
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 9, 1994                   TAG: 9411090091
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THE PEOPLE COLUMN

In a match that could only be made in Hollywood, the heirs of Stooges Curly Joe DeRita and Larry Fine are being represented in a suit against the heirs of head Stooge Moe Howard by Bela Lugosi Jr..

The case, which may go to a Los Angeles jury this week, alleges that the Moe heirs illegally withheld merchandising income from the Curley Joe and Larry heirs. ``I took Dad's good advice not to go into acting,'' said Lugosi, 56. ``He thought I ought to be in a profession.''

Lugosi also represents the interests of the heirs of his father - the first Dracula; the daughter of Boris Karloff - the first Frankenstein; and the son of Lon Chaney Jr. - the first Wolfman. ``We're going to be doing a lot of joint merchandising,'' Lugosi said.

British writer Emma Tennant, author of more than 20 books, has been picked by the Margaret Mitchell estate to write the next sequel to ``Gone With the Wind.'' ``Scarlett'' author Alexandra Ripley declined to do it again.

Tennant knows the drill, having written two sequels to Jane Austen's ``Pride and Prejudice.'' As for her new project, she says ``a tremendous old passion will come up on Scarlett's horizon.''

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