NEWS OF THE CINEMA

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21549, 11 October 1941, Page 11

NEWS OF THE CINEMA

Mae West Seeks Divorce Mae West, replying to her husband's suit, in which he is seeking a 1000 dollars’ (£312 10s Australian) monthly separation allowance, said that he had never lived with her as husband with wife, although they were married in 1911. She says she cannot afford the allowance, and intends to seek a divorce. Bernard Shaw’s Plays Filmed Bernard Shaw’s “The Millionaires” is to be filmed shortly, and “The Doctor’s Dilemma” later. Gets £7—Gave L T p £25,000 Laurence Olivier was offered £25,000 a picture to stay in Hollywood, but he preferred to go back to England, where his salary as a sublieutenant in the Navy is £7 a week. His wife, Vivien Leigh, also refused big film offers in America after her success in “Gone With the Wind,” in order to accompany her husband to England. She expects to appear on the London stage in the Bernard Shaw play. “The Doctor's Dilemma.” Bing: Crosby and Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Bob Hope are as chummy off screen as they are on. They go in for a lot of gag stuff when they play golf, which is often. After finishing “Road to Zanzibar” they went on a tour -of the United Slates, the proceeds from all their matches going to British war relief. Clive Brook’s Daughter in Hollywood Faith. Hope, daughter of Ciive Brook, is in Hollywood and has been given a part in “Jungle Boy,” the Rudyard Kipling story starring the the Indian boy Sabu.

Roland Young has joined the cast of the new Garbo picture.