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Show (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) By VIRGINIA VALE WARNER Brothers' "Heroes "He-roes Without Uniforms," a story of the American Merchant Mer-chant Marine, will be the first of a group of films telling us things that the government wants us to know. Lowell Mellet, co-ordinator of government gov-ernment films, recently submitted sub-mitted to industry leaders a list of 30 topics about which the government gov-ernment wishes the public to be informed. in-formed. Originally it was planned to use his ideas as material for short subjects, but it now seems likely that some of them, at least, will be developed into feature-length pictures. pic-tures. "Parachute Nurse" has what might be termed an All-Starlet cast, virtually an all-feminine one. When Charles Barton, the director, counted count-ed noses he found Marguerite Chapman, Chap-man, Shirley Patterson, Alma Carroll, Car-roll, and eight other beauty-contest winners. Now it's Priscilla Lane who's having hav-ing to learn card tricks. Jan Grippo, who tutored Veromca Lake for her 4 v., . " 1 PRISCILLA LANE sleight-of-hand role in "This Gun for Hire" is doing the same for Priscilla, Pris-cilla, for "Silver Queen," in which she plays opposite George Brent. Three of the cast of Columbia's "The Invaders'" have signed rather unusual contracts. Glynis Johns, Eric Portman and Anton Walbrook have agreed to appear in Hollywood within three months after the war is ended; won't leave England till then. When you see Paramount' s "Wake Island" you'll see a setting that's absolutely authentic. The contracting contract-ing firm which made the actual defense de-fense installations for the Wake Island Is-land marine garrison before the Japanese attack is in charge of construction con-struction at the Salton Sea location for the picture. It is recreating on the shores of the California island sea an exact duplication of the Pacific Pa-cific atoll establishment. John Farrow Far-row is directing "Wake Island," with a cast including Brian Don-levy, Don-levy, Robert Preston, Albert Dek-ker Dek-ker and Barbara Britton. "Crossroads," the Hedy Lamarr-William Lamarr-William Powell picture, brought up a slight dilemma at Metro. Powell, Basil Rathbone and Felix Bressart all had mustaches, and all were loath to part with them but thfee was just too many for one film. Powell is a suave diplomat in the picture, Rathbone felt that a villain must have a mustache. Bressart couldn't bear to part with his. You'll have to see the picture to find out who lost out. That's Ginger Rogers' mother whom you'll see as Ginger Rogers' mother in "The Major and the Minor"; Mi-nor"; she'll be making her screen debut. She had been a drama editor edi-tor and a dramatic coach, she's been in charge of the younger players at RKO and this past year she's been installing a dairy at Ginger's 1,100-acre ranch in Oregon but never nev-er before has she been an actress. The famous musicianj of the future fu-ture may find themselves forming a "Those Who Were Helped by Major Ma-jor Bowes" association. For instance, in-stance, take the Aquaviva brothers. Anthony, 17, a clarinetist, recently on the Major's program, said that if he won a prize he'd help his younger young-er brother, Nicholas, to get the kind of tutoring he was getting. Anthony An-thony won $100, second prize. The Major suggested that he have Nicholas Nich-olas audition for the program. Nicholas, Nich-olas, 14, won first prize. So Major Ma-jor Bowes, with the help of everybody every-body who voted for the lads, helped them along. ODDS ASD EyDS Returning to the lot where she was an important star, Evelyn Brent reported to Paramount to play a role in "IVrecking Crew"; Rich' ard Arlcn, Jean Parker and Chester Morris co-star in it . . . Harry Sherman may reunite several famous western stars in "Buckskin Empire" William S. Hart, Hoot Gibson, U illiam Famum, Jack Holt and Richard Dix . . . Vivian .pigft is being soucht for the lead in "Frenchman's Creek" . . . IT illiam If'ar-ren If'ar-ren is in London during an air raid in his new "Lone Wolf" comedy thriller; last time he ivas actually there was dur-ing dur-ing a zeppclin raid during the last war. |