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Show By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. WILLIAM BENDIX, star of the Blue network's Sunday airshow, "The Life of Riley," and the movies' "The Hairy Ape," showed that he had lost none of his sales ability abil-ity when he operated a booth recently at the bazaar for the new Birmingham hospital in San Fernando Fernan-do Valley. Bendix's booth, which sold unrationed groceries, did more business than any other. "Nothin's strange about that," remarked William. Wil-liam. "I sold groceries for a livin' long before I thought of becomin' an actor." i. The jig-saw puzzle photos which Ann Miller sent to servicemen fans had an unexpected aftermath. "1 U- 1! A) I ANN MILLER got your photo," one corporal wrote the star of Columbia's "Battleship "Battle-ship Blues," "but one of your parts is missing." The formation of Bing Crosby Productions, Inc., just had to .happen; .hap-pen; It was one of the few fields left. Bing had made his name in pictures, radio, sports, phonograph records. He organized, at his own expense, entertainment units to tour army camps. He's chosen "The Great John L.," the story of John L. Sullivan, as .his first story, Frank Tuttle as his director, United Artists Art-ists as releasing agent. Like many another star, Gary Cooper has been bitten by the producer pro-ducer bug. He made known his yearning to produce movies while filming "Casanova Brown"; International Inter-national promptly signed him up on a dual producer-actor contract. The new issue of the March of Time brings to the screen an exclusive exclu-sive story, "Underground Report," , which shows how the people of Germany Ger-many and their conquered victims are living. It is compiled from Nazi films recently captured in Europe, as well as from film footage smuggled smug-gled out by the Underground. Some serviceman overseas will see his baby for the first time when "Three's a Family" is released. Producer Sol Lesser Intends giving a featured role in the comedy to a six-months-old child, preferably one who was born after his or her father fa-ther sailed. It is Lesser's custom to send a 12-millimeter film abroad for the men to see before the picture is released here. The most exclusive theater circuit in the world is that founded in Hollywood Holly-wood by Laraine Day; other members mem-bers are Cary Grant, Dcanna Dur-bin, Dur-bin, Lou Costellq, Alice Faye and Tyrone Power, who's non-active while in the service, of course. Each member has a theater and exhibits 10-mm. prints of movies in which he or she has appeared. Miss Day will soon be showing "That Hunter Girl." The tour Lily Pons and Andre-Kostclanrtz Andre-Kostclanrtz are making through the Pcrsia-Iran-lraq area is expected to last from six to clunt weeks. Miss Pons will sing the arias that we've all heard her do so often on the air, her husband will direct the soldier orchestras and will play piano duets with Carolyn Gary. Frank Vcrsacl, the fourth member of the I'SO troupe, accompanies Miss Pons on the flute and also plays solos. Anne Seymour, who stars as "Prudence Dane" in NBC's "A Woman of America," has just re-eclved re-eclved her Stage Door Canteen pin for two years' service. She works in the kitchen, making coffee and maintains a production schedule of about 400 cups an hour. Maurice Costello, father of those two beauties, Dolores and Helen, Is appearing in "Heavenly Days," the Fibber McGee and Molly picture.! All other movie stars owe him a lot; screen players were anonymous till he made Vitagraph star him. ODUS AD F.MS-Anne Shirley celebrated the completion of her 4l0ih trrrcn role and the Kurt of her 22nd year in piclurei by tiring a big parly al the HKO ttudio, where the ttarlcd at a hahy actress. . . . If the voice of "Dickie Kimhle" in "W hen a Ctrl Mar-riet" Mar-riet" tounds familiar, il'i because you've been hearing him at "Unmet'' in "The Aldrirh Family." . . . Wallace Ford, nho'i been of the tcreen too Ung, gelt hit big break from I'at O'Brien in "S tret Command" Pal'i fnt producing venture. ...The Iril eight rout at ei erf Allan Jonet broadcast (CBS, Wed-netdavt) Wed-netdavt) art referred for girlt in tht WAVES, WAC, SPARS and marine. |