Show t J J- J By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union T THE HE first actor in Hollywood A history ever to be elected a delegate to a national political political political ical convention Melvyn Douglas Douglas Douglas Doug Doug- las wonders if he will vilI be able to enjoy the honorOf honor honorOf honorOf Of course I can always be represented by proxy he said the other day But a chance like this comes only every four years and Id I'd hate to miss it Douglas made preparations to be bein bein bein in Chicago July 15 for the big con con- clave But he temporarily forgot that he is also an actor involved in inthe the new Columbia comedy He Stayed for Breakfast along with Lore Loretta ta Young Eugene Pallette Una OConnor O'Connor and Alan Marshall Alexander Hall the director is making every effort to hurry things along and is making all the scenes with Douglas first h If you think you'd like to be a motion motion motion mo mo- tion picture producer pause and consider what happened at the Paramount Paramount Paramount Para Para- mount studio recently when Joel McCrea McCrea McCrea Mc- Mc McI I Crea withdrew from the cast of Arise My Love because of ill health 1 Because of McCrea's withdrawal Ray Milland was plucked from the cast of Virginia to take the McCrea assignment op- op F. F 1 r U z r rr r JOEL McCREA l po site Claudette Colbert 2 That meant that Virginia wouldn't start on time 3 That meant that Franchot Tone who was to have costarred costarred costarred co- co starred in Virginia had to withdraw withdraw withdraw with with- draw from the cast because he had another commitment and could appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear in Virginia only if it started on schedule 4 That meant that Fred McMurray stepped into the therole therole therole role for which Milland had been scheduled playing opposite Madeleine Madeleine Madeleine Made Made- leine Carroll but 5 She flew to England recently at the moment of writing theres there's no telling when shell she'll be back Dorothy Lamour traded a according to her studio head of hair for 30 cents' cents worth of calico and it wasn't just a stunt in a movie scenario either Seems she's been wanting to bob those inch 40 tresses which played quite a part in hi establishing establishing establishing lishing her as a draw at the box- box office The studio wanted her tomake tomake to tomake make some more pictures in which she wore a sarong and she was determined determined determined de de- de- de not to So both sides gave in she had her hair bobbed by Wally Vally Westmore head of the makeup make make- up department and cried a little as most girls do when they hear that first snip of the shears and consented to do three South Seas pictures Moon Over Burma Aloma of the South Seas with Jon Hall and South of Samoa with Bing Crosb Crosby A custom has been initiated during during during dur dur- ing the rehearsals of the Rudy Vallee Vallee Vallee Val- Val lee show to mark the scripts with asterisks to denote the laugh al al- al- al lowed The reason for this is to clock for timing when the show is actually broadcast Four asterisks are tops in laugh pauses The other night someone in the cast asked scriptwriter Sid Fields what it meant to see five asterisks instead of the customary four Replied Replied Replied Re Re- plied Fields Then you know that you have the Fred Allen script by mistake il I When you see the Bing Crosby picture Rhythm on the River you may be surprised to find that Ken Carpenter Bings Bing's announcer and chime ringer on the air plays a aradio aradio aradio radio announcer named Ken Car Car- penter Its It's the result of an acci acci- dent Scenarists had given Carpenter Carpen Carpen- ter another name in the picture but John Scott Trotter who's Bings Bing's broadcast band leader and plays a band leader in hi the picture made a along along along long film take in which he called Carpenter by his real name It was simpler to change the name than to todo todo todo do the scene ov over again Arthur Lakes Lake's desire for realism on the Blondie radio show nearly disrupted the program recently In one scene he had to fall Call down with the proper accompanying sound effects effects effects ef ef- ef- ef usually that just means that the sound man makes the noises But Arthur insisted on doing his own fall The show was on for the eastern eastern eastern east east- ern broadcast Arthur fell wrong the script flew in all directions and Penny Penny Penny Pen Pen- ny Singleton had to rush over with her script and let Arthur read his part from it until his script had been reassembled bled |