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Show By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. THE little town of Brawley, Calif., woke up one morning morn-ing recently to find a motorized motor-ized battalion of German troops, armed to the teeth, lining lin-ing the streets. As the Mexican Mexi-can border's only 25 miles away, the townsfolk were a bit jittery. Then they took another an-other look at the "invaders" and recognized them as Brawley high school boys, drafted by Columbia Pictures to represent a unit of the Nazi Afrika Korps ,in the picture "Somewhere in Sahara." Humphrey Bogart's starred in it. ! Janice Gilbert, who's twenty, has been acting since she was eight, has been on the radio since she was ten. On "The O'Neills" she plays "Janice O'Neill" and also an infant JANICE GILBERT and four children. But her most famous Juvenile role is "Little Orphan Or-phan Annie" when she tours army camps, entertaining the boys, she gets vociferous requests for a session ses-sion with "Annie." The night Ann Ayars, Metro starlet, star-let, sang for the boys at Fort Mac-Arthur, Mac-Arthur, Calif., she got a rousing reception, but could have dispensed with part of it. Arriving in a pouring pour-ing rain, she was escorted to the hall by a new recruit who led her mack into a deep puddle at the stage door. Ann fell in to her hips. She says that most of what the soldiers saw of her was mud! Any Hollywood personage who dis covert Lupe t eles watching Mm intently in-tently Is likely to be uneasy; experience experi-ence shows that Lope's Just gathering gather-ing material for a devastating funny fun-ny Impersonation of him. Her Imitations Imi-tations seldom reach the screen, but in "Redhead from Manhattan" she doea several Imitations of fellow stara. She plays Identical cousins, both of whom are revue stars. ,. a Lionel Bnrrymore was in a dangerous dan-gerous spot a while back, and it wasn't one of those things that are part of a scenario, when the actoi knows he'll be rescued. Driving home, he miscalculated the depth o! flood water near his ranch, and found himself sitting in his stallec car in water up to his neck. The swift current started moving the cat toward deeper water. But neigh boring farmers came along witt chains and hauled the car back onti the highway. The car was ruined but the famous Barrymore wasn't damaged. 1 When Robert Ryan Joined thi army he knew that he'd have a Jot when he came back; he has a con tract with RKO that assures his re turn to the screen at the war's end at a snlury exceeding the one hi was Retting when he left. His worl in "Bombnrdier" and "The Sky's tht Limit" was responsible for th wrapping of the old contract and th writing of the more favorable ncv. one. 1 nob Hope's set for another of Ihov crois-counlry lours of army, nav and marine poM and bate, whirl la good news for the men who'll tienrnt; he gives Ihrm a swell show In farl, he probably works hardei at rnlrrlalnlng servicemen than a' anything rise. Jack Miller, orchestra director foi Kate Smith and "The Aldrich Fam lly," can drop off to sleep any time He dozed off In the studio before a recent "Aldrich Family" broadcast to the cast slipped out and sent a page In to wnke him and explain that the program was over and all visitors must leave. He spent a frenzied rvc minutes before he caught up with the truth. aaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaa onim An t:im Tn roire Nnnn V Mnhrr for "ftilhur" on In 7i.mmv bratnlnMs it nin inta ih mm in f lh Ircomi limr. i the ravf in In Mrtrn rnrimm. "fh Vrm Sijmrrrr . . . 4lrr Infee Kir' irparnium. Knit I iiiW it ttmrh rmifv in brtin frntiirfiini ofAmrttrn," Hnrtmf Ihum f tonsty , , . Mmul fhmfme, M ,ti i iili ol "Mr, tf inner," Ai Innlmt tfp in Vutnrt firm.' To ln ! Man," tmrrinl trtnt Hum . . . ,rir (hlnnt tmrxn Frrnrk marl', rtmll at U m tar in ine ver IKS.!, hi hrrn rrW srlling fur "vsiiim Trunk." |