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Show RiltiMd by Wtitcrn Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE WHAT started as a radio ra-dio audition script for Groucho Marx a few years ago is now a successful radio show, and will soon be adapted adapt-ed for the stage, screen, television tele-vision and a comic strip. Irving , Brecher, producer of NBC's The Life of Riley," put it into his trunk after Marx used It in try-outs. It stayed there till Brecher Brech-er heard that William Bendix was being considered for a radio series; then it became 'The Life of Riley," developing into one of the top comedy com-edy shows on the air. " Ruth Warrick's performance in Columbia's "Perilous Holiday" puta her high on the list of actresses who are getting somewhere. It'a her UtK, RUTH WARRICK first picture break since "Knute Rockne." Pat O'Brien starred in that one, took an interest in Ruth's work and saw to it that Columbia did too. Following an old European custom, cus-tom, a tiny pig was given Mrs. Paul Henreid on New Year's Eve. The Henrleds meant to dispose ot It, but their small daughters took tilings in charge. The pig, Flfi, now lives in a basket in their nursery, and is fed from a bottle. Henrled says that when FiQ grows out of her basket sho must go. The children chil-dren are ominously silent about that Dorothy O'Hara designed a lovely love-ly evening gown for Diana Lynn to wear in "Easy Come, Easy Go," but Director John Farrow said the girl Diana played couldn't afford such clothes. So Diana bpught it; it's the one she wore to that ball at the White House. T When you see Vivian Leigh and Claude Rains In Bernard Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra" you'll see the most expensive picture ever made. Not Just because It waa a six million dollar Investment; almost al-most unsurmountable dlfllculllea were overcome. Buzz-bombings, labor la-bor shortages, rationing of materials mate-rials Gabriel Pascal had to face all of them In making the picture. Months were spent on research; even the constellations are replicas of those that shone In October, 48 B. C. Costume and sets are authentic au-thentic In every detail. Even the Sphinx had to be reproduced; the original waa too worn. Janet Blair, Carole Landls, Durante, Dur-ante, Hildegardc and other celebrities celebri-ties each contributed a chapter to Abner Silver's book, "All Women Are Wolves." It'll be filmed, probably prob-ably by 20th Century Fox, who'va offered $200,000 for the screen rights. Robert E. Donahue Sr., RKO Pathe News cameraman and veteran veter-an of 30 years of news coverage, is the first newsreel cameraman to leave on assignment to cover the atomic bomb tests. He expects to spend five months in the Pacific, on "Operation Crossroads." Gene Autry will have to find a new leading lady June Storey says she's given up being a horse-opera horse-opera ingenue. When Gene went into the army, Jane quit, after making mak-ing 12 pictures with him, and made a radio career for herself. Then she. was given an Interesting character role in "The Strange Woman," with Hedy Lamnrr, and she'll take only good, meaty roles from now on. A Walter Greaza, who's "Inspector Ross" of "Crime Doctor." hid to shave off his mustache when he mode a commercial movie. Some of the members ot the CBS radio show have worked with him every Sunday for the past six and one-half one-half years but nobody noticed the change In his appeimncel 4 |