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Show By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) ONE day recently Marlene Dietrich was called back to Columbia studios for special spe-cial scenes for "The Lady Is Willing," her new comedy with Fred MacMurray. One bit of action had her being besieged be-sieged by autograph hunters in front of a theater. As one little girl thrust forward her book the star looked at her closely, say. ing, "Haven't I seen you before?" She had; "Before I became an actress," ac-tress," said the youngster, "I got your autograph in front of the studio." stu-dio." The "actress" is 11-year-old Carol Anne Lever. Cecilia Parker, Mickey Rooney's sister in the Judge Hardy Family series, rejoins the family in "The Courtship of Andy Hardy." In pri-vate pri-vate life Mrs. Dick Baldwin, Miss Parker retired temporarily some months ago to welcome the stork! months ago to welcome the stork; r -rrsrri I a--- --"rtNh Jjtfmlfy ftliuiimmiii CECILIA PARKER In the two pictures that were subsequently sub-sequently made, she was referred to as "visiting in New York." The irst day that she came back to vork, she walked on the set with ler baby girl in her arms; shooting :ouldn't start until every member jf the cast had held the infant. "Here Comes Mr. Jordan," which l lot of people thought was the best picture of 1941, is to have a sequel, cnown at the moment as "Hellbent tor Mr. Jordan." Let's. hope that it von't be as disappointing as sequels lsually are. "Abie's Irish Rose," heard coast-o-coast over the NBC network ev- ;ry Saturday, has been enacted in svery country in the world. Vhe late JPill Rogers saw a full production of lie play in China, with Chinese 'Murphys" and "Levys." Edward G. Robinson has sold his tome studio, Warner Bros., the idea if starring him in "The Death of rim Gower," which was presented in his "Big Town" radio program -ecently; it deals with an idealistio ut drunken newspaper man. A drop of water proved to be the nost temperamental "actor" in the :ast of Columbia's "The Adventures if Martin Eden," the Jack London ilassic. Representing a tear, the Irop of water required seven 'takes" to sizzle on a hot iron held y Claire Trevor, the most "takes" if any scene in the picture. Ona Munson can't get rid of that inx that's been pursuing her. Her jose was broken when a make-up nask was being fitted to her at Earner Bros.; then she shewed up t the "Big Town" broadcast with landages on four fingers and one eg, from injuries received while ihe was making a jungle picture at Jniversal. m 1 Virginia Payne, star of radio's I 'Ma Perkins," declares that it's the ! irograms with the family back-' back-' rround that pay dividends. "Ma" , las been on the air for more than !,500 consecutive performances; , 'Amos 'n' Andy," "Bachelor's Chil-i Chil-i Iren," "Pepper Young's Family" hey all go on forever, seemingly. I rhey make stars, too; Don Ameche md Tyrone Power are Just two ho've graduated to film stardom rom them. When he finished work as "Mr. Jugat," Ray Milland left with Mrs. Hilland for a vacation at Sun Val-ey. Val-ey. Veronica Lake and her hus-and hus-and also headed for Sun Valley, urtien she finished "This Gun for lire"; two pairs of skis were fas-ned fas-ned to the top of their car. But ifter a few days of winter sports liey yearned for Florida; made the xip in such a rush that when they reached Miami, the skis still rode lie car top. Passers-by stared, linking them slightly mad, or may-je may-je just ignorant of the fact that ihey were headed the wrong way. ODDS AND ENDS Chester Morns ipent two days in a laundry hamper for icenes in Columbia's "Confessions of Boston Blackie" ... Joe E. Brown's costumes cos-tumes for "Shut My Big Mouth," in ihich he impersonates a woman, wer designed by the creator of Rita Hay-north's Hay-north's screen wardrobes . . . Lew Arret md Laraine Day, seperated in the "Dr. Kildare" series, are to be reunited in a murder mystery film, "Fingers at the Window" . . . Thornton Edwards swears that he got a ticket for speeding when e was on his way to work in "Torpedo Boat," to make a scene in which, as a tpeed cop, he gives Richard Arlen m ticket for speeding! |