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Show Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE FOOLISH NOTION," by Philip Barry, is a play that's right up Hollywood's alley, partly because it would make a delightful picture, partly also because of its cast. Talullah Bankhead returned to Broadway in it after she had "Lifeboat" and "A Royal Scandal" to add to her screen career; Donald Cook Is known to movie goers, as is Aubrey Mather. And Maria Manton makes her stage debut she's the daughter of Mar-lene Mar-lene Dietrich. She's a big girl, prettier pret-tier than her mother was when she arrived In this country, with a peacbes-and-cream voice and an obvious ob-vious talent for seductive roles. "Foolish Notion" could step onto the screen with Its Broadway cast, successfully. suc-cessfully. Of course we're used to those nicknames nick-names "The Look," "The Beard," and all the rest of them. But Paramount Para-mount certainly didn't look ahead when insuring Olivia de Havilland's chin for $100,000 because Hav Mil- - ' . v .' -f-' :-.... .. y :'' ' , I,. ,..,.,. .,.,, ' OLIVIA DE HAVELLAND land was to hit her on lt In "The Well Groomed Bride." Because quick as a flash up came a name for Olivia "The Jaw." Sounds ; more like something belonging to a prize fighter than a pretty girL In Hollywood, it's a nice gesture Betty Hutton, between pictures, lent her stand-in, Barbara Cain, to Joan Caulfleld, the young Broadway actress. Barbara, star of Broadway's Broad-way's "Kiss and Tell," was beginning begin-ning her film career, In Paramount' "Miss Susie Slagle." It looked as if Penny Singleton was t doomed to play "Blondie" forever until Hunt Stromberg gave her a chance to escape In "Young Widow." Wid-ow." She was a victim of typing, till he put her into this picture, in which Jane Russell and Louis Hay-ward Hay-ward are co-starred. Jean Hersholt ran into the same difficulty after be did "The Country Doctor"; Van Johnson escaped the fate of the "Dr. Kildare" series, thanks to the bobby eockscrs. Basil Rathbone has to fight to avoid eternally playing Sherlock Holmes. Typing can make a Hollywood Holly-wood star, and ruin him. Virginia Bruce goes brunette for her dual role in Republic's "Love, Honor and Goodbye." She's blonde for half the film, then dons a disguise dis-guise as a brunette French maid to test her husband's fidelity. In private pri-vate life Virginia's best tint is honey blonde. Three years ago, after abandoning his job as vocalist for Harry James' band to get a start in films, Dick Haymes was broke and hungry. He got a Job chauiTeuring Chick Chandler Chan-dler to work at 20th Century-Fox. Now Chandler plays a columnist in "Kitten on the Keys" starring Dick Haymes and Maureen O'Hara, nearly' near-ly' 'ireaks up their romance and jWJWs is slated to give his for-vAieVemployer for-vAieVemployer a punch in the Jawl That's a swell Idea of Bob Burns' In his home town of Canoga Park, where he's mayor, he's planting memorial me-morial trees for all residents killed while serving in the armed forces, with a plaque bearing the war hero' name attached to each tree. That's a swell new radio show, "Detect and Collect," launched on CBS June 13 as summer replacement for "Which Is Which." In case you haven't heard lt, Wendy Barrie and Fred Uttal give each contestant five clues to identify his surprise gift, and $25 if he guesses It the first time. Prizes decrease to $5, but the contestant gets the prize even if he never guesses what it is. ODDS AND ENDS The Andrews Sisters have been voted the most popu-lar popu-lar harmony group by the soldiers stationed sta-tioned in Ireland. . . . Now that John Garfield won't be drafted, Producer Carey Wilson is ready to start produc lion on "The Postman Alurtys Kings 2'ic'tce," starring John and l.ana Turner, , . . This time Paul Whiteman has tchcduled a group of Gershwin tributes instead of just a one-time, shot; he's chosen Joan Edwards as soloist for the Meries. . . . Jimmy Carroll was vocal pinch-hitter for five top singers before he landed his own commercial CBS ieries. "Jimmy Carroll Sings." |