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Show Releaitd by WNU Featuket. By INEZ GERHARD DON MacLAUGHLIN, "Dr. Jim Brent" of "Road of Life," is an ex-rolling stone who has gathered plenty of moss. At the age of ten he had gone to nine schools, jn almost as many states; by the time he finished college he had attended four universities. His radio roles range from cowboy to district attorney to famous doctor but his trade career ca-reer includes working in a goldfish- - awn -- fe k i r X " ' k nil - t- 1 DON MacLAUGHLIN ery, acting as farm hand, factory time keeper, hotel clerk, deckhand on a freighter, English teacher and writer. Clifton Webb, famous as a dancer In Broadway shows before anyone knew he could act, has made his name in pictures as an actor. But he returns briefly to dancing in "Sitting "Sit-ting Pretty," to do a rhumba with Maureen O'Hara. From eight to nine, EST, Sunday nights on ABC that's the time to sit by the phone and listen to "Stop the Music," the big new show whose prizes are all for home audience participants. par-ticipants. Name the tune just played by Harry Salter's orchestra and you win something worth at least $250. Then name the more difficult "mystery "mys-tery tune" and fabulous gifts will pour in. Switchboard operators pick names at random from all over the country. The historic 1936 Olympic games are presented in "Kings of the Olympics," Olym-pics," recently released by United Artists. Originally comprising 21,-000 21,-000 feet of film, It was acquired from the alien property custodian by Lttonid Klpnis of Wcstport International, Interna-tional, then edited, from the work of 600 cameramen. Hitler presided over the games, the last before the war. Many an actress Constance Bennett, Claire Trevor and Kay Francis, for example can't scream satisfactorily. Lauren Bacall can, not only for herself, but for others. jne was on the "Key Largo" set when Miss Trevor had to do a j screaming scene, and let go with a sample that startled Humphrey Bo-gart Bo-gart and John Huston. So you'll hear her screams, not Claire's. You probably have heard Arthur Godfrey singing "The Thousand Islands Song." Well, Mayor Mitchell J of Alexandria, N. Y., feels that Ar-: Ar-: thux has done so much for the Thou- sand Islands that he's given him .one I I ' . ' Three of the country's leading ! disc Jockeys, Dave Garroway, Jack ; Elgen and Petar Potter, will be fea ;tured in Columbia's "I Surrender, Surren-der, Dear," with Gloria Jean and J David Street. Don McGuire has the comedy lead. Norman Brokenshlre did the first radio interview with movie stars-Douglas stars-Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick ford; still recalls how she falnird away, from mike fright. He Is crrd i Ited with a lot of radio nrsls originating orig-inating the daily serial style of program, pro-gram, doing the first philosophical show, etc. He now Is climbing to the top again, with "Theatre Guild on the Air" and two NBC morning programs. pro-grams. The first Hollywood producer to add a helicopter to his standard studio equipment is Samuel Gold-wyn. Gold-wyn. It will be fitted with a special gyro camera mount, to which a regular camera will be affixed. Goldwyn predicts that it may open entirely new techniques in film production, pro-duction, largely replacing the over-head over-head crane and making advances in various shots possible. Warner Bros, will send a special camera crew to New York, Chicago and Rio de Janiero for special backgrounds back-grounds tor "The Fountalnhcad " Gary Cooper will star in the film version of the popular novel; King Vldor will direct. ODDS AND ENW-Ronald Col-man Col-man served notice that he will do no guest appearances other than on the lack Benny show. . . . Frank Sinelra withdrew his ICC application for e permit to build a radio station at Palm Springs. . . . The mn,t Lngli,h.soumt mg F.nglsihmen on "The Whistler" art usually played by Tom Collins, wh., hat never been within ),IH)0 miles tngUnd. . . . Victor Moore it now w regular on the Jimmy Durante show . . Marjorie Walker, dancing in Lddi 'e Cantor's "lj Yon Knew Susie," made he screen how as Wesley Harry s Utile ister in "Laddie," 17 years ago, when only six. |