Screen Pars

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 21 (Supplement)

Screen Pars

QARY COOPEK, who is in hie late thirties, gets Joan Leslie, just Hi, for his leading lady in "Sergeant York."

+ + + + 1 N spite of Shirley Temple's recent discovery that school is "kinda dull," she will get through the spring term before reporting for film duty. In addition to a Hardy film, for which she is booked, Shirley will appear in a musical with Rooney and Judy Garland.

r pHFRE are three streets In North Hollywood named for the Lane sisters, writes Sheilah Graham, Rosemary Lane, Priscilla Lane, and Lola Lane. There is also a De Mille Drive, Pickford Avenue, Goldwyn Avenue, a Talmadgo Street and a lot more. It is easier to be remembered by Hollywood a 6 a street than as a film personality.

♦ ♦ + + J>ARAMOUNT expects to cash in further on M.G.M.'s successful venture with "The Women" by producing a 1941 movio entitled "The Men." But unlike "The Women," which barred men from its cast, "The Men" will have women— plenty of them.

♦ + ♦ + Q. NILSSON, silent favourite, whoso career was clipped in its prime by a fall from a horse, is returning to films. She'll have a neat assignment in the remake of "The Trial of Mary Dugan."

+ + + + iy£ARTHA SCOTT is playing her first smart modern girl role (in "They Dare Not Love") since she arrived in Hollywood just over one year ago. Her new leading man is George Brent.

+ + + ♦ gPENCER TRACY and Clark Gable have been friendly rivals for years. When Clark was assigned to "Osborne of Sing Sing" he was kidded so unmercifully by Spencer that he went to the front office and begged to he taken off the film. He was. And here's the pay off: The Sing Sing gentleman will now be portrayed by Mr. Tracy.