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Show Stair lEhist k A Promising Newcomer k Warning Bing Crosby "k Radio Vets Team Up Ky Virginia Vale ' WHEN you see "Wuther-ing "Wuther-ing Heights" you'll probably prob-ably want to know something about Geraldine Fitzgerald. She plays the part of "Edgar's" "Ed-gar's" sister, who marries "HeathclifTe," and she makes a definite contribution to every scene in which she appears. ap-pears. She was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1914, was educated in a convent school, studied painting for a while, and then joined the Gate Players. The Gate Players did repertoire, so Miss Geraldine got experience in all sorts of roles. Then she was asked to make pictures in England, and did; she appeared in "The Turn of the Tide" and "The Mill on the Floss," and went right back to the theater. But this time it was the New York theater, where she was seen In "Heartbreak House." Hollywood discovered her then. Warner Brothers Broth-ers gave her a contract, (with six months off each year for the theater), thea-ter), and she made tests on the Coast, and then returned to Ireland. She wouldn't believe that she ought to return for "Dark Victory" until she had received three letters and X cablegram; she'd known people who rushed to Hollywood and then sat around and waited everlastingly for things to get started. But she finally returned, was borrowed by Samuel Goldwyn for "Wuthering Heights,' and made "Dark Victory." Vic-tory." If Bing Crosby is ever found mysteriously mys-teriously dead a lot of the other singers in motion pictures will probably prob-ably be questioned by the police. Some one of them will certainly be driven to commit the crime by the way in which the young man i" I , liplliPtllllll BING CROSBY sings. For example, he strolled into the Universal sound room not so long ago, took the pipe oat of his month, sang four songs, one after another, put his pipe into his mouth again and went home. The recordings re-cordings were perfect you'll hear them in "East Side of Heaven," which Is probably his best picture to date. All of which won't seem remarkable remark-able to you unless you know what a complicated business this matter ol recording sounds can be. Mr. Crosby has been known to astound fellow-singers even more by eating a heavy luncheon before he had to sing, without its affecting the result at all. Erno Rapee, Jane Froman and Jan Peerce will be co-starred in a gala musical revue which has been signed to replace the Screen Guild show on the Columbia network for the summer months, beginning June 11. There will also be a 16-voice mixed chorus. The three stars are radio veterans, vet-erans, but this is the first time that they have appeared together. Rapee is one of the best known musical directors di-rectors in America, Jane Froman has made a name for herself in both movies and radio, and Jan Peerce has'' long been a protege of Rapee's as well as one of the screen's popular singers. The Andrews sisters like nothing better than a practical joke. Recently, Re-cently, while making a personal appearance ap-pearance at a theater in Brooklyn, N. Y., they tried to enter an amateur ama-teur contest at a neighboring theater. thea-ter. The master of ceremonies wanted to hear their act before they went on, and they told him they would do their version of the Andrews An-drews Sisters' original version of "Hold Tight." When they finished he sadly shook his head. "Sorry, girls, but I can't use you," he said. "That was the worst imitation of the Andrews Sisters Sis-ters I ever heard." ODDS ' AND ENDS Rudy Vallee, who recently announced on the air that he'd like to direct pictures, recently recent-ly wrote and acted in a dramatic skit on his weekly broadcast, as well as acting as master of ceremonies, directing direct-ing the music, and doing a bit oj singing . . . Lewis Stone is proud of his record in pictures, but he's prouder just now of receiving an award for driving 500,000 miles in 34 years with nut having a traffic accident. Released by Western Newspaper Union. |