Show CR EE 10 By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union RONICA LAKE the beautiful beau- beau V blonde who's expected to zoom to stardom as a result of her appearance in Paramount's Paramount's Para Para- mounts mount's I Wanted Wings doesn't want wings right now now now- all she wants is a chance to stay put right in Hollywood for a while After finishing work in the picture pic pie ture ture-in ture in which she plays a heartless heartless heartless heart heart- less vixen and provides tragic love interest she interest she flew to Montreal with her mother she spent three days there during which she made three personal appearances and four radio radio radio ra ra- ra- ra dio broadcasts Her name was given given given en to three babies a new fox trot a park and a military aerial maneu maneu- ver Canadian fliers named it the Veronica roll in her honor Then I she headed for New York where she spent a day and then flew home where it had been planned that r I b VERONICA LAKE shed she'd be a feature attraction at the military aerial review at Randolph Field Texas staged as a prelude to the first showing of I uI Wanted Wings Broadway Limited which is being being being be be- ing made at the Hal Roach studios for Cor release through United Artists promises to be one of the years year's most hilarious comedies Its It's a tale talc of a film star en route from the West coast to New York with her director director director tor and her publicity man the cast includes Victor i as a locomotive lo locomotive locomotive lo- lo engineer Zasu Pitts Patsy Patsy Patsy Pat Pat- sy Kelly and Geo George e Stone Bette Davis received unexpected assistance the other day For a scene in The uThe Bride Came C. C O. O D. D she was to walk down a flight of stairs pause at the bottom then rush into James Cagney's arms Just as she reached the bottom a alamp alamp alamp lamp above her head sizzled loudly and shot out sparks without looking looking looking look look- ing she gave a surprised leap and landed in Cagney's arms Print it shouted Director William Keigh- Keigh ley Its UIt's perfect Incidentally Miss Davis will have in The uThe Little Foxes Faxes a role which might have been created for her Tallulah Bankhead played it when the play had a long and successful run in New York then took it on tour throughout the country This will be the first time that Miss Davis has worked for Samuel Goldwyn and the picture marks his resumption resumption resumption tion of picture-making picture after a year of inactivity William Wyler who directed The uThe Letter will direct and the play is being adapted for forthe forthe forthe the screen by its author Lillian Hellman Melville Ruick a radio theater announcer announcer announcer an an- has bas been one of radios radio's top announcers since 1935 but motion motion motion mo mo- tion picture casting directors persist persist persist per per- in seeing him as a typical orchestra orchestra orchestra or or- chestra leader He lie appeared in one in Kitty Foyle Fole the picture that brought Academy honors to Ginger Rogers and has been cast as one in Miami i his third such assignment assignment assignment assign assign- ment in a year Bonita Granville has her most dramatic role in The People vs Dr Kildare the latest of the Kildare Kildare Kildare Kil- Kil dare series shell she'll have to be on her toes with Lionel Barrymore Lew Ayres Laraine Day and Red Skelton also present Theres There's a new style in the air thanks to Janet Logan and Barbara Fuller the mythical stepmother- stepmother stepdaughter team on the CBS daytime daytime daytime day day- time serial Stepmother They used to check up on each others other's plans for a week ahead to make sure of not wearing similar cos cos- Then the stress laid on mother daughter outfits gave them an idea they wear clothes of similar design in contrasting shades and and fashion promoters are inter inter- ested ODDS AND ENDS Warner ENDS Warner Bros will film miniature Melodramas based on popular short stories employing top stars arid and writers nab Bob Hope llope appears in ire 1101 lywood's first battle of JP World oriel IP War ar 11 II in Caught in the Draft Peter Veter Lorre 11 who's added a J sinister nister touch to many a movie will play a rascally and fearsome sea captain in The Uniform which w stars stan Rosalind Russell and Clark Clarl Gable Deanna Durbin has lias moved that wedding date up to April leer her parents parents' anni annl- anniversary to film Government Govern Government ment Girl dealing with the life lift of oj a town small girl who goes to W Washington as a cog in the governmental machine l. l iW Jr |