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Show stsgecreenMdio . Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE CONSTANCE COLLIER helped Paulette Goddard deceive Charlie Chaplin when Paulette was Mrs. C", and doesn't mind telling about it. "Mr. Chaplin preferred that his wife should be the lady of his house and should give up any thought of an acting career," ca-reer," says she. But Paulette was ambitious. So Miss Collier, whose name has long been famous in the theater, coached her at every opportunity. "And we just didn't tell Charles anything about it," she adds. She's seen in "Kitty," in which Paulette stars. Miss Collier has helped many another actress; the list includes Mary Pickford, Norma Shearer, Claudette Colbert. But husbands didn't have to be deceived in their cases. Larry Brooks took his name from that of a famous theatrical costume firm walked in to have a costume fitted, walked out "Brooks." Now singing opposite Jo Stafford on the air on CBS Tuesday nights, he's also singing a leading role on the stage f 4 8 j ' i - , ' LAWRENCE BROOKS in "Song of Norway"; he's come a long way from the radio station In Hartford, Conn., where he worked for three seasons. Between times he's had a movie contract that took him to Hollywood but did no more for him, and sung in a night club. Teresa Wright says, "It should be my turn next," and means her turn to make a picture based on a book by her husband, Niven Busch. Jennifer Jen-nifer Jones stars in his "Duel in the Sun"; when RKO makes his "They Dream of Home," Dorothy McGuire will star. Meanwhile, Teresa is appearing ap-pearing in Paramount's "The Imperfect Im-perfect Lady," opposite Ray Mil-land, Mil-land, and biding her time. After a search lasting for months, Columbia Pictures . chose Scotty Becket for the role of Al Jolson as a young man in the technicolor musical mu-sical tentatively called "The Al Jolson Jol-son Story." Becket's last screen appearance ap-pearance was in "Junior Miss." With rain sweeping over Hollywood, Holly-wood, and attacks of flu claiming one actor after another, Producer Joe Kaufman was lucky. Kane Richmond, Rich-mond, Barbara Reed and Rebel Randall, leads In "The Shadow," which Kaufman is directing, were all bowled over and had to stay home. But Kaufman evidently had a rabbit's foot in his pocket; they didn't take to their beds till the day after the picture was finished. Bonita Granville's certainly growing grow-ing up; she shoots her first man in Monogram's "Glamour Girl." .It stars Belita, the ice skating ballerina, baller-ina, but this isn't one of the standard stand-ard plots that ice skaters usually draw "Glamour Girl" Is an emotional emo-tional story which ends in violent death. "Dillinger" Is one of Monogram's Mono-gram's pet pictures; somebody called "Glamour Girl," "Dillinger on Ice." Bill Gargan returned to Republic's Repub-lic's studio for the first time since 193S when he checked In for his role In "Murder In the Music Hall," starring star-ring Vera Hruba Ralston. "Last time I was here there was one projection pro-jection room and one sound stage," he remarked as he looked around. Republic has 16 stages now. Orson Welles has expressed more than polite interest in politics of late the next national election may find him running for senator. Meanwhile, Mean-while, he's heard as a commentator commenta-tor on the American network Sundays, Sun-days, is producing, directing and starring in "The Stranger," playing the part of a magician in Harold Lloyd's "The Sin of Harold Diddle-bock," Diddle-bock," and appearing regularly with Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. ODDS 4.VD ENDS Howard Freemen Free-men spent six months o dieting, to lost 30 pounds then put the weight on again in three weeks, to play the fat Spanish king in "Monsieur Heaucaire." . . . On a "Meet Me at Parky s" broadcast an actress said one word, "Ao" and got t46JH for it, regular pay for a lone part, . . . More than 2,000 musicians, 15S top name band loaders and more than 400 singers hare appeared on "Spotlight Bands" during the past three years on the air. . . . Ilka Chase wishes you'd write her about ymir pet peeves sfi's collecting col-lecting complaints; those shared by the most people will be discussed on her ' radio program. |