Show rL N I 0 Released by Wes Western rn Newspaper Union I By VIRGINIA VALE VALET IT T WAS w way y back in the days when Raoul Walsh was making making making mak mak- ing The Big Trail He was telling Director John Ford about his difficulties in finding an unknown unknown unknown un un- un- un known to play the lead Just then thena a tall good looking hefty fellow loped past them one Marion Michael Michael Michael Mi Mi- chael Morrison truck driver former member of the University of Southern South South- ern California team Theres your man said Ford Let his hair hairgrow hairgrow hairgrow grow a little and youve you've an actor So they tested him ord ordered red him to y N. I I 4 Y y ys y s 's z x s r yh F rr d Y JOHN WAYNE VAYNE let his hair grow and changed his name to John Wayne who justified Fords Ford's opinion by making a hit in The Big Trail hes he's now hanging hanging hanging hang hang- ing up new records in Tall in the Saddle r- r Virginia Mayos Mayo's story is a little different She was touring the country country coun coun- try as of a horse act when Samuel Goldwyn caught the act at a New York night club offered offered offered of of- her a contract and started her on a training period She made her bow as a Goldwyn Gold Girl in Up in Arms then sat waiting for her second assignment It was worth waiting for the role opposite Bob Hope in The Princess and the Pi Pi- rate Glenn Ford a Columbia Pictures star before he enlisted in the marines marines marines ma ma- rines expects to resume his career as soon as hes he's recovered from the disability that resulted in his his discharge After rehearsing one of the more dramatic scenes in Meet Me in St. St Louis little Margaret OBrien O'Brien dashed off the stage and ran into her stand The latter youngster looked at her anxiously Why Margaret Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet said she Youve been crying crying crying cry cry- ing What's the matter Oh sobbed Margaret mopping her eyes Dont worry about it its it-it's its it's just part of my job I Previous Rose Queens of the Pasadena Pasadena Pasadena Pasa Pasa- dena Tournament of Roses have been signed for films only after winning the contest contest Cheryl Cheryl Walker of Stage Door Canteen for in in- in stance But Producer Frank Ross and Director Mervyn LeRoy took no chances this year they jumped dumped in inand inand inand and signed all seven of the candidates candidates candidates candi candi- dates considered in the finals for roles in The Robe after looking at newspaper photographs i What with Grace Moore standing on her head and other opera and movie stars really letting themselves themselves themselves them them- selves go on his radio program Let Yourself Go Milton Berle has at last got an air show worthy of his talents It should lead the popularity popularity popularity larity polls soon Every Tuesday night when the theRoy theRoy theRoy Roy Rogers Show is broadcast over Mutual the actors can visualize visualize visualize visual visual- ize certain members of their listening listening listening listen listen- ing audience with no difficulty at all 36 36 youngsters all children of the members of the cast Bob Hope has a new feather in his cap on January 17 he be goes to Philadelphia to receive the Poor Richard award a gold medal presented presented presented pre pre- annually to the man who has achieved outstanding success in his field Hope is the second entertainer in the clubs club's history to receive the theaward theaward theaward award Will Rogers was the first y National Broadcasting company alone among American networks has presented a day-by-day day eyewitness eyewitness eye- eye witness account of the disturbances in Athens since the first shot Their Guthrie Janssen became the only American radio man in the city when transferred there from Cairo Hes He's been using BBC facilities for his broadcasts they're beamed to London then relayed to the United States l I ODDS AND ENDS ENDS Art loss flou former March of 0 Games child star teas one of 0 the GIs who rigged a makeshift f t radio transmitter that flashed flushed the first news of 0 the Philippine invasion by Amer Amery American ican ican troops Warner Bros Bras Four i Men Ien of 0 God will be a story of 0 those thase four lour chaplains who sacrificed their lives wren tV I en the transport Dorchester was ivas torpedoed last February A newspaper poll chose Lauren Bacall as Actress of 0 the Year car I Alan Jones lanes will have the tha lead in Have a Heart a Universal musicale musical Pat OBrien O'Brien just back from a milo entertainment tours tour or for American an fighting men wants to start out again soon I |