LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

Chronicle (Levin), 3 August 1946, Page 6

LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

LES. M.

MURPHY).

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Paul Henreid is considering making a film fcased on the life of Frany Liszt, the composer. Besides playing the main role he also wants to produce it himself. Irene Dunne will star opposite William Powell in Warner Bros.' "Life with Father," technicolour comedy now in production. Tne stage play of the same name is now in the seventh year of its run. Since starring opposite Joan Crawford in her Academy Award role of "Mildred Pierce," Zachary Scott has been kept more than busy in "Danger Signal," "Her Kind of Man" and "Stallion Road," at Warners' Studios. Pretty Iittle Wanda Hendrix, who you will see in "Conndential Agent," ia the valentine cover. girl cn "Coronet" magazine. One of the largest symphony orchestras ever assembled for a screen performance will be conducted by Franz Wiaxman, for the Joan Crawford — John Garriela pioture "Humoresque." The orchestra will be composed of 115 pieces and wiil record several operatic masterworks. The first post-war opening in Germany of a film officiaily blacknsted by Jcseph Goebbels was held in Munich for "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet." . The affair was attended by all prominent in the de-nazi-fied poiioicai circle. A feature of the ceremonies preceding the screening was a stage tableau in which the name of Dr. Paul Ehriich was reinstated on uie scroll of honour of the German medical profession. Holiywood has its accommodation diffieuities. Martha Vickers, Warner Bros.' pretty starlet, is experiencing great difficulty in finding a piace there to accommodate her father, mother and 15-year-old brother. Incidentally, it is reported from Holiywood that Lew Ayres is very keen to meet Miss Vickers, indicating that his i feet are firmly on the ground once | more. Ayres, it is- said, thinks her| the girl of his dreams. Adeie Astaire' Cavendish, dancingj sister of Fred Astaire, has decidedj to iive in Holiywood six months out of every year, causing some speculation in the cinema city as to what' her professional plans are. Astaire 1 fans haven't forgottqn the brother and sister tea'm and it would be a feather in any studio's cap to sign the two of them up. Portraying a drunk on the screen is much harder than it looks, says Edgar Buchanan. ."He is a creature of infinite moods, his reactions varying according to tne degree he has submerged his personali'ty in the alcoholic sea," said Buchanan. The fact that movie scenes are not shot in chronological order does not help. "You've got to keep a mental account of your alconolic behaviour pattern. You've got to know whether you are at the eyeblinking stage or well into the pick-a-fight mood." Edgar gives an example of this in "Perilous Holiday" in which he had to'build a semi-coma gradually — in movie language, about a week.