LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

Chronicle (Levin), 21 September 1946, Page 6

LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

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WELLINGTON, This Day. By the time you 'read this Louis All&ritton will probably be married io Charles Collingwood. Ellen Drew's first role under her recently signed term contract at Columbia will be the feminine lead in "Sing While You Dance," a musical comedy. The largest staff of music arrangers in Hollywood history has been assembled for the scoring of "The Jolson Story." Ann Marlowe has an important supporting role in "Gallant Journey." Tnis 10-year-old actress gave an outstanding performance as Joan Crawford's younger daughter in "Mildred Pierce." Ronald Reagan and wife Jane Wyman have left Hollywood to enjoy their long-delayed honeymoon. Reagan was recently discharged from the Army. Rumour is current in Hollywood that Norma Shearer will follow Joan Crawford by making another picture. It is several years since Miss Shearer made a picture. Films which Warner Bros.' Studios have just completed are "Humoresque," "The Sentence" and "A Very Rich Man." Recordings of Dixieland Band numbers were made by Columbia Pictures for "The Jolson Story," the Larry Parks-Evelyn Keyes technicolour film based on A1 Jolson's life. Louis Hayward, who starred m "The Son of Monte Cristo" three years ago, will bring that classic Alexandre Dumas character back to the screen in "The Return of Monte Cristo." The feminine star to appear opposite Hayward has not yet been announced. Ann Miller originates a new dance number — a . tap samba — for her stellar role in "Thrill of Brazil," a Latin America musical. In addition to the samba, Ann will be seen with a large ensemble in three other novel routines. Plans have been announced for the immediate production of "Our Last Chance," a documentary short subject dealing with the problems of the atomic bomb. It will follow along the theme of the Academy Award winning "Hitler Lives?" It is scheduled to go before the cameras this week at Warner Bros. Studios. „ .... Hurtling through the night two trains — locomotive and six cars each— collide head on in a spectacular sequence for Warner Bros' film version of the great Edna Ferber classic, "Saratoga Trunk" which will be released in Wellington next month. Passengers, 175 actors atid stunt men, hurtled clear, most of them rolling end over end, '■ down the sides of the rock-ballasted road bed. Except for minor cuts and bruises, no one was injured. Edward Everett Horton has the comedian role in "Down to Earth. He is cast as Messenger 7013, divme guide betwixt heaven and earth, a character which he first originated in the comedy hit "Here Comes Mr. Jordan." . Blonde Lynn Merrick has been chosen by Columbia to play one of Rita Hayworth's eight sister muses in the technicolour romantic fantasy, "Down to Earth. Dusty Anderson and Shirley Molohon, the "Miss Photofiash of 1946," were previously set for muse roles. Columbia will choose five other "out of this world" beauties for the remainder of the goddess sisters. It was reported earlier that Mai-o-uerite Chapman and Lieut.-Com-mander Randolph Rosse were a blazing twosome, but this weeks news from Hollywood says that Marguerite, back in Filmland after a holiday, is now betrothed to a Standard Oil executive and plans to wed next month. lQffov The most intngumg fan lettei from the bobby-sox crowd was received by Glenn Ford the othei day. The letter read as follows: "Dear beau boy, you melt me. You're No. 1 on the hero parade. I'm not guy-goony, but you re strictly king size and home cooked. Please stay as you are and don t go brush mush." Glenn plans to answer the letter as soon as he can find out what it means.