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Show STE' SCREEN, RADIO 11 y VIKtilNIA VAI.1-: (lU-lrtiai-tl by Wchtern Ncwamcr Union.) I WALTKR RUBKN, Metro J producer, took ull of two weeks oil recently; with three pictures ready to be released he'd earned it! The three nro "Bad Man," with Wallace Wal-lace Beery, "Maisie Was n Lady," tind "Flifht Command," Com-mand," a navy picture, with Robert Taylor and the talented tal-ented and beautiful Ruth Ilussey. It was a busman's holiday, In way, as Mr. Ruben had to see all the new plays. Mrs. Ruben (Virginia (Vir-ginia Bruce) was with him, but wasn't on exhibition as so many Hollywood stars are when they visit New York. He was enthusiastic about the co-operation co-operation given him by the navy during the making of "Flight Command," Com-mand," and also about Robert Taylor Tay-lor and the tremendous handicap 'io had to overcome because he was launched as a handsome and romantic ro-mantic lad who bowled women over on sight. When somebody mentioned the possible elTect on Hollywood of this country's entering the war he predicted that men would Join up In droves. Ruben himself formerly held a reserve commission In the ' army, and has been offered one in the navy. ! Just as Cary Grant seems to bob up In practically every picture lale- ly, so James Hilton . seems to be the author au-thor of the moment Columbia will film his "And Now Good bye," co - starring Joan Fontaine and Brian Aherne for the first time; It is her first screen appearance ap-pearance since "Rebecca." "Re-becca." And Metro is doing his "Rage Jo.n Fonulne in Heaven." Ingrid Berman and Robert Montgomery. This is said to be one of the most exciting "perfect crime" stories to be brought to the screen. So Miss Berman is in for a I lot of horror; she has "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" as her next assignment assign-ment w'ith Spencer Tracy. George Raft, poker-faced as usual, almost lost his aloofness when he I saw "Pal Joey" recently. "Pal Jo-i Jo-i ey" Is a musical show with a real I plot and is currently one of the hits of the New York theatrical season. sea-son. The hero Is a master of ccre-J ccre-J monies who dances superbly, and the role is right up Raft's alley. I It's said that the next day he Im-I Im-I plored Warner Brottyrs to buy the screen rights for him. Certainly It seems a natural. The only difficulty Is that, to (ret by the Hays office, the plot and the hit songs would have I to be discarded; in fact, there I wouldn't be much loft but the title. I Remember Billy Lee. the appeal- ing boy actor who scored such a hit ; in "The Biscuit Eat- j er"? You'll see him j in "Power Dive," an aviation picture; ' Jean Parker and i Richard Arlen star i in it supported by ! Roger Pryor and ! Don Castle, a young Paramount contract player who's on his way up fast Paramount Para-mount gives its younger players fea- Billy Lee tured roles as stepping step-ping stones to stardom, so Castle was given the second lead, playing Arlen's younger brother, in "Power Dive." Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier Oliv-ier finally set off for England, and possibly for more movies; Paramount Para-mount would like to have them as stars of J. M. Barrie's famous play, "The Admirable Crichton," screened many years ago with Gloria Swan-son Swan-son and Thomas Meighan. John MacCormick is the quiet-voiced, quiet-voiced, dignified young man who announces an-nounces the numbers each Sunday afternoon on Columbia network's "Design for Happiness" hearing him, or even seeing him, you'd never nev-er suspect that he once was a speed demon. At 17 he designed and built a racing car that would hit better than 100 miles an hour, and was a regular participant in the dirt-track classics at Robey's Speedway near Chicago. At the same time he began be-gan studying aviation, and now holds a full transport pilot's license. Now, at 26, he's overcome his desire de-sire for speed, and is quite content to earn his living just by talking. ODDS AND ENDS ft (Tamer Brothers will give "Flight From Destiny," a typical Hollywood opening in Buenos Aires, with Mono Maris presiding, ft Rudy Vallee makes his debut as a ventriloquist in Pathe's "Picture People." Peo-ple." ft Parents' Magazine chose Virginia II eidler as I940's outstanding screen juvenile. ft Clocked for laughs at a "sneak" preview, pre-view, Preston Sturges' latest for Paramount, Para-mount, "The Lady Eve," recorded an average of two laughs a minute . . . co-stnrs Barbara Staruvyck and Henry F onda. |