LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

Chronicle (Levin), 21 November 1946, Page 4

LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

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. - , Lynn B^ri in.tends trying her Hand atf'^free-la'ncing, and by rpiutual dfiisent has lcft 20th Century-Fdx. Miss Bari's action brlngs,^ to, |Li; plose one of the most iiiterdsfcrng of all partnerships between player and studio." She joined the studio's dramatic classes when a girl going to high school. "Song of Love," starring Kathat'ine Hepburn and featuring the niusic of-: Robert Schumann is on 1 t'he schddule at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This film is due to go into production before Christmas. Ron Randell, the Australian film star who made success as "Smithy" in the film under the same title, left Sydney last week for Hollywood under contract to. Columbia Pictures. "RofJ-waa given' a rousing send-off by Sydney's Bobby-soxers. Carmen -Miranda will wear the first all-plastic film dress in her next musical, "If I'm^Lucky." The dress cbntains 75 -yards of handprocessed material. 'With it Carmen will wear a Christmas tree headtgear four feet.high and six-inch !plastic wedgie shoes, which make 'her seem to walk on air. i Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher, | who composed the songs for Columjbia's "Down to Earth" and "Thrill j of Brazil". ,have written a theme song for' fitDead Reckohing," the Humphrey Bogart — Lisabeth Scott | starring film. The title of the num- • ber is "Either It's Love or it Isn't." , The song will be sung by Miss Scott. j . The locket in which Rita Hayj worth's mother formerly carried : Rita's baby pictures and a lock of her hair now contains a new baby picture and a new lock of hair. Ritc recently wore the piece of jewellery ; at Columbia, to show everyone. It is a gold heart with two crystal sides, and was purchased in Spain, when Rita's parents were on their honeymoon.

The Walter Wangers, she is Joan Bennctt, flew from Hollywood to New York to see daughter Joan through her first days at Bard College. Joan Jun.'s great friend, Anni Power — daughter of French star Annabella by her former marriage to Paris actor Jean Murat — entered Bard College also. Following the premiere of "Gallant Journey" in a San Diego tlieatre, Glenn Ford almost lost the sight of an eye when, caught in a mob of wildly screaming women, one thrust a pen at the actor, the pen point boring into the flesh oi his face, half an inch above the eye. Andrea King has been given the role of Lillian Russell in "My Wild Irish Rose." This coveted part, sought by many leading glamour queens of the present day, went to Miss King by virtue of her work in "The Beast with Five Fingers," recently completed at Burbank. This young actress went to Warners from the Chicago company of the iiage play "Life with Father." Ir. "My Wild Irish Rose" Miss King will appear with Dennis Morgan, Arlene Dahl, Ben Blue, and Sara Allgood. Ben Blue, a long-time favourite comedian at Slapsie Maxie's Night Club, has the humorous role in this story of Chaunzey Olcott, great Irish tenor. Famed violinist Yehudi Menuhin gave Stewart Granger his chance in "The Magic Bow." In this story of the violinist Paganini you will see Granger as the musician — hear Menuhin on the musical sound-. 'rack. Menuhin was given a screen test in the hope of him playing Paganini on the screen but it was not a suecess — at least so Menuhin thought. No persuasion could convince Menuhin he could be a screen -.tar; and so it's Granger who appears in the romantic, highly mloured love story.