Show E SCREEN s ADIOS Released by Western Newspaper Union By VIRGINIA VALE CREDIT the fact that radio C CREDIT s stations have been built solely to entertain the GISto GIs to Major Andre Baruch who set up the first one and went wenton on to establish seven moreHed moreHed moreHed more Hed He'd been with CBS for eight years as announcer director and producer then operated on a freelance freelance freelance free free- lance basis on all four networks producing radio shows from early morn till taps was easy for him He also got stories from men at the front and dramatized them on the theair theair air incidentally hes he's seen plenty of combat service and has the tir r e. e apR e r u ray 5 MAJ ANDRE BARUCH Purple Heart The men complained because they didn't hear commercials commercials commercials commer commer- so he invented some In addition addition addition addi addi- tion to military duties he directs Weapons for Victory heard on CBS Thursdays Producer Charles R. R Rogers launched Jane Powell the year 15 old singer in Song of the Open Road then cast her in another musical Delightfully Dangerous with Ralph Bellamy So now Metro from whom he borrowed her is prompt prompting ng her ca career er t I They hit on something new at Republic Republic Republic Re Re- public Studios when six dressing rooms exactly alike were set up alongside the sound stage where Bells of Rosarita is is being filmed the the dressing rooms were for Roy Rogers the star and for the five Western Vestern stars doing guest appearