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Show Star EDsstt k Censor Comes to Bat "k Appeasement of Isa "A: 'Bamp' Arrives via Air ' By Virginia Vale IT'S an ill censor that blows no picture some good. Warner War-ner Brothers' "Yes, My Darling Dar-ling Daughter" is the latest picture to profit by censorship. And anyone who saw the play of the same name on which the picture was based is likely to suspect that the movie moguls who were responsible for the film rather hoped that a little censorship, though a dangerous thing, might result in plenty of free publicity. New York's state censor board obligingly banned the picture. Whereupon the department of education's edu-cation's board of regents even more obligingly lifted the ban, and the public rushed to the theater where the picture was finally shown, eager to see what all the fuss was about In fact, so much interest was stirred up in this darling daughter that the theatrical producer who produced the original play is said to be considering reviving it. Some of the women who read the books of the "Five Little Peppers" series when they were children will be escorting their grandchildren to see those young Peppers on the screen. The series of nine books has been bought for Edith Fellows. Isa Miranda was so upset when she lost the title role in "Zaza" to Claudette Colbert that she was ready to give up and go home to Italy. But when the picture was released she had reason to thank I , , s 1 -: : - v - ISA MIRANDA her lucky stars that the cast didn't include her name. Now Paramount is making it up to her by giving her a grand chance in the re-make of "Hotel Imperial," and has also booked her for "Tempted," which should prove to be something extra-special. And la belle Miranda thinks America is a swell place and is taking steps to become an American citizen. When Baron Cal von Ripper spent seven months in a concentration camp he probably didn't believe that it would ever do him any good. Now that experience stands him in good stead. RKO Pathe has engaged en-gaged him to act in an advisory capacity for their forthcoming feature fea-ture length picture, "Unknown Patriot." Pa-triot." Rose Bampton may not have Grace Moore's genius for publicity, but her name is practically a household house-hold word all over the country, thanks to her radio performances. The first of the Metropolitan Opera company's glamour girls to be initiated ini-tiated into "The Circle," she was called back for a repeat performance. perform-ance. Three days later she had to be back on the East coast for the Hobby Lobby show. And of course she is always bobbing bob-bing up on Bing Crosby's program she has appeared on it nine times so far. George Murphy, master of ceremonies cere-monies of the "Screen Guild Show," thinks he works pretty hard. He has to track down movie stars and arrange for their appearances on-the on-the program. So far his "work" has involved skeet hunting with Robert (.Montgomery, swimming with Loret-ta Loret-ta Young in her private pool, skiing with Basil Rathbone and visiting Judy Garland during school hours. After broadcasting for two years and thirteen weeks for one sponsor, Al Jolson departs from the air in mid-March, possibly to remain a non-broadcaster until fall. He is slated for a Twentieth Century-Fox picture, "Rose of Washington Square," and wants time to work on a new type of radio program. Ilis place is being taken by Dick Powell. The rest of the cast remains re-mains the same. ODDSAXD E,DS Thoe radio dramas, "Dr. Christian" in uhich Jean Hershnlt has been appearing, liill be made into a series of three pictures . . . "at O'Brien will star in "The Life of Knute Horkne" . . . John Wayne did so well in "Slaxecoach," Wither Wander's latest, that Republic is making him a star. Western Newspaper Union. |