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Show Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE IT SEEMS like sheer inspiration inspira-tion to team Eddie Bracken Brack-en and William Demarest on the air as well as on the screen. Nobody who saw them together togeth-er in "The Miracle of Morgan's Mor-gan's Creek" and "Hail the Conquering Hero" will ever forget the hilariously funny scenes they played together. Now, at 8:30 Sunday evenings, E.W.T. on NBC, we have "The Story of Eddie Bracken," supposedly sup-posedly scenes from his life, with 'A v:' Ir-' ssMsssslsssssssssssysssssss ' EDDIE BRACKEN Eddie playing the bewildered youth caught in a whirlpool of events beyond be-yond his control, and Demarest as the bull-voiced, irascible older man, goads Bracken into asserting himself, him-self, finally causing the worm to turn. Jerome Cowan reported on the set of Republic's "Return at Dawn" one morning recently in high spirits. He'd gotten up early enough to have a real breakfast, said he fruit, cereal, ham and eggs. "That's too bad," said Director John English, sympathetically. "Because In the first sequence this morning you've got to eat a full turkey dinner, from soup to dessert." Claudette Colbert is in for another of those ageing screen roles. It's the second time in her screen career that she's been shown going from youth to advanced age, which is none too easy; it's a matter of so much more than just make-up, and only a good actress can do it convincingly. con-vincingly. But Claudette succeeded in "Remember the Day," and repeats re-peats in International's "Tomorrow Is Forever." When Shirley Temple was to appear ap-pear on that coast-to-coast radio salute ' recently, casting trouble arose; Shirley's career was to be traced from her first picture to her latest one and who'd play Shirley Shir-ley at the age of seven, in "Baby, Take a Bow"? A casting director finally solved the problem and the impersonator, letter perfect, turned up. in the person of Mary Jane Wong, aged twenty, a full-blooded Chinese! Bing Crosby was painting a life-raft life-raft as part of his sailor chores in "Here Comes the WAVES." As the scene progressed he laid on more and more paint. Finally a gob visiting the set remarked, "If he puts another coat of paint on that raft it'll sink the second it hits the water!" And what good news that Ingrid Bergman will do "The Bells of St. Mary's" with Crosby. She'll portray a nun, he a priest. "A Song to Remember" is marvelous mar-velous technicolor, good music, and bad history. This tale of Chopin and George Sand, with Paul Muni and Merle Oberon, and with Jose Iturbi as the unseen Chopin, is beautiful to look at, lovely to hear. When Cliff Arquette arrived In New York to bring "Glamour Manor" Man-or" to the Blue's Radio City studios, he posed for some pictures, pleading with a room clerk for hotel accommodations. accom-modations. But when he asked about the reservation he'd made three weeks before, he was told that the hotel was full; no pleading did any good. So for several nights, Cliff slept on a couch in a friend's room. For more than 15 years Bradley Baker has barked, neighed and quacked his way through radio. And he's always longed to play a human being. He got his chance the other night on the Ed Wynn show but as an Indian, all he had to do was grunt three times! Constance Bennett's launched as a producer; her first picture, "Paris Underground" is under way, with Constance Bennett, star, playing the lead. Her wardrobe's by Adrian, Gregory Ratoff is directing, and Gracie Fields is billed as co-star. ODDS AVD EDS Gloria Blondcll, co-stnr of "Hnlhwood Mystery Time" recommends working in television as a weight-reducer she lost 12 pounds in an hour under those lights. . . . Jimmy Durante's plans for ln4S include a new personality for himself; instead of chasing the girls, he'll let the girls thase him he hopes. . . . Film bad man Dan Duryea grows blue ribbon sw-eel peas. . . . There was real blood at the "Inner Sanctum" mystery broadcast broad-cast tvhen Jack Arnheim, sound effects man, cut his finger ichile crashing glass. . . . Karl Swenson, of "Grand Central Station" has one of the largest bee farms in New York state. |