Hollywood (Jan - Mar 1943)

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No more jitterbug parts for Betty Hutton. She's being glamorized by Paramount for very oomphy and dramatic roles. The first will be in The Miracle i>f Morgan's Creek. Then the platinum-haired dynamo will play Texas Guinan in the forthcoming picturization of the fabulous night club queen's life received a letter from a Ft. Worth, r pal, now serving with the armed Te*aS' in Australia. The friend, Frank Ri°rC®S wrote: "I'll be back because I gottapS5al Texas once more." The letter gave Wakely an idea for a song which he titled, "I've Gotta See Texas Just Once More." He'll sing the song in the picture and when it's published all royalties will go to Soldier Revau. ■ As you probably know, comedian Jack Oakie and his wife are separated and there's a divorce coming up. But here's what you didn't know — first news of the Oakie separation came when a studio telephoned about taking a series of photographs to be titled, "The happiest couple in Hollywood." ■ As long as it's a dream, Hollywood's film censors are willing to overlook a lot of things. One of the more hilarious moments of the New York stage hit, DuBarry Was a Lady, was a scene in which Bert Lahr chased Ethel Merman around a bedroom. The other day Red Skelton and Lucille Ball were to repeat the bedroom chasing episode for the film version, and the censors let out a howl. "Hey, you can't do that," they screamed. "But it's only a dream," yelled back the studio executives. The censors thought it over for a moment and decided in that case it was all right. "But please be sure," the censors added, "that the audience knows it's only a dream." Columbia picture, A Night to Remember. Says Loretta: "They don't know how to cope with an actress wife. But take my husband, Tom Lewis, for instance. There's a wise man. He doesn't let me get a word in edgewise about my career. When I start prattling about what happened on the set, he goes into a long-winded discussion about himself. Then I catch on fast. Any Hollywood husband who stands in awe of his actress wife and figures she should be treated differently from other women is headed for trouble." ■ It's Butch Dudley's first acting assignment, in fact his first visit to a studio. Butch is five years old and looks like Mickey Rooney — with more freckles. Director Clarence Brown spotted Butch on a Southern California beach, and told him to report to the studio for a screen test. Now Butch is playing Mickey Rooney's brother in a scene for the picture, The Human Comedy. Butch is having trouble with his acting debut. "Please, Butch," says Director Brown, "don't stare at Mickey all the time. Don't act as if you'd never seen him before." Replies Butch: "But I haven't. He's my favorite. I might not see him again, and I want to have a good look." And it's not until Butch gets a good look at Mickey that he settles down and concentrates on his acting. ■ Unfilmed drama: Before starting work in a new western picture, The Lone Star Trail, cowboy singer Jimmy Wakely 10 i K. T. Stevens, Director Sam Wood's pretty daughter, is shown with Corporal Owen Davis, Jr., former movie actor, at one of the town's popular night spots