Show S cREEN 0 By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union business boomed T TAXICAB L recently at one of Hollywood's Hollywoods Hollywoods Hollywood's Holly Holly- woods wood's major studios unaffected unaffected unaffected by the rubber short short- age Richard Carlson and Martha l drove off offin offin offin in one to be married with Cecil Kellaway at the wheel That was in New York Then Burgess Meredith and Louise Platt rode to a railway station in Newark I N N. J J. J Jt in the same cab Finally Allan Ladd and Bonita Granville took the same cab to Brian Donley's home in a Middle Western city Same cab mounted cab mounted on a fixed platform platform platform plat plat- I Ino form never turning a wheel it had no wheels I In case youre you're interested the pictures pictures pictures pic pic- tures for which that taxi worked so hard and so 50 faithfully are arc My Heart Belongs to Daddy Street of Ch Chance that being the new title for The Black Curtain and The Glass Key r. Almost ten years ago Red Skelton played his first vaudeville act in Wooster Mass June Earle danced and played straight man for or him Tommy Mac was also in the act h Y F 1 t tRED RED SKELTON Now they're together in the new Maisie film June and Mac doing the same skits they did then and andRed andRed andRed Red Skelton Skelton-or Skelton or so he insists telling insists telling the same jokes he told then But Buthe's Buthe's Buthe's hes he's now earning more than 7 a week for doing it Basil Rathbone has a new contract contract con con- tract with Metro l this time But out hell he'll continue being a villain In Crossroads with William Powell and Hedy Lamarr he holds the key to Powells Powell's past Powell being a French diplomat branded as a n former former for lor mer underworld character r. Jean Atkinson stand-in stand for Madcleine Mad Mad- Madeleine eleine cleine Carroll for the last six years cars has been called Hollywoods Hollywood's composite composite composite com com- woman she's sites been stand-in stand for Fay Wray Vivien Leigh Frances Farmer Claire Trevor and many others because she looks like man many actresses rolled into one She's iSlic's been a stand-in stand for or ten years and says sas that she has no ambitions to be bc an actress William Powell took time of off from his work to give a farewell party for Richard Barthelmess before the thc latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter left for Norfolk Va to serve as a naval lieutenant Years ago ago ago- long before they knew their present wives wives those those two and Ronald Colman Colman Colman Col- Col man were bosom companions With practically all of Hollywood doing some kind of war work and really doing it too no fooling Hedy Lamarr got busy right on her own home grounds when she saved her ber hairdresser Eadie Hubner from serious serious se se- se rious burns from an exploding gas stove r. Bob Hawks Hawk's having ing to do a lot of explaining c. He decided to Invest ina in ina ina a restaurant Found one signed a alease alease alease lease and the sign painter went to work The place was to be bc called The Griddle but but the painter made a mistake mistake and and Hawks Hawk's explaining ex ex- explaining to friends that he isn't really in the girdle business Columns could be devoted to Norman Norman Nor Nor- man Corwin A newspaper man five years ago he pursued major radio executives W with program ideas to revolutionize the airwaves Only a small independent station in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York would give him a chance T Today To day hes he's engaged by four major net net- works He directs the government series This Is War heard every Saturday Many of his or original ginal radio dramas have been broadcast His recently published broadcast We Hold These Truths celebrating the anniversary of the Bill of Rights was heard by peo peo- pIe He directs radio propaganda for the government His This Is IsWar IsWar War Var is heard round the world I ODDS AND ENDS The ENDS The U. U S. S navy likes fit Metros Metro's etro tivo two The Battle so much that the picture will be Used for recruiting purposes Director George Cukor's directing Her Cardboard Card Carel Cardboard board Lover JOT or the third time once with Laurette Taylor Talor once with Jeanne Eagels now with Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor Talor Sidney Chaplin Charlies Charlie's old year 15 son when interviewed inter inter- t viewed by J Vox ox Iop at his prep school said he Wants taint to act and direct l like he his lais father lIe He weighs Rho suspended Lucille flail from salary for refusing to pia play the second feminine lead in in Strictly Dynamite for which they'd thed lent her to Century |