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<^JLU( ens ESTABLISHED 1888 ^Ifc^r^y 7-5371 PRESS CLlPpf^^tJ^EAU 165 Church StreeT^New York | WILKES BARRE, PA. RECORD Circ. D. 27,704 NOV 111952 Behind the Scenes in {Hollywood By HARRISON CARROLL 11 Hollywood?╟÷Until a dramatic mo- \ ;ment oni|he set, Paramount never realized the drama of casting Rose- 1 mary Clooney and Tony Martin as *-co-stars in "Here Come the Girls.'* i Rosemary spilled the secret when she led Martin to a phonograph, put on a battered disc and played an I audition record of "My Old Ken- | tucky Home" that she made ^L years I ago in Cincinnati when she was only 13. p*f;:,: Laughingly, she told Tony she had I sent him a copy of the disc with a I Request for advice about her voice. I And then topped it by producing the I actual letter which she had saved I through all the years. I Tony nearly flipped when he I read, "If you insist on making an i ..audition record of 'My Old Ken-1 * tucky Home,' at least sing it straight. You have a good basic voice but you are making strange I sounds with it,"" 1 U-I heated one of the biggest bath tubs in the history of the screen for Ann Sheridan's swim- I ming scenes in "Vermillion O'Toole. I ming scenes in "Vermillion a O'Toole." It's the two-and-a-half- acre lake on the back lot. Four i steam boilers worked three days I heating over 4,000,000 gallons of Water to a temperature in the high a sixties. ' November. 12 will be the- wedding | day for Joan Fontaine and Collier I Young. They'll.say their vows in a little church at Saratoga, with I only Joan's mother and stepfather 1 as. guests. After that, they will take the traijj?·Jro Chicago where I Collier will ?║e"-*;^je'st man at Ms 4 brother's wedding. Joan will keep her Paris apart- I ment, and pictures may take her I I and Collier there later. I under- E .stand Joan will make no immediate) 8 attempt to persuade her ex-bill I Dozier, to let their daughter, Deb- I bie, return and live with her. I. .?╟≤ Aren't Charlene Wrightsman and| husband Igor Cassini (the Hearst I newspapers' "Cholly ?√ß Knickerbock- ?√ß ser") expecting,a baby in April? M-G-M signed famed dancer Frank Veloz to coach Lana .Turner' I for her sambas, rumbas and tangos] | in "Latin Lovers." Why for hevvin- : sake? What Lana already can do I with those Latin rhythms is enough $ to make your eyes bulge. Ted-Briskin and his bride, Joan I Dixon, went to Florida for a few I days sO he could meet her family. S. Arthur Loew, Jr., invited Frank I "Lieberman to a party and Frank | replied, "Shall I bring a name or somebody I really like? I " The' iong - expected Constance ?√ß ''Smith-Bryan Forbes divorce prob- I'ably will be filed when he returns , here in December to write a screen j play for Raoul Walsh. ' Connie still burns because Forbes Istold the British press she had "gone 1 Hollywood." r Just back from Korea, Frances I'Langford and Jon Hall will hop to I N$rth Africa at Christmas to enter- Mn more GIs. ... Jimmy Stewart jtird Joanne Dru had to fly back Som the ."Thunder Bay" location ||t Louisiana but Jimmy's, wife, ^Ibria, and John .Ireland, who had Ij^en visiting the company, returned H?║g train. . . . Both Monte Proser gpd the Persian room already have riffled from New .York bidding for fffianne Gilbert, who made a sen^ ?√ß M^ional debut at the Mocambo. ?√ß. i|fl|Uinda Darnell's chums were ll^fong.- ' She gays she will beM^ack m Hollywood about the 12th: She'll! return to Italy, though, next year. . . .Peggy Lee's ex, Dave Barbour, writes attorney William Spivak| from Paris that he is working at last on serious music and expects tol live in France for a year. . . . June Home and her ex, Jackie CoOper, were lunching^gggther at Scandia, . I. Dolores recording The Four the new Entratter Jsays 14 non-prr" the line <l _ to-open MMMltk dating: singer i the Columbia! ied ato?Θ╝iro'f irs afso.are in ah?