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Friday, February 20,1948 TOLEDO UNION JOURNAL Page Five
“My Girl Tisa” Esther Williams ■y ■v Battling 7 lie Keys ''-n ‘ '■! / ' * HOLLYWOOD — Esther Williams is trying to dupli cate her speed in the swim ming pool on a typewriter. The amphibious Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer star, re Fortune Tn Jewels cently returned from a per Teen-Agers Find Hollywood sonal appearance tour in Screen-Tested AVith connection with the Tech Barbara Stanwyck nicolor musical, “This Time Land Of Opportunity HOLLYWOOD — A fortune For Keeps,” is battling a January 1 deadline. HOLLYWOOD—Hollywood is the teen-agers best booster. in jewels to be worn by Barbara % In no other field of professional activity do ambitious adol Stanwyck in Hal Wallis’ “Sorry, Scheduled for summer escents get so many opportunities of putting their talents to work release> Miss Williams’ with such profitable results in keeping the piggy bank full. The Wrong Humber” was screen- 41 / fy. Ok' AA-Aa^A^A book, “Or Would You tested at Paramount when a Rather Be A Fish?” must movie-makers have long made a jractice of keeping their talent reach publishers Doubleday, scouts on the lookout fo promis quarter of a million dollars in ing teen-age material for future Doran and Company, be T7i roiving Gurred diamonds and other precious 0 "W'J fore the New Year. stardom. stones were photographed. A guide to swimming, Petite Wanda Hendrix, whose A heavy squad of studio five feet, two inches hardly ta. the book covers all angles measure up to her large abilities % police was stationed on Stage 7 of the aquatic art. as an actress, is an example of 'Az' while the star tried on the daz an aspiring young thespian who zling assortment, and only per BO Totter Sets Records got her start and made good in sons directly connected with the On Tour With Picture Hollywood while still wrestling test were permitted on the with Latin verbs and geometrical stage. Some of the most costly HOLLYWOOD — Audrey equations in high school. pieces were a 15-carat marquis Totter, who co-stars with Rob She turned sixteen three diamond ring, valued at $55,- ert Taylor and Herbert Marhall months after arriving in Holly wood and not until a year later 000; a bracelet made of dia in “High Wall,” is establishing monds and 40 karats of emer w -V after finishing her second movie, alds worth $30,000; a $25,000 new box-office records in many “Welcome Stranger,” did she & diamond necklace and a solid cities with her personal appear receive her high school diploma gold diamond-encrusted cigaret ances in connection with im from the public school she at case, bearing a $2500 price tag. portant openings of the picture tended on the Paramount lot. Big Girl Now Anatole Litvak, who is co through the East and middle Wanda is now a 19-year-old producing the suspense drama r'-'?z <4 J West. which co-stars Burt Lancaster girl and has graduated from the and Ann Richards with Miss Upon completion of her tour, kid roles in which she scored Stanwyck, directed the unusual Miss Totter will return to Hol her first successes to grown-up test. lywood to again appear in a dramatic parts, such as in her latest Paramount films, “My This M-G-M star who _laa.d scored as the picture with Robert Mont Own True Love,” with Phyllis Astaire Plans World gomery, with whom she scored Cockney maid in “Gaslight,” was seen in “The Picture of Calvert and Melvyn Douglas, Wide Dance School Dorian Gray,” also in “The Harvey Girls,” and will next be her first important hit in pic and “Abigail, Dear Heart” with tures in “Lady In the Lake.” HOLLYWOOD — In answer seen in “Tenth Avenue Ange!” and “If Winter Comes.” Claude Rains and Macdonald Is ihe . . . “High Wall” was produced by Carey. of hundreds of letters from Wistful Lilli Palmer has the title role opposite Sam Wana- foreign countries, Fred Astaire 1. Elizabeth Taylor | 3. Nancy Guild rnaker in “My Girl Tisa,” United States Picture*’ production Robert Lord and directed by One of Hollywood’s newest 2. Linda Christian I 4. Angela Lansbury Curtis Bernhardt. Cinderellas is Mary Hatcher, has announced that he plans to She is (Xanlsueq epSuv) ■for Warner Bros, release. ______who played the title role in open dance schools throughout “Variety Girl.’ Mary was 17 the world, with the first ones OLD TIMER Van’s Father To Fly abroad probably to be launched Flea Mob Disrupts “JFIioziss??” when she made this film. 1 William Demarest, soon to be To See Grandchild Gloria Jean was only 11 when in London and Paris. Movie Production seen in Paramount’s romantic HOLLYWOOD — It took a she made her first film appear The opening of his school in HOLLYWOOD — A sudden grandchild to make him do it ance while Ann Blyth started Cincinnati marks the twelfth plague of enormous sand fleas comedy, “The Sainted Sisters,” but Van Johnson’s father is set making pictures at 15 and now Fred Astaire Dance Studio in along a two-mile length Of made his first vaudeville ap to take his first airplane trip. four years later is in the top this country, while four more beach at Pied de la Cuesta, pearance 42 years ago at the The prospect of seeing his flight among the films’ younger will open — in St. Louis. Cleve Mexico, forced the Columbia Terrace Gardens in New York. first grandchild, Schyler Van stars. land, Houston and Dallas—dur Pictures company making “The ing the next two months. Astaire The late beloved Marie Dressier * Johnson, was too much for him Gail Russell and Diana Lynn, Lady from Shanghai” to abon- was on the same bill. and Charles Johnson has noti both of whom are stellar fix had hoped to be present for the don the area and seek another fied his son that he’ll travel tures in the celluloid capital Cincinnati opening, but his role site for seashore scenes with 48 J west by plane. were in high school when they in Metro - G o Id w y n-Mayer’s Rita Hayworth aad Orson It will be the first reunion got their calls to the sound “Easter Parade” has prevented Welles. for Van and his father in two stages. Audrey Totter selects her his leaving Hollywood. In addition, thebeach site was years. The actor has recently Judy Garland, Deanna Durbin, wardrobe for date wear with made untenable by the hundreds completed work in M-G-M’s Shirley Temple, Mickey Rooney an eye on simplicity acented West Now Boasts of seagulls drawn to the vicinity “The Bride Goes Wild’’ and and Stanley “Stash” Clements by lines cut to flatter the fig to feast on these delectable fleas. “State of the Union.” are a few of the other Holly ure. The M-G-M star’s new Bluer Blue Grass “The Lady from Shanghai” wood stars who found that the picture is ‘High Wall” in HOLLYWOOD — Colum company moved to a similar site DANCE!. Garson Teaches teen years can bring that golden which she plays opposite Rob bia’s switch of locations for about four miles away, where opportunity. ert Taylor. ‘'The Return of October,” the required scenes were ob * Romero Cockney Technicolor comedy star tained without further interrup >«< ring Glenn Ford and Terry tion. HOLLYWOOD —- Cesar Rom QUIC KIES Moore, from Kentucky to ero will make love to Greer California, stems from the iSJdie Garson in scenes of “Julia Mis^ discovery uncovered in re behaves” with a flawless Cock HOLLYWOOD — The beauti Wanada Hendrix still will not search that, while Kentucky ney accent. His dialogue coach ful diamond necklace and ear confirm or deny persistent is still tops in brood mares is—Greer Garson. rings which Robert Taylor gave rumors that she will soon marry and stallions, physical fa- paramount r Director Jack Conway and : Barbara Stanwyck for Christmas Audie Murphy, America’s most calities for racing in Cali Producer Everett Riskini told decorated hero of World War II. fornia now equal any in him not to worry, they’d get will make their film debut in Murphy, who made his screen Kentucky and have surged him a dialogue coach. At which Hal W a 1 li s’ “Sorry, Wrong a JEANNE (HM debut in Paramount’s “The Long past Virginia to make it ' , .. and His Miss Garson asked in perfect Number.” The star will wear Grey Line,” has just been signed the second racing state of Jr ORCHESTRA Cockney, “How about me?” the set in her wedding scene for a role in an independent the country. T CRAIN with Burt Lancaster as part of film. 1 The number of horse her jewelry accessories . . . Di Screen actor John Beal told ranches devoted to racing Every Tuesday rector Billy Wilder entertained co-workers in Paramount’s “Abi in Kentucky is now around < z DAM This pretty brunette was born in Winston-Salem, N. C., Held By Film Child Lt. Gen, Ira C. Eaker, retired graduated from Manual Arts High School, Los Angles, and gail, Dear Heart’ that he and his 400, with California almost HOLLYWOOD — Seymour recently on the set of Para wife are expecting their second a hundred behind that; but SQUARE hoped to have an operatic career. Made her screen debut in mount’s “A Foreign Affair” TDAILEY I 7 an Andv Hardy picture, played opposite Frank Sinatra and Friedman, who was recently child