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Show BABY STARS REIGN, OVER MOVIETOWN ; . la vllle. Ia "East Slda of Heaven- I i she became the temporary ward . of Blng Crosby, Mlscha Auer and ' Joan Blondell about the same) t situation which soon confronted & Ginger Rogers and David Nlvea In "Bachelor Mother," with Elbert If Cope lend Jr. Miss Henvtlle later stumbled into the old, routine plot when she was Informally adopted 3 by a show troupe In "Unexpected E rather." Even veteran Eddie Cantor, who . . has had enough of his own, can't escape the visitations of Utile bun-dies bun-dies of dubious Joy. In his Metro picture, Mr. Cantor will pick up a waif In a rescue mission and will devota the next eight reels to tak- '-' ing care of It. In walks the trusty T old situation and places Mr, Can- . tor's ward (surprise surprise 1 1 la . the care of the pupils of young , ladles' finishing school. By PAUL HARRISON HOLLYWOOD Baby pictures ire reaching the proportions of an pldemle In Morletown. There's a nursery la tome odd corner of practically every lot, and . distraught dis-traught prop men are obliged to keep a stock of rattles and safety pins. Directors, who have enough trouble with the Infantile behavior at some of their adult charges, are going eraxy. Only people who are having an easy time in this situation are the writers. Any writer who gets around to the movies at all can pick up the well-patterned plot on which nearly all baby pictures are based, and than he can work in a few variations. That Is, he can have the foundling fall Into the care of a squadron of wartime aviators Instead of the usual gang of crooks. Out at atudlo, writers got a sensational Idea for a picture they want to call The Sweetheart of Turret One." Building on the asual basic situation, they plan to havo a one-year-old baby, foster-fathered foster-fathered by tha fUat.Nct battle, ship la fiction history ever had a stowaway Infant, and you oaa Imagine the comedy situations, including in-cluding code massages, during navy war games, on how to mix a formula. Only trouble Is, the navy itself is raising the devil about such an undignified story. "Little Miss Marker," back la 1934, not only did a lot for Shirley Temple, but was the forerunner of the later cycle. In that one, If you recall. Miss Temple became the charge of a race track gang. Only a couple of years ago the Brothers Warner, without oven a blush, produced pro-duced a flicker called "Little Miss Thoroughbred" which differed principally la that the child was Janet Chapman and that the race track touts Included frank Mo-Hugh Mo-Hugh Instead of Adolphe Menjou. Along about that time, Warners also made "Little Big Shot," with Sybil Jason. Sybil's papa shot himself him-self (I forget why) and she was cared for by a gang headed by Robert Armstrong and Clenda Far-relL Far-relL Melted their heatrs, of course. Along came Baby Sandy Hen- |