Show S E CREEPS By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union ICKEY ROONEYS ROONEY'S marriage marriage marriage mar mar- MICKEY to Ava Gardner the pretty girl from North Carolina whose movie career has so far consisted of a few minor roles depleted the ranks of Hollywood and and that's a s serious rious lem There has never been enough bachelors there to go aroun around Now the draft enlistment in the armed forces and matrimony have made it harder than ever for fora a pretty unattached girl to ta grid a presentable unattached male escort es- es escort es es- cort Franchot Tone George Brent Rooney himself all himself all seemed bent on pursuing the single life no matter how many girls they were said to be engaged to Then matrimony hit them all like a hurricane Pity the press agents who'll have to find substitutes when they want to get publicity for a film starlet by announcing announcing announcing an an- her engagement to a movie celebrity 0 The dearth of bachelors Isn't goIng going going go- go Ing to bother Martha Paramount starlet she herself reI removed removed re re- re- re I moved one from circulation c Hon when she announced her engagement to I Walter Brewer a professional non and the brother of Mrs Hal Roach Jr She appeared in Reap the Wild Wind in one of the principal roles and recently finished work In Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Blackout in the feminine lead Betty Field has had a lot of good roles but they've been non-dressy non ones in Shepherd of the Ule Hills she wore makeup on her bod body that made It look as if she were covered with dirt in addition to having drab 1 clothing Now in Mr and Mrs Nm iW r r r w VI k g. g I BETTY FIELD Cugat in which she is starred co-starred with Ray Milland she has 15 changes of clothing Edith clothing Edith Head who designed the garments said she had lad the highest budget wardrobe that hat Paramount will provide for any of its glamour stars this year so for or once Betty will have something to o wear on the screen Claudette Colbert goes Betty Field one better though though she she wears two wedding gowns in The Palm Beach Story in which she marries Joel McCrea twice twice once once in 1937 once in 1942 1942 and and both costumes are tops When the call to duty came It found Carole Lombard ready and obedient She did not lose her life rue In that call she gave ave it as willingly and freely as any soldier upon the battlefield Her memory shall be cherished and revered down the ages by all aU who love that honor and freedom for which the loving fun beloved wile wife of Clark Gable made the supreme sacrifice when an airplane airplane airplane air air- plane carrying carrIn the film star her mother and nd 20 others including 15 army fliers filers crashed near Las Vegas Veas Nev none surviving Miss Lombard was returning to Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood from Indianapolis where she had gone to assist the U. U S. S tr treasury treas treas- as- as ury in the sale of defense bonds 1 Paulette Goddard takes to the woods in The Forest Rangers playing a girl of the backwoods who contends with a city bred rival for forthe forthe forthe the affections of Fred MacMurray Seems as if it would have been more appropriate to let her play city gal They tell us theres there's a new word for oomph which Hollywood had been tirelessly hunting Help came from the army A buck private was visiting the Paramount studio and saw Jean Phillips blonde ex- ex who'd just finished a 1 costarring costarring costarring co- co starring role in Dr Broadway Ho Dc looked at her once twice and turned to the bystanders Wow said he got ot ODDS AND ENDS ENDS Sammy Sammy Kaye aye who wIlD with Don Reid wrote the stirring song Jong Remember Pearl Harbor is donating all the royalties from sheet and record sales to Nat Navy Relief If you I listen to those heart stirring heart stirring radio programs in which evacuated British children talk to their parents at horns home you'll be glad tear that Metro has bought Journey to Margaret a boo book about one such child Chester Morris and Jean Parker co starring in Torpedo Boat both wore something red on the first da day of oJ shooting Victor Borge Barge tries out his routines for Jor forthe forthe the Crosby programs on the preview pre audiences of oJ other peoples people broadcasts |