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Show I Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE WORK in a picture with Bob Hope or Bing Crosby and you're likely to turn into a golfer. Signe Hasso learned the game between scenes of Paramount's "Where There's Life"; her instructor, co-star Bob Hope, turned a corner of the sound stage into a green for the pur- j pose. Joan Caulflcld, now in "Dear Ruth," caught the fever when she made "Blue Skies" with Bing and got herself a teacher. He told her not to count her strokes, but she counts the ones when she's par or under; says it helps a lot. Willie Howard, the famous comedian come-dian who'll soon celebrate the completion com-pletion of 40 years in show business, busi-ness, is going strong his life story's WILLIE HOWARD being Aimed, he's writing his autobiography, auto-biography, and plans to star In revival of one of his old hits and then appear in the film. Ken Roberts and the produceri of Mutual's "Quick as a Flash" have, been wondering which sex reacti quicker to the excitement of com. petition so Forrtham university'! psychologists arranged to attack electrodes to a man and a girl con-testant con-testant and record the results. Virginia Mayo, a Samuel Goldwyi featured player, achieve!) star si.i tus in December with the releasi of "The Best Years of Our Lives.' It was produced simultaneously witl "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," j In which she co-stars with It. nun Kaye so during a four-month pert i od Virginia was on call most of thi time. Yet she gained eight poundi says it was because she ate sensi bly and got nine hours' sleep ever night. But when the pictures wen completed she was still on call fol fashion stills and color layouts am lost 15 pounds! As if the language of high schoo students hadn't acquired enough by words, William Bendix's "The Lif of Riley" has added two more "What a revoltin' development thii Is!" greets many a minor tragedy And they've also adopted the greet lng offered by "Digger O'Dell," th friendly undertaker character- j "Hullo there, you're looking fine veddy natural!" Everybody knows that Edgar Ber gen got hif start in radio on Rudj Vallce's program; few know tha 'Rudy learned ventriloquism fron Bergen, and Is now fairly proficient He has three dummies Sally Ann Linoleum and Ezra Snerd, brothe of the famous Mortimer. 1 Sunday afternoon seems to to j Metropolitan Opera stars' time , three of them are featured on the! own programs starting at 2:00 pi m. on NBC there's Robert Merrill ball an hour later James Melton ha 1 his own program, and at 5:0 along comes Patrice Munsel. Ruby Dandridge, who's Judy Ca nova's maid on the radio, will ap pear as Lillian Russell's maid i "My Wild Irish Rose," starring Den nis Morgan. Evidently she doesn' mind being typed; she's played mail roles In 15 consecutive pictures! I Paul Lavalle has organized am conducted many types of orches tras; now he's organizing a tin pa ) band. The conductor of the Fri 1 day night "Highways In Melody, I co-operating with the New York Chii ' dren's Aid society, is getting togetfc j er an orchestra of youngsters fou to eight years old; they'll learn basi music rhythms by beating on ti pan and kettles. Gene Kelly and June Ally son wl ; be teamed in Metro's "Cabbage 1 and Kings"; he'll play a Coney Ii i I land sideshow barker who falla 1 love with her, a modern Alice i Wonderland. ODDS AM) EM)S Victor Slezak latest sewn apoeurance is as co-star i 1 KKU's "Sinbnd the Sailor.". . . lenm Morgan has just made himself a brie barbecue; note all he needs it th meat to go with it. . . . Benny Goo j man, star of "The I iclor liorge Shou; will be one of three judges in a w Horn mid contest to select the best sun lY an amateur based on the movi' "Duel in the Sun.". . . Jimmy K'allin, ' ton estimates that he's announce about 150,000 radio shows in his yeat j before the miku. . . . Marlent Di rich's to be featured as an actress, m a siren, in "Golden Earrings." |