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Show Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE " 1VTEET Me m St-Louis" 1V1 the delightful new Judy Garland - Margaret O'Brien picture, has special interest for a lot of New Yorkers York-ers and Hollywoodites who've known Sally Benson, author of the stories on which the picture is based. Her late sister, Agnes . Smith, wrote brilliantly about the movies, but Agnes and sister Sally were really at their best when telling tales about their childhood. child-hood. The picture is just those stories sto-ries come alive, which may be the reason that Judy Garland could give such a superb performance the picture isn't just something cooked up by a studio's scenario department; it's a slice of real life, j i A British-French sports syndicate offered Sonja Henie an even million dollars to do 25 performances with her current ice show, in London and Paris, after the war. Sonja turned the offer down and why not. when - : "' t . . .J . ..." Ik " v f , . j ( A ' f K ' SONJA HENIE she's breaking attendance and money mon-ey records on her present tour of this country, and it's estimated that she'll draw a house of more than a million for her New York appearances? appear-ances? It's just the way things happen in Hollywood, of course. A year ago Noel Niell got a Paramount contract con-tract because she had the loveliest auburn hair in town. So recently she had to cut off 10 inches of that same red hair, to get a role in "Here Come the WAVES." If it means anything to you Warner Bros, announce that they're launching one of those country-wide searches for beautiful girls 12 of them, this time who will be given prominent roles in a forthcoming musical, "When Old New York Was Young." Predictions by NBC commentators: commenta-tors: John W. Vandercook "The summer and early months of 1945 will see the end of all major campaigning cam-paigning in Europe, but guerrilla warfare will persist in Germany." Robert St. John "By September Septem-ber 1 the military defeat of Germany Ger-many will be an accomplished fact." Max Hill "1945 should see the end of the war in Europe." W. W. Chaplin "Germany will be officially defeated by June 7." James Stevenson "The German army will collapse on the western front in early summer." What's your guess? If Bob Steele Is one of your favorite favor-ite cowboy film stars, you'll have to prepare yourself for seeing him as something different. Bob's all set to appear as "Canino," a con man, in "The Big Sleep," with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren BacaU beading the cast. m You'll see it in "Spellbound." Four right hands are seen, each dropping a nickel and picking up a newspaper containing the news that Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck have disappeared. Each of the four hand-owners received $10.50 a day. The other day the Family Hour (CBS Sunday afternoons) group compared notes on the careers they'd abandoned for radio. Frank Gallop, the announcer, picked the brokerage business, and his flrsl job was selling bonds. Al Goodman prepared to be a cantor. Patrice Munsel started as a whistler, unaware un-aware that she had a gorgeous voice. But Jack Smith was a sing er of popular ballads from the start. Have you revised your radio schedules? George Burns anc' Gracie Allen in the Sinatra Monday time. "Inner Sanctum" squeaking its door when we used to exjject j Burns and Allen, and Frank Sinatra : back in his familiar Wednesday corner cor-ner it takes a bit of remembering. ODDS AD F.SDSF.d fWev, 21)1). pound artnr of "Crime l)ortnr" cast, is entfrluininn urn icrmfn by portraying a French maid, in a s.-rfri u ith f.Viro- line Hnrke. . . . Judy irarhmd and Alice j F aye may headline new radio ihnws. i . . . Too bad about Leslie llrooks; be- came of a throat injection the's out of "7 he Finhlinn Guardsman." . . . Vol until he'd broken an arm, o left and a -rib in one year did Hill Edwards give up being a rodeo rider and turn to the movies; le'i in "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay." . . . !ancy Kelly spent her spare time during "Double Exposure" Ex-posure" teaching her crippled spaniel U walk, after he'd broken his leg. J |