Show S T E CREE N 0 Released by Western Newspaper Union By VIRGINIA VALE executives J HOLLYWOOD l are breathing easier now that the shortage of male stars is easing up with old favorites favorites favorites favor favor- ites being released from the armed forces Andrew Stone set John Carroll for a starring role in Bedside Manner a afew afew afew few days after the army air force captain got his medical discharge Metro has Robert Montgomery for or They Were Expendable now that hes he's out of uniform and Is lining up stories for or Clark Gable to choose from Bruce Cabot's completed his first picture Salty since he was under under un un- der fire In North Africa Paramount also put Alan Ladd into And Now Tomorrow when he left the army some months ago Columbia recently recent ly welcomed Glenn Ford out of the marines Dont Don't look for tor love scenes between be tween James Cagney Cagne and Sylvia Sidney in Blood on the Sun Says James A quick kiss here and there is all right but long clinches hear hea r F fras 3 f S fr A q v 4 S y yr r v f fr t. t a f I r l' l JAMES CAGNEY f ing lag chests and sultry eyes are not I The kids in the audiences hoot holI holler holler hol hol- I ler and whistle at such scenes these 1 days Anyway adds James Im not the type Speed and activity he believes are more important 1 If youre you're one of the thousands of devotees of the Hardy Family pic pic- pictures I tures its it's a question how you'll like I the new set Now that Mickey Rooneys Rooney's overseas in the army therell there'll have to be a new Andy Hardy The other regulars regulars Lewis Lewis Stone Slone Fay Holden and Sara linden Haden will all aU be present And Metros Metro's gone lavish and engaged the famous Booth to supply the story for the next picture Edith Arnold who plays underworld underworld under under- II world roles in the CBS Crime Doctor Doctor Doc Doc- tor has been offered a role in the ff it picture series of ot the same name f Edith Edith But But Edith is one of ot those Holly Holly- wood-born wood gals who came east to become become be be- come a success and she refuses to return r. r Pity Marjorie Reynolds a dozen star-shaped star ornaments were stuck to her arms shoulders chest and back backwith backwith backwith with liquid cement for Bring on the Girls which stars her with Veronica Lake Eddie Bracken and Sonny Tufts Taking them of off and replacing them the next day was impractical so for or 3 days and nights Marjorie had a studded star-studded torso Not many film stars arc are consulted 1 about the musical numbers they'll do but the Hoosier Hot Shots of National Barn Dance renown have havethe havethe the privilege of selecting their own songs for the series of eight Columbia Columbia Colum Colum- bia pictures they are arc filming this I I year Jennifer Jones won fame tame as a n saint In The Song of ot Bernadette Gregory Peck Is doing it as a priest in The Keys of the Kingdom So David O. O who owns all of Jennifer and one-fourth one of Peck has cast them as a siren and an I outlaw in Duel in the Sun t tr r rShirley 4 Shirley Temples Temple's certainly grown up Formerly the studios called Mrs Temple and md got an immediate immedi immedi- ate ale Yes or No when they asked if Shirley could do something But when asked it if Shirley would do a ayo yo personal appearance recently she said Ill ask Shirley The guests at an old ladies' ladies home in Galveston wrote John Charles Thomas sa saying ing that they'd always listened to his Sunday radio program till recently when their luncheon hour had been changed radios weren't allowed in the dining I room Thomas promptly arranged to have the program recorded for 4 them So now he sends them a I record each week ODDS AND ENDS Rudy ENDS Rudy Vallee fans lorn are swamping the studio with congratulatory letters since hes he's been signed for a romantic role in Man Ian Alive I Columbia has bought the screen n rights to the radio program Night Editor Now that Olivia ia won Iron her ller suit against rP Warner's Warners arner shell she'll return to the screen in fn Paramount's The rP Well Groomed Bride Frank Sinatra Sinatra's s 's slated for fort forI t guest appearances early in March on the theto to I Abbott and Costello show in NBC and andon andt t on the Andrews AndreUs Sisters Sisters' program on the hue lilue e. e Recently Frank Morgan set the wrecking nerve record of doing five fits broadcasts in us one day hI |