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex." Es-sex." And both "Virginia City" and "The Sea Hawk" are in technicolor. tech-nicolor. A question mark against the future fu-ture of Greta Garbo comes with the announcement that her next picture, "Madame Curie," has been dropped because of the war-shattered foreign market. Garbo Is a box office draw abroad. Not so in this country (why, I'll never know he is a good actress). If the war lasts a long time, I doubt whether Metro will feel Inclined to pay Crete her $250,000 per picture. pic-ture. Linda Darnell, who b playing opposite op-posite Tyrone Power in "Daytime Wife," will do ditto in an original story now being written at Twentieth Twen-tieth Century-Fox . . . David O. Selxnick Is still shooting bits of "Gone With the Wind" ' chiefly background shots la Atlanta. But don't worry. Selznick swear the picture will be ready for November release. I am a little skeptical of the rumored Baby Le Roy comeback (at the age of 7!). About a year ago, be appeared on the radio, and It was obvious then that any dramatic dra-matic ability he had possessed died with babyhood . . . Ann Dvorak and Preston Foster start work October Oc-tober 28 In Columbia's "Street of Missing Women." Mary Boland replaces Blnnie Barnes In "He Married His Wife." There' a little difference In their age and type. Isn't there? . . . Hugh Herbert Is sponsoring a "Woo Woo" candy bar! . . . Andrea Leeds will have to delay her honeymoon a bit to make "Outlaw," with Gary Cooper . . . Jane Wyatt remember her In "Lost Horizon" T will sign a Twentieth Century-Fox contract. Virginia Grey, who doe a good acting Job with W si lac Beery in "Thunder Afloat," has been rewarded re-warded via the feminine lead in Eddie Cantor's "Forty Little Mother," . . . The CKy of Conquest" Con-quest" is planned to star Jimmy Cagney. The story ha an Horatio Alger angle about how a poor boy can make good in a big city. Copyright, 1939, N. A. N. A. |