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STUDIO PERSONNEUTIES
Barnstormers
Universal-International
In Texas to stimulate interest in the iorthcoming
bond premiere of "Calamity Jane and Sam Bass" is
actress BARBARA PAYTON. Stars YVONNE DeCARLO
ond HOWARD DUFF will be on hand for the premiere
in Dallas on June £,
Warners
WAYNE MORRIS, ALAN HALE, JAMES BROWN
and FRED CLARK, cast topliners in "The Younger
Brothers," made appearances May 27 at the Warner
Downtown, Hollywood and Wiltern theatres in
conjunction with openings of the picture in the
three houses.
Having completed his role in "Return of the
Frontiersman," GORDON MACRAE opens June 9 in
a three-week personal appearance engagement at
the Oriental Theatre, Chicago.
Blurbers
RKO Radio
Publicist PHIL GERSDORF has been borrowed by
Walt Disney Productions to beat the drums for
"Treasure Island," Disney's live action feature,
which rolls in England this summer. Gersdorf sails
June I for Britain to begin the assignment.
Briefies
RKO Radio
Robert Neil and Suzi Crandall have the leading
roles in "Prize Maid," first run in the new two-reel
Newlyweds series being produced by George Bilson
and megged by Hal Yates.
Cleffers
Metro
ANDRE PREVIN was assigned the scoring and
conducting chores on Robert Sisk's production,
"Tension."
Assigned to compose a number of hymns for "Quo
Vadis" was MIKLOS ROZSA.
Assigned as musical director on Joe Pasternak's
production, "Nancy Goes to Rio," was GEORGIE
STOLL.
Monogram
Music director EDWARD J. KAY is scoring the
Jimmy Wakely starrer, "Range Rogues."
Paramount
Radio and recording vocalist BUDDY CLARK was
signed to sing the title tune in "Song of Surrender,"
starring Wanda Hendrix.
Universal-International
FRANK SKINNER conducts the orchestra, using a
score by ELIZABETH FIRESTONE, for 'Come Be My
Love." Robert Montgomery produced and directed.
Loanouts
20th Century-Fox
On loan from U-I, JEFF CHANDLER will play an
Apache chief in Julian Blaustein's production, "Arrow,"
starring James Stewart.
Meggers
Columbia
"Hoedown," first of two western musicals to
star Eddie Arnold, hillbilly radio and recording star
will be megged by RAY NAZARRO for Producer
Colbert Clark.
Metro
Set to meg the Clark Gable-Loretta Young starrer,
'Keyto the City," was GEORGE SIDNEY. Z. Wayne
GrilfiiJ will produce.
Monogram
Producer Louis Gray signed OLIVER DRAKE to
direct "Boomtown Badmen" to star Jimmy 'Wakely.
Republic
Director FRED BRANNON was
other year.
reoptioned for an-
20th Century-Fox
Producer ROBERT BRASSLER has been handed a
two-yeoT contract extension. His last two pictures,
"Sand" and "Collision," have not yet been released.
Options
Columbia
Male lead in "Palomino," upcoming Robert Cohn
production, goes to JEROME COURTLAND. Ray
Nazarro will meg the Technicolor outdoor opus,
slated to loU in July.
HURD HATFIELD will star in the Sam Kalzman
production, "Chinatown at Midnight," to be directed
by Seymour Friedman. JACQUELINE DeWIT was
signed for a principal role. Chinese actress MAYLIA
will be featured with Hatfield.
Metro
JEAN HAGEN, young New York actress, joins Robert
Taylor and John Hodiak in "Ambush," to be
megged by Sam Wood for Producer Armand Deutsch.
Added to the cast of "Bodies and Souls," the
Glenn Ford starrer, was ARTHUR FRANZ.
Monogram
Additions to the cost of "Trail of the Yukon" are
AL BRIDGE, WALLY WALKER, STANLEY ANDREWS,
DICK ELLIOTT, BILL EDWARDS, ANTHONY WARDE,
MAYNARD HOLMES, PETER MAMAKOS, DAN SEY-
MOUR, GUY BEACH and IRIS ADRIAN William
Beaudine directs for Producer Lindsley Parsons.
BOB WOODWARD, BRET HAMILTON, DONALD
KERR, BILLY HAMMOND, EDMUND GLOVER, BUD
OSBORNE, KEIT-H RICHARDS, WILLIAM H. RUHL,
DEE COOPER, KENNE DUNCAN, TED ADAMS, LEE
PHELPS, CLEM FULLER, CAROL HENRY, CURT BAR-
RETT and RED EGNER were added to the cast of
"Mark of the Whip," under the direction of Ray
Taylor for Producer Barney Sarecky.
Paramount
JACK 'WEBB, radio's "Pat Novak," was signed
to portrcry an assistant director in the Gloria Swanson-Erich
von Stroheim topliner, "Sunset Boulevard,"
under the direction of Billy Wilder for Producer
Charles Bracket!. YVETTE VEDDER, UCLA coed,
makes her screen debut in the film.
Cast in the Alan Ladd starrer, "Eagles of the
Navy," was WILLIAM BENDIX. Robert Fellows will
produce.
