LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

Chronicle (Levin), 2 August 1947, Page 6

LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

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Hollywood says an actor is a man who thinks he is good — a star is a man who thinks he is God, Speneer Tracy, Walter Pidgeon and Robert Taylor have all turned down a Robinson Crusoe role — they do not want to compete with a parrot, a goat and a dog. Adolphe Menjou, commenting on the standard of films today, says: "Not only are films worse than they used to be — one might even say they are no good at all." Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck say American fans are gentle and mild eompared with British bobby-sockers and autograph honnds. "The demonstration when we arrived in London was worse ' than anything we've ever experienced anywhere," said Robert. Marlene Dietrich writes from Paris: "Europe is depressing, bufc not hopeless. We must all see to it that things are made better. The greatest encouragement is the great success of the British picture 'Brief Bncounter.' Why don't they let us make pictures like this in Hollywood?" James Mason's latest terms for making a Hollywood' picture, apart from salary, include a house, a seeretary, a staff of servants and two motor cars. Asked if he is going to become an American citizen, he said: "I want to see how I like the critics here." In view of their comments to date it does not look as if he will ever become one. Jack Briggs has written a screenplay based upon "Pippa Passes" (that Browning poem) , and hopes to see his wife, Ginger Rogers, make the film for Enterprise. Myrna Loy will go through her first technicolour film, "The Redi Pony," with a wardrobe of three plain house-dresses. Young Arm Blyth will star in Universal-Internationars "Another Part of the Forest," from Lillian Hellman's Broadway success which shows the earlier days of the Little Foxes characters.

. John Loder says he is determined to get rid of the name "Mr. Hedy Lamarr." He said that. "since I have been 'Mr. Hedy Lamarr' it has done me no - good professionally. I'm married to the most beautiful and best wife in the world, but I'm also married to a legend. So I'm going to do a Broadway play on my own."