Show H I IBy 0 By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union ERRY r ARRY ARR Y PARKS young Columbia Columbia Colum Colum- L bia Pictures' Pictures leading man and eight other lads who are making their first bid for screen fame ha have ve taken over the 26 room house once owned and occupied occupied occupied oc oc- oc- oc by the late Thomas han Larry who heads the group has an important role in the Hayworth Astaire-Hayworth musical You Were Never Lovelier He says it cost only 1475 to furnish the house it it cost Meighan more than I They've thrown four rooms together and built a theater in which they rehearse parts for pictures coming up There is a large portrait of Tom Meighan over the living room fireplace fire fire- place they place they picked it up in a Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood prop house t The sponsors who seven years ago were farsighted enough to see seethe seethe seethe the potentialities of an obscure radio couple and build them into the famed Fibber McGee and Molly give radio another innovation this summer they're substituting a 4 t tr r k a John Nesbitt and Meredith Willson Metro news commentator and a musician musician musician mu mu- in a hour half-hour replacement program while Fibber and Molly vacation The commentator is John Nesbitt the musician Meredith Willson The program combines music music mu mu- sic with snatches of history literature literature literature litera litera- ture and current events 1 Walt Disney whose Bambi will soon be released through has acquired the screen rights to Major Alexander P. P de Victory Victory Victory Vic tory Through Air Power and will make it into a feature picture for exhibition sometime this fall r Imagine Charles Boyer producing and acting in something called Flesh and Fantasy It will be his first production for Universal hell he'll star in one episode Edward G. G Robinson in another and lets let's hope they change the title 1 I Capt Hewitt Wheless the army flier who was cited by the President for or his exploits in the Pacific war will play himself in a short subject Beyond the Line of Duty which Warner Brothers will vill produce for forthe forthe forthe the army air corps This shortage of leading men has proved too much for Harold Lloyd Hes He's produced two pictures for A Girl a Guy and a Gob and My Favorite Spy and has left the studio His next picture would have been Butterfingers a football comedy Samuel Goldwyn will select six of the loveliest and most talented secretaries secretaries secretaries sec sec- of Washington D. D C. C for roles in They Got Me Covered costarring costarring costarring co- co starring Bob Hope and Dorothy La- La mour The story brings out the part that Washington secretaries play in helping to run the government its it's said that they arrive in Washington at a rate of daily s The biggest star all-star lineup ever gathered for a summer radio show is the one that Bob Hawks Hawk's sponsors ha have ve booked for Friday nights its it's a minute 60 show featuring Xavier Cugat's orchestra Connie Boswell and Margo Lanny Ross and a new comedian Herb Shriner t Richard Denning male lead in Beyond the Blue Horizon has held many of filmdom's stars in his arms He made the test with Veronica Veronica Veron Veron- ica Lake which won her her role in inI inI inI Goddard Goddard Goddard God- God I Wanted Wings Paulette dard got her Paramount contract after making a test with him Ellen Drews Drew's test set her for If I Were Vere King Mary Martins Martin's put her into The Great Victor Herbert her first film role A of his chest substituted for one of Bob Hopes Hope's his back did the same for Bob Burns' Burns Now hes he's getting a chance all of him in the Lamour picture ODDS AND ENDS Paramount ENDS Paramount plans to present the Quiz Qui Kids in feature films following the completion of 0 their present series of short subjects at that studio Ruth Hussey takes another step toward well well deserved stardom with the role of 0 Mrs Kirs Andrew Johnson in The Man on Americas America's Conscience Eddie Albert will play opposite Lupe J Velez ele in Ladies Day Day a comedy of 0 the womans woman's side of oJ big league baseball Patricia Morison wants a horst but horse but dont don't send her one unless its it's a 14 hand 14 hand Palmino Metro has laas bought Cabin in the Sky one of last seasons season most successful musicals |