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Show By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. IT'S hard to write about Signe Hasso because only superlatives should be used, and there's so much to say. Very beautiful, talented and intelligent, the young Swedish Swed-ish dramatic star is famous on the Scandinavian stage and in England. She put in her year of waiting here for her quota number, so that she could act, by writing for Swedish newspapers; even covered the President's press conferences. She's a superb actress, . ... :V" . 4 ' t' - , ' I ; ".: Mo fsli. , I,.. J SIGNE HASSO beautifully trained. You'll get just a small sample of her work In Metro's thrilling "Assignment In Brittany"; she stands out in a cast including such experts as Margaret Wycherly, Richard Whorf, John Emery and George Coulouris. Christine Gordon, making her American debut in "I Walked With a Zombie," plays the zombie, the longest role in this RKO film. In Czechoslovakia Miss Gordon was well known on the stage, screen and radio in this picture she doesn't speak a word! ( Carlton Morse, whose "One Man's Family" has been a ten-year favorite favor-ite on the air, is finally making a screen treatment of it for United Artists. What with still doing the iamous radio serial and having his "I Love a Mystery" broadcast again, he's fairly busy. There's an ambitious plan under way to open United Artists' "Stage Door Canteen" on all fighting fronts simultaneously practically all over the world, as well as on ships at sea. The event will be brought to the American publio by radio; the famous folk of the show world who appear In the picture will participate, partici-pate, and there'll be conversations between them and the men of the Armed forces. Lum and Abner, who must deliver their fourth picture to RKO by June 1, are still searching frantically for just the right story. Meantime, their second film, "Bashful Bachelor," still makes money; the third, "Two "Weeks to Live," is just out. At the request of King Haakon of Norway, the English offices of Warmer War-mer Bros, have asked that a print of "Edge of Darkness" be sent over Immediately for a special showing; the print was rushed to Lisbon by Clipper, then to London. Starring Ann Sheridan and Errol Flynn, with a cast including Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Ruth Gordon and Morris Carnovsky, it tells the story of the revolt of a Norwegian village against the Nazi invaders; it's a picture pic-ture fit for a king, showing - the spirit of his native land. m "Ladies In Gray," a story of the American women who are working in government hospitals to help rehabilitate re-habilitate the wounded, will be produced pro-duced by Metro with the co-operation of the war department and the Red Cross. For the first time in eight years Adolphe Menjou and his wife, Veree Teasdale, will appear together in a picture; they'll be seen in "HI Diddle Did-dle Diddle" as a husband-wife team, and are planning to continue as a starring partnership. Ann Shirley and Walter Reed, who took screen tests together when they were 13, for child parts in a Brian Foy picture, have the romantic roman-tic leads in "Bombardier." He didn't Immediately recognize her when they met at the RKO studio; in the days when they made those tests together she was known ss "Dawn O'Day" the kind of name that always used to be inflicted on child actresses. ODDS AND Ei'DSCloria Blondell, sister of Joan, is carving a career for herself, very successfully, in "I Love a Mystery" . . . Victor Borge's doing fine: after appearing in "Broadway iilclody of 1943," he'll appear in a picture with Jledy Larnarr, as her leading man . , . Vierre Aumont, making his starring debut here as leading man in "Assignment "Assign-ment in Brittany," looks like just tvhat's needed in Hollytt'ood, where good leading lead-ing men are scarcer than hen's teeth ... To date, Ralph Edwards' "Truth or Consequences" broadcasts from various cities have been sellouts; he hopes to tell $20,000,000 worth of war bonds on his tour. |