Show A CRE w By Dy INEZ GERHARD AST summer it was reported LAST that Bob Hope wanted to change the format of at his radio show Now the same story bobs up again Rumor Rumor Ru Ru- mor has it that he has hns been having trouble making the first 10 in the all powerful all Hooper ratings He was eighth in the June 1 listing of evening shows with Jack Benny z zw r w Js s 3 F BOB nOPE HOPE heading the list and Fred Allen trailing trading Hope in ninth place pInce followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed by Truth or Consequences Of course whenever Ralph Edwards Edwards Edwards Ed Ed- wards launches a new contest T Tor Tor Tor or C Cot leaps to the top II Terry Moore starring in Columbia's Colum Colum- bins bias The Return of October is isone isone isone one of the few stars to receive a present from the crew when a picture picture picture pic pic- ture was completed Usually its it's the star who gives everybody pres pres- The cast and crew joined In giving Terry a television set A tribute like that is the sort of thing that happens once in a lifetime in Hollywood New York Is bidding for Cor renewed renewed renewed re re- film production so Henry enry Morgans Morgan's picture So 50 This Is New York was made In Holly Holly- oUy- oUy wood It e extols the beauty of life liCe in South Bend Ind lad so Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia was chosen for Cor the tho premiere premiere premiere pre pre- performance That's Hollywood Hollywood Hol nol lywood for you on One of the best radio ups tie-ups In a along along along long time was done by Jack Berch Bench when he be arranged to have local announcers cut In during his program program program pro pro- gram giving the name of ot a central welfare council where listeners could volunteer to give a few hours of their time His daily program on NBC has been a source of comfort comfort comfort com com- fort to so many people throughout the country that he ha tries constantly to enlarge its scope James Hilton author of Goodbye Mr Chips Random Harvest and many other novels is enjoying thoroughly y his new CBS radio pro pro- gram As host bost narrator and selector selector selector se se- lector of ot the hallmarks of at literature literature literature litera litera- ture he be has his hands hands' full As a aman aman aman man who would rather listen to the radio than go to Hollywood parties he likes bringing his favorite classics and best sellers to an unseen unseen unseen un un- un- un seen audience William Bendix Bendi star of ot NBC's NDe's The Life LUe of 01 Riley has had a afine afine afine fine time with his role as Babe abe Ruth in hi the Ruth film Once a abat abat abat bat boy for the Now York Giants and for years a 3 Brooklyn Dodger fan he says he has completed the circuit of New Yorks York's three major league teams with his performance perform perform- ance In this picture Goodman Ace writer pro ducer-director ducer of Mr Ace and Jane was thrilled when James Thurber the humorist asked him to lunch Thurber was Interested when he learned that it was wa's was Aces Ace's I idea which gave birth to the stirring stirring stirring stir stir- ring CBS You Are There series It seems that his enthusiasm for forthe forthe forthe the comedy program is equalled only by his appreciation of ot the historical historical historical his his- one Odds and Ends Larry Par Parks f finished In a field of starters starters starters start start- ers In the grueling Hare nare and Hounds motorcycle race through deserts desens and over mountains Harriet Harriot Parsons I I Remember Mama Is working on her next production The Prodigal Women Indian Agent marks Claudia Drakes Drake's return to pictures With her will her appear year one-year- old daughter Sally Eileen whose imminent arrival caused Claudias Claudia's temporary retirement Producer Theron Warth tested 50 Oriental actors for tor the solo rolo of the Japanese narrator In Design for Death finally chose Hans Conreid American Ameri Ameri- can actor of ot German descent Millard Mitchell's Mitchells performance inuA In InA InA A uA Foreign Affair is so outstanding outstanding outstanding ing that there is likely to be a great graat demand for his services as soon as U moviegoers everywhere have seen the picture Mitchell l has been better better bet bet- ter known for his Us work on the stage than on the screen Mitchell who never had worked with ith Marlene Dietrich before says she Is everything every every- thing he had bad heard she was was Vas ter terrific and rifle and that Jean Arthur is ona one of at the hardest most sincere workers workers work work- ers era he knows |