STUDIO CHATTER

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 11, 14 August 1946, Page 6

STUDIO CHATTER

A FEATURE COLUMN FLASH!! Rocketed To Fame The film “To Have And To Have Not” was responsible for Lauren Becall’s screen fame. Through this picture, she rocketed to stardom. New Long-term Contract Betty Hutton, one of the screen’s top ten box-office champions, currently starring in “The Stork Club” was recently signed to a new longterm contract by Paramount. A Popular Star Since the release of Paramount’s “Lost Weekend” Ray Milland’s fanmail has trebled, jumping to 9000 letters a month, or an average of more than 2000 per week. Deep Sea Fisherman Ray Milland, currently starring in Paramount’s “California,” has become a devotee of deep sea fishing, and spends eevry holiday with rod and reel endeavouring to ensnare the ocean’s ‘big game’. Robinson Crusoe Spencer Tracy is to play “Robinson Crusoe.” The picture, which will be his first film in a tropical setting since “Stanley and. Livingstone” will be made after his next assignment “Sea of Grass.” Another Horse Film Since Elizabeth Taylor appeared in “National Velvet” she has been begging studio executives for another role that would allow her to ride a horse. Her wish will be granted, for she is to be cast in “Hundred Grand” a story of the Santa Anita race track. REGENT ‘To Have And To Have Not” (Early September). A pre-release booked by the management of the Regent Theatre is the film “To Have And To Have Not” starring Laureh Becall and Humphrey Bogart. The first screening of this film in New Zealand will be at Whakatane, and will take place early in September, at the Regent Theatre. In the bookings of this picture, Whakatane has been given priority over the cities, and Whakatane audiences will, for a change, be able to recommend a picture to their friends in the city instead of vice versa.