CLAIM FOR £200,000

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20284, 28 August 1937, Page 17 (Supplement)

CLAIM FOR £200,000

GARY COOPER’B TROUBLES PRIVATE SETTLEMENT LIKELY HOLLYWOOD, July 22. , Clouds of uncertainty continue »o • billow around Gary Cooper, who a week ago left Paramount to start In a , new Goldwyn contract to star In “ The | Adventures of Marco Polo." Litlgi- ! tion involving a £200,000 suit for dam- j ages against Goldwyn has been tiled ! bv Paramount, and still awaits settle- : ment or a hearing. A private settle- j ment is said to be the likeliest. Efforts are under way to prevent the public hearing about the dispute. I which charges Goldwyn with enticing Gary Cooper away. Meanwhile, after | less than a week’s work on “ Marco j Polo," Its director, John Cromwell, and I Goldwyn disagreed concerning the form of characterisation Gary Cooper should follow. They shook hands and parted. Archie Mayo, who last week left Warners and signed a £IOO,OOO contract to direct for Goldwyn, will take over “ Marco Polo." If this is finished by August, Mayo will then direct “ The Goldwyn Follies " in colour. Bome Stormy Days Gary Cooper’s last days with Paramount, during which he starred in “ Souls at Sea.” were almost as stormy as the ocean itself. The film was shot without an ending, and the company dismissed. Then after it had been edited, the star supporting cast was recalled to the -studio, and the ending decided, [ written, and shot, thus completing the first Hollywood picture filmed as “ An unfinished symphony" of the sea. Gary Cooper, who frankly admitted that the trouble between Goldwyn and Paramount caused him great uneasiness, is now further upset, by the sudden disagreement between Cromwell and Goldwyn over the direction of “ Marco Polo." Life Has Its Compensations As he remarked the other day, however: 44 Life has its compensations. Sandra and I are living for the day in the,. near future when our little j stranger will arrive.” Gary and his charming wife, Sandra Shaw, have been married several years. If the Goldwvn-Paramount trouble Is cleared up It Is likely that Gary will star in 44 What Hoi" before going into 44 Spring in My Heart." in which he will I star with Merle Oberon.