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Show By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) PRACTICALLY all motion picture and radio stars are doing everything they can to help in this time of national crisis. Dorothy Lamour sold more bonds on that recenl trip of hers than anyone else in the country has so far; men like Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Cros-by are giving much of their free time to playing benefits. Constance Con-stance Moore was all set for a tour of army camps, singing songs from her various films, when an impacted wisdom tooth kept her home. Recovering Re-covering from that, she acquired an infected toe, but went ahead anyway. any-way. Fred Waring has succeeded in keeping his contribution to the armed forces' entertainment out oi the newspapers but if you've a man in the service who's in or near New York pass this news along to him. Twice a month Fred gives a party at the club rooms which he maintains main-tains for the men in his band. He gets his guests from the service clubs, taking the army, navy and marines in turn. Wives of the bandsmen whip up marvelous refreshments, re-freshments, the band's camera fiends take pictures, pretty girls are on hand as dancing partners. The other day Joel McCrea donned five different sets of makeup to make tests for five different roles which he plays in the brief prologue JOEL McCREA of "I Married a Witch," in which he appears opposite Veronica Lake. But for the main role he needs practically practical-ly none! Franchot Tone goes very, very athletic for the first time in "Highly Irregular," in which he co-stars with Joan Bennett. He has a rousing rous-ing fight with a pair of Gestapo men, also hurdles over tables and benches. Result so far one sprained tendon. When movie folks say "See Eddie about it," they refer to Edward Arnold, Ar-nold, the busiest actor in Hollywood. President of the Screen Actors' guild, chairman of the Hollywood Permanent Charities committee, head of the U.S.O. for the screen industry, in-dustry, representative of the National Nation-al Defense committee, active in Red Cross and Community Chest drives he still finds time to do fine work in pictures. Gladys Swarthout's radio and concert con-cert engagements for the next six months have been insured for $2,000 each by Lloyds of London; the American insurance company which sponsors those Sunday afternoon Family Hour Broadcasts can'tinsure its own star American companies aren't allowed to assume this type of risk. Not that it's such a risk Miss Swarthout has missed only one radio engagement in 10 years of broadcasting. A year and a half ago Major Bowes introduced Waller Williams, 64-year-old singer of Irish folk tunes, on the air. Iu a lonely cabin in Alaska, Arthur Williams heard his brother's voice. Arthur had left home in 1907, had been declared legally dead in 1917. He packed up and started East, finally got to New York and was reunited with his brother thanks to the major. That popular air show, "Duffy's Tavern," will celebrate St. Patrick's day by moving to the Tuesday evening eve-ning spot that's been occupied by "We, the People." "The Aldrich Family," one of radio's youngest among top ranking shows, has been named the outstanding out-standing commercial radio program in the Annual Advertising awards recently announced an honor that has been held in recent years by Jack Benny, Information Please and Fibber McGee and Molly. A jury composed of leading advertising men decides upon the awards. ODDS .4.VD EMDSJean Arthurs back on her home lot, Columbia, for the first time since "Arizona," to make "The Gentlemen .Misbehave" uith Cary Grant and Ronald Colman . . . Kay Kyser's Inst his trumpeter, Tommy Jones, uho has joined the V. S. army air force . . . Betty Field uill stnr in "Triumph Over Pain" as the uife o the dentist uho discovered anaesthesia; Joel McCrea uill portray the dentist . . . Charles Boyer recently and very proudly became an American citizen . . . Regis Toomey's screen career began at Paramount; he's back there again to play in "The Forest Rangers.m |