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Show STAGE' SCREENADIO (Kclf.,,,! t.y We.irV11 NS,. Union.) 1 WALTKRRURKN, Metro -' pi-othu-or, took all of two I weoks otT recently; with three pictures ready to be released he'd earned it! The three jniv "Had Man," with Wal-j Wal-j lace Fieery, "Alaisie Was a Lady," and "Flight Com-! Com-! mand," n navy picture, with I Robert Taylor and the tal-iented tal-iented ail beautiful Ruth I Uussey. U Wiis a busman's holiday, ln a way, as Mr. Ruben had to see nil the now plays. Mrs. Ruben (Vir-nia (Vir-nia Prueel was with him, but wasn't on exhibition ns so many iiollywood stars are when tlioy visit ; Nt-w York. Ho was enthusiastic about the co-I co-I .peratum Kiven him by the navy .-luring the making of "Flight Com-niand." Com-niand." and also about Robert Taylor Tay-lor and tlie tremendous handicap "le had to overcome because he was j launched ns a handsome and ro-l ro-l mantic lad who bowled women over .in s:s;ht. When somebody mentioned I the possible effect on Hollywood of this country's entering the war he I predicted that men would join up in ! droves. Ruben himself formerly I hold 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 late- i i ,1 j - . . t I ; ' ; I .... li i 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 Joan Fontaine in Heaven, with Ingrid Herman and Robert Montgomery. This is said to I be one of the most exciting "perfect ! crime" stories to be brought to the j screen. So Miss Eerraan is in for a J lot cf 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 saw "Pal Joey" recently. "Pal Jo-, Jo-, ey" is a musical show with a real . plot, and is currently one of the ! hits of the New York theatrical sea-j sea-j son. The hero is a master of ceremonies cere-monies who dances superbly, and the role is right up Raft's alley. It's said that the next day he implored im-plored Warner Brothers to bay the ' screen rights for him. Certainly it ! seems a natural. The only difficulty is that, to get by the Hays office, the plot and the hit songs would have j to be discarded; in fact, there j wouldn't be much lef but the title. ! Remember Billy Lee, the appeal-; appeal-; ing boy actor who scored such a hit , in "The Biscuit i-at-er"? Y'ou'll see him J in "Power Dive," j an aviation picture; I Jean Parker and j Richard Arlen star i in it, supported by-Roger by-Roger Pryor and Don Castle, a young Paramount contract player who's on his j way up fast. Para- ,,rt afPz its t.,..i.- V A &tA llluuii. to-' younger players fea- Billy Lee tured roles as 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 mov.es Para mount would like to have them as stars of J. M. Barrie's famous play "The Admirable Crichton," screened may 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 Sunda, afternoon on Columb.a networks "Design for Happiness" - hearing him or even seeing him, you'd ncv-e ncv-e suspect that he once was . speed demon At 17 he a racing car that would hit belter Crastudying aviation, and now ror'sPecd'andT.uU: content sire for spem, . . . fikine. to earn his living just by talking. mn AND ENDS v,;itriloluisl in I nine s ,' Ma-azine chose Virginia XuT'L mrs ounHin, screen f onda. |