Show SCH EW A 10 by VIRGINIA GINIA VALE released by western newspaper union HEN columbia decided ato WHEN to film the tree of liberty er t y they decided to give the public more than good value many of the scenes of the book are laid in williamsburg va at the time of the revolution and just afterward and since the rocke fellers have obligingly restored most of the buildings of the town so that they look as they did then columbia sent the company to williamsburg they also invited newspaper writers down to see cary grant sir cedric hardwicke richard carle an and d 0 others t h e r s working under the very able bl e d direction i r e c tion of frank lloyd students from william and mary college acted as extras in a scene made in wind and rain in in front of raleigh tavern see them dressed as students of the college were in the seventeen hundreds the wind and rain were artificially produced on a beautiful spring evening the next afternoon grant was to be photographed riding up to the door ot of a famous old plantation the governor of virginia and crowds of enthusiastic fans assembled to watch when you see that scene imagine the governor and the rest CARY GRANT of us shivering in a chilly wind from the james river waiting for the sun to come out while grant patiently rode his horse up and down until somebody pointed a candid camera at it at close range making it so nervous that it ran away grant lost his hat and got his wig rumpled and by the time order was restored the sky was too cloudy for any pictures to be made the following day a mob was to storm something or other and a torchlight parade was to be held so it rained the picture people were patient accustomed to that sort of thing the newspaper people were not so they went home the only news was that the title had to be changed to the howards of virginia because the other one sounded too much like a warner brothers patriotic short arid and that martha scott instead of joan fontaine would play the lead its going to be a swell picture one of frank lloyds best recommendation enough for any movie director john stahl who has been connected with only two studios metro and universal during the past 25 years has broken away along with such producers as walter and frank capra to enjoy the freedom of making his own picture selections you must kemem ber his back street with irene dunne and only yesterday with margaret sullavan to mention just a few of his successes hes chosen the life of daniel webster tor for his first tree free picture and has signed with james roosevelt to direct the boy grew older for him i spike jones drummer in oscar Br adleys orchestra on the CBS screen guild theater refused an offer of for a drum headge bently the original orif final cost of the drum head was only 10 but its covered with signatures of famous hollywood stars who ho have appeared on the program from shirley temple to bette davis lanny ross was recently nominated as the perfect date by a gr up of pretty girls who act as professional fashion models to show his appreciation he invited tour four of them to be his guests at a very smart and very expensive night club when the night was over lanny who was selected as the perfect date because he knows just what to do when escorting a woman found that he pay the check because hed left his wallet at home X many commentators will air their views on the forthcoming presidential campaigns to be held this summer to one however it will hold special interest many years ago edwin C hill Ameri eds star re porter poi cr covered the theodore roosevelt convention from the time teddy became president HUI hill was referred to by the rough rider as the unofficial member of my cabinet this summer hill will again cover a roosevelt convention oro providing viding franklin delano roosevelt runs for a third term |