Show HB S STAGE E SCREEN 1 RADIO By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union MARY ARY ASTOR certainly started something when she signed up as master of ceremonies for that new Thursday night air show in which she is starred with Charles Ruggles and Mischa Auer Within a week sponsors were being deluged with plans for programs programs pro pro- grams on which girls would act as emcees And just ask John Charles Thomas if the ladies are taking over overl Hes He's a placid composed individual individual individual in in- but he nearly lost his calm cairn 1 1 z i tirl tirla 4 a d T MARY ASTOR recently at one of his Sunday after afternoon afternoon noon broadcasts when he saw six new girl members of the orchestra Penny Blondie Singleton is a avery avery avery very proud young woman She now answers to the name of Mrs Major Sparks Sparks her her husband was recently promoted after performing distinguished distin distin- shed service as a captain Penny's Pennys Pennys Penny's Pennys Penny's Pen Pen- nys ny's more elated than he is If its it's announced that Capt Clark Gable will appear at your local movie house in a n new picture Wings Up dont don't expect to see a great deal of him in it The films film's an Office of War Information short subject and its it's certainly worth seeing seeing seeing see see- ing but Gable Isn't on the screen much of the time He acts as narrator narrator narrator nar nar- and makes an appearance only in the concluding scenes Now you'll have to add another Ameche to your list Hes He's Jim Jr son of Jim Jun Sr of the Sunday Heres to Romance broadcasts nephew of Don The year old appears on CBS in the Big Sister serial To make the cloud effects for the Heaven Beaven scenes In A Guy Named Joe starring starring- Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne the air must be undisturbed undisturbed un- un disturbed and the temperature even So an air airlock lock system is being used on the heavy double studio doors and a watchman's been Installed to see sec that the outer ones one's closed before before before be be- fore the inner ones one's opened Of course the cast has nicknamed him Gabriel 7 Among the congratulatory wires Bill Stern received when he switched to a Friday night spot on NBC was one signed by George Raft Betty Grable and Tommy Dorsey Hes He's slated elated to make a movie with them some time next falL falLi i They put Marie McDonald Into a awig awig awig wig for the first time in her life me for tor scenes in Tornado since her own blonde hair was too short So So- So when she lighted a gas heater in her dressing room gas which had escaped during the night exploded in n a burst of flame which caught the long ends of the wig The wig was ruined Marie would have been badly burned if she hadn't thought fast and snatched It off Signe Basso Hasso of Assignment in Brittany has been signed to contract contract contract con con- tract by Metro and around the studio studio stu stu- dio they are predicting that she will willbe willbe willbe be one of or the biggest stars in Hollywood hollywood Holly Holly- Hollywood wood after two or three roles in top pictures t Anne Shirley the romantic Interest interest interest inter Inter- est of Bombardier has the largest largest largest larg larg- est collection a of service mens men's flying wings of any Hollywood star star 42 But Donna Reed has a set of flying reports taken from a Jap flier shot down at Guadalcanal a bomb fragment fragment fragment frag frag- ment from London and walrus tusk sewing ewing needles from Iceland all sent her by soldier admirers Susan Peters and her fiance Richard Quine had a bad spill theother the theother theother other day They were showing off oft before some friends with a bit a of trick double riding on Susans Susan's new motor bike bike It it went down and so 50 did they but hurt nothing but their pride ODDS AND ENDS Humphrey Bogart and Robert Y Young have made more moret free appearances for the Screen Guild Players than anybody else else else- seven teven broadcasts apiece for the charity charily A NA Date Data With Judy another serial erial about an American family will ivill replace Eddie Eddit Cantors Cantor Time to Smile program pro pro- pam gram um for fOT the summer ummer The day Jay after Phillips Lord blasted tire stealers on Gang Misters Dusters he started for fOT Maine MainI and somebody stole the tires tire of his roadster George Lowther writer writer- producer narrator of Superman says ays hes he's never had mike milc fright because he 1 spent three years can as cheer leader at New Newhaven haven high school chool megaphone in hand band |