Show h r. r E EBy S R By VIRGINIA VALE Union Western Newspaper Relented Released by RANK CAPRA CAPR is not only an anace anace FRANK ace director hes he's a doctor for ailing careers as well A brief appearance in one of his pictures has revitalized the professional professional professional pro pro- life of many a deserving deservI deserving ing actor whom other directors I have overlooked in their scramble scramble scramble scram scram- ble for new faces in inactivity inactivity inactivity in- in May Robson was saved from activity in her later years when Capra gave her the lead in Lady for a Day Alan Hale had had a alot alot alot lot of blah parts couldn't escape them then them then he landed again in the front ranks in It uIt Happened One Night the film which transformed Clark Gable from a straight romanI romantic romantic roman roman- tic lead into a light comedian I Capras Capra's latest Meet John Doe promises to do wonders for James I Gleason and Regis Toomey who won wona a Warner Varner Bros contract as a result I of his work Barbara became became became be be- I came a star 10 years ago in a Capra CapraI I film fim Ladies of Leisure Don Ameche has signed an exclusive exclusive exclusive sive term long-term radio contract that will put him on the theair 5 r. air regularly on the thep ther r p Bing Crosby prot pro pro- t t i j I gram His becom becom- be becoming com com- t. t I ing a member o of off f t that up set-up does no not c change ange the status of Bin Bmg Bing Bob Burns I R Connie Boswell anc and andI I ii the other regular I 1 members of the troupe Is this in inI I preparation for giving I DonAmeche Don Ameche in ing g era Crosby s b y anc and Burns a vacation at atthe atthe atthe the same time this summer Metro believes that it has discovered discovered discovered ered another Fred Astaire He De is isRay isRay isRay Ray MacDonald the year old brother of Gracie MacDonald who's well known in vaudeville and musical mu- mu comedy circles He is slated I. I for a part in the next Hardy family film and for one in Babes on BroadI Broad Broad- I I way I T Remember the screen version o of Of Human Bondage Bandage which es established established es- es Bette BetteD s D Davis a vis a as sad a dramatic dramatic dra- dra r a- a matic actress Jessica Jessica Jessica Jes Jes- sica Tandy who is 4 well known on the stage both here and andin andin in England is playing playing play play- x ing the Davis role in the radio version of Somerset Maugham's Maugham's Maugh y ams am's famous book books and is doing it su su- y This is 5 one ne nef of f the Jessica Tandy u best of the radio serials se se- rials its it's its it's a Playhouse presentation a The Mexican government recently issued the following announcement To further the good will between the Republic of Mexico and the United States a motion picture festival festival festival festi festi- val is herewith proclaimed for the days of April 12 to 15 Representative tive members of the Hollywood motion motion motion mo mo- tion picture industry will be invited invitee to attend as guests of the Republic of Mexico and every effort will be made to further the great Pan- Pan American program of the two nations nations nations na na- na- na through the medium of the camera As part of the celebration celebration celebration tion James Roosevelt's film Pot Poto o 0 Gold starring James Stew Stewart rt and Paulette Goddard will be shown Ken D Delmar lmar Court of Missing Heirs Hears actor recently sold his house in Danbury Conn to a young married couple who gave him a check as a down payment Severa Several Several Sev Sev- era eral weeks elapsed but they failed to move in the CBS actor made inquiries in- in ini inquiries in in- i but the man wife and mother-in-law mother had disappeared Delmar went home and looked at atthe atthe atthe the check check it it was signed Richard Krebs real name of Jan Valtin whose sensational autobiography Out of the Night has caused so much comment Newspaper stories revealing Krebs as the author forced him to disappear to escape possible deportation and revenge by foreign powers So So-Delmar So Delmar still has hi hi house plus J P Sidney Franklin who scoured the nation for a boy to play Jody Baxter Baxter Bax Bax- ter in the screen version of The I Yearling is still having casting trouble He needs six giant actors to portray the Forrester brothers In the book they're all over six feet tall tall Franklin Franklin has set a minimum of 6 feet for his and as the film goes into production soon hell he'll have to find them in a hurry |