Canadian Film Weekly (Oct 14, 1942)

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Sreips and Snaps... Amerine & Gal Bonita Grows Up Go bef By TAP KEYES Mary Martin is ill with appendicitis. She was just about ready to work on Paramount’s “Calgary Stampede” when she fell ill. . . . Ida Lupino will sing and dance for the first time in “Thank Your Lucky Stars.” ... When Molly of Fibber McGee and Molly had to learn some jitterbug steps for “Here We Go Again” it was her 18-year-old son who taught them to her... . Bonit i ttine th Did you ever read Dawn Powell’s “A Time to Be Born?” They’re first ee ae Ei ie bp making a picture about it. . .. The same goes for Phil Stong’s from Richard Denning in Paranew book, “One Destiny.” . .. The varied type of beauty premount’s “Tke Glass Key.” sented by Esquire magazine will be shown in a new film named ‘Du Barry Was a Lady.” = % “* % Do the movies have an overdose of osculation? In Tulsa, Oklahoma, one M. P. Harrison, coming out of a 10-year blindness, complained that the motion pictures had too much kissing. Be patient, sir, the restriction on film has shortened celluloid smack ing. ... Norma Shearer, the Canadian star, holds $400,000 worth of American war bonds. There was the time when Norma flew z into New York for a day and had to turn down the request that ers pane ae asp she appear at a Canadian bond rally. Somebody started the story * ed : that she just didn’t care and it hurt her deeply. Later Laura } “A qeolsnd: Elston told the true story over the air and got a letter of grati tude from Norma. She’s been one of the most active Hollywood stars in Britain’s behalf since the first days of the war. iy = * * a *& The man who invented the zipper probably never gave it a thought, but he has made a terrific hit with the Hollywood movie stars. Starring in fast action pictures, some of the stars have many : Gob and Gal wardrobe changes to make for various scenes during a day of filming. For instance, Chester Morris recently had seventeen changes of wardrobe in one day for his role in Parameunt’s “I Live on Danger,” which William Pine and William Thomas are . producing. All of Chester’s wardrobe have zippers, even his shirts. The zippers are underneath the button flap, with buttons sewed on the flap to give the appearance of a regular shirt. oF * * * When her husband, J. Walter Ruben, died recently, Virginia Bruce resolved not to make any more pictures. It was the second time she was widowed. Friends are trying to talk her out of retiring. . . . Errol Flynn, it’s said, will produce his own pictures. . . . American films are still being shown in German-conquered countries. Spécial prints of Warners anti-Nazi story, “Edge of Darkness,” are being smuggled into Norway. . . . The newspaper and magazines had stories in print along the lines of married happiness about George Brent and Ann Sheridan when they separated. How inconsiderate. . . . Cameramen are important. Sam Goldwyn and Alexander Korda were debating about a price for the contract of Rudy Mate, Korda owning it, when Mate ended the argument by joining the army. Commandos Red Skelton and Ann SothLyle Talbot as a British Comern, who appear in MGM's star mando in PRO’s “They Raid studded musical, “Panama By Night.” Hattie,” —_— ~— —— le J Fe i —