The Film Daily (1945)

Tuesday, September 18, 1945 19 DAILY Veterans Returning To Coast's Studios West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — While most of the 2,000 film actors — stars, bit players and extras — called to the armed sei-vices are still in uniform, studios iVport that a trickle of returning Kjterans has started. Practically every studio has benefited, a survey reveals. Two forthcoming M-G-M features will star returned war vets, "They Were Expendable," starring former Lt. Com. Robert Montgomery, and I "This Strange Adventure," which ;j co-stars Clark Gable, who was an Army Air Forces major. Col. James Stewart is due for discharge soon and Lt. Van Heflin has returned to the studio, as has former Capt. John Carroll. Top flight M-G-M personalities still in the services includes Lt. Robert Taylor, USN, Richard Ney, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Carlson, Mickey Rooney, Lew Ayres and Gene Kelly. John Payne has returned from the Ferry Command to take the lead in 20th-Fox's "The Dolly Sisters," while Cesar Romero is out of the Coast Guard and will soon go into the "Two Little Girls in Blue" cast. Fox players still in uniform include Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, Lee Cobb, Richard Greene, John Howard, Richard Jaeckel, Victor Mature, Lon McCallister, George Montgomery and John Sutton. )| Lt. Wayne Morris returns to Warners next month after distinguished service as a Navy flyer. Donald Reagan, Gig Young and ilCraig Stevens have already re)! turned and Jeffrey Lynn is still in :i uniform. Sabu reported to the Universal «tstudio two weeks ago, but the comEftpany's service list still includes olDonald O'Connor, Broderick Crawiisiford, Edmund O'Brien, Robert Stack, !Turhan Bey and Jon Hall. A Glenn Ford has been back on the '^Columbia lot for several months, %nd Willard Parker is due to check ''lin. William Holden, under contract "^0 both Columbia and Paramount, Ireturned to Hollywood last week. ^JParamount also expects Capt. Robert 40'Hour Weeh Cuts Shows in Canal Zone Panama (By Air Mail) — Employe working hours and performance schedules of all clubhouse theaters were affected, with the institution of a 40-hour week in the Panama Canal zone. Only one Sunday matinee will be presented at Balboa. One of the two nightly shows at Pedro Miguel and Gamboa will be eliminated. The one-show-a-night plan will be inaugurated at Gatun also with but the exception of a Sunday matinee. HOLLYWOOD SPEAKING =i Br BALPH wm HOLLYWOOD I N addition to "Glamour Girl," King Bros. ' have scheduled three more pics to be made during the next 12 months. After the Belita picture, which goes into work Sept. 28 at Westwoud Ice Gardens, King Bros, will produce "The Hunted" based upon a radio drama by Steve Fisher, with camerawork to begin late in November. Fourth production will be a musical and the fifth, "I Wouldn't Be In Your Shoes," based upon the novel by William Irish. • • "Orphans of the War," a new play by Nicholas Bela and John Collier, will be produced by Margaret Webster as her first solo venture on Broadway this season. Miss Webster announced yesterday, that she intends to put the play into rehearsal by midDecember. Both Bela and Collier are well known Hollywood screen writers. Metro has acquired the screen rights to Gerald Kersch's n:vel, "Sergeant Nelson of the Guards," a story of the British Coldstream Guards, which will be a starring vehicle for Spencer Tracy. • • Jean Dalrymple, the Broadway producer, is seeking Melville Cooper for a top role in her new play "Uncle Jeffrey," which will be produced late in the Fall in New York. • • John Farrow will lead Paramount's "California" troupe, headed by Betty Hutton, to Cameron, Arizona, 61 miles from Flagstaff, for his location shooting of production which is scheduled to roll Sept. 22. Arrangements are in process with Anderson Boarding & Supply Co. to manage food and shelter problems. Tents will accomodate 121 members of Farrow's group. Rites for Frank Lovejoy In Rochester Tomorrow (Continued from Page 1) and former president of the company, who died on Sunday in Strong Memorial Hospital, which he entered a week ago. A native of Concord, N. H., he graduated in 1894 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Ch.E. degree. Three years later, after he had worked on a Louisiana sugar plantation as a chemist, he joined Eastman Kodak and rose rapidly to executive ranks. