Show V s fir firBy J S E C BEEN 10 By VIRGINIA YALE VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union TIME IME was when an actor was likely to lose his public pub pub- public lic lie if he stayed off the screen for even a short time Some cant can't risk it now Alan Ladd doesn't belong in that class classa class class- a large part of the public is remaining faithful to him while hes he's oil off serving his country and refusing to put anyone else in their Idols Idol's place He worked hard for his success suc suc- I cess had cess had years of encouragement but few good roles and put in time I working Jn in n radio before he got a good role in Joan of Paris Then 1 l l j 5 av r tir r f 9 41 I r F a ALAN LADD he tested for This Gun for Hire and when Paramount executives saw his te test t they didn't bother about testing testing testing test test- ing anyone else His success in that role was like Marlene Dietrichs Dietrich's in Morocco Morocco Instantaneous Ga Gary y Moore 1 who vho to stars co-stars with Jimmy Durante over both CBS and NBC will make his picture debut under David sponsorship and will be developed as a 3 sort of or combination of or Fred Allen Alien and Bob Hope which nope which should be something It'll be Allen on writing ability and nope hope from the slant of or his delivery t Howard Petrie announcer of the Moore Moore Moore-Durante Durante air show had both Paramount and after him with witha a term long-term acting contract He stands six feet four and weighs pounds right pounds right up w with th Paramount's Bill Edwards of Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Hildegarde the new radio star who has the Beat the Band show on Wednesday evenings introduced a song called Got Bars on Her Shoulders and Stars in Her Eyes the couldn't resist the title so adopted the ditty for their official recruiting song Pompeii's emergence into front front- page importance because of the fighting around Naples inspired to reissue its spectacular The Last Days of Pompeii originally released released released re re- re- re leased in 1935 its cast includes Alan Hale Basil Rathbone and Louis Dick Haymes' Haymes first tests at Fox Century-Fox turned out so well that his part in Four Jilts and a Jeep with Carole Landis was made bigger bigger bigger big big- ger and bigger Meanwhile his radio radio radio ra ra- ra- ra dio sponsor pays for the lads lad's popularity larity Half alf the program comes from New York with a full orchestra orches orches- tra chorus and Jim Ameche featured fea fea- another another orchestra and chorus goes on In hi Hollywood accompanying accompany accompany- ing Haymes Haymes' songs Flossie Flynn head of Loews Loew's Telephone Information Service in in New York says that recently her office has been swamped by inquiries in inquiries inquiries in- in about Metros Metro's two-reel two short Heavenly Music a tale of a jive musician who cant can't get into heaven until he convinces a jury of famous composers that swing is real music mu mu- sic sic says says she she gets more calls asking asking asking ask ask- ing where its it's playing than she does on feature productions Its It's taken 14 years pears for Hollywood to get around to remaking The Bridge of ot San Luis Rey done in 1029 1929 as a silent Benedict Bogeaus a business man who bought Hollywood's Hollywoods Hollywoods Hollywood's Hollywoods Hollywood's Holly Holly- woods wood's General Service Studios a year and a half ago bought the screen rights and put Rowland V. V Lee in as director director and and now the pictures picture's pictures picture's pic pie tures ture's timed right to coincide with the work of ot the Committee on Inter Inter- American Affairs The Ellery Queen cast likes to be heard above the incidental music of ot the organ except when guest detectives detectives detectives detec detec- tives turn up early during the dress rehearsal then rehearsal then when the crimes crime's solution is given the organ fairly roars drowning out all voices ODDS AND FIND Tenor ENDS ENDS Tenor Hill Days Day's discovered by Groucho Marx in his radio radio ra ra- ra- ra dio clio programs program's chorus and und then given iten the solo singing part has been signed to a 26 it eek contract Looks as if Penny Penny Singleton Singleton would soon suon be kicking her pretty legs PES again in films she films she was originally brought to Hollywood because of 01 her success in musicals on the Broadway ay stage stae Maureen last seen scan in UKO The Fallen Sparrow Spar Spar- row rout and Paid will star co-star in that studios studio's The Spanish Main Roy Acuff a star on radios radio's Grand Ole Opry may be a candidate for governor gayer gover nor in Tennessee's Tennessee elections next year I |