Glamour -Girl Cow in RKO's "Little Two-Fisted Gene Autry, Known to Alen," Gave a Dinner Party for Her Millions of Western Fans As a Tough, When She Left Town

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peeled for Miss Joan Brodell-Brooks- broken into Gene's home and stolen Leslie ! one of his prize -collection pieces, an antique blue -steel revolver, they're call- "Who's Yehudi?" ing him "One -Gun Gene!" "Who's Yehudi?", the question millions of radio listeners have been asking Ann Sheridan now leads the Warner one another for months, will be an- Bros. lot in the amount of fan mail swered in Republic's "Who Killed received, according to a recent check- Aunt Maggie." For those who can't up. Next in line come Errol Flynn wait to see the picture to find out who and Bette Davis, with Humphrey Yehudi really is, here's the straight Bogart jumping from fourteenth to dope: Yehudi is a cat. fifth place. Oddity: Most of "Baddie" Bogart's mail comes from women. And jean Arthur's wedding dress, which from now on the Warner boys will she wore in "Arizona," has established emphasize "Bogy's" love scenes! another one of those freak Hollywood records. To be shown off two different Interesting Details Dept.: times in New York, the dress has been Tyrone Power and Annabella are shipped seven thousand miles back and vacationing in Canada; Annabella's forth across country in the past few recent medical check-up in New York weeks. indicated she's fully recovered from her recent operation ... Upon completion Victor Mature, Hal Roach star, of "Fireman, Save My Child" at Uni- loaned to RKO to appear opposite versal, the cast presented Baby Sandy

Anna Neagle in "No, No, Nanette," with a set of nursery dishes . . . The made such a hit at that lot after two Academy of Motion Picture Arts and weeks of work on the picture that Sciences, starting a drive to accumulate he's been signed to a new contract, a museum collection of interesting under which he'll make three pictures pictures and pertinent motion -picture a year for RKO in addition to the three a year he makes for Roach. Finances and future: RKO paid ten thousand dollars for Mature's services in "No, No, Nanette." His next pic- -lack Ash, IRENE DUNNE, lovely screen ac- ture for Roach is the new "Topper tress and comedienne, was caugh- Returns." by the cameraman as she attended the opening of the Ice Follies a- Future Castings: the Pan -Pacific Auditorium with ' her Carroll \ e, best remembered for dentist -husband, Dr. Griffin his Frank Kennedy role in "Gone With the Wind," has been signed for a fea- fO71--- OF THE WEEK tured role in Republic's "The Trail Blazers" . . . A switch in plans at MARJORIE WEAVER, 20th Cen- 20th Century -Fox takes Don Ameche tury -Fox starlet, wore this modifiec out of "Western Union" and puts him Puritan hat at Ciro 's recently. It is into the lead of "Rings Around Her of brown and white stitched woo Fingers" with Carmen Miranda, while with matching band of brown rib- Robert Young hops from M -G-M bon. Seashell replaces usual buckle to 20th Century -Fox to carry on in "Western Union" ... Preston Sturges, as a result of his success with "The Great McGinty" and "Christmas in July," two hit films without big names mementos, has asked for back copies in the casts, next will do "The Lady of MOVIE -RADIO GUIDE . . . Nancy Eve," in which he'll have Henry Fonda Kelly will sing her first screen song in "Caribbean Its is and Paulette Goddard as co-stars .. . Holiday." title John Wayne will top -line with Betty "Our Dream" . . . For the role of Field in "Shepherd of the Hills" .. . Flotsam in "Citizen Kane," Orson Universal has cast Catherine DeMille, Welles turned to the oft -raided stage Sigrid Gurie and Rod LaRoque in show, "Meet the People," and has "Street of Cairo" ... Virginia Bruce signed Glenn Turnbull for the part will appear in "The Invisible Woman," . . . Republic, unable to iron out a with John Barrymore, for the same satisfactory contract with James, Lucile studio ... Gilbert Roland, who scored and Russell Gleason to continue the in "Rangers of Fortune," is set to "Higgins Family" series, has contracted tangle with the Cisco Kid (Cesar new players to portray the family. Romero) in "Romance of the Rio Present plans call for Roscoe Karns, Grande" ... Lee Patrick has replaced Ruth Donnelly and George Ernest to Geraldine Fitzgerald, who was taken play the parts of father, mother and ill, in "South of Suez." 11 iss Fitz- son. gerald may be on the sick list for some time. Farewell: Kay Francis, who milks "Elsie," the "One -Gun Gene" glamour -girl cow in RKO's "Little Two-fisted Gene Autry, known to Alen," gave a dinner party for her millions of western fans as a tough, when she left town. Said "Skinnay" two -gun hombre, is taking an awful Johnson, presenting Kay with. a big kidding from his pals on the Republic slice of beef : "This is absolutely the lot. As a result of a prowler having last of Elsie."

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