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Show By INEZ GERHARD BING CROSBY gives another performance per-formance as himself in "Mr. Music"; box office reports of the past prove that the movie-going public is satisfied if he sings and cracks jokes, so he does it once more. The picture is like a gaily wrapped present, containing plenty of entertainment. Ruth Hussey and jft -wa Y jf my'-t'M:k IS; W Si4.. ''y:.-.'(ifiii'-iM . -V' BING CROSBI Charles Coburn '.ead the list of excellent ex-cellent actors, and the list of guest stars is impressive, including Dorothy Kirsten, Groucho Marx, 'and Peggy Lee. Nancy Olson carries the burden of the love story never very important in a Crosby picture, of course. There is plenty of nice music and good dancing; for good entertainment, take "Mr. Music". It had to happen some time, of course; too bad Ralph Edwards was the victim. He had filmed his Christmas "Truth or Consequences" television show, on which he really shot the works. So the wrong can of film was sent by the agency to CBS-TV in New York, and was released, re-leased, the week before Christmas, instead of the show scheduled for that date, on stations on the cable from New York. v There were divided openings when it was learned that NBC was negotiating an exclusive, ' long-term contract with Margaret Mar-garet Truman for radio and television appearances, receiving receiv-ing nearly $4,000 for each performance. per-formance. Some people thought NBC might better , spend the money in some other way, others oth-ers felt her appearance recently recent-ly on "The Big Show" really justified the deal. Lauren Bacall has a way of getting get-ting what she wants. She wanted Humphrey. Bogart, and got him. She has her screen career, her baby Recently she signed to make one picture a year for 20th Century-Fox, but first she will accompany Bogart when he gpes to Europe to co-star in "African Queen" with Katherine Hepburn, for his own independent company. That's very nice planning. |