Show star wk A drama for carolo carole A sings your choice tivo blind pianists i by virginia Virgin la vale WITH ITH practically everybody liking the wizard 0 of f oz very much indeed anat and those who like it getting almost violent on the subject saying that it even be compared with snow white the picture got off of to a hying flying start judy garland and mickey rooney who play the leading roles made personal appearances with it when it opened in new york they arrived at the theater at in the morning and remained there until almost midnight meanwhile young people of the same ages as the stars lined up outside the theater waiting to get in and because of the enthusiasm of these young tans fans judy and mickey had a body guard when they did aid got get out for a breath of fresh air and a look at the city they gave five shows daily except on saturdays and sundays when ex vili f E V Z MICKEY ROONEY tra performances were scheduled she sang he did imitations and the fans cheered till the rafters rang in in name only carole lom bard shows that she could give bette davis some rather stern competition as a dramatic actress it if she put liar her mind on it the girl who has been playing gaga ga ga comedy roles with such zest ever since the public acclaimed her as a comedienne in my man godfrey his has turned in a bit of acting that makes her a pro promising M candidate for one of th those ose academy statuettes next time awarded now that nelson eddy is back on that coffee program on sunday evenings his program makers are busy once again he selects his songs chiefly by the number of requests from arom listeners his secretary tabulates lat esthe the requests every two weeks and delivers the final count to him if possible he sings the songs song s for which th there re are the grba greatest test number of requests ests the only difficulty is that people keep requesting the same old favorites over and over t IV although she ts Is still on vacation kate smith Is preparing to return to the air in her role of commentator t or she is so popular in that role that ashes added it to her duties as singing mistress of ceremonies on the kate smith hour 10 so she shell 11 begin commenting on october 9 from 12 to 1215 eastern standard time over the columbia broadcasting system while her regular hour brings her back to the microphones three days earlier shell discuss the news of the day and also her own personal experiences rien ces alee alec templeton the blind pianist whose tuesday night program is so popular is not the only bund blind pianist on the air virg bingham of kansas cites station is equally popular with those who have heard him his interest lies chiefly in de dc loping ve radio trios the dewone Is composed of 0 two girls and bingham himself and Is the eleventh radio trio that he has developed susan and god d ll 11 the play in which gertrude lawrence appeared so successfully on the stage win nill probably require a good deal of rewriting before its qt fit to be screened for susan and god poked tan fun at the oxford movement without actually saying so and you cant poke fun at any religious movement on the screen without bringing in a swarm of protests greer garson the english girl who 1 made such a lilt hit in goodby good by mr chips will have the lawrence role ODDS AND ENDS tex ritter hitter the cowboy star was ma injured the other day when he had a bad fait all irom from his mount not a horse hone but an automobile Juto mobile norma norina shearer will do another costume picture pride ond and prejudice and will make mak e it if in england fred astaire eleanor powell biowell and eddie cantor will costar co star in girl cray cra Y edward edovard arnold made his first plane trip recently from coast to coast and plans to take hike planes instead 0 of trains from brorn biow now on the released He leased by western N newspaper union |