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Show Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE JOAN EDWARDS has it to her credit that she wasn't discovered by her uncle, the star-maker, Gus Edwards, but got to the top by herself. But the gay young star of j "The Hit Parade" did want j her uncle to be present at one of her broadcasts, so she arranged ar-ranged to go to the Coast for some fvwN i . .J..Ij3.Jm v ,,,, Jl JOAN EDWARDS guest performances, and have her uncle, who has been ill for so long, brought to one of them. Joan as the mother of lovely young Judy Ann, aged lhk, is a different person from the talented singer and pianist the public knows; she'd like to spend a lot more time with that young lady if she could. But she's tied to "The Hit Parade" for years to come, i It's nothing new for Director Mitchell Leisen to lend his own belongings be-longings as props for pictures. He did it for the eighth time for "Masquerade "Mas-querade in Mexico," when Dorothy Lam our had to be shown with a lot or smart luggage. The property department de-partment couldn't supply matched bags, wardrobe cases and a steamer trunk so you'll see Dorothy surrounded sur-rounded by Mr. Leisen's very expensive ex-pensive traveling kit A' Alexis Smith wound up her role in "The Two Mrs. Carrolls" at War-ner War-ner Bros, on a Saturday afternoon, and immediately walked across the ctudio lot to begin work in "Night and Day," based on the life and mule mu-le of Cole Porter; she's seen as Mrs. Porter. For three years Metro has been grooming Jacqueline White for big things; she was signed up right out of college, and has had just one picture pic-ture role, in "Song of Russia." She gets her first big role in "The Tear-ling," Tear-ling," playing opposite Gregory Tcck. "Queen for a Day," the Cinderella show aired daily over Mutual, will become a picture; Ed Golden's bought the film rights, and it will be released through United Artists. In case you haven't heard the show, it's the one on which a queen for a day is chosen from the studio audi-nce, audi-nce, and then is given her every wish. In the picture the Queen will probably drop in on various movie stars. Two famous mysteries, written In the last century, will reach the screen by way of the Warner Bros, studio. They're by Wilkie Collins. One is "Woman in White," the other is "The Moonstone" and they're better than many a modern whodunit. who-dunit. Rise Stevens takes another step up the ladder with that new radio show of hers that Is the summer replacement for "Information I'lease." And It's a novel Idea to have a different musical director each work, from one of the leading motion picture companies. Several weeks ago Lulu McCon-nc!l, McCon-nc!l, feminine star of the hilarious "It Pays to Be Ignorant," was ordered or-dered to a hospital by her doctor. She was a good patient till Friday came; then she defied doctors and nurses, got up and dressed, and was off to the studio for her broadcast. Like the show's other stars, she's an old-timer In the theater. "When I can't get to the broadcast, I'll be dead," she told Tom Howard. Weary apartment seekers In Hoi. ly wood rejoiced when a sign "Apartment "Apart-ment for Rent," was hung outside one of the buildings of the Monogram Mono-gram studio that faces the street Gale Storm was to do a scene for "The Gay Nineties," inspecting the sign but before camera crews could get there the street was so crowded that it took half an hour for an assistant as-sistant director to convince them that it was just for a picture. ODDS AD EM)S-Jane Withm will probably have her own air thaw in the full, a thine for young profile. . . . Alice Faye may abandon movie com-pletely, com-pletely, and do an air thow with her husband, I'hil llarrit. I . . lli Broun, producer-director of "Inner Sanctum" in directed over 15,000 broadcast!, and during one year had 35 o hi own shou t on the air. . . . The Kay Bulger show, replacing the Jimmy Durante-Garry Durante-Garry Moore one, hat staggering lineup line-up of start tigned for the tummer and early fall. . , , Judy Cunoia'i husband left for otfMon when their baby him f mo week old but the proud parent 4rank a on.l to the baby. |