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Show Released by Western Newspaper Union. BY VIRGINIA VALE FRANCES LANGFORD, who's doing such a swel job on that radio program that she heads, got just whal she wanted in a scene foi RKO's "Radio Stars on Parade." Pa-rade." Starred with Wally Brown and Alan Carney in the musical, which has "Truth or Consequences" Ralph Edwards. Skir. i .y Ennis and his band, Frances Fran-ces found the studio set the scene of a revival of Hollywood slapstick technique. This included the use ol custard pies as missiles. "Evei -;. ' , I , ; '.,, L, rf- -! I FRANCES LANGFORD since I started making pictures I've Wanted to throw a pie at someone," said she. "It seemed such fun. I found it was." Alan Carney was on the receiving end of the pastry, and found Frances' aim as good as her voice. When George Burns and Gracie Allen left the air for the summer, they agreed not to speak of their radio work again till it came time to prepare for the fall series. Violation Viola-tion of the pact to cost the violator a dollar. George owes Gracie $28, she owes him $18. After 10 years of starring male names exclusively, "Your Hit Parade" Pa-rade" shatters a precedent by starring star-ring Joan Edwards, who's been on the program four years. She also gets a big salary boost and a long-term long-term contract. Joan's lucky star (and a lot of good bard work, plus plenty of talent) have put her righ-t on top. She returned home from Hol- . - lywood with offers from 20 tlr Century-Fox and Warner Bros. Glenn Vernon, Robert Clarke and m Jordan Jr., have been cast to inmates of the notorious 18th century London lunatic asylum Bedlam, Bed-lam, in "Chamber of Horrors' at their own request The canny young men realized that those roles are sure scene-stealers. Andy Russell not only has a gilt-edged gilt-edged voice, he also has the golden touch, apparently. Recently Andy, who makes his screen deut in "Stork Club," bought a metal plating plat-ing plant on the Los Angeles East Side, where he was born. And promptly got a large government order, as well as some for the civilian civil-ian market. His brother, Freddy Ra-bago, Ra-bago, runs the plant for him. Betty Hutton presented "graduating" "gradu-ating" members of B. G. DeSylva's "Stork Club" company with war bonds wrapped to resemble diplomas diplo-mas when shooting on the picture was finished. They were distributed from a basket decorated With a stork In cap and gown. . Eddie Bracken's fans came through with more than 150 suggestions sug-gestions for naming the now baby, after it was announced that they'd expected a boy, to be named Michael. Mi-chael. Most of the fans suggested "Michelle." But the Brackens settled set-tled on Caroline Jean. Cbirk Gable and Joan Blondell w "The Trolley Song" for a shtk sequence in Metro's "The Strjnge Adventure," In which he stars with Greer Garson. When she found that they were also to sing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," Miss Blondell turned to Director Victor Fleming and demanded "Who ore we Nelson Gable and Jeanette Blondell?" Who knows maybe this is the beginning of a new singing team. Connce Boswell, who first became known as a member of the Boswell Sisters, has been signed for an important im-portant role in "Swing Parade," the Monogram musical starring Gale Storm and Phil Regan. Among other numbers, Connee will sing "Stormy Weather." ODDS A.yD ENDS Vacationing at Newport bmch, Humphrey Bogort tactlessly tact-lessly mitficd when the neu Mrs. Hogart fat down on the rail, slipped, and landed in the water. . . . Anna Lee's first picture since becoming an American citizen is the Boris Karloff 'Chamber o4 Horrors" . , . Uhfn he's not acting in Pine-Thomas thrillers Boh l,owery hies him to Lagima beach wd dives for abalone. . . . Edward Gargan has played reel cops so frequently fre-quently that he swears real policemen mistake him for some fellow whose 'ice is familiar, but whose name they an't recall. . . . Gene Kritpa to lecture on native African drumming. |