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Show Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE T SEEMS unfortunate that so lovely a title as "Hold Autumn in Your Hand" had to be changed to "The Southerner," South-erner," but perhaps that's a better title for this very realistic realis-tic picture. Directed by Jen Renoir, it is beautifully photographed. pho-tographed. Zachary Scott and Betty Field give excellent performances per-formances as the young farmer and Ms wife who are willing to endure terrific difficulties in order to live in the country and work for them-telves. them-telves. In fact, the whole cast is r 7 V' 1 .t V if 'VVw'' BETTY FIELD excellent, and of course the direction is auDerb. At a oreview the only jomplaints were that the picture was too real, so don't see this one 1 you go to the movies to laugh. Lola Lane, who's been absent from he screen for several years, returns ji one of the top character roles in RKO's "Deadline at Dawn," supporting sup-porting Bill Williams. Susan Hay-ward Hay-ward and Paul Lukas. With her Lola won screen fame in the "Four Daughters" series; the others aren't 'interested in making pictures any more, but she couldn't leave the icreen permanently. Six Hollywood beauties two redheads, red-heads, two blondes, two brunettes-representing brunettes-representing the Goldwyn Girls from "Wonder Man," the new Danny Kaye picture, are making a 30-day tour of military hospitals in the Eighth Service Command area, in Texas and Arkansas. Ralph Edwards is well started on another million dollar E bond drive and what most folks don't know is ihat he's gone Into those drives on lis own, not demanding, as many mother radio star has, that the treasury department underwrite the drive. If you've listened to Edwards' program recently you know about the young G.I. who'll get a plane If audiences buy enough bonds. Joan Fontaine was called to the wardrobe department at Paramount to see a new costume; it turned out to be an elderly woman's. Wondering Wonder-ing why she ought to be interested, she looked at the model found it was her mother, who'd secretly got nerself a role In "The Lost Week End." When Andrew Stone produced "The Great Victor Herbert," he gambled on two newcomers to the screen Mary Martin and Susanna Foster, lie gave Diana Lynn her flrst big chance. Now, In "Bedside "Bed-side Manner," he Introduces two oew discoveries Claudia Drake, who made her picture debut when he. was one, and has done a few pictures since, and Rence Godfrey, a beautiful model. The picture stars Ruth Hussey and John Carroll. Dinah Shore and Joan Edwards are all set to embark on concert tours, thanks to their radio popularity. popular-ity. Dinah will have Raymond Scott's orchestra, and cover five cities; Joan, who'll play piano solos as well as sing, visits eight between "Hit Parade" programs. It'll be difficult for others to top the party given by the "Can You Top This?" stars to welcome members mem-bers Into their One Thousand CTub. All listeners whose contributed Jokes have hit 1,000 on the laugh meter ire eligible for membership, but only members living fairly near New York could be brought to the party. Guests were bidden to a dinner party, par-ty, and entertained at a vaudeville show, then taken to the broadcast. Eight-year-old Clare Foley was delighted de-lighted when she heard she'd play the role of "Janlc's" kid sister in "Janle Gets Married," which stars Joan Leslie and Robert Hutton. The reason the bannister In her house in the picture is swell for sliding, down purposes. H ODDS ASD ESDH-rncr Urrt't tigned to terrify us in Warners' pie. turet for another year. . . . Ted de Cor. lie, "Sgt. Velie on the tilery Queen thou , $ells the other acton atnaragus irmn on hit farm. . . . Martha 1 ilton't heard on Milton fiVriVs "Let Your sell Co" etery IT clneday night, and teen uhereier "Crime, Inc." is beint thoun. . , . Frank Sinatra, Mertyn Lelioy and Frank Host hav united to make e tea-turetteJength tea-turetteJength pklur designed to pro. mot religious and racial tolerance, it uill Include tuo sings by Sinatra, and be released by RKO. . . . Proceeds uill f o to a rWify rlii t in junniU Hwfc, to be selected by them. |