first' week of February. ranches here are uniformly DANCE Gene Kellv in “Anchors Aweigh,” also with Frankie in “It elevated to directorial status which stars Jean Arthur, Mar Mrs. Beal is former Broadway larger and better cared for and is directing “Trapped by lene Dietrich and John Lund. star Helen Craig. The Beals To the Music of Happened in Brooklyn,” and is now filming “The Kissing Ban and, it is felt, will make a , YOU WERE Milo Barrett dit,” also with Frank. Boston Blackie,” at Columbia, An attack of laryngitis last have a five-year-old daughter,_ better background for the Y/Yfc claims that his son, David, is week temporarily prevented Theodora. picture, MEANT FORME and His Is She . . . Orchestra 1. Gene Tierney *• 3. Lina Romay the most-traveled resident of Jean Arthur from making her CHANGeZof- face 2. Kathryn Grayson . 4. Leslie Brooks Hollywood in his age group. debut as a screen slngr in Para Hubie Kerns, champion French Star Signed She is (uosXbjo uXjqtr^) David, 4, flew into Los An mount’s “A Foreign Affair,, in quarter-miler and former back- kZgT HAPPEN TO pKlf geles with his mother last week which she is starred with Mar For Lamour Musical YOU'* on- from England after visiting his lene Dietrich and John Lund. field star for the Trojans, palyed Ur 17ie ell -Dressed Man an important role in Para Jeanne Manet, French star of OW: grandfather, Joseph Friedman, Director Billy Wilder will film mount’s Technicolor Bob Hope- head of Columbia’s British of the scenes soon as Misa Arthur “Vive La Liberte” and member - <■ > 4 Jane Russell starrer, “The Pale of the underground during the - a fices. This was the boy’s third recovers. JEANETTE MscDONALB transatlantic flight, and he has face,” during school vacation. ■ war, has been signed for Colum k bia’s “Let’s Fall In Love.” Doro JOSE ITURB also made the trip by ship. Director Anatole Litvak is do Revives ‘Mood Music’ START!> JAMES STEWART Besides which he has made four ing to Burt Lancaster’s hair what thy Lamour, Jeffrey Lynn, Janis Carter and Willard Parker have WED. continental crossings by plane. the best barbers in the country Technique For ‘Alone’ FZa4fN08THSIDE TIT "THREE DARING But the youngster has no HOLLYWOOD —• In directing the top spots. The last-named never quite managed. For the replaces Lee Bowman, previously IAU6HTERS ambittion to be a director like first time on the screen the Hal Wallis’ “I Walk Alone,” announced for the part. Irvingl his dad. He wants to be a flyer. rugged star’s familiar tousled Byron Haskins employed a modernized version of the side Star produces and Douglas Sirk hair will be slicked down and directs. “Vive La Liberte,” made PRINCESS CSQUIREft parted on the side in a scene in line music technique of the Mt Nigel Bruce Gets New with interruptions of several SOBERS Hal Wallis’ “Soft-y Wrong Num silent flicker days. months at a time, was filmed by Tvpe Of Role In ‘Julia’ ber.” Burt’s hair will be neatly Haskin, himself a veteran of in I HL CAY IHARLEME DIETRICH 27 years of movie-making, used the underground virtually under RANCHERO” HOLLYWOOD—Nigel Bruce, combed for his wedding scene the noses of the German Army. WITH TITO CUIZA* * RANDOLPH SCOTT famous as the needle-passing Dr. with Barbara Stanwyck . . . Now] “mood music” on a record play- that Sun Valley has at long last) er located pust off the set dur- The young star of the film is now "OKLAHOMA Watson in the Sherlock Holmes married to an American, former BADLANDS” IK SPOILERS series, really gets ths needle received its initial mantle of(ing rehearsal of key scenes. Ob- O. S. S. officer Pat Hurst, whom from Greer Garson in- “Julia snow, Ray Milland~ ...... will definite- jective’ was to help Lizabeth PI l s —. she met while on a’mission for DIAMOND JIM* Misbehaves,” MGM picture. ly visit the Idaho resort for at, Scott, Burt Lancaster, Kirk the French. Bruce plays the fall guy, the least two weeks of skiing.w. The'Douglas...... ---- and ---- others of the cast Paramount star, who just corn-] attain the proper emotional 4J blustery Colonel Willowbrook who unwittingly finances the pleted his starring role in “Seal pitch. Before the start of actual STILL AN ORPHAN As a child, Patricia Miller F*IDP smf SATURDAY dashing Julia, as played by Miss ed Verdict,” leaves this week. shooting on a scene from eight played juvenile assignments in ------»| (AST AUDITORIUM Garson. Mrs. Milland will accompany to a dozen bars of the music Signing of Bruce completes Ray. were played. Hollywood films, but invariably ^UAfECTWAOi^l"* ”AINAT«