Show Studio Mixes Nationalities For Pictures By ERSKINE JOHNSON HOLLYWOOD Off NEA-Off Off the sound track Leave it to Hollywood's Hollywoods Hollywoods Hollywood's Hollywoods Hollywood's Holly Holly- woods wood's casting directors to further further further fur fur- ther complicate the international situation Not content with casting casting casting cast cast- ing Actor Tom Dugan an Irishman Irishman Irishman Irish Irish- man Jinx Falkenberg the ideal American girl as a Russian and all the Chinese in inI I Hollywood as Japs Saps M G M now comes up with a picture titled Assignment in Brittany Signe Hasso the Swedish star tar tarl playS playS' the role ot of a German Germah spy Her costar French importation Jean Pierre AU Aumont plays play an English spy Brooklyn-born Brooklyn Susan Susan Susan Su Su- Su- Su san Peters is a French peasant and Miles Mander an Englishman plays a French colonel Make l Comebacks Nice Nce to see Anna Sten Lee Tracy and Kay Johnson making film comebacks Ive I've Iveal al always way s thought that ni Miss Misa Sten given the pro proper r role cou could d be one of flickerville's flick- flick erville's brightest stars Appropriate that Guy Kibbee should be assigned the role of a newspaper editor in The Power of the Press Kibbee's father published his own paper in Rosvell Roswell Roswell Ros- Ros well vell N N. M. M where Guy was raised He earned his first dollar as a printers printer's devil and copy cop boy Add unrehearsed dialogue On th Johnny Doughboy set Baby Sandy who is growing up looks iii n a a. mirror then turns to her herm m mother ther and asks Mommy did you buy those freckles for me or did th they y just grow S Studio Politics Theres There's Ther s 's a story going the rounds rounds' about a a. a 1750 k Writer who g got ot t caught In some studio politics Hoping loping hed he'd tear up his contract the he studio assigned him fo to the job iob of guiding tourists around the lot The contract ct still had six months to run and the writer decided decided de decided de- de to stick it out For several everal weeks he showed visitors around the sets and then one day he was asked to point out the sights for an eastern banker After the tour the banker offered of of- him a five-dollar five bill bilI Oh no thanks said the writer writ writ- er fla flashing l ng one of his weekly week a pay checks the stu studio stu- stu dio guides here are very well paid The banker a heavy stockholder in the studio blew up went to the he front office and demanded to know What was going on The writer is now back writing ting |