Show Star Stal- Dust A Drama for Jor Carole fr Sings l' l Your lour our Choice A Two Tiro Blind Pianists I sty lly Virginia WITH practically everybody everybody everybody every every- body liking The Wizard of Oz very much indeed and those who didn't like it getting almost violent on the subject saying that it couldn't even be compared with Snow White the picture picture pic pic- ture got off oft to a flying start Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney who play the leading roles made personal appearances appear appear- appearances ances with it when it opened in New York They arrived at the theater at in the mornIng morn morn- Ing and remained there until almost al al- al almost most midnight Meanwhile young people of the same ages as the stars lined up outside the theater waiting walling to get in and in-and and because of the enthusiasm enthusiasm of those these young fans Judy and Mickey had a body guard when they did get out for a breath of fresh air and a look at the ell city They gave five shows daily dally except on Saturdays and Sundays when ex ex- I t. t a r V ht P MICKEY ROONEY tra performances there verc Vere scheduled She sang he did imitations and the fans cheered till Ull the rafters rang In In Name Only Carole Lombard Lom Lom- Lombard bard shows that she could give elve Dette Ilene Davis some rather stern competition compeli tion as a dramatic actress if she put her mind on it The girl who has been playing ga ga ga-ga Ba comedy roles with such zest ever since the public acclaimed her as a comedienne In My Man Godfrey has turned in abit a abit abit bit of acting that makes her a promising promising prom prom- ising candidate for one of those Academy statuettes next time they're awarded Now that Nelson Eddy is back on that coffee program on Sunday evenings evenings eve eve- his program-makers program are busy once again lie He selects his songs chiefly by the number of requests from listeners Ills His secretary tabulates tabulates tabulates tabu tabu- lates the requests every two weeks and delivers the final count to him If possible he sings the songs for which there are the greatest number of requests The only difficulty is that people keep requesting the same old favorites over and over f t Although she Is still on vacation Kate Smith Is preparing to return to the air In her role of comments commentator tor she the Is so popular In that role that she's tihes added It to her duties as singing mistress of ceremonies the Kate Smith on hour So shell she'll begin comme commenting on October October Oc Oc- tober 9 from 12 to 1215 Eastern standard time over the Columbia Broadcasting system while her ber regular regular reg reg- ular hour bour brings her back to the microphones three days earlier Shell She'll discuss the news of the thc day and also her ber own personal experiences experiences Alec Templeton the blind pianist whose Tuesday night program is so popular is not the only blind pianist on the air VIrg Bingham Dingham of Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas City's station Will is equally popular with those who have heard him Ills His interest lies chiefly in developing de radio trios the new one is composed of two girls and Bingham Dingham himself and is the eleventh radio trio that he has developed Susan and God the play In which bleb Gertrude Lawrence appeared so successfully on the stage stare will probably require a good deal of rewriting rewriting re reo writing before it Its It's fit to 10 be screened For Susan and God poked fun run at the Oxford movement without actually saying so and you cant can't poke fun at any religious movement on the screen without bringing In a swarm of protests Greer Garson the English girl who made such a hit bit In Good by Mr Chips will have bae the Lawrence TenCe role 1 ODDS WD AND A D ENDS Tn ADS 7 x hitter she star ilar was injured the he other do des day y lie he had a bad tail jail from hit hiJ mount not mount not a hunt hone but bu an e Nor Norma ma Shear Shearer fr will do costume costume picture Iride Pride and dice dier and u It ill male make it il in England Fred Astaire A Eleanor an and d Eddie Iddie Cantor It ill co star in Girt fir ij Cram CIa Eduard Arnold nit made Ii his J lint plane plant trip from um enact la t la 0 coast and plans plant to 0 take planet planes n i of trains rains fulfil irons from now IOU on oil R le d by W Western pu Union i |