Los Angeles Evening Citizen News from Hollywood, California • 17

20 Million Budget Set IN THE NEWS SCREEN STAGE ENTERTAINMENT Republic net profit for the quarter ended April 26 has been announced' as $311585 Harry Brandt president of the Independent Theater- ffw a $20000000 will be a troupe to Paris for Gregor Rabinovich is In Rome film Boheme" in association with Columbia Pictures and same company also will sponsor production of "The First Gentleman" starring Jean Pierre Au-mont at Elstree studios near Lon- "Berlin Express" budgeted at $2000000 which stars Merle Ober-on and Robert Ryan Producer Lou Bunin and a staff of 25 technicians are en route to Paris to make a screen version of 'Alice in Wonderland" at a cost of $1500000 about half what he don estimates it would cost bim to do to the M-G-M plans to make pent in European production by Hollywood studios this year This Is tiie highest budget ever set by local producers for overseas filming and it may set the pattern for even greater activity abroad by companies Big savings over Hollywood producing costs are dec la dn! responsible for the shift of so much filming to foreign locales Not leu than 12 pictures will be made in their entirety in Europe during 1947 it was Indicated today and others will have large portions lensed abroad Process background footage made in Europe will be used for other Hollywood films Hal Wallis is winding up production on "So Evil My Love6 at the Denham studios near London and RKO in association with Pathe Cinema its French affiliate Is halfway through production of "Man About Town" starring Maurice Chevalier RKO during the weekend sent cret Garden" starring Margaret O'Brien in England while RKO in- association with Arthur Rank will produce in England this year Twentieth Century-Fox will make "Escape" in Britain during 1947-Warner Bros will make part of the Viveca Lind-for starrer the Victor" in France and the Burbank company also has Dated some production on "The Children" for German locales "Morocco" starring George Raft will be filmed partly in the actual locale and partly in Southern Fiance by Samuel Bischoff it is announced- Another company Two Continent Films is lensing "Delirium" in Paris making English French and Italian versions simultaneously Edward Small is shipping camera crews to Italy to begin scenes for "The Life of Rudolf Valentino" Die company will film in Valentino's birthplace -Monte Carlo Paris London and other Euro-' pean locations Selznick had a company shooting mart of "The Paradine Case" in England early this year Assn will enter independent film production making four pic for PRC release Andy Russell singer baa filed' a second suit in Log Angeles Superior -Court against Sticfci seeking to void a contract made in March 1945 Three publishers and 16 writers were elected last weds to membership in ASCAP Lena Horne will appear in "Worda and Music" the story of songwriters Richard Rodgers ami Larry Hart for M-G-M Dr Herbert Graf Director of Operatic Productions for NBC's television department will apeak at the July meeting of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences- Jerry Wald's original musical 'Forever and has been purchased by Michael Curtiz Productions as a starring vehicle for Doris Day John Hubbard recently recovered from an rye infection which kept him out of films for four yean has been given the male lead in Cameo's Be Good" Jimmy McHugh Jr head of the London Mice of the Music Corporation at America has been elected a vice-president of MCA Artistic Ltd FEATURED IN 'ROSE MARIE' EIGHT OPERA Jan Clayton (left) John Howard I etta which opens the light opera aea-and Jean Nelson are three of the sing- son in the Greek Theater tonight ing stars in Marie noted I Put 'Alice' in Auto Sale Leads Actress to Romance Secrecy Still Shrouds Deal Involving Sale of United Artists LONGEST RUN PLAT MAT CLOSE NEW YORK July 7 UPI longest run play "Life With Father" may dose" Saturday night The play opened on Broadway Nov 8 1939 and if it closes Saturday will have been performed 3214 times Tickets are not being sold for next week A romance that started when he i sold her a second-hand car wQI September man 1 20th Century declared in engagement to Ed- North Hollywood 1 i' They first met three years ai iss Stuart was voted the Mias POST-HYPNOTIC Maria San Marco who disappeared mysteriously last Thursday was one of several people on the set of My Love" -hypnotized by Magician John Calvert Robert Cummings (center) was