╜t#r Jack looking for! ncers to form Vegas' soon-. TTT who's more, Jr., aiid Ricj&rds at the En- MmMv SRnnnov or,^ q PRESS CUPPING BUREAU Established 1888 LOS ANGELES San Fr&nclsco Portland -^Seattle Hollywood!, Cal. Variety ??6 1952 vH^ivCj*^ Danny Thomasj$d<jfa |td lirJbp of talent which wiR Intqrarhj tonight-at annual lTtel*r^Shop at 1 Biltmore Bowl \^ Cas% Adams, 20th-Fox thesp, off on Honolulu vacation . . . George Seaton, Hugo Haas and Cleo Moore will be guests Tuesday at monthly dinner of the Foreign Press Association ... Tom Morton hops to Gotham tomorrow for eastern sequences in Cinema's "Main Street To Broadway." Manuel del Campo in from the Fijis, where he locationed with Warnersj-^'His Majesty OiKeefe" as editor 7. . TTHrector Lew Seller uses 65 extras and bit players today for Warners' "The System" . . . Virginia Mayo returns today from the east, where she ballyed NY opening of "The Iron Mistress" and guested at Variety Clubs International Silver Anniversary in Pittsburgh. Stanley Kramer's "The 5,000 I Fingers Of Dr. T" will be plugged | by a giant float in Macy's annual I Thanksgiving Parade tomorrow in ] NY, first time that any float bal- lying a motion picture ever has been allowed in the 20-year history of event . . . Betty Hutton TWA's back from her London Palladium appearance tomorrow accompanied by husband Charles O'Curran . . . Victor Young to NY last night. \ Lensing starts today on Jane Russell's top musical number in 20th-Fox's "Genikmen Prefer Blondes" withV^a^fifi^an liner's, swimming pca^(i^cl5gTraund and1 tagged "An$6pT Here For Love' . . . Rob GUraprt, Copacabana chor . eographersftfn from NY/to start rehearsirpjhew line girl&fwho open a^ the JS^jads, Hotel, mas Vega-si Dec. .'Xegjjjj^Mi^^ way ~#rtor\ pulls i^ today from! Broadwvay for appeiitrance in Jules Levy/Arthur Gammer production] -."Haimess BuH'^rT. Metro's "Above) And teeyond^yesterday drew two- star \jlatjiflB from Southern Call fornia Motion Picture Council. Aram Katcher reports to UI today for his role in "East of Su- smatra" and this eve treks to the Players Ring Theatre where he'll enact a role in "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'!" preeming tonight. 62^4 CttATTEB Broadway Armand Deutsch, Metro produc-| er, in and out of town within a few! days. Joel Swenson, ex-Hays office and! ex-pic flack, in p.r. department nowl with General Foods. Valerie Bettis, who y Just wound! up a stint in Columbia's "Lovel Song," in from the COast. Eddie Foy, Jr., mending in Hark-| ness Pavillion after another in a | series ot^omach operations. Jerry Pickman, Paramount ad-1 pub veepee, back from the Coast j after a series of studio confabs. David Coplan, managing director j of International Film Distributors j of London,* in for three weeks. Williani R. Fergusoja, former Metro exploitation chief, took off for Europe for four months of touring. ^^ ?√ß WiWamjfiOuPizor, Lippert Pictures fdjpign Ittuer", huddling on the Coaft withVprexy Robert L. JewJli^hjjim&d Guim\ Dave Yergmo^xj&m to^ go agaiA after recoyriaagjrOm pneumonia at Polrflinijp Jjre Sp&S&feld, editor of Daily V^ET??b^y|bf^>tKe. Coast after a fo^nigM?s eastenfT; quickie ?║ busi- si-Copa) Entrattef jun- Kr'/air to i preem s Veias cJxlli ens PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU Established 1888 I-OS ANGELES San Francisco Portland - Seattle Fontana, Cal. Herald & News (Cir. 3,433) NOV 1 0 19gg more than Jody could he jumped up, grabbed a It v/; tw^>istol and began hammering ?Σ≤e scre^| ^Mly.- i By the time 11 rpnph^'T^yTshc' had killed severely wounded I Bill reach^dlj, I the picture-an' Charlie Morrison's newest, "find," Joanne Gilber/, who sfafted more talk in, Hollywood tijaif the election results, I has be^nf offered a spot at the fccw Ji&idt. Hotel in Las Vegas, jpy its Ipefator, Jack Eni i " i h ,,i v '- - . ?√ß?╟≤, - i . York's famous CoplcabanJ* feerc's one little gal w'ef 1 on hpr jpay, thank again to INprrison'.-' aid her Mo cambo debut. . . Tho*'s Hope for the housewiies, for IJslie Townes Hope (betterknown <m Bob) starts ing Monday! . . TjUlulah Bank tional All-StSfcaJ^ season . . . "Halls of Ronald and Bcnita C pectcd to come back Walte<> In Ne\|yprk^i UHMlAnd Hollywood ^U'^, By WALTER WINCHELL /^A'^^r f ^' ?√ß?·' i/--:-''-"?√ß? The Broadwau Show /* '/<**> ^CURTAE&t|u\IE: The theater's international relations were never" friendlien-Jteviewers inked another happy alliance with the GalMc Repertory* Troupe, hailing its artistry in "Le Proces"... Crift^Jabques Chapman (in the Daily News) parleevu'd: "An absbrDin^|vivid and theatrically expert production". ..the Parisian players also inspired oolahlahs and champagne toasts for their versions of Meniere's "Amphitryon" and "Les Fourberies de Scapin" ...the National Theater of Greece troupe arrived with "Electra," starring the electric Ka- tina Paxinou. The drama-diplomats became enchanted allies of the star and show. Reviewer Spyros Atkinson (of the N. Y. Ipnes) rejoiced: "A tragedy that still retains heroic stature"...An American cast and play,'"The Seven Year Itch," triumphed, too. This gay- guy-gal spoof transformed most critics into waiter wiricheii , cupids. They showered VanessasB^own and Tom Ewell with valentines. The H.