ROUND THE STUDIOS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 March 1939, Page 5

ROUND THE STUDIOS

Henry Wilcoxon is Frieda Inescort’s leading man in “Dr. Judith Randall.” Ann Sheridan will be leading lady to James Cagney and John Garfield ir. “Each Dawn I Die.” . Kenneth Harlan and Rex Lease, former stars, have written a book called “What Actors Eat—When They Eat.” In his next picture, “The Hardy? Ride High,” Mickey Rooney is to play opposite a grown-up glamour girl. In “Hucklebury Finn," Mickey

Rooney and Walter Connolly will burlesque a scene from "Romeo and Juliet” Mickey will be Juliet in a blonde wig. For starring in “Memory of Love” for RKO-Radio, Carole Lombard will be paid £20.01)0, plus £lO,OOO after the picture's takings reach £260,000, plus an added percentage if they reach £300,000. The studios hope to make Cary Grant her leading man. Claudette Colbert's French poodle, Smoky, will make his film debut with her in "Midnight." Warners are considering buying rights to “The Old Maid” from Paramount and co-starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins in it. Paramount intended it for Ann Harding. Fred Mac Murray and Madeleine Carroll will be co-starred again in “An Angel in Furs.” It is an Alaskan drama in which Mac Murray plays a reckless aviator and Madeleine a missionary nurse. Republic wanted to borrow Gary Cooper to star in “Wagons Westward." Goldwyn refused, but offered to buy the story to star Cooper. Republic refused, and the matter remains at a deadlock, M.-G.-M. are planning to publicise their glamorous Hedy LaMarr as an outdoor girl. They have a story in which they would like to star her as an expert skier, which she is reputed io he in real life. Columbia mean to make a screen biography of Alfred Nobel, famous Swedish scientist and founder of the Nobel prizes. Research is already in progress and the picture intended for production this year. Merle Oberon wrenched her ankle badly on location for “Wurthering Heights," when a strong wind overturned her portable dressing-room. Claire Trevor, working on “Stage Coach.” had a narrow escape when her dress caught fire in the studio restaurant. ‘