Daily Post - 12.12.1943, Síða 3

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STATiS TO MAKE PICTUEE
OF TRIP TO FRONT
Carole Landis, Mitzi Mayfair,
Kay Francis and Martha Raye,
who were actually under íire ia
the Nortn African campaign.
will make a motion picture ba-
sed on their experiences while
hants to airplanes. The youth
who formerly played the elep-
hant boy in flims is at a U.S.
Army Air Forces training cen-
ter in California. He will become
a mechanic. His full name is
Sabu Dastapir.
Robert Donat, the British star,
playing the leading role.
CHINESE PLAY ROLES OF
JAPANESE ON SCREEN
Chinese film players in the
United States play the roles of
Japanese civilians and soldiers
marr, an entirely new team pro-
bably will be launched in the
series of stories about the laugh-
ing detective and his pretty
wife. Lucille Ball is being con-
sidered for the role Myrna
played.
Lucille Ball Hollyv/ood actress,
models a new style bathing suit
designed to keep in step with
the conservation of material in
wartime. She may be teamed
with William Powell in the
“Thin Man” series of mystery
films, a role formerly played be
Myrna Loy.
entertaining U.S. troops over-
seas. It is to called “Four Jills
and a Jeep,” One of the scenes
will simulate one actual scene
during their trip when they
were huddled in a trench during
a raid. Describing the raid, Car-
ole Landis said:
“As the bombs began to come
closer a soldier asked for some
songs. I sang everything I knew
and a lot I didn’t. Sure I was
afraid, but I’ll never forget the
nonchalant way the mess serg-
eant arranged fcr coffee and
food for everybody as if the war
were hundreds of miles away.
The boys laughed and joked
about the bombs. They have to
laugh, even while they’re fight-
ing.”
ELF.PHANT BOY JOINS
AIR FORCES
Sabu has changed from elep-
MICKEY ROONEY PUZZLED
BY $20 QUESTION
Man yfilm enthusiasts like to
keep their favorite players in
character. At the Hollywood
canteen where men of the arm-
ed forces get a chance to see
and talk to screen stars the
actors have become used to be-
ing addressed by their character
names.
Mickey Rooney had a recent \
experience with a child admir-
er, who asked him: “Did you get
the $20 Andy?” Mickey thought
a minute. “What $20?” “You
know,” she said, “the money the
boys promised to give you.”
“You mean the money for the
car?” Mickey said. “Yes,“ said
the child. “I’m sure glad you
finally got ít.”
The money referred to the
price for which “Andy Hardy”
sold a car to a gang, which
didn’t pay him, in a recent film.
NEIL HAMILTON TO BE
STARTED AGAIJM
The signing of Neil Hamilton,
former silent screen star, to a
new contract is a Hollywood
news event. With the exception
of a few unimportant roles,
Hamilton has not been active in
films for years .
Ronald Colman, William Po-
well and Richard Barthelmess
were companions of Hamilton 15
years ago, and while Hamilton
held the pace for a few years,
Colman and Powell outdistanc-
ed him and Barthelmess retired.
Hamilton will co-star with
Claudette Colbert, Monty Wooll-
ley, Shirley Temple and others
in “Since You Went Away” in
his first role under the new
contract.
ROBERT DONAT INHERITS
LESLIE HOWARD ROLE
Leslie Howard, who lost his
life when plane in which he was
flying from Lisbon to London
was shot down, was to have
made the new version of “If
Winter Comes.” This story of
the last war has been brought
up to date and relates to the
present conflict. The picture
will be made in England, with
Carole Landis, Hollywood
screen star, shown at her home
in Hollywood, California, where
she recently returned from a
a tour of U.S. Army camp sover-
seas. Her next picture will be
based on her experiences while
entertaining U.S. troops.
in “Behind the Rising Sun.” At
first the Chinese refused to play
the roles, but when they were
told the plot and saw that it
would show the American
people the true character of the
enemy, they readily consented.
MYRNA LOY HOLDS UP
“THIN MAN” SERIES
While Myrna Loy toys with
the idea of giving up her film
ccareer, plans to resume the
“Thin Man” series of mystery
films are being held in abey-
ance. If William Powell decides
to retire after completing
‘Heavenly Body’ with Hedy La-
U.S. ARMY OPERATES
LARGEST THEATER
CHAIN
The U.S. Army claims that it
operates the largest theater
chain in the world. Its 1,036
theaters at 546 posts in the
United States have a seating
capacity of 750,000 while 7,000
entertainment programs are
shown in these houses every
week.
STARS LEND SWIMMING
POOLS TO SERVICE MEN
A number of motion-picture
stars have thrown open their
swimming pools to men in the
armed forces. Among them are
Errol Flynn, Jeannette MacDon
ald, Joan Fontaine Jane Wyman
Harold Loyd and Ida Lupino.
Bette Davis telegraphed an in-
vitation fro mthe East to use her
recreation room while she is on
vacation. Fay Bainter, whose
home is at a beach, fitted out
her living room as a barbecue
and doughnut stand where she
and her friends on Sundays
serve coffee and sandwiches to
service men on leave.
EX-AMBASSADOR KEEPS
PROMISE TO STARS
Joseph E. Davies, former U.
S. Ambassador to Russia, made
a promsie to Ann Harding and
Walter Huston when he visited
the set where they were making
th film version of Davies’ book,
“Mission to Moscow.”
Recently he kept that promise
when he sent each of them a
Russian ikon which he obtained
on his last trip to Moscow as
“mailman” for President Roose-
velt, as he calls himself.
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