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Show By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. THE film critics of New-York's New-York's newspapers voted Paul Lukas the best actor of 1943 for his performance in "Watch on the Rhine" (at the Eame time voting the picture the year's best), but they were a little late. Warner Bros, had handed Lukas a tribute o their own ome two weeks earlier for the same performance; theirs was a long-term contract. His first picture under the new contract will be "Night Action." It Is based on an original story by Norman Krasna, with George Sklar doing the screen story. The Warners came out very well In those film critics' voting sessions Ida Lupino was voted the year's best actress for her work in "The ' " "' j1 v I i . ft, " ' i j IDA LUPINO Hard Way," with Katina Paxinou as runnerMip for her performance in "For Whom the Bell Tolls." m Jean Pierre Aumont, Metro star whose last film before joining the Fighting French was "The Cross of Lorraine," relays the following letter let-ter from General De Gaulle concerning concern-ing the film: "I congratulate you for having shown such a beautiful picture, pic-ture, the active participation in the resistance of all Frenchmen under the cross of Lorraine. It is fitting that this silent and bloody war be put before the eyes of our true friends, particularly those of the United States of America." There's a laurel wreath worth having. War's effect on Cupid: there's a scene in "Riding High" where Dorothy Doro-thy Lamour and Dick Powell are shown standing on a boatlanding in Technicolor moonlight. Dick tries a tentative kiss. "I can't make out," says Dottie, "whether you are careful, care-ful, indifferent, or just plain dumb." "Oh," replies Dick, "those were just tracer kisses. I think I have the range now." This year starts promisingly for Marjorie Kiordan, who has the coveted cov-eted role of Bette Davis' daughter In "Mr. Skeffington." Her contract was purchased from Sol Lesser by1 Jack Warner following her hit In "Stage Door Canteen." Euline Martin was only three weeks old when her mother took her to the RKO studio to play Ginger Rogers' baby in "Tender Comrade." Producer David Hempstead asked her mother to get the infant a social security cardV "Euline already has a card," was the reply. "This is her second picture. When 16 days old she played in 'Buffalo Bill.' " Greta Christensen, Chicago high school girl, got her contract with RKO through posing for department store advertisements. Dare Harris, 17, was striking pins in a bowling alley when he was seen by the talent scout for Vanguard Films; he makes his screen debut in Selznick's "Since You Went Away." Looks as if all "roads lead to the movies nowadays. The greatest radio scoop of the war, according to the Associated Press, was made by marine Sergt. Roy O. Maypole, when he made his radio recording of the historic landing land-ing at Empress Augusta bay on Bougainville Bou-gainville island. The recorded broadcasts broad-casts will be released to the public through marine corps headquarters in Washington. Maypole's the former for-mer producer of CBS' wacky "Missus "Mis-sus Goes A-Shopping." Resemblance to Frank Sinatra brought good luck to ex-marine Harry Har-ry Landers. Discharged from the service after being wounded in action, ac-tion, he got a job as a studio laborer. His next job was as stand-in stand-in for Sinatra in "Higher and Higher." High-er." When the singer left the troupe he asked that Landers be kept on as a dress extra Producer Tim Whelan then gave him a minor role in the musical. ODDS AND ENDS Vox Pop is soliciting so-liciting listeners over the air for opinions opin-ions on the outstanding interviews and personalities heard on the show . . . Edward Arnold lost 27 pounds just prior to the start of "Standing Room Only," due to an infection caused by an injury to his shin .... Betty Grable rose from eighth place in 1942 to lead the ten best box-office film stars in 1943 . . . Wally Brown, comedy star on Dinah Shore's radio program, has been completing his sequences in his new RKO picture, "Seven Days Ashore" . . . Walter Pid-geon Pid-geon tras the first of 600 persons to reach the courtroom in Los Angelet where he became an American citizen. |