Cinema... Snapshots

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21259, 1 November 1940, Page 11

Cinema ... Snapshots

Warner Bros. 9 News of The W eek “ Brother Eat and a Baby,” the new Warner Bros.’ comedy, picks up the lives of the principal characters of last year’s comedy hit, “ Brother Rat.” Apparently, nothing very important happened to the “ Brother Hat ” characters during the past year. But a lot happened to the film players who are bringing these characters to the screen. Wayne Morris married the former Bubbles Schinasi, cigarette heiress, and has recently become a real life father. He also furthered his screen career by doing several successful pictures including “ The Return of Dr. X,” and moved into a palatial estate in the Brentwood district. Miss Lane became a screen star, and with her sister, Rosemary, bought a home in Laurel Canyon. She was rumoured married to Oren Haglund (but it was only a rumour). And she worked as hard as any young star ever had done in Hollywood, making “ Dust Be My Destiny,” “ The Roaring Twenties.” and “Four Wives.” Eddie Albert went back to New York and starred in a Broadway musical show. Then he returned to Hollywood to appear in 4i On Your Toes ” and “ Four Wives.” Like Miss Lane, Miss Bryan became a full-fledged star. She won a critics* poll for a best supporting performance of the month in “ The Old Maid,” with Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins, and she had the thrill of making her first trip across the continent. Perhaps the most important thing that happened to Miss Wyman and Ronald Reagan was their discovery of each other. “ Brother Rat ” started that, and they plan to finish it by getting married, and as for Peter B. Good, the baby, a lot happened to him during the past year. He came from Switzerland to America. He moved from San Francisco to Hollywood, and matching the record of Miss Lane and Miss Bryan, he became a movie star. “ Brother Rat and a Baby ” continues the madcap adventures of the characters just one year after their graduation. Eddie Albert, who became a father on Commencement Day, is the proud papa of little “Commencement” (Peter B. Good). Jane Bryan is the mother, the other two are just having girl Priscilla Lane and Jane Wyman are the girl friends. “ Commencement,” the baby who was bom on graduation day, is the real little trouble-maker and his exploits land his mother and father and the other two couples into an hilarious series of adventures and misadventures. FLASHES J°EL McCREA has been set by Paramount for the lead opposite Claudette Colbert in “ Arise, My Love.” • * * • J>AUL LUKAS was signed by M.G.M. for the role of the general in the Norma Shearer-Robert Taylor vehicle, “ Escape,” recently. • * • • gPENCER TRACY has received the degree of Doctor of Dramatic Arts from Ripon College, Wisconsin. Spencer is an “ old boy ” of the college. m • • • BIG - HEARTED AUNT,” the G.B.D. production recently released, is a free adaption of Brandon Thomas’ stage and screen success. * • • * “W E WHO ARE YOUNG ”is announced by M.G.M. as Lana Turner’s next vehicle. Originally titled “ I do! ” the film has a cast including John Shelton and Grant Mitchell. • • * • HOPKINS and not Bette Davis will now play the title role in “ The Lady with Red Hair,” based on the life of Mrs Leslie Carter. John Barrymore will play opposite in the role of his famous actor uncle, John Drew. • • • t yyARNERS are seeking a second story to co-star Bette Davis and Charles Boyer, following their appearance in “ All This and Heaven Too.” In the trailer for this film the stars do not appear in costume, but in modern dress. • * * • rfHE HAKIM BROTHERS, French producers, are negotiating for Loretta Young to play the role that Helen Hayes created on the New York stage in “Ladies and Gentlemen,” the Ben Hecht-Charles McArthur play, based on a story by Ladislau Bus-Fekete. * * * * JJARRY EDINGTON has set Charles Laughton and Carole Lombard to team in “They Knew What They Wanted,” the Sidney Howard play purchased from M.G.M. which filmed it in 1930 with Edward G. Robinson, Vilma Banky and Kenneth Thomson. Paramount teamed Laughton and Miss Lombard in “White Woman” in 1932. R.K.O. will start production on May 1, with Garson Kanin directing for Erich Pommer. Carole Lombard’s commitments with R.K.O. for “Unbreakable Mrs Doll” and “Mr and Mrs,” .and the Laughton starrer, “Half a Rogue,” have been set back in work after “They Knew What They Wanted.”