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Show By VIRGINIA VALE lUtotaed by Wtitarn Ntwipaper Union. THE first movie to be shown 1 on the Normandy beachhead beach-head following the June 6th invasion was Columbia's technicolor tech-nicolor "Cover Girl," according accord-ing to information received from Col. E. L. Munson, chief of the Army Motion Picture service. The musical was shown to the invading in-vading armies on June 16, and Colonel Colo-nel Munson reports that "the boys loved it." So this co-starring effort of Rita Hayworth's and Gene Kelly's Kel-ly's makes movie history. ! Les Tremayne has added motion picture production to his acting activities. ac-tivities. He is serving as production aide on Gene Lester productions v Mm, i ' " .: 1c . LES TREMAYNE (short features) and has completed i his first assignment, "Pecks at Hollywood," Hol-lywood," in which he also appears as an actor. Carlcton Young will be remembered remem-bered by thousands of CBS radio-thriller radio-thriller fans as. "Chips Davis, Commando." Com-mando." Some months ago be decided de-cided to give up radio and become movie actor. In his first big part, In Phil Baker's "Take It or Leave It," he's an announcer reading from radio script. Gary Cooper certainly knows what le does best. For his first person-illy person-illy produced film for International Pictures he's decided on "The Amer-can Amer-can Cowboy," which is said to be a luper-western. It's laid way back 'ji the last century adding one more k the long list of costume dramas. Dob Hnymes, playing an army private In Columbia's "Mr. Winkle Goes to War," was stuck by a pin when he put on a uniform rented from one of Hollywood's big enstum-ers. enstum-ers. Investigating,, he found a note pined inside the jncket. It read, I "This Jacket was worn by me In 'Seven Days Leave." Let it look sharp on you, and act like a hero. ( did. (Signed) Victor Mature." Bob pulled out the pin and did his best. James Melton, who's now heard over CDS Sunday nights, has been elevated to stardom by Metro as a result of his work in "Ziegfeld Follies." Fol-lies." They've put him down for the lead in a musical version of "Cim-muron." "Cim-muron." Meanwhile, after vacationing vacation-ing on his Connecticut farm, and doing a series of "Oklahoma" recordings re-cordings with Jennette MacDnnald, he'll start on a concert tour which will last from October to March. And he'll do six operas at the Metropolitan. From Metro conies the news that j the first ( lark Gable picture following follow-ing lilt discharge from the army Mill he "Strange Adventure." Based on the novel, "Hie Anointed," It's a 1 prewar story of a merchant seaman sea-man and a non-seagoing girl And I we'll see Myrna Ley as the girl, i 1 j Former child stars who grew up to enter the armed services will be honored In the new Columbia Screen Snapshots subject, "The Kids Go to j War." which Kotph Staub is pre-, pre-, paring. The reel will Include intl- mate shots from Staub's privnle film ; library of Jackie Coogan when he j played In "The Kid." Jackie Cooper In "Skippy" days, Freddie Barlholo-I Barlholo-I mew at the time of "David Coper-! Coper-! field." and othera, including Mickey I Rooney. V ! Jimmle Dundee, the ace stunt , man, Is having a vacation from do-j do-j ing hazardous stunts; he's playing a I wise-cracking marine In Preston Sturges' "Hail the Conquering Hero." He-ro." In 22 years his toughest stunts, he says, were driving an army Jeep t off a 100-foot embankment In "The Story of Dr. Wassell" (the first time the Jeep rolled over, his head struck the wheel and knocked him unconscious), uncon-scious), and being blown up in a six-ton six-ton truck In "Wuke Island." oims An Kis-Mri,n, n,rt- rirh hroughl corn nnklnr jur .tfuri'a Af 'intra uhrn the trUttnrd from Italy, lh fift o 'ierr .Itimnnl. , , , Tup tl in ih re mnkr of "Of Human llimilntr" gwi In I'mtl llrinrriil; l ira-nut ira-nut I'arkrt grli ihf Wrie flmil r, nifHi(e Aim. . . . Duma I inn, billrd a rur in I'nratnimnt'i "Out 1 hi U rf," fp th oVruins room nrtt VuuU llr (.'iM.nf ,f n Slat Whit. . , . .r 7Hry ha hrrn hu.in y HkO or ifcr Irad in "llHtayal Frnm llw ll hit ft Ml pirtutt unit hi rimhatf mm the army, in tihiih A trrterf taplain. |
