Hollywood Says...

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 169, 19 July 1941, Page 15

Hollywood Says...

jVJICKEY ROONEY has added Gloria Lloyd, daughter of Harold, to the list of his girl-friends. Will Mickey be the next of the Hollywood infants to announce his engagement? + + >"♦- £}ONJA HENIE will sign at Paramount for a new skating picture —but at considerably less than her present 175,000-dollar picture deal at Fox, writes Sheilah Graham. + + + + XTOW that Judy Garland has announced her engagement, and Ann Rutherford has cut off that luxuriant mop of shoulder-length hair, it's up to Mickey Rooney to make the next growing-up gesture for the Hardy family, writes Harold Heffernan. "I think I'll grow a beard," said Rooney. * + + ♦ SOTHERN has a nice new contract as a reward for her sensational singing-dramatic performance in "Lady Be Good," writes Harold Heffernan. The best musical of the year, it won't be released until September. ♦ + + ♦ MARGARET LOCKWOOD, the "bride" of the British film "Quiet Wedding," is expecting a baby of her own in September. Anthony Asquith, director of the film, has signed a long-term contract to direct for Gainsborough Pictures. He has already made one picture, "Cottage to Let," for this company. Asquith will also direct the forthcoming David Niven picture, to be produced by Paul Soskin. H- 5-

ROBERT MONTGOMERY is leaving Hollywood for six months and, after a brief vacation, will work in the propaganda department of the U.S. Government. * + + ♦ JEANETTE MacDONALD and Gene Raymond celebrated the fourth anniversary of their wedding on June 16. This is one Hollywood marriage heading for a long term. + + + + ("JLORIA SWANSON is wanted for the movie mother role in "Claudia," says a Hollywood writer. It was strange to see Gloria with Gene Markey recently. In the heyday of Gloria's fame, Mr. Markey was her most attentive beau. ♦ + ♦ ♦ 'J'HE highest figure ever offered by the United States for distribution rights of a British film has been paid by Columbia for "49th Parallel." This company will distribute it in all available countries outside Britain. Its stars are Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey and Anton Walbrook.