Charmers

Two weeks after her husband, Vaughn Paul, quit as associate producer at Universal, Deanna Durbin was suspended by the studio without pay. Universal said she had refused to come to work unless she could approve her stories, pick her cast and director: Hollywood said she was miffed because the studio had kept Paul idle. Since 1936 she has made Universal some $15,000,000, herself nearly $200,000 a year, but if the studio wishes it can keep her idle and payless until 1943, when her contract expires.

Seven lawyers who helped Hedy Lamarr get her divorce from Writer-Producer Gene Markey sued her for $16,952 in fees. 11 Linda Darnell was freed of timeclock-punching, a welfare-worker chaperon, four hours of daily school work. Reason: she had her 18th birthday. // Dancer Tony de Marco's new partner, Sally Craven, asked New York's Supreme Court to change her name to de Marco. Renee de Marco, Tony's ex-partner and exwife, promptly ordered her lawyers to object. This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.