Show S N 1 O OBy By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union WHEN HEN you see Men uMen of Boys Town Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney watch three very young men who have important roles its it's more than likely that when they grow up they'll be tops among leading men Metro thinks so They are Darryl Hickman aged eight Bobs Watson who's nine and Larry Nunn just thirteen You probably probably probably ably saw Darryl as WInfield Joad In Grapes of Wrath Norman Tau- Tau rog thinks hes he's one of ot the finest child actors he ever directed Bobs has seven brothers and sisters who have film careers Says Whenever I have needed a regu regu- regular regular regular lar kid I have found that I could depend on the Watsons Bobs got his break because none of the other Watsons fitted the role As for Larry hed he'd made a name for himself In radio before he tack tack- tackled tackled led Hollywood two years ago Strike Up the Band was his first picture For more than a year theres there's been discussion at Warner Bros Bross about filming the life of George Georg M. M Cohan and at last a deal has bas been arranged 4 with the famous song and dance Vie man James Cag- Cag Cagney Cagney Cagney ney will play the tho lead probably get get- getting getting ting tang to work on it some time this sum sum- summer summer mer after he re re- returns returns re- re returns L- L turns from vaca- vaca at his place James Cagney at Marthas Martha's place gace Vine Vine- Vineyard Vineyard Vineyard yard Mass Mr Cohan will super super- supervise supervise supervise vise the production Scenario trouble has delayed work on Babes on Broadway In which Shirley Temple was to start her ber come-back come so her first picture will willbe willbe be Lazybones Its It's a story of ot the San Pedro fishing fleet and Shirley will wUl be seen as Wallace Vallace Beery's motherless daughter American people have more than titan thana I ti a generous sense of humor they I have generous hearts as well Its It's proved every Sunday on the Dou Double Double Double ble or Nothing radio program Wal Wal- Walter Walter Walter ter Compton master of ceremonies asks name of hIs bis favorite charity if the contestant I cant can't answer his questions the prize money is given to some charitable institution Leading figures of grand opera the theater the sports world and big business have tried their luck on the program and many have given their then winnings to less fortunate per per- perI I sons Martha Raye and Frank For For- Forrest Forrest Forrest rest the programs program's popular tenor gave theirs to the Red Cross Lyle Talbot had a question from a woman who wanted to buy her blind son a Seeing Eye dog he gave her his winnings and the listening audience subscribed the remainder Freder Freder- Frederick Frederick Frederick ick Jagel of the Metropolitan Opera sent his to the Hundred Neediest Cases Penny Singleton waS wag selected Americas America's Number One Blonde DJ nde by beauty shop owners and operators at atthe atthe atthe the International Beauty Show held In New York re- re re re- tr The pretty screen an and d radio star won out over r Madeline Carroll and Alice Allce Faye who ter f were up runners-up it a awas was said that dur dur- during during ing the past year shed she'd done o e more Penny than anyone else skeleton Singleton to make American men blonde As Blondie on the screen and the air she's in in- inspired inspired inspired many another young wile wife and mother who've appreciated her quite as much as the men did Rita Hayworth return to her home lot Columbia to play opposite Fred Astaire and dance with him In Ina Ina ina a musical Hes cs c's My ly Uncle Uncle she's she's Just finishing a dancing role roie In Blood and Sand with Tyrone Power The talented Rita may be just the dancing partner needed for Astaire since he be and Ginger Rogers parted company on he the screen m For almost four years Bess Join John Johnson son has been managing the mythical orphanage around which the story of Hilltop House gravitated Now the serial has come to and end and she's to be starred In a new one U- U ti titled titled tied The Story of ot Bess Johnson Same time same same stations f. ODDS AND ENDS While ENDS While making Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde llyde Spencer Tracys Tracy's been looking ahead to ace vaca vacationing Boning in New N o York ork with his h son on Johnny After waiting uniting about a year ear Paramount will film Miss Mi liu Susie Slagle Stogie the popular novel noiel Greta Gr ta Garbo Carlo is i slated to go 80 back to work May 1 I in a modern American comedy About enthusiastic ent fans greet greet- greeted greeted greeted ed Glen Miller CDS CBS band leader when tn he arrived in Los Angeles they mac frae- practically mobbed him Mm Conrad A agel age master of o f ceremonies for the CDS CBS Sil Siller SilLer ler Theater swore wore off 00 on cigarette smoking from N o Years rear s to St. St Pat Pat- irks nek's day but Jay but didn't quite make it lt L. L f |