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Show rage rjignu Screen Shorts The movie industry is making a tremendous contribution to the war effort of our country, not alone In providing entertainment and relaxation for the public and armed forces, but also in providing provid-ing training films for the use of the Army and Navy. We should not overlook the valuable contribution contri-bution that Is being made by actors ac-tors and actresses, most of whom are giving generously of their time, talents and physical strength for the entertainment of our armed forces here and abroad. Word comes that when the Treasury Department launches its third War Loan Drive in September, Septem-ber, Hollywood will send out more glamor salesfolk than ever before in a country-wide tour. Among those scheduled for another cara- was picked up several years ago for the "bargain" price of $11,000 by Thomas K. Little, head of the Twentieth Century-Fox property department. Little has been guarding guard-ing it with his life ever since, awaiting the time it might add the finishing touch to a lavish technicolor techni-color scene. k Mae West's book, "Joe Casanova," Casa-nova," which she says is a "story of a gay lover, a composite of all the men I have ever met," is ready for publication. It ought to be a sizzler. van typeunit show are Gary Coop- er, Greer Garson, Cary Grant and Hedy Lamarr.- Al Jolson soon returns to the studio which made him, financially financial-ly and otherwise, when he starred in the famous first part-talkie, "The Jazz Singer." His next stint for Warners is to be "Rhapsody in Blue." Strapped for cash, when Jolson made his first film with them, Warners offered Al stock in Vitaphone Company instead of the usual salary. Al accepted, the film was an outstanding success and I the arrangement netted him a tidy fortune. Irene Dunne and Alan Marshal, Mar-shal, the leads, have twenty-five changes in make-up for their roles in "The White Cliffs of Dover," the story of which begins in 1914 and runs to the present day. Wallace Beery is scheduled for the role of a villainous butcher, engaged in black marekt meat' practices who, in the end, is almost al-most strung up his enraged victims. vic-tims. Can't you just picture him already ? . Mothers, can you imagine your young offsprings practising their music without being told? It is hard to believe, but Diana Lynn, 10-year-old talented musician, musi-cian, who made her film debut when she played Grieg's concerto in "There's Magic In Music" and also played in "The Major and the Minor" practices four hours every day every day. She practices two hours before she reports for work in "And the Angels Sing," her current cur-rent film, and another two hours after returning home at night. That beautiful, dark red carpet car-pet you will see on the floor of the royal bedroom in "The Song of Bernadette," is a genuine au-buson, au-buson, richly figured and measuring measur-ing twelve by eighteen feet, which |