Hollywood News In Brief

Chronicle (Levin), 10 April 1948, Page 6

Hollywood News In Brief

The vogue recently has been to star live actors in cartoons. I Warners will make a switch in ! "Two Texas Knights" when Bugs i Bunny appears in the picture. I -K -K -K After recuperating from an attack of 'flu Bette pavis has returned to the studio for a'dded scenes on her latest production, "Winter Meeting." In the film she takes the part of a New Engiand poetess. Y 4c 4c George Brent has given up flying in order to aevote more time to his yachting and raising of thoroughbreds. Brent recently purchased a, 50 acre "thoroughbred nursery" near Los Angeles where he is going more seriously into the business. 4c 4c 4c After 13 years in Hollywood, jJimmy Stewart has finally plante'd I his footprints in the famed cement | forecourt of GTauman'S Chfn^eSb i Theatre. . . 4c 4c 4c \ Susan Hayward's twih sons cele1 brated their thfrd birthday last I week. 4c 4c 4c Paulette Goddard and husband BUrgess Meredi.th are back- in Hollywocd after a month's vacation in Europe. Paulette distributed, to needy children, parcels of food and clothing tot-alling 22,000 lbs: in weight. I 4c 4c 4c It is a boy, to be named Thomas, for the John Paynes. She is actress Gloria de Haveii. "Anniversary Song," the sui'prise hit from "The Jolson Story," lcoms as the biggest number of the year. It was No. 2 on the Hit Parade in U.S.A. and No. 1 in slieet music saies in Engiand, an'd the Jolson recording is still tlie.third best selling record in the world. It is sometime now since this tune first struck the Hit Parade, and it seems as though it may set an all time record for popularity.