ITEMS FROM HOLLYWOOD

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 17 (Supplement)

ITEMS FROM HOLLYWOOD

Gloria Swanson is to return to th« screen In “ The Second Mrs Draper.* “ Excursion,” now running at thi Vanderbilt Theatre, New York, haj been bought by M.G.-M. for £25,000 " Gold Diggers in London,” will b« made, with Dick Powell, Joan Blon> dell, and lan Hunter. • • • • Carole Lombard and Frederic Marcl are to star in ‘‘Nothing Sacred.’* Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell an in “Angle Shooter,” story of the new* paper world with Margaret Lindsaj and Ricardo Cortez In support. • • • • Ernest Truex is to support Oa* Cooper in “ The Adventures of Maro< Polo.” • • • • Mary Astor Is to play Mme. De I.aagi opposite Raymond Massey's De Laagi in “ Hurricane.” Jon Hall, born ii Tahiti, has been signed for the leadini male role. • • • • Cary Grant is to be Irene Dunne> leading man in " The Awful Truth.* • • • • With an eye for names in the news Darryl Zanuck has assigned his seen* ario statT to produce a scrip, “ Thi Rock of Gibraltar.”