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Show STAGLEN RADIO Released by Western Newspaper Urt'cn. j By VIRGINIA VALE TIME was when movie heroes he-roes had to be dack to be romantic; John Gilbert and Rudolph Valentino were considered con-sidered ideal. But now the blonds are coming into their own. At Paramount Sterling Hayden, Sonny Tufts, William Hoi- j den, William Bendix, Howard da Sil-va Sil-va and Johnny Sands, all blonds, ; are cast in "Blaze of Noon," a story of early commercial flying. A sec-; sec-; ond attraction is the fact that some of the most valuable planes in the country, dating from World War I and now practically museum pieces, will be shown in action. ! Lucille Ball Introduces a bit of whimsy in the fashion field In Hunt Stromberg's "Personal Column" wears a hat which has feathers dyed In a polka dot pattern, with a slip to match! It's an idea whipped up by Elois Jennsen, Stromberg's fashion fash-ion designer, who got her first big picture break when she did Hedy Lamarr's clothes for "Dishonored Lady," and it's certainly an original i one. Experts at Warner Bros, think they've discovered the secret of Dane Clark's appeal to the fair sex. iThey say "It's because he smol- DANE CLARK Iders." Elevated to stardom because ! of his performance in "That Way with Women," he's now "smoldering" "smolder-ing" in "Deep Valley." Milo Boulton, emcee of "We the j People," recently flew from New j York to Detroit to do a 20 second I narration for an industrial movie. He probably set a record for short and i snappy business transactions with- ! in an hour he was on his way home. Robert Merrill, star of the RCA j Victor program, rides to the 6th floor ! of the NBC building in a freight ele- j ! vator these Sundays, and wishes he'd thought of it sooner and saved his r neckties through muffler and all, fans snipped pieces from his cra- ; vats. Sinatra fans may have to be curbed or limited as to age, but Perry Per-ry Como's "Supper Club" will continue con-tinue to be open to all comers. As : a rule they're very well behaved, but if they let out a shriek now and then it's forgiven. James Stewart won't talk about his experiences as a bomber pilot in private life, but in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" he has to. Talking to Donna Reed, who plays his wife, he cuts loose with some vivid and of course believable description. de-scription. But it's in character, because be-cause in the picture he's telling about the exploits of Todd Karns, who's cast as his brother. Cass Daley has added to her already al-ready extensive real estate holdings. The "Ladies Man" comedy star is buying a 165-acre ranch, complete with burial grounds, near Hollywood. Professor Quiz can answer practically prac-tically any question, but when he trips up it's likely to be a question . involving an animal. "Which way j does a pig's tail curl?" "What kind of noise does a rabbit make?" On those he was right save for exceptions. excep-tions. But when he said that, when I a cat washes its face, it holds its paw stationary and rubs its face against it, he got hundreds of protests. pro-tests. When Joseph Cotten appeared on a "Hallmark Reader's Digest" program pro-gram on CBS he was swamped by autograph seekers. One starry-eyed young woman thrust a five-page document doc-ument into his hands for his signature, signa-ture, but, recalling advice given him by his lawyer, he looked through the pages carefully and discovered the document was a love letter, addressed ad-dressed to the autograph-seeker!. ODDS AND ENDS Elena Warr-tier, Warr-tier, of RKO's "Trail Street," has just finished decorating George "Cabby" Hayes' new Palm Springs borne. . . . Ken Niks' other radio and film commitments com-mitments forced him to bow out as announcer an-nouncer on Arlene Francis' "Affairs of Ann Scotland" radio show; Knox Manning Man-ning replaces him. . . . Olivia de Havil-land Havil-land has discharged her agent, business busi-ness manager and publicity man, and turned their duties over to her new husband, Marcus Goodrich. . . . Ann Sargent of "Right to Happiness" has Power-modeled as the typical American Ameri-can sports girl time after time but doesn't play a single game.' |