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Florence Fuller Lovejoy, and two children, Pvt. 1/C Frederick Fuller Lovejoy of the Army, and Frank W. Lovejoy, Jr., a physician with the Navy. Thomas J. Hargrave, Kodak president, said yesterday in tribute to Lovejoy: "Mr. Lovejoy was the finest man I have ever known — fine in every way. His capacity for leadership and executive ability was outstanding. But somehow I feel he will be remembered for his abiding faith in people. He was truly a great humanitarian. . . . He will be missed and mourned by thousands in Kodak and Rochester. . . . Rochester has lost its greatest citizen." Preston, Army Air Forces, to return in a few weeks. Lt. Col. David Niven, recently discharged from the British army, is expected to resume his Samuel Goldwyn contract by co-starring with Teresa Wright in "The Bishop's Wife." Kent Taylor has returned to RKO and currently has the second lead in "Some Must Watch," and the company expects Capt. Gene Raymond to return soon. Jack Warner to Host WB Actors Released from Service West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Jack L. Warner will be host at a "Welcome Home" party for returned actor veterans Sept. 28 at Warner Bros, studio. Honor guests NLRB's Set Decorators Election Decision Near Hoiiywood Ta(l(ies Veterans Probiems (Continued from Page 1) the votes has brought the board harsh criticism from both Republican and Democratic members of Congress, with Rep. Ellis E. Patterson of California calling last week for a Congressional investigation of the case. West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — More than 25 forthcoming films will deal with phases of the return of war veterans and their readjustment to civilian ways. Themes, embracing comedy as well as drama and social significance, include: RKO's "They Dream of Home," to be produced by Dore Schary, and Samuel Goldwyn's "Glory for Me," from a screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. M-G-M schedules "The Homecoming of Ulysses," by Sidney Kingsley, "Heaven on a Picket Fence," and "We Got Back," by Dorothy Thomas. "A Lonely Journey" and "No Place Like Home" are on the 20thFox list, while RKO also plans "Tomorrow Is Here" and has the current "All Brides Are Beautiful." A number of action films, shooting or planned, feature returned vets, while comedies scheduled embrace "Civilian Clothes," "The Return of the Buck Privates," with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, and "Up Front With Mauldin." N. J., W. Va. Exhibitor Units Mee tNext Month Okla. Exhib. Operates 200 Theaters for Navy Guam (By Air Mail) — More than 200 Navy theaters, in addition to theaters on Iwo Jima, Saipan and Tinian are being run by Lt. Sidney M. Metcalf, USNR, of the Guam Motion Picture Exchange. In civilian life, Lt. Metcalf and his brother, Levi, oviTied and operated theaters in Oklahoma. Exchange also services projectors and a staff of technicians makes major and minor repairs and part replacements on some 100 projectors and sound systems each month. In addition, the Exchanges also supplies and trades hundreds of radio program transcriptions for ships at sea. (Continued from Page 1) Boone Hotel in Charleston. Among the topics on the agenda is the election of oflScers. S. J. Hyman is president and W. H. Holt is secretary-treasurer. James Shanklin is convention chairman. Ed Kuykendall, MPTOA president, may attend the meeting. In conjunction with the publication of its Victory Year Book, New Jersey Allied will hold a one-day convention in Passaic on Oct. 9. This unit, too, will elect officers and directors on that date. The all-day meeting will be followed by a beefsteak dinner to which all branches of the business are being invited. Sessions and dinner are to be held at the Ritz Restaurant. Con"way, N. H„ Fryeburg In Clearance Complaint Boston — Elimination of clearance held by Conway, N. H. over the Fryeburg Theater, Fryeburg, Me., is asked in a complaint filed with the Boston Tribunal by Allen S. Stoughton, operator of the Fryeburg. Naming all five N. Y. consent decree signers, Stoughton claims he is subject to a virtual 30-day clearance because the Majestic, Conway plays pictures after the Conway, North Conway. Both houses are operated by the same exhibitor. will include Wayne Morris, ace Navy flyer; Ronald Reagan, ace of Army Air Forces; Gig Young, recently discharged from the Coast Guard, and Harry Lewis, Army veteran. i I Scfaeuerman's Father Dead Cleveland, O. — Gottlieb Scheuerman, father of Fred Scheuerman, j former PRC office manager and now I a member of the Co-operative The1 ati-e booking staff, died of a cerebral I hemmorhage. StudloSf Film Colony Project for Brighton London (By Air Mail) — Plans for a £3,000,000 studio and film colony to be constructed at Brighton as soon as materials are available were announced by Maurice Bader, managing director cf Bruton Film Productions, Ltd. Project embraces a studio, 100-room hotel, club for stars and a giant swimming pool.