Motion Picture (Aug 1940-Jan 1941)

IIIIiMIIHIIilU [Continued from page 89] Virginia Dale, who was blond siren in Buck Benny Rides Again, turns to dancing in Dancing on a Dime. An erstwhile dance band singer, she models swim-suit Jeffrey Lynn and agent Bob Ritchie — Joan Valerie and Harvey Priester and where's Edger Bergen? — Patricia Morison and Paramount big-shot Freeman's son Frank Junior — is Frances Farmer's latest heartthrob really Monroe (press-agent) Greenthai ? — Linda Darnell and Maury Grossman — Claire James and Bill (of Meet the People) Orr — Peggy Moran and Johnny Downs — Margot Stevens and Bob (photographer) Wallace — Henry Willson and Jacqueline Wells, who's gone redhead — — Huntz {Dead End) Hall and Elsie Anderson say they're gonna get married — will Isabel Jewell be Mrs. Paul Feldman by the time you read this ? — Orson Welles and Dolores Del Rio and she doesn't act scared — CUPID'S COUPLET: Forrest Tucker and Helen Parrish — Any day expect 'em to marrish! NOT that they seem to give a whoop but Ilona Massey and Alan Curtis are making M-G-M so peeved by romancing. They're running on a seven-nights-a-week dating schedule, and the studio is all upset about it, because they don't think matrimony will be good for Ilona's career. Hollywood is belting fifty-fifty that the studio will win out. FURIOUS denials emanate from Wayne Morris, who says all the chatter about an imminent fade-out 92 for his romance with Bubbles Schinasi is bunk. In an effort to convince Hollywood that they're not rifting, Bubbles and Wayne have been nitespotting together. BUT — Hollywood insists that the only thing that's keeping them from making the break public is their baby. DENIALS, too, from the Artie Shaws (remember? she used to be Lana Turner!) But Hollywood bettors are still certain that Artie and Lana will never celebrate their first anniversary . . . Ken Dolan is also among the month's denyers. He SAYS there's NOTHING to the rumors that he and wifie Shirley Ross are at the end of the trail. Chas. Rhodes After long engagement, Anita Louise and Buddy Adler were finally married. Buddy is just about to kiss the bride before they plunge into the wedding cake AND even though Florence Rice says there's no truth to the rumors that she and Bob Wilcox have cracked up, she's stepping out with Broderick Crawford. "You can't expect me to sit at home every night just because Bob's away, can you?" explains Florence. DON'T Be Surprised — if Lloyd Bacon marries Florence Baker before the judge's signature is dry on his final divorce decree. . . . And Hollywood won't be at all surprised if Bette Davis turns out to be Mrs. Bob Taplinger almost any week-end. Only a few days ago, the town sizzled with a rumor that Bette and Press-Agent Bob bad married secretly aboard the Pacific liner (Lurline) on which both were returning from Honolulu. That rumor wasn't true — but it shows what Hollywood is expecting. Bob, incidentally, has just moved into a big new house — MUCH too big for a bachelor, even a Hollywood bachelor. OL' TATTLER had no sooner got the words out of his mouth, telling you how Hollywood is betting that Artie Shaw and Lana Turner will never celebrate their first anniversary, than they proved Hollywood had a sure-fire tip. From all accounts the five-monthcld marriage is definitely on the rocks. The 19-year-old bride has moved from the Shaw menage and taken an apartment in Beverly Hills. M-G-M's shapely glamor girl has confirmed the separation, though Shaw denies it. Hollywood has said right along that they weren't temperamentally suited to live together. There have been rumors that they've disagreed from the night they eloped to Las Vegas — rumors that the Shaws denied. Meanwhile Lana is continuing with her picture activities while Artie continues with his band. Lana's former boy friend, Greg Bautzer, has been seen around night-clubs. Some say he still carries the torch for Lana. JACKIE COOPER'S got a new girl friend, whose dad is a Palm Springs business man . . . Meantime, Jackie's mama is arranging things so that Jackie won't be married' for his money. She's fixed up his affairs so that he won't get all his money in a lump when he hits 21. At 21, he only gets a part of what he's earned. At 25, he gets some more. And until he's 40, he'll get installments every five years. — Chas. Rhodes After Santa Anita comes Hollywood Park. Dan Topping and Sonja Henie arrive at Turf Club to play the hosses