Pars About Stars

Chronicle (Levin), 21 February 1948, Page 6

Pars About Stars

Bette Davis and her hqsband, William Grant Sherry, wanL td buy a ranch iri Arizona. It is. reported that Bette's health is not so good and exacting roles such as that in "African Queen" are now right out of the question. r . ■' Competent Louise Allbritton,dout of the movies since she married radio commehtator Charles. . Collingwood, is back again as Maureen O'Hara's girl dnend in "Sitting Pretty." Tarzan- is to have screen x competition in- a new series from Monogram. It is based on 20 books. of adventur,© that have sold millions of copies in America. Three unknown players get a chance to do a dance sequence with Fred Astaire in "Easter- Parade." They are Bobbie Priest, who does a fast tap routine, Dee Turnbuli, a ballet dance, and Pat Jackson, a ballroom sequence., ■ . - Rhonda Fleming, who is 5 ft. .7, ins., is trying to cut herself down to Bing Crosby's size for "Coiir necticut Yankee" by wearing ballet slippers in all the dual closeups. • • Handsome Robert Stack, who has languished at Universal" -for years, is headed the right way at Metro. He is to co-star with JudyGarland in "Peg O' My Heartd' - Michael Redgrave gives a superb performance in his latest R.K.O. film, "Mourning Becomes -Electra." Rosalind Russell, Katrina Paxinou and Raymond Massey follow him elose in merit. - ^ Gene Tierney°ls now off 20th Century-Fox's suspension list and back in Hollywood. She has cut her hair to a wind-blown bob "for "The Iron Curtain," a story of the Russian, spy ring in Canada. Warner Brothers, who plan to film the life story of Sea Biscuit, the famous American racehorse wants Barry Fitzgerald to play his trainer. Geraldine Brooks gets the feminine lead. ' . " Lovely English brunette star. Pat Kirkwood recently returned to England from a fruitless Hollywood contract which did not turn out at all the way it looked on paper. She says that films hold no more glamour for her. She is finished with them. She is returning to the stage. Britain, which secretly nurses plans for musical comedy films, notes Pat's departure with grief. . Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson are arguing about billing and the type size tlreir names should -be in. . Robinson says he should share equal publicity with Bogart, but Humphrey wants his wife, Lauren Bacall, in that place. Rosalind Russell's wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh was a print of "Mourning Becomes Electra," her latest film, in home-movie 16 m.m. size. Martha Stewart, currently .second femme lead to Joan Crawford in "Daisy Kenyon," holds the same spot to Betty Grable in "Burlesaue."