Show st S STA E I By VIRGINIA VRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union N THE first day of shooting shooting shooting shoot shoot- O ON ing for Mrs Miniver Greer Garson was knocked down in a street scene by a aboy aboy aboyan boy boyan on a bicycle On the first day for ClMa Madame ame Curie she was knocked down by a camera camera camera cam cam- camI I era perambulator Maybe its it's a good omen said she But I hope I never start a picture in a scene with a locomotive Nobody was surprised when Mrs Miniver got the Academy Award for the best picture of 1942 it was especially good news to M Major jor William Wyler who directed directed he he recently directed the filming of at the bombing of ot the German naval base at Wilhelms Wilhelms- haven l Nan Wynn the popular radio night club and motion picture singer has been placed under long long- term contract by Columbia and will Yi r J 1 t tI I NAN WYNN get a star build buildup She's already been given the top role in the new musical Rhapsody in A Flat FlatAn r t tAn An actual attack by British Coastal Coast Coast- al 01 Command planes on Nazi raiders in northern wa waters is shown in Coastal Command the factual film released by It was made by the producers of Target for Tonight Tonight To To- night the British navy co ing If U you think youre you're busy consider Anna Lee one of the many stars of Forever and a Day While working working work work- ing In Commandos Strike at Dawn she turned up at the studios at 10 every night and md worked till past midnight In Forever and a aDay Day Day also also managed her house and family The only stipulation she made was that after finishing her days day's work vork she must have time oft to put her Iler two babies to bed before beCore starting her swing shift shut at Robert Haymes also got a Columbia Columbia Columbia Colum Colum- bia break With time for only one more film before being inducted into the army he was removed from rom the lead of Doughboys in Ireland and replaced by Kenny Baker Baker and and assigned to the romantic lead in Two Senoritas From Chicago the two senoritas being those two very lovely ladies Jinx Falkenburg and Joan Davis I That Charles Boyer production so soI I badly titled Flesh and Fantasy has a new and better title For All We Know Robert Cummings and andI I 1 Betty Field have been given the romantic leads in the fourth and andI 1 I final sequence I I New Yorkers have ve learned that the place to be caught during a blackout Is a radio studio studio instead instead of turning their guests loose to wait walt in the corridors the stars turn to I and put on a show Burns Durns and Allen Alien the Tavern folks and the members of The Aldrich Family can all give a superb extemporaneous extemporaneous ous show when the sirens scream A stranger in Culver City might think that Leo the Lion has turned prize fight promoter Five big name boxers are working there Freddy Steele ex middleweight ex-middleweight kingpin has been coaching Richard Carlson for forThe forThe The Man Down Under Maxie working in Right About Face as are Lou Nova and Jack Roper Johnny former lightweight threat now a referee referee ref rete cree is technical adviser 4 r. So far Jean Gabins Gabin's American pictures pic plc tures tires haven't been up to the standard standard stand stand- ard of the French ones that made him hun famous But it looks as if It he might remedy that situation this summer hes he's obtained his release from Fox Century and will be starred by in a picture to be written and produced by Dudley Nichols and directed by Jean Renoir Renoir Re Re- noir which looks like a perfect com com- ODDS AND iAD ENDS hay ENDS Kay Kyser hyser and the fie band have hate started their third year car of o entertaining the b boys ys in the armed forces in the first two years they played Jar for more marc than flan soldiers sailors and marines Robert Hobert re rev returns returns turns to Metro to fa write and star in a anew anew new series of shorts Alec Templeton Temple Temple- ton 8 gives a hour half miniature concert prior to his broadcasts Fred Frad Allen Allenis i is the only man u-ho u has haJ been master o of 0 f ceremonies on radios radio's two biggest quiz qui pro programs programs ranu Tutus It or Leave It If and Information Please ease Ginny Ginty Simms Sunnis has been named the girl with whom a paratrooper would most roost love lore to be stranded in a parachute |