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Show Released by Western Newspaper Union By VIKGINIA VALE THAT'S quite a jump tha "Your Hit Parade" hai made, from Frank Sinatra to Lawrence Tibbett; nobod3 can say that the executives aren't giving us variety. Thej wanted to widen the musical range of the program, and it's saf to say that they're accomplishinf their aim. They've also brough: about a reunion. Some 23 years ago. Lawrence Tibbett was one mor young man headed toward ar. operatic career and Basil Ruysdael was an operatic basso profundo. He - A LAWRENCE TIBBETT showed the young man how to use his voice; in fact, Tibbett credits him for helping him succeed. Now Ruysdael is the announcer on the program that gives us the first operatic star to sing popular music regularly. Abbott and Costello's airshow con-ductor, con-ductor, Freddie Rich, has been given an unusual assignment for the new United Artist's picture, "A Walk in the Sun." He will compose a special song to run throughout the picture, to interpret the different differ-ent moods of the story musically. It will also be used as a background for the narrator's comments. John Brown, who plays "Father" on NBC's "A Date with Judy," originally came to Hollywood to play in pictures, after specializing for years as a dialectician on the stage. "But in my first part," says Brown, "I didn't have a line. The director gave me a cane and said 'Just stroll past the camera.' Then he added, 'but remember to walk with a foreign accent!' " Every weekday evening as Perry Como steps to the microphone for his solo on his airshow, a young lady a different one each time rises In the studio audience and tosses a white carnation at his feet. The girls belong to Manhattan's numerous Perry Como fan clubs, which accord to members the honor of presenting their idol with flowers. Hedy Lamarr, co-star of "Experiment "Experi-ment Perilous," broke Into the movies as a script girl, but didn't go far; before she could really learn her duties, she was given a role in something called "Storm in a Water Glass." She was just 15, had run away from school, and her family promptly staged a storm in a teacup. Hedy weathered it, and in another year was one of .Vienna's reigning screen beauties. Bill Goodwin, ace announcer who recently switched from the Burns and Allen program to Frank Sinatra's, Sina-tra's, is doing right well with his career as an actor. .You heard him with George and Gracie as "a friend to the Burns family"; you'U see him in a leading role in "Incendiary "Incendi-ary Blonde," and also In Alfred Hitchcock's picture, "Notorious," starring Ingrid Bergman. Lots more fun than just announcing! Butterfly McQueen, former comedienne come-dienne on Jack Benny's radio program, pro-gram, has a comedy role in "Mildred "Mil-dred Pierce," Joan Crawford's first Warner Bros, picture under her present contract. As if that picture hadn't been held up long enough, the star came down with 8u and they had to shoot around her. If you've always wanted to go to Mexico and see no immediate chance of doing it, make a note to see Republic's "Song of Mexico." James M. Fitzpatrick is neglecting none of the famous historic spots, none of the very beautiful ones. Arthur (Dagwood) Lake of the CBS "Blondie" program says his destiny will never be complete till he co-stars with Dinah Shore. Asked If someone else wouldn't do, he cracked, "In our family it's a tradition tradi-tion that every Lake must have a Shore!" ODDS AND ENDS Drew Pearson, syndicate writer and radio commentator, commenta-tor, makes his film debut in "Betrayal From the East" appearing in the prologue pro-logue and doing the narration. . . . The script of the CHS "Suspense" drama, "The Man IT ho Couldnl Lose" has been bought by a Hollywood studio, and will be adapted to the screen. . Marie McDonald, who plays a fatal lady in "It's a Pleasure," was billed over Frank Sinatra when they both sang with i Tommy Dorsey's band, but she gave up her singing career to go into the movies. Ted Malone, heard from overseas on the Blue, is writing a tyndicaJed column, col-umn, called "I Saw Your Boy" |