an interested spectator Miss" Marco's disappearance is still an unsolved enigma making a 12-month government hoe selling her shares in United Artists at this time Chaplin is ready to sell his hokf bigs- In UA it was stated and such sale would Include his Hollywood studio and his new picture as well as his stock in the corporation Then the veteran screen comic will move to Mexico and' if he eon- tinucs film production hie will ojvq during 1946 erate from there it was declared Miss Pickford would get one-third cash and the balance in stock in the new United Artists while Chaplin would take all cash and quit the company entirely If the deal reportedly near doting in New York materializes culminate In- a riage Randy Stuart Fox-contract player announcing her ward George car dealer dream-girl" after tour of Virginia Honeymoon Actress Virginia should have been Laraine Day will go to Paris to stariicThe Loves of Madeleine" AI Lewis Universal-International producer has secured his release from' the company and will begin independent film production M-G-M has signed John Nesbitt narrator of the Passing Parade series to a new contract Motion picture stocks registered irregularly today with Columbia and Republic gaining a fraction while and 20th Century-Fox lost ground Kodak Paramount and Universal remained unchanged If- United Artists' Corp is sold today by Mary Pickford and Charles' Chaplin as some industry observers have predicted it will mark the culmination of- the moat secretive negotiations and sales reports-aiuMcnlals that have marked any recent movie-land developments A syndicate headed by Fabian theater circuit' operator today will pay somewhere between S12000000 and $17000000 for the company according to some Eastern dispatches Another syndicate headed by JackcGrinieff of Uarria-Brodcr Pictures Co also is reported ready to hand over substantial cash amounts to clinch a deal for UA But thes reports from New York City where dickering have been under' way for weeks are contradicted from Hollywood sources that claim that Mary Pickford has no Intention of STUDIOS ANSWER PURUC DEMAND Walt Disney' plans to dub "Alice Xq Wonderland Jn 10 languages It wu announced today as plans were being mapped for simultaneous premieres in all major capitals of the world in 195a The 8 initial showing will be held in Washington or New York Disney will lean heavily on the foreign market in making this $5000000 feature pay off and in -so doing he does not share the pessimism about global movie markets that' have tinged many filmland forecasts recently At present the Disney films "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Make Mine Music" are reported to be garnering grosses in foreign coun trim that exceed expectations" It is reported Disney's "Alice" project is based An the assumption that the domestic market alone will not show sufficient earnings to justify' the $5000000 production cost Nonetheless special stress Is being put the English version Disney has signed Cabell Greet professor of English at Baj-nard College as special consultant on phonetics for the "Alice" film Producers Giving Color Films Heavy Play in Picture Budgets Mayo's Waits Mays who honeymooning with Actor Michael went to work instead and said get -around to the honeymoon when ihs finishes her new movie The blonds Goldwyn Studio star and O'Shea were married Sat urday night Fortimio Bonanova who plays an important role in was formerly an operatic singer in Madrid London Paris and various Latin American capitals Walter Slezak has been negotiating with UFA for the rights to the 1925 Emil Janninga hit with a view to producing it independently 1 LAST TIMES TODAY! JOAN FONTAINE 1 hi PUIS SaS MT UNITED AIMTf m4 NS I PHILO VANCE'S GAMBLE" liUMiwy-iBum 'Along the Oregon Trail" if San Angelo'7 and Cbo' Red Colorado Skies" Gay Ranchero" of the Golden West" "The Golden and the Old Spanish Trail" from Republic Color-film companies active in the production and processing of these films pre Technicolor One-color Truecolor and Vitacolor Hollywood movie producers- are going all-out for color films a fact reflected in the large number of tinted pictures completed and on producing schedules and in the exemplary earnings of Cinecolor one of the leaders in the' chromatic cinema field Forty-four color pictures now are awaiting release it is reed and 12 are in production more have been completed and thia figure may be hoisted to 40 before the year is out i- Some of the" pictures already made in production or slated for News" "The Birds and the Bees" "This Time for Keeps" "On an Island With "The Kissing Three Musketeers" "Joan of Lorraine" "Annie Get Your and "Easter Parade" at M-G-M "Captain From Hoo Scud da Hay" "Mother Wore Tights" "Forever Amber "Green Grass of Wyoming" Avenue" Flapper "Circuit Wife" "On to Oregon" "Missouri Waltz'' and "The Ballad of Furnace Creek" from 20th Century Fox- i With Father" Wild VSP Fontaine Colbert Signed by Rank early lensing and the companies -My they represent are: 'IrisH'Rose" "Two Guys From Mil- "Unconqucred" Emperor waut-" inHigh SnJ "A fllMHlfllnAa A MM and of Don Juan' Waltz" Fury" "Whispering Smith" Paleface" and Connecticut from Paramount Pirate" "The Unfinished Dance" "Summer Holiday" "Good I I 1 Joan Fontaine and Claudette Cblbert have signed one-picture deals with Arthur Rank British producer and Ingrid Bergman is being sought on a similar deal by the English tycoon it was reported today Rank recently parted Bing Crosby for one film- that the crooner will make in England next year The British movie mogul is anxious to line up -Hollywood celebrities for his producing schedule so he may better bid for more playing time for his films from Warner Bros of Monterey" Girl" Baft Highwayman' "Up in Central Park" and of Norway" at Universal-International "Prince of Thieves" 'Strawberry Roan" "In a Little Spanish Town" Mail" Blade" "Down tq Earth" "The Swordsman" From Colorado" Return of Rin Tin Dn" and of the from Columbia in the Sierras' Sidney Wagner Cameraman Dies Suddenly Sidney Wagner known M-G-M cameraman died unex-xctedly yesterday while retum-ng from a holiday week end at Balboa He was driving with his wife on the outskirts of Newport Beach when he complained of not feeling well After stopping the car to change seats with her he collapsed and died Wagner was 47 years old He started in films as an assistant cameraman with the old Fox Film Corp in 1917 soon after graduating from Hollywood High School He was regarded as an expert on outdoor photography His moat recent -films were "Fiesta" and Romance of Rea jr Ridge" He resided at 11501 Sunset Blvd In addition to hie widow he is -survived by a son Sidney Jr 19 No funeral arrangements have been announced Cinecolor to Pay First Dividend a Cinecolor Corp today announced that a dividend of 12'i cepts per share the first dividend in the history will be paid Sept 15 to stockholders of record Aug sa Cinecolor announced that it currently has in production 13 feature length pictures from iqq-jor studios in addition to shorts and commercial films Charlie Barnet and Wife Patch Rift' 'Honeymoon Bandleader Charlie Bdmct and Rita Merritt the wife who sued him last week for $2885 a month temporary alimony because he "beat her at least a dozen were reported in San Francisco today "They patched it all up" a press agent announced Until Tong ftavii Km WaSs "The Perfect Marriage" riasirfiir-ion MY OIL" Film Choice Made As Beit Depiction Of American Scene A selection of 1068 films produced during 1946 that best record the contemporary life and preferences of the American people has been made for the files of the Library of Congress it wu revealed -today Included are 132 features 176 short subjects 229 nontheatrical movies and 531 newsreels The pictures have not been chosen with a view to their status as -but only most generally depicting the 1946 scene and the tastes pt film-goers The pictures were culled from 468 features J49 shorts and 299 nontheatrical pictures All of the 531 newsreels were selected BOWL Bruno Walter will open the 26th annual presentation of Hollywood Bowl's Under the Stars" tomorrow night with an all-Wagner program featuring soprano Helen Elizabeth Patterson who has featured role in- Stranger" has appeared in 76 films SHOCK OF THE TOWN! Hunt Stromberg HEDY UMAKR Ca-itami DENNIS JOHN LODER a MARK HELUNGER Production Directed by JULES DASSIN Screenplay by RICHARD BROOKS FiDffl a story by Robot Patterson AssociateJloducer JULES BUCK A UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL RELEASE MHMM moms nmnn NATALIE SCHAFfl-irjACKCMUTM imTnmI iltOMKM MkM Wip FOX IRIS UNITED ARTISTS 9th and SIOADWAY Contfrem 10 a ah REPUBLIC 4111 GUILD 612 HOLLY'D BLVD Continuous from Noon HILLSIDE Fill STUDIO CBTV VENTURA at LAUREL Daily tst Sat-Sun1 PM JC 'SUNSET 2377 i RITZ 5214 WILSHIIE BLVD 0 508 BLVD Continuous from Noon GLADSTONE 5862 0WNT0WN mHOUYWOM Continuous from 12:39 1 WALNUT 1221 A MohmIL HYfUT RHiS rpvr1 5.