Show star dust A any more A unnecessary request AT gowl good screamer borlis ely bly virginia valle HERES no telling where the JL the current wave of matrimony that is sweeping hollywood will stop practically all of the movie col colons onys famous romances either have landed their participants at the altar or will do so soon OS of course douglas fairbanks jr rather startled the general public with his selection of a bride the charming mrs mary hartford was what would be called in racing circles a dark horse when kate smith celebrated her ninth anniversary as a radio star she sang the four songs that she presented on her initial b broadcast road cast 1 I surrender dear by the river st marie dream a little dream of me and please dont talk about me when im gone when making up her program for her first broadcast she put in that last number because site she felt none too sure that shed be a success on the air aw v ff apri V r axi KATE SMITH too bad a fortune teller have told her that she would lead the popularity polls for years as the possessor of the best voice in her field the next time that you hear your favorite screen heroine let out a piercing scream the chances are that it will be sarah schwartz who actually does the screaming she is hollywoods Holly woods prize screamer capable of curdling any audiences ence s blood when she really puts her mind on it the other day director jardes james whale was making a scene in the man blan in the iron mask in which louis hayward as king louis XIV was about to be attacked by assassins as lie he rode along in his coach A good screamer was needed so sarah schwartz was sent for joined the milling ling throngs and screamed her head off when director whale gave the signal ashes been doing that sort of thing for years and works pretty regularly earns more in fact than many a would be singer who tries to make musical sounds it looks as it if bette davis would be receiving another oscar when the motion picture academy awards are handed out for this year dark victory is the picture in which she turned in such a grand performance that even the people who never liked her work before are now dancing in the streets and telling all their friends about it felix knight the young tenor who has climbed so far and so fast as a radio star is so enthusiastic about his vocal teacher that he has established two scholarships enabling two young singers to work for a year with mebane beasely ile he took me says knight with almost no voice to speak ot of and shortly increased my range more than an octave so now each year two more young singers will have the opportunities that knight had if you listen to jack bennys bennas sunday night programs youre acquainted with rochester his negro servant you can see him in gone with the wind as uncle peter you probably saw him in jezebel and in old kentucky his name is eddie anderson youve seen bill robinson the great tap dancer in pictures with shirley temple of course but did you know that they are good friends and that he telephones her several t times imes a week no matter where he may be he called her from new york recently just before he went on the air he talked to her mother and asked if shirley might be allowed to stay up late enough to hear his performance lets hope that she did it was a good one ODDS AND ENDS gabriel heatter header host ioa of we the people presented kate smith with a gift giff in honor of her radio anniversary a charm bracelet with miniature gold microphones dangling from rom it radio fans hate haie been complimenting martha raye on the improvement in her vocal arrangements not knowing that its iti her new husband who does them making a terrific effort to make the public hail bobby breen as bob information please will ivila reach the screen as a series of pathe news reels 0 western newspaper union |