FLASHES

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21034, 9 February 1940, Page 8

FLASHES

J)AVID SELZNICK is considering re-making “If Winter Comes.”

JAMES CAGNEY will portray a prize fighter in “City of Conquest.”

£JEORGE RAFT and Norma Shearer are dancing at the Hollywood night spots.

JJOBERT STEVENSON will direct “Tom Brown’s Schooldays”—in Hollywood.

“G°°D-BYE, MR CHIPS” recently closed in New York after a run oi six months, during which it grossed over £70,000.

ROGERS and Douglas Fairbanks, jun., are to be teamed in a new version of Arthur Wing Pinero’s “Enchanted Cottage.” The play was made as a silent with May McAvoy and Richard Barthelmess.

YOW that she is Mrs Bob Howard, Andrea Leeds will probably retire from films. The Howards are cne of the wealthiest families in America and it is reported that Andrea was given a handsome wedding settlement. Her engagement ring cost £15,000.

JjAVID O. SELZNICK’S production of “Rebecca” has been completed under the direction of Alfred Hitchcock. The top-flight cast includes Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine. George Sanders. Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Denny, C. Aubrey Smith, Florence Bates, Edward Fielding, Melville Cooper, Lumsden Hare and Leonard Carey.