RKO Radio
Inked to play a hotel slavey in Robert Sparks' production,
"The Boil Bond Story," wcrs PHYLLIS KEN-
NEDY. Ted Tetzlaff directs the Pat O'Brien-George
Raft topliner.
Samuel Goldwyn signed PHYLLIS KIRK to a long
RED CROSS DONATION — G e o r g e
Bowser, right, general manager of the
Fox West Coast circuit, hands a check
for $12,000 to Clarence S. Beesemyer, volunteer
general chairman for the 1949
Los Angeles Red Cross campaign. The
sum represented a donation from FWC's
southern California theatres and does not
include a separate gift from the corporation
in northern California nor the individual
contributions of its employes earlier
this year.
Beesemeyer said the "generous gift"
would' be used to help maintain a civilian
blood service project, as well as to finance
services to veterans and their dependants,
and assist educational and
training services of the local chapter.
term contract and handed her a role in the Farley
Granger-Joan Evans starrer, "Beloved Over All."
Republic
Set for the femme topline in Sidney Picker's production,
"Post Office Investigator," was AUDREY
LONG. George Blair will direct. Inked for leading
roles were WARREN DOUGLAS and JEFF DONNELL.
Others signed for the Sidney Picker production include:
JIMMIE DODD, TONY CANNON, MARCEL
JOURNET, RICHARD BENEDICT, CLIFF CLARK, VERA
MARSHE, THOMAS BRCWNE HENRY and PATRICIA
KNOX.
ROY BARCROFT, MARSHALL REED, 'WILL WRIGHT,
EARL HODGINS, HAL TALIAFERO, DOUGLASS DUM-
BRILLE, LLOYD INGRAHM, GEORGE CHEESEBRO
and JACK OSHEA are additions to the cast of the
William Elliott-Adrian Booth starrer, "Crosswinds."
Leading juvenile role in Walter Colmes' production,
"Pride of the Indians," will be played by
RUSTY RAMBLYN, 14-year-old Hollywood Little Theatre
actor.
KATHLEEN FREEMAN was signed to make her picture
debut in Fidelity Pictures' "The House by the
River." Fritz Long directs for Producers Howard
Welsch and Robert Peters.
Screen Guild
GLENN LANGAN, ADELE lERGENS and STEVE
BRODIE will star in Lippert Productions' "Treasure
of Monte Cristo."
20th Century-Fox
Handed a character role in the Betty Grable-
"Wabash Avenue," was MAR-
Victor Mature stcrrrer,
GARET HAMILTON. Henry Koster will direct for
Producer William Perlberg.
United Artists
Set for roles in Regal Productions' "Mrs. Mike"
were ANGELA CLARK and CHIEF YOWLACHIE.
Louis King directs the Dick Powell-Evelyn Keyes
starrer for Producers Edward Gross and Sam
Bischoff.
Universal-International
Handed the feminine lead opposite Audio Murphy
in Paul Short's production, "The Kid From Texas,'
was GALE STORM. ALBERT DEKKER was signed
to play her husband. Inked to ploY a bandit role
was WILLIAM TALLMAN. Other additions to the
cast are RAY TEAL, WILL GEER and MABTIN
GARRALAGA
DOROTHY HART was assigned the second feminine
lead in Michel Kraike's production, "Java,"
starring Shelley Winters and Stephen McNolIy. H.
Bruce Humberstone will direct.
PERCY KILBRIDE hds been cast as Ann Blyth's
father in "Hot Water," the forthcoming Robert
Buckner production. A character lead was set tor
RAY COLLINS.
Warners
Cast as a drive-in theatre cashier in the James
Cagney vehicle, '"White Heat," was CLAUDIA BAR-
RETT.
Character actor MINOR WATSON has a leading
role in the Bette Davis-Joseph Gotten starrer, "Beyond
the Forest." Assigned an important role was
DONNA DRAKE.
FAY BAKER will appear as Raymond Massey's
wife in "Chain Lightning," with Eleanor Parker costarred.
JACK REYNOLDS, JOHN ROGERS and pianist
WILLIAM LANKIN are additions to the cast.
Former Broadway actor ROY ROBERTS will appear
as Humphrey Bogart's commanding general. Former
studio test director MORRIS ANKRUM was cast
in the role of a jet aircraft mechanic.
Scripters
Monogram
CHARLES B. MARION is preparing an original
script, "KTasterminds," for the next in Producer Jan
Grippe's Bowery Boys series. Film replaces the
previously announced "Bowery Boys Go to College"
on the production schedule.
Paramount
Assigned to write the treatment and screenplay
for the George Stevens production based on Theodore
Dreiser's "An American Tragedy" wcte
MICHAEL WILSON.
ANDREW SOLT will write the final screenplay on
Hal Wallis' "September," starring Joan Fortaine.
Universal-International
Inked to do a script polish job on "Fuaitive From
Terror" was OSCAR SAUL. Michael Gordon will
direct for Producer Michel Kroike.
Inked to screenplay his own original story, "Shakedown,"
was JOEL MALONE.
Story Buys
Columbia
'Producer-Director Robert Rossen purchased the
Tom Lee best-seller, "The Brave Bulls."
Independent
King Bros, purchased "Born to Hang," original
by Arthur Nordhem, as a future Peggy Cummins-
John Dall starring vehicle.
Irving Allen and FrOnchot Tone, operating as
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