Hollywood News In Brief

Chronicle (Levin), 3 July 1948, Page 6

Hollywood News In Brief

Birth'days for film stars last month were: Frank Morgan, June 1; Paulette Goddard, June 3; Aiexis Smith, June 8; Robert Sutton, June 11; Betty Hutton, June 11; Dorothy McGuire, June 14; Errol Flynn, June 20; Eleanor Parker, June 26. Bing Crosby, the highest paid I actor with Paramount Pictures, has signed La fabulous contract with that studio. Aithough the total payments are not disclosed, his saiary and percentage arrange-' ments is expecte'd to yield Crosby over £3,400,000. The contract is for 18 pictures in 10 years, with payments spread over 23 years. "Duck" means "Piave" in Chinese, and the name of Ducky Lorne, who plays the Chinese jockey in Allied Artists' miiliondollar production "Black Gold" means "brave boy" in the language of his ancestors. Louie is featurea in the cinecolor film, with Anthony Quinn in the starring role. Cornei Wilde failed to find a horseshoe a symbol of good luck. ! He was playing a scene in a livery stabie for "The Walls of Jericho" j when a horse-shoe, nailed over a door, fell on him, hitting him on the head. However, he has a hard head, and wasn't eveen 'dazed; butj he made certain, nevertheless, thatl the horseshoe was securely nailed ! ; before he went thfough another i scene. ] | Frank Su'ndstron, the sweaish star who portrays Tchaikovsky in.

Allied Artists' "Song of My Heart," and" Ingrid Bergman were cast togerher in his native SWe'den. He starred in.the picture and she was an "extra." Donna Reed completed her costarrmg assignment with Alan Ladd in Paramount's "Now and Forever." she will go to Palm Springs soon for several weeks' rest. .In, "Now and Forever," Donna has the strong dramatlc role of the widow of a World War II veteran who meets Ladd, one of her late hus-. band's subordinate officers, and falls in love with him.