ITEMS FROM HOLLYWOOD

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 101, 15 May 1937, Page 13

ITEMS FROM HOLLYWOOD

Binnie Barnes has been signed to play Daisy in "A Bicycle Built for rwo." • • • Luise Bainer and William Powell (vdll be co-s'tarred in "The Emperor's Oandlesticks,;' ' based on Baroness Drczy's novel. • • • Glaire Trevor is to be starred in 'One Mile from Heaven," the others Ln the cast being Bill Bobinson, Fredi SVashingto'n, ahd Eddie Anderson. • • • Balph Morgan is the latest addition to "Story of Emale Zola." • • • Ea Hould, the Dunedin bpy who is mder contract to Paramounf, has been lent" by that company to Eepublic Eor "Dangerous Holiday. ' ' He is to receive £20 a week. . * * * Janet Gaynor is to be the next to fcake the plunge into one of those crazy comedy Toles that no actress can aiford to be without these days. B. P. Schulber, of PaTamount, is cajoling her into accepting the feminine lead dn "Flower of France." Despite the highly romantic title, the piece is just a mad, smart, modern comedy. Janet, having recently finished "A Star is Born" with Fredric March, is takiing a holiday in New York and reading the "Flower of France" script at the same time. i ' ■ # . # * Mitzi Green, .former child-etar of pietures, has scored a great hit as an adult musical-comedy actress in Now York. » • • Herbert Bawlinson ds to star in " Blake of Scotland Yard" — a 15-reel serial. • w # * Universal are preparing a story callefi "Queen at 14" for Deanna Durbin, the 14-year-old girl who made such a hit in "Three Smart Girls." It will follow "120 Men and a Girl." # ^ * * Norma Shearer, rarely seen in public, still wears deep mourning for her late husband, Irving Thalberg. She dresses ontirely in black, even to furs, and with her deep sorrow and the quiet courage with which she bears it has come a new beauty. Her return to the screen is still a matter of many months,