Hollywood Doings In Brief

Chronicle (Levin), 15 May 1948, Page 6

Hollywood Doings In Brief

Madeline Carroll is to co-star with Fred MacMurray in "An Innocent Affair." It's a daughter for the Mai Powells. He. is the musiclan and she is actress Martha Scott. The reconciliation of . Mark Stevens and his wif e ' has ' f ailed. She is suing" ' for divorce. Producer P. J. Wolfson, late of Paramount, plans an independent film on the life of Shakespeare. He says he will make the film both in Hollywood and England next year after spending about 12 months onresearch and the script. He aoes not yet know whether he will use a top star to play Shakespeare — but he had begun negotiat'ions with Sir Laurence Olivier and Maurice Evans. The film will cost £1,900,000 to produce. It will contain scepes frpm the plays as well as highlights of his career. The film city of Hollywood feeis it has had bad newspaper reviews lately, and big American papsrs and magazines have been brutal, it is said. But then Hollywood's portrayal of newspapermen on the screen has been as bad, so matters are evened up. Eric Johnston, the big film boss in Hollywood, has suggested' that ageing stars were too old for " the good of the film industry. He named no particular stars, but we all know who they are'. _ They will, however, probably ' never forgive him. Actually there iS urgeht heed for young names • in the entertaininent business— perhaps . in the newspaper business, too. Do' not worry, 1 do not come under tnat category. Dennis Morgan. . and Lauren Bacall are to be teamed as co-stars in a romantic comedy drama, "Cleopatra Arms," which deals with a Manhattan house ! occupied by a score of artistic people whose affairs supply the comedy plot. • ■ . . ■ - -