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Show divorce won't become final until September and Mickey's won't be final until May. . There will be quite a number of Academy members who won't be able to attend the Academy Awards ceremony. It's to be held in a theater which seats 950 and there are 2500 Academy members. Admission will be by I invitation only and invitations will be sent out by the decision of the board of governors and the heads of each studio department. depart-ment. The event is scheduled for March 24. Ever since Cornel Wilde and Patricia Knight have been married, mar-ried, they have Wanted to do a picture together. They finally got their wish in "Shockproof," in which Pat plays a murderess released from jail in the custody of an officer, played by Cornel. Leading the list of top picture grossers are "Road to Rio," "Easter . Parade," "Red River," "Cass Timberlane" and "Johnny Belinda." The least expensive of these was "Johnny Belinda," which cost only $1,400,000 to make. All have taken in over $400,000. Barry Fitzgerald was 41 years old before he finally made up his mind to become an actor. Until then, he had been a poorly-paid poorly-paid clerk in Dublin. In response to fans all over the world, Bing Crosby sends out 350,000 photos a year. Bing and Bob Hope, by the way, are the most popular film stars in the Philippines. Their "Road to Utopia" in Manila played to standing-room-only. Spectators paid 2c admission to see Betty Field in her first play, a production of "Taming of the Shrew," when Betty was 9 years old. Preston Sturges is writing an original story for Clark Gable. The story is about a great industrial indus-trial tycoon, who returns from he city to the town where he was born and creates a whole new industry. The title at present pres-ent is 'Mr. Big and Little Town.' "Red Shoes," the British film, has already run 17 weeks in Washington, D. C, and 16 in New York, with the end not yet in sight. Those who see it once always want to go back to see it again. Practically every sutdio has a story about jet planes, but it seems that Paramount will be the first with Alan Ladd starred in "Jet Pilot." Celeste Holm gets a leading part with Linda Darnell and Paul Douglas in "Everybody Does It." All three will sing and Charles Coburn, who won't sing, will play the role of Celeste's Ce-leste's father, who hates music. Douglas, by the way, is about the hottest actor in Hollywood at t.he present time, but Darryl Zanuck has him under contract for two pictures yearly for seven years. If present plans jell, Joan Fontaine will go to London for "The King's General" for Alex-anda Alex-anda Korda in June. While there she may do another film for an independent company. Rumor has it that Martha Vickers, 23-year-old film actress, is engaged to Mickey Rooney, 29. Definite plans haven't been made as yet, though, as Martha's |