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Show By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. ARTURO DE CORDOVA could have spent the entire en-tire lunch time discussing his first American starring role that of the swash-buckling pirate pi-rate in "Frenchman's Creek," the picture Paramount's said to have spent about four million dollars dol-lars on. He could have told about his work in Mexico, where he made t more than 30 movies, or told that he's going right ahead, playing opposite op-posite Betty Hutton in "Incendiary Blonde," because he's so good. But ARTUEO DE CORDOVA ; he chose to talk about Joan Fon-I Fon-I taine, the heroine of "Frenchman's Creek" about how well she handles a role quite different from her others, oth-ers, about how lovely she looks in It In short, about Joan. How's this for shooting the works on a single picture? Metro announces an-nounces as the principals for "Weekend "Week-end at the Waldorf" Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon and Van Johnson. The picture will be In the general pattern of "Grand Hotel." ' Paul Guilfoyle is enjoying Ideal working conditions a set for "The Master Race," in which he has one of the top roles, has been built practically prac-tically in his back yard at Encino. Watch the lad who does an extra-special extra-special jitterbug routine in "Youth Runs Wild." He's Pat Kane, 19, who was blinded in one eye by shrapnel in the Pearl Harbor disaster. He and his partner, Laure Haile, were among 24 hepcats called in for the picture; he's a former Missouri state champion jitterbug, she won the national tango and rhumba championship and they've started on a promising picture career. X Members of one of those Radio City guided tours paused in front of the RCA building. "High above you you'll see the Rainbow Room, on the 70th floor, where a cocktail party Is being given for Fred Waring," War-ing," said the guide. But the sightseers sight-seers looked not at the towering building, but at the man getting out of a taxi at the curb Gary Cooper, who also towered above them. They've got to build a bit of Central Cen-tral Park In Hollywood for Samuel Goldwyn's "The Wonder Man." California's weather has set a 67-year 67-year record for clouds and overcast, for all exteriors will be shot Indoors, on one of the largest greenery projects proj-ects ever tackled. The CBS "American School of the Air" launches its 15th season October Octo-ber 9, offering listeners a liberal education. With 400 army radio stations sta-tions taking the program, as well as schools and the general public, the science programs will show how returning soldiers can fit into jobs, and also discuss new developments In science. There are five different divisions of these daily programs, lasting till April 27. Paulette Goddard, Mary Treen, Marie McDonald and the other girls who play shipyard welders In "I Love a Soldier" did it in borrowed shoes. Only genuine workers can buy those heavy work shoes with steel-reinforced toes, so the company com-pany asked real workers to lend some. Did you hear Cliff Edwards singing sing-ing "Careless Love" on Hildegarde's program recently? Harry Sosnick and his band did, and went straight up in the air for a second seems Cliff was supposed to sing "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby." The appearance of Dinah Shore on French soil inspired the editors of the Continental Edition of Stars and Stripes to come out with this headline head-line "Is There Anything Finah A Gal in ODs stepped on shore, and Who Was She but Dinah Shore!" ODDS AND EI'DSLt. Wayne Mor. ris, former Warner Bros, star, now in the navy, has been awarded the Distinguished Dis-tinguished Flying Cross. . . . Karl Swen son, "Lord Henry Brinlhrop" of the air's "Our Gul Sunday," still has the rat, doll given him by his wife for good luck when he auditioned for the role seven and a half years ago. , . . Hedy lamarr makes her first appearance in a costume picture in "Experiment Perilous" Peril-ous" and by the way, lots of people are annoyed because a Hollywood make up man and slocking expert said 1ii i'ulilictition that lledy has piano lei . |