LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1947, Page 6

LATEST DOINGS FROM THE STUDIOS

Les. M

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•Susan Peter, the promising young actress who was stricken with. paralysis from the outcome of an accident while out horse-riding, has written a book on her own accident and subsequent fight back to resum her film career. It will be published after . Christmas, and the title will be "Chin Up." Hollywood is mourning the sudden death of a veteran character star, Harry Carey. He succumbed to a heart condition which he had suffered for the past year. At his bedside when deah came were his wife, Olive (once his leading lady in westerns) , his two children and his friends and co-workers, director John Ford, actors John Wayne and George O'Brien. Harry Carey 's last roles before illness were in "Sea of Grass" and "Duel in the Sun." Indefinite leave of absence from work has . been granted Robert Walker by M.-G.-M. -Two years ago Walker suffered concussion, and injury to his back in a motorcycle accident. In the last few weeks his back has been giving him severe pain, and the doctors have now ordered at least six months' rest. This illness takes Bob out of the highly important film, "State of the Union," in which Angela Lansbury has the top role of the woman publisherr Mark Stevens, who was going to marry Hedy Lamarr, has returned to his wife Annebelle, who had filed a separation maintenance suit. Filmland chatter has it that i Hedy is upset over Stevens' sud- 1 den change. j Taxes keep Hollywood's little 1 r-ich girls poorer than you think. Betty Grable netted only £15,000 of the £100,000 paid to her in 1946. Barbara Stanwyck banked only £2340 of the £15,000 salary from I her last film. Handed £3000 for j two radio broadcasts, Barbara kepti just £200 after paying those taxes., "Perils of Pauline," based on the life and adventures of the famous serial queen of the silent films, Pearl White, is brought to the screen by Paramount, with Betty Hutton in the title role. The film is completed and waits for release in America. John Lund, who impressed Paramount studio officials with his screen debut in "To Each His Own," in which he costarred with Olivia de Havilland, is starred opposite Miss Hutton. The film is produced in technicolor, which' George Marshall directed. Jack L. Warner announced that parts of "To The Victor," the Warner Bros'.' post-war European

melodrama showing the effects of war upon individuals would be shot in its authentic European locale and that director Delmer Daves has left for Paris to make filming arrangements. Viveca Lindfors and Dennis Morgan have been set for starring roles in "To the Victors." i Preparations are completed for the technicolor production of "The Three Musketeers," based on Alexander Dumas' colourful novel. Gene Kelly,will play the dashing d'Artagnan, and comedian Keenan Wynn has been chosen for the role of Porthos. Further additions to the cast will be announced, later. Mario Lanza, a young terior who has been acclaimed by leading musicians and critics as "the greatest voice since Caruso," has been signed on a long-term contract by M.-G.M. Following his sensational debut at Hollywood Bowl on August 28, Lanza sang at a special studio audition, which resulted in an immediate contract.