HOLLYWOOD SAYS . . .

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 205, 30 August 1941, Page 15

HOLLYWOOD SAYS . . .

pAULETTE GODDARD has her face slapped, is pushed off a boat into the ocean, and has to swim for her life hampered by a hoop skirt and pantalettes in "Reap the Wild Wind." * ♦ ♦ ♦ r is talk that Paul Muni is retiring permanently from pictures. He is building a house in the east and reading plays for another Broadway season. ♦ ♦ ♦ * TJRI AN Aherne was a trifle unwilling to plav leading man to Jeanette Mac Donald in "Smilin' Through." Nothing against Jeanette —but he dislikes musicals. However, the £17,000 paid for his services reconciled him to it. Jeanette wears a W.A.C. 1916 war uniform during most of the film. * ♦ * ♦ XANCY Carroll is in town with her 15-year-old daughter. Nancy is hoping to get a picture job. She looks pretty and slimmer, but so far the producers are not interested. ♦ * ♦ ♦

THERE are three unreleased pictures that will keep Mary Martin's face before the fans during her motherhood vacation, beginning this month: "New York Town," with Fred Mac Murray, "Kiss the Boys Good-bye." with Don Ameche and Oscar Levant, and her latest "Birth of the Blues," with Bing Crosby. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ nREER GARSON. who is known at Metro as the late Mrs. Chips, the present Mrs. Gladney (in Blossoms in the Dust"), and the future Mrs. Miniver, states a Hollywood writer, was recently at Arrowhead Springs with her mother and Benny Thau, who is known as the future Mr. Greer Garson.

RITA Hayworth, the vamp in "Blood And Sand," weighs a mere 1041b and has a 33-inch hip measurement. Her predecessor in the role, Nita Naldi, weighed 1371b and had a 38-inch hip measurement. A wellfed siren is unheard of in pictures to-day. ♦ ♦ * ♦ ])OROTHY Comingore, the new Hollywood acting sensation (she's in "Citizen Kane"), was first spotted by Charlie Chaplin in Carmel (Northern California). He offered her the job of scrub woman in his "Great Dictator," and when Dorothy refused Charlie stuck to his original idea of giving it to Paulette Goddard. But when Orson Welles heard of Miss Comingore's turn-down of the great Chaplin, he was impressed to the extent of hiring her for his picture. And the girl is now launched on a starring career. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ WILLIAM POWELLS female impersonation in "Love Crazy" fell

WILLIAM POWELLS female impersonation in "Love Crazy" fell flat at the recent preview. He did too good a job as a woman, and the audience didn't recognise Mr. Powell 'neath the female wig and skirt— until a couple of minutes had elapsed. A scene has been added showing masculine garters dangling on Bill's shapely nether limbs, and recognition should now be instantaneous.