-Trib's Walter Kerx kob'dV ."A M- lightful addjl^h.to the season"...Varietys New Haven playboy reported John. Van Druten's "I've Got Sixpense" can make "A Pretty Penny on Broadway"... Hartford's sight-seers inspected "See the Jaguar'- and gave the lion's share of credit to Arthur Kennedy's performance and mourned that the script is weaker than a kitten. Philly "critics, however, enjoyed it. THE FLOPICTURESr "The Iron- Mistress" is a passable opus caught between the daredevil and Virginia -Mayo'sl-Seep- i blue orbs. Alan Ladd handles the abracadabra.. .A s$ilt?·d.Italian | import called "Streets of Sorrow" deals with Jezebels-and-Jelkes. It is anti-sin and pro-yawn...."Hellgate" has more horses than horse-sense..."Scotland Yard Inspector" is a crime and punishment maneuver. The tale is a crime and the audience is punished ... "Life Begins Tomorrow" is a feeble Frenchie, empty as the Eiffel Tower and twice as heavy. .."South Pacific Trail" is another example of inflation: A million-dollar robbery in a dime-a- dpzen plot. C*^l. STAIRWAY TO THE STARTS: The Bette Davis Bevue has changed heariy everything except the star and the standing room. only sign. Brol* the Pittsburgh Nixon theater record with $41,000. * Why, by the way^ doesn't Bette's show mention the name of the director?.. .Tom Donnelly, a Washington reviewer, is the newest of the hatchet gang to finish writing a play... Locals hear that at least two; of the.three Philly papers will have new drama cifitics in the near future. ..Rodgers & Hammerstein will open their,-next show at Cleveland; Cheryl Crawfo^^ifffi*,a^ut her n$w Tennessee Williams play in Chicago andjlfeveral otlj|er top B^oad#ay producrs .are looking at mapsjMrihe mid-welt. The trend is to get; away from those tired jfd faces in Bo|ton?√ß-.&' Phji^fc.:,..?Θ╝iiieram'a's eve'g perf are soldj^t until early '53.feappy New Year!.. .Ken Baiighart's initial B'^ay show, "I Foundmpril," has a big demand foiyatlvauca #efe^^?Θ╝'Orr^a?ree*Betmetfrstffrs,_ which oiiploiwo' that%4.Hollywood ispamrjpd witk'-jpbleps :-star- , l^ets and lovelies. 415 of them resporjled^tj JpTegas) chorus calL. .^^ZseJm"tj\in<mi_ W?%rHE TELEBRITIES: The NBC (Spela Theater's 'Jff^fee in Tahiti" carved beauty out of sourid. Sup*b arias .ph^ra'lbueh^of jazzmatazz... Gagnificent is the word for\jftj^J3(d!rante-Li Pons comedy ballet... "Through the Years" offered a reunion with shqw-biz titans. Helen Morgan purring "Bill," Al Jolson putting the throb in "Kol Nidre" and Jt: Barrymore's excerpts from J'Hamlet" were a /^/A HERE ANl *^,v ^..^^JBERTENSSON, formerly director ofjneW^cow Art Theatre, is , .,.,, dialogi^f^^ctorHgr 20th-Fox's ! 'WKite WitcK Doctok. . . Jean Sablon 1 aunved from Iw' over we weekend to ^T.rnvp I . Da^ny Thorlas trained to Las Vegas last night to olen tonight at the new ^apds HotelI. ~me show also :; includes GonnT'e"'-^R-usse-t5 Lou Wills, I Jr., 12 Copa Girls and/Ray Sinatra's orchestra . . . l^lin^LaKUar, loeaU?╟÷l i^night rL 'b g'^gpr^-.qgP"^ tomorrow at V P^e Sahara Ho^rf^BSs Vegas, for two 1 waBite.^,y..v|^tfTony^Ppps has been I enga^2r^^srage dance sequences in a I commercial feature to be made by the | Nadir Cosmetic Co., St. Louis firm, at RKO-Pathe studios . . . Director Henry Hathaway called 400 extols for native village sequences in 20th-n??c's 1 "White ' Witch jH^r" . . . tBfe#dy Rogers, Howard Hill, Hoagy Carpni- chael, Lex Barker, the Johnf^^/l-iss- mullers, the Gordon MacRagsj^^j the | Mickey Rooneys will be at|SP>g the I Hollywood participants in the benefit I Four Ball Golf Tournart^nt at Miami | Beach, Dec. 1 8-21, sponsored by Mid- I States Corp., builder of trailer homes | ... Georgie Price's 14-year-.gU son, ' 1 Peter, has signed a management contract with the Herdan-Sherrell Agency I ... A story on Bill Pine and Bill Wiomas .\ by Richard English will appear in the Bjan. 3 issue of Saturday Evening Post, with stills from the Dollar Bills' recent . J Paramount releases.