LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

Chronicle (Levin), 1 November 1947, Page 6

LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

SPECIAL — From Les. M. Murphy)

A sequel to the famous- hit "Mrs. Miniver" is in preparation by M.-G.-M. It will star Greer Garson in the role that brought her the greatest triumph in her career. It will-' show Mrs. Miniver meeting England's post-war problems.

For a comedy scene in "Virtuous" 100 children were employed to play coyboys and indians, sit in swings, ' eat ice cream and cake for a paity j scene, and share large water mel- ' ons. Now the youngsters are try- . ing to figure out why people get paid for acting in movies! Deborah Kerr who is Mrs.

Anthony Bartley in civilian life, is one of the happiest actresses in Hollywood because in December she and her husband will he welcoming a small son or daughter, whose arrival promises to make their hap- j piness complete. Production has started on a new : outdoor technicolour film, "The j Hiils of Home," starring "Lassie," » with Toni Drake, Janet Leigh and I Edmund Gwenn leading the sup- | porting cast. Gwenn and Tom j Drake are old friends of the lovely collie, the former befriending him j in "Lassie Come Home," while the j latter adopted him in "Courage of j Lassie." Mickey Rooney has written a I number of new songs which have | every chance of fceing featured in ! a new Broadway show. Co-producer j of the show is actor James Dunn, who plays Mickey 's father in their current film, "Killer McCoy." Dunn heard Mickey sing the numbers, liked them, and is taking them back East with him to show them to his partners. Clark Gable and Laha Turner, considered one of the hottest romantic screen combinations, will co-star again when "Homecoming" goes into -production: next month. The story', which deals with the experiences of an army surgeon on return to his home town and civilian life, was written by Sidney Kingsley, who wrote one of Gable's earlier hits, "Men in'White." Almost every kind of shop, store or house that could be imagined in a typical Irish thoroughfare, is included in the huge street scene of "Odd Man Out." The set is used as a background throughout the greater part of the film. A tense mystery film shortly to go into production is "Wanted," starring Van Johnson, who will have Ava Gardner as his leading lady. Ava owes her important new assignment to the big impression she created as the night club singer in love with Clark Gable in "The Hucksters." Jose Iturbi has received a batch of cards from fans hailing him as a great lover. The cards were from , a preview of "The Birds and tne 1 Bees," in which Jose for the first j I time has a screen romance. He j woos and wins the glamorous Jean- I ette MacDonald. . j