Show J S STAGE STAGE- E CRE Pl RADIO Released by Western Newspaper Union By VIRGINIA VALE TAKE AKE it from Charles JL Drake and Lois Collier Collier- Dont Don't come to Hollywood as asa asa a contest winner Teamed as romantic leads in David L. L Loews Loew's A leA Night in Casablanca Casablanca ca ca both learned that a loving loving loving lov lov- ing cup is just something to hold flowers Drake won a personality personality personality person person- contest in New London kicked around Hollywood for five years before before be be- fore tore he got anywhere Lois won a beauty contest but movie moguls ignored her till shed she'd made a name nameon on the radio and the stage Linda Darnell won a contest went home to school for a year then tackled Hollywood successfully Ann Sheridan Sheridan Sheridan Sheri Sheri- dan fought her way through menial mental acting jobs before a press agent dubbed her The Oomph GirL r. r Natalie Natalle Wood year six-year-old International International International Inter Inter- national Picture starlet will never forget Tomorrow is Forever in which she made her screen debut she went to New York for the pre- pre JI A l fAi f 6 Ai fir C t i Nw NATALIE WOOD her her first trip on a train her first glimpse of snow But she is looking forward to getting home because a new baby was expected soon after her return and Natalie is hoping it'll Wll be a baby brother 1 Six ravishing beauties are needed needed needed need need- ed for Bel Ami Amt which will star George Sanders But they must fit into the fue 1880 period of the story Reproductions of lovely ladies pictured pictured pictured pic pic- by Renoir Manet Degas and Toulouse Toulouse-Lautrec will be used asa as asa s sa a guide in hi choosing the gals T t Joan Edwards who sings the nations nation's na- na I tion's top tunes on the Hit Parade each Saturday night Is booked to star In Republics Republic's forthcoming picture pic pie ture tare Hit rut Parade of 1947 19 which will be one of the most expensively produced films made by the company company company com com- pany this year t The Green Room Award on the Andrews Sisters Sister's N N K K Musical Showroom over CBS Wednesday nights has become so popular that the girls will star in a movie to be called The Green Room with their guest stars r. r Leo Gorcey as Bob Burns' Burns stooge on Bobs Bob's Thursday night program is a witted dim oaf but hes he's quite different in real l life e. e One of the original Dead End Kids Gorcey has just finished his 4 th picture and Is under contract to make four movies per year A shrewd business business business busi busi- ness man knowing a lot about show business he acted as associate producer producer producer pro pro- ducer and writer on his last picture t Kate Smith who celebrates her anniversary on the air May 1 I has broadcast all aU hen hell pro programs rams on CBS As the first fast lady o ot of the air she's won a staggering list of awards Her war bond sales topped the mark and In a one- one week air campaign she brought other Smiths to blood plasma stations Ted Collins says she made more than personal appearances appearances appearances appear appear- ances for worthy causes 1 Weve We've bad a lot of nice ghosts in the movies Cary Gary Grant and Constance Bennett in the Topper films Spencer Tracy In A Guy Named Joe Robert Montgomery in Here Comes Mr Jordan Edward Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward Everett Horton joins Johns the ranks In The Ghost Goes Wild f. t Drew Miller former master sergeant sergeant sergeant ser ser- geant in the U. U S S. S air force got a abit abit abit bit role in Till the End of ot Time because of ot Producer Dore Dare Schary's insistence on using war veterans in bit roles Then Miller got a factory job pressing phonograph records After s seeing Ing how he made his small role stand out tracked him down signed him up and plans a romantic build up for tor him 1 ODDS AND ENDS ENDS ENDS-d A symphony orchestra of 0 pieces will perform in Warner Bros Bros' humoresque starring Joan loan Crawford and John Garfield Orson Onon Jr If Welles elles dies lost 20 pounds pound in 20 days then had to put it back on in a week fur for a one minute scene cene which had been added to w Tomorrow Is Forever Sonja Henie who cho owns one o of the o f the largest largest larg largo est It collection of 0 emeralds in the world consented to their being used wed in one of he the boudoir sequences of o The Countess of oj Monte Cr Cristo James Jamet Burke Burk grew such a fine ine crop o of f whiskers for Paramount's Easy Come Easy Go Co that he was kept on for lor California Pl |