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Show By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. MILITARY experts contend con-tend that "Singing soldiers sol-diers are fighting soldiers" so American army men on all fronts and in camps at home are to receive army hit-kits each month, with the lyrics of ( six top songs selected by the soldiers and a committee headed by Fred Waring. As chairmaa he conferred with Mark Warnow. director of NBC's "Your All Time Hit Parade," Lanny Ross, Jimmy Dorsey, Connie Boswell. Major Ma-jor Howard J. Bronson and Captain Harry Salter. Kate Smith and Guy Lombardo are also members of the committee. Laraiae Day, Cary Grant's leading lead-ing lady in RKO's "Mr. Lucky," has her biggest opportunity in that picture, pic-ture, but she had to be killed off tc get it. Remember her as Dr. Kil- -Hi? i - .f '' 7-'" ' " i i ' 1 f - S ; LARAINE DAY dare's nurse in the Kildare series? She became so popular m that role that they did away with her in "Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day" sc that she'd have a chance to go or to bigger and better things. That overseas trip made by Kay Francis, Martha Raye, Mitzi May-fair May-fair and Carole Landis is to have an aftermath. Twentieth Century-Fox will base a picture on the girls' experiences, ex-periences, calling it for the moment, mo-ment, at least "Four Jills in a Jeep." For some time the major motion picture companies have been eyeing "One Man's Family" it's been a leading radio serial for 11 years, and lias an estimated weekly audience of 21 million listeners. Charles R. Rogers finally captured the screen lights, for United Artists release, by paying Carleton R. Morse the highest price ever paid for a radio program! They tell us that Virginia Weidlei had no warning that her sister Renee was going to turn up in the role o) -one of her school chums in "Best Foot Forward." Seems that Renee. two years older than Virginia, had been working as a gas station attendant, at-tendant, to release a man for war service, and intends to become a welder, but is taking a turn at the movies between times. The sound effects library at Warner War-ner Bros, keeps right up to date; added some new effects for "Air Force," and ran into one of the most difficult recordings made so far-tine far-tine smacking sound made by the opening of a parachute when a pilot leaps. Henry Aldrich and his family have mirst into print, by way of an excellent ex-cellent article in a national magazine. maga-zine. They're so real that it's a shock ts go to the play, "The Patriots," Pa-triots," and see House Jameson, llenrys radio father all these years, Riving a superb performance as Alexander Hamilton. Incidentally, Madge Evans, silent screen star and wife of "The Patriots' " author, plays Thomas Jefferson's daughter. A sudden switch in the shooting schedule of Columbia's "Attack by Night" meant that Brian Aherne had to be rushed from a golf course to the set. He was hurried through make-up and wardrobe and out to his place before the cameras, put on an operating table, and completely covered except for his left knee, upon which a motion picture operation opera-tion was performed! Michele Morgan, who made hei Hollywood debut in "Joan of Paris," steps into a tuneful musical comedy with her next role, when she stars in "Higher and Higher." Frank Sinatra, whom you've heard on the air, also has a prominent role. Miss Morgan's first French film gave her the lead opposite Charles Boyer. Vera Vague, of the Bob Hope radio program, uho's made several Republic pictures, has been signed by Columbia to appear in a special series of short comedies next season . . . Columbia's picked up its option on Ann Savage: after c(tmplcting a three-iceeks' tour oj army camps and naval stations she ten? given the second feminine lead in "Right Guy" . . . Bill Tuttle, make-uf expert, made Donna Reed up for het first screen test, uhich icon her a long term contract tcith Metro: their recent wedding teas one result. "Mrs. Miniver' teas acclaimed as the best picture oj 1942 in the annual Mexican netcspapet critics' poli taken recently. |