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By PAUL HARRISON

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. moll rang for her maid. thing temperamental today. Paul Munt has been out of days. He fell into the bay to sing a song for the first time in must hoof with Betty Groble for “Argentine Way.” Both gents have stage fright and the sets are closed.

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THE EXTRA situation is nearing another attempt at solution, and from where you live you'll he able to hear the wails when the producers and Actors’ Guild begin slashing about 3000 names from the registered list. Something of the sort seems inevitable, though, because honest administration of Central Casting has resuited in such wide distribution of available jobs that none of the 7000 atmosphere players has been making a living. It'll be easy to drop a thousand or more from the rolls because the Guild has been examining and reclassifying the extras. ™or example, about 50 per cent of those who claimed to be dancers were found to be incompetent. At the same time, dozens who never had had a chance in musicals showed they were well worth hiring. 5 » n ILONA MASSEY and Curtis ar waiting only for vorce to become final. split bet ween a

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and her doctor-husband. . . ley Temple (remember?) specific offers for picture four with major outfits which promise costly productions, What her parents most want, though, is the right story. n n ” THE HOLLYWOOD Reporter's London correspondent fears that “German bombings may slow up box-office receipts in England.” Up to a few days ago, though, attendance in London was higher than ever in movie history. =n » = HO-HUM department: George Raft is under suspension again, this time for his refusal to play in “South of Suez.” George Brent gets the role and Raft may be released by Warners to go to Metro to co-star with Norma Shearer. ”n n = MARY LIVINGSTONE Jack Benny) has the only system of beating the races. Wien she loses, Benny pays the deficit: when she wins. she keeps the money; when he wins, she gets half. . . . Clark Gable has turned down an invitation from some of the studio bigwigs to go on a deer hunt. He says their idea of roughing it in the mountains is to drink champagne from tin cups and gobble caviar right out of the jars.

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» » n OUT at Walt Disney's they're putting the last of the sight and sound together for “Fantasia,” and the illustrated symphony concert will be ready for release early in November. There are a few minor innovations in animation, but the newest thing will be in reproduction of the music—theaters showing the picture will have to have extra equipment, = on ” IN-A-NAME Department: The new Preston Sturgis picture, first called “A Cup of Coffee.” then “The New Yorkers” and later “Something to Shout Abou now has been retitled “Christmas in July” and will be _Telea sed in October.

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George Wald will bring his CBS broadcasting orchestra to Tom Devine's Music Hail for a threeperformance stand this evening.

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 1940

Tallulah Booked | For English's

Tallulah Bankhead has been] booked for appearances at English’s on Oct. 17, 18 and 19 in Lillian Hell-| man’s ‘The Little Foxes.” . This is the third play seneduled| for the local home of the legitimate next month. Gertrude Lawrence in| Samson Raphaelson’s “Skylark” will open the season with a four-day engagement beginning Oct. 2. On Oct. | 14-16, English’s will house the George Abbott production of the Rodgers and Hart musical, “Too Many Girls.” “The Little Foxes” is the most (popular play in which Miss Bankhead has appeared on the American | stage. It enjoyed an exceptionally | successful season on Broadway last | year.

BERLIN MUST PAY | TO $11,092 TUNE|

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (U. Pi) The United States Board of Tax Appeals has held that Irving Berlin, the song composer, must pay an| [$11,092 deficiency on his 1935 in-| come. | The Board rejected Mr. Berlin's contention that his $150,000 salary from RKO Studios, Inc. should he treated as capital gain instead of {ordinary income. |

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RECORDINGS

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By JAMES We don't music, Most things. And, that literate, satire is born. However, is as flimsy as most such statements. £2; Ee —] For a Bluebird disc is at hand, richly filled with pointed and deflating humor. The bands of Tommy Dorsey and Charlie Bar1 net are the performers. But we 1], i 3 must be strictly accurate and 4 put them down according to the record label. So—"Friendship” is sung by the T. Dorsey Family (Mountain Branch) and “The

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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 6 (U, P.).— Phyllis Fraser, film actress and cousin of Ginger Rogers, will marry Bennett A. Cerf, New York pube lisher, her mother announced toe day. She did not divulge the date.

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INDIANA “Hired Wife,” with Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Robert Benchly at 12:33, 3:42, 6:51 and 10. “Millionaires in Prison,” wih Le Tracy. Linda Hayes, at 11:28 2 5:46 and 8:55.

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