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Show STAGE5CREENMD!0 By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. 70U'RE going to see some-I some-I thing in the ne v Fibber McGee picture, "Here We Go Again," that you never saw before and that's Charlie McCarthy moving around without benefit of any manipulation manip-ulation by Edgar Bergen. It's perfectly simple RKO just engaged a midget, Jerry Maren, for the part. He's practiced tho'se stiff, mechanical me-chanical movements of the dummy's until he's got them down pat. In fact, he does them so well that people who stroll onto the set without knowing what's happened have thought they were imagining things when Charlie, in the person of Jerry, went into action. h How'd you like to have a blind date with Ginger Rogers? Nine boys in uniform did recently. Planning Plan-ning to see two new feature pictures at home, she sent her station wagon tn the USO to ask if some of the to the UbU to asK u some or we f i ? I j L ; i i GINGER ROGERS men would like to spend a quiet evening and see some pictures free. They dined with her, (to their surprise; sur-prise; they hadn't known who their hostess was to be,) and then, when they said they'd like to see one of her pictures, she showed them something few people have seea It's film of every dance she's done since "Flying Down to Rio" shows her with old-fashioned makeup, clothes, etc., and that's something most stars avoid like poison. Tony Merrill had a perfect alibi when he showed up two hours late lor scenes with Rosalind Russell in "My Sister Eileen" the other day. He had been down town being sworn into the army. If Janet Blair's late for work In the same picture she'll have a good reason, too. She sang at the San Diego marine base just before the picture started, and the leathernecks sent her a souvenir a baby wildcat. After each "Hobby Lobby" broadcast thousands of dollars worth of war bonds and stamps are sold In a "Victory Auction." Dave Elman auctions the handicraft or property of hobbyists, selling to the person who buys the most bonds. Lieutenant Bulkcley's tie pin and shoulder insignia brought 516,000! ' James Cagney and his neighbor at Martha's Vineyard, Mass., have turned over their estates to the army for maneuvers 6,500 acres altogether, al-together, of which Cagney owns 500. He has also offered his summer home as quarters for staff officers. Hope you've been listening to those Stage Door Canteen broadcasts. broad-casts. Rafts of amusing stories come from the canteen. Alfred Lunt was making sandwiches when a young actor approached him. "What are you doing?" asked Lunt. ."Nothing" ."Noth-ing" Said the youth. "I'd sure like to go into a play with you this fall. I could go into rehearsals right away; I'm not doing a thing now." "Well, then," roared Lunt, "go empty emp-ty this garbage pail!" t- Five-year-old Maxine O'Brien will play the title role In "Journey for Margaret," starring Robert Young and Laraine Day, so that "search" is settled! Incidentally, Laraine ! filmdom'a loncsomest bride her husband, Ray Hendricks, was recalled re-called to his flying Instructor's post six hours after his first leave began. Ann Summers is leading lady in "The Avenging Rider," Tim Holt's next. She's the girl who was told that she was to appear in an earlier Holt western, devoted six solid weeks to learning to ride a horse and then when she reported for work, found out that she didn't have to. But in this picture she'U ride, at last. ODDS AND ENDS Gary Grant has bought a new organ for th church in San Bernardino, Califs whose minister married him to Barbara Hut Ion . . . Eddie Cantor and hi wife entertain 11 to IS service men with luncheon and a swim nearly every day . . . Got any old band instruments? Joe E. Brown, between be-tween scenes of "The Daring Young Man," is still collecting them wants to equip a navy band before its departure for an undisclosed spot; has 23 so far . . , "Come One, Come All," a film based on the housing shortage in Washington, D. C, will probably be lean Arthur's next at Columbia. |