They Tell Me That...

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 37, 24 February 1939, Page 15

They Tell Me That...

Our Special Correspondent, Jennifer Quentin, Gives You The Latest Hollywood Gossip ap

CCORDING to the publicity boys, Errol Flynn expressed complete and pleasant surprise at the announcement of his wife, Lili Danita, that the stork will pay a visit to the Flynn household some time next spring. The star says he always wanted a son, and he is positive that the child will be a boy. Lili did not mention anything ‘about the impending visit of. the stork to Errol, and he believes she planned to surprise him later. Or so they say. Such husbandly fgnorance is the usual thing in . Screen stories, but we’re just a triffe , sceptical about it in real life. 4 . Dog In Divorce Suit HOWEVER, here’s samething else to add to your "It-was-bound-to-happen-in-the-end" department: A

couple in a Hollywood divorce suit are disputing the custody of fhe dog. The dog in the case, at any rate, is used to the situation; he went through it all once before-in a erazy comedy "The Awful Truth." g

Now life has once again caught up with the films. This is how it happened. Asta’s master, Alfie Jeffers, is being sued for divorce by Mrs, Gladys Jeffers, who claims that the hound is community property. Asta is currently appearing as the ghostly, troublesome pup Oscar, of "Topper: Takes A Trip." "Way Down South HE atmosphere of old Southern eolonels, mint juieps . and darkies connected with the casting of "Gone With the Wind" seems to have had its effect on David O. Selznick. Anyway, he’s now going to make a picture called "Swanee River," based on the life of Stephen Collins Foster, who wrote that song and dozens of other plantation melodies, Foster’s life is a@ good subject for the screen, though it’s been done before, notably by Republic in a film entitled "Harmony Lane," which starred Douglass Montgomery. Kentucky In Colour TILL keeping the discussion "down South," it has to be recorded that 20th Century-Fox have finished production of "Kentuecky." Probably the chief claim to fame of this picture will be that it will show the Kentucky Derby in full colour. We've seen plenty of black and white versions of America’s premier turf classic, but now for the first time it will be possible to see the colour of the jockeys’ tunics-and even, perhaps, the colour of the bookies’ money. Loretta Young and Richard Greene appear as two modern lovers separated (temporarily) by the traditional enmity between their families inherited from Civil War days. Walter Brennan is a testy old Southern gentleman who knows more about horses than anyone in Kentucly. Presence Of Mind HSN route to the preview of Samuel Goldwyn’s "The Cowboy and the Lady," in which she co-stars with

eee eee eee ee Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon discovered that she was somewhat behind schedule and in imminent danger of being late if she, were delayed by autograph hunters. With resourcefulness worthy of a Girl Guide, Merle borrowed a searf from her escort, and stepped from her automobile with her writing arm in a sling. She was passed through the lines with murmurs of sympathy. Finished At Five? HE drop in public interest in the Dionne Quins, now aged five, is causing Producer Darryl Zanuck to consider passing up the final feature of their fourpicture deal, the contract for which expires on January 1, 1940. Bob For Bette BETTE DAVIS is the first star to revolt against the new hair style. In defiance of her studio she has had eight inches shorn off her tresses. "F don’t care what the style experts say," she announces. "The

short bob is the sensible length. I won't wear my hair on top of my head any more." Apart from this minor skirmish, Bette is, at long last, at peace with the Warner studio. Not long ago she was bemoaning the fact that she was held a prisoner-at £600 a week-by her contract until 1942, Now her bosses have torn up the old contract and given her a new one with more money and other concessions. .