LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

Chronicle (Levin), 6 March 1946, Page 7

LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

Les. M.

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WELu.LS'DTON, This Uay. Bolli Judy (Jarland and Deanna Uur niu expect to join tlxc ranks of Hollv wood motlicrs in ~ Mairli. ll soeuis flint J'oan Crawford B detoriniued to divurco her husbaiiu i'erry. Every effort lias been ma le fo, a reconciliation but witliout avail. "The Gentlemau JliHboliaves'' is tlu new title given by Coiumbia to un comody witli jnusic which was lilmed a; "LuliaOy of Broadway." Georgo Blior;nau directed, witJi Robert iSianton, Osa Massey and liillary Brooke leading tlu east. Barton JMacLanc and Regis Tooinev were sigued for important supportiug roies to Richanl I)ix in "Alurder is L'npredictable." the latest in . Coiumbia > •'VV histler" mystery-tliriller sories. Wil baia Custle directs. A change in previouslv annoimced assigninents at Coiumbia puts Jann Carter in tlie feminine lead of "Night Editor" and Lyun Al errick in ihe top feminine role in "i'ower of Atturney." Original eastings had put Miss Carter .n "Fower of Attoruey" and JNliss M errick in "Niglit Editor." Rita Hayworth was the victim of a stuck /ipper wlien she attempted to change eostumes for t'olumbia's "(tihia." Fincors had to be used to snip Ihe metal oefore tlie actress was able to emergc from her form-litting blaek eveniiig dress to a lilmy negligee. Fogs can serve a purpose, if used in the right wav. Actress Ximi Foch was sulfei'iiig from a liead eold and almost unable to spcak her lines. She insisted. .lowever, ujion linisliing the day's woik in C'olumbia's new spy-thriller, "Escape in the Fog," which involvcd working in a studio-made fog mixture. Direetor Bud Boetticher got an idea and put a call tlirough to Ihe special elfects lepartment and the studio liospital. Tlu

result — u eom|ioui)ded mentholaleil fog .du Hui iiiii i ciired M iss Forli's eold. >ut prevented anyone else in tlie east ind crew from catching it. Several Brilish A a \y Jads are now uifl'ering from acuie mela ncliolia thoughtfnlly donated bv tlie "Sinithy" production, which wifl be released about Eastcr. A call for extras wcnt oul, and nmiehow the news found ils wav to : rest-club at Kandwick. Mere tlie Inds lfter a grueHing time in ihe I'acilvc, •I'enl lo recoupera te and await remusering to diffcrcnt sliijis. On tlie issumption Ihat "sailors don't care." a 'ew daring souls went out to the set ud were leislilv mad" up, wanlrobed, and planted in strategic ]iositions . raditional Britisli reser-. c and breeding went to tlie rescue wlien tliey disco\ered liat tlie scene was an Americaii yachtcomplete with cocktails, lieautifu! women, and, otlier luxuries not lecently associated wil.li a. 'ife on Ihe briny. liita .'IJayworth retunis lo straiglh •Ira ma in her next Coiumbia picture a melodrama tilled. "(iilda." VVith tio exception of ua appcaraiiee in a "'ihih ' of A1 anliat teu" . episodi', tlie star lias olayed only in musieaP over tlie past . four years. The last full lengtli dnnna tir role fo • Aiiss Itayworth was in "Blood and Saiid" in tttll. Biiu'e tlien' she -lias slarred in a series of musicals f icluding "Aiy (bil Kai," "Voii'll;. Xever (!et Rich," "You W'ere.Yever ho\ i iier," Cover (tirl." and ; "To-nigh t ! and Every Xiglit." "(Iilda" wil' be produced by Alarion pai'sonnet , i wlio is also doing Ihe linal seii]>t. It: is based on an original slory bv K. A ! i'iUington. A pair of loiig uuderware fonnerty |

j used in a two-reel comedy aup]>tie(! iiiiain Wright witli 'enougli ;jokes fo ja long time. t'nabie to buy any of his own, Wright borrowcd Ihe pair from : tlie studio warrlrolie {lepart ment to j keep liim wann for liis all-iiighl lora tio n scenes in ('olumbia's spv-thriller "Escape in the I'og," in which ko is [ t ea ined witli Nina Foch and Otto Kruger. Fpon doaning the "woollens, Bill discovered thal tliey had swastikas : printed all over tliem. "Eook " saif Bill, ojiening his sliirt and displaving Ihe swastikas to memhers of tlie east, | "I'm a Xazi 'nndercox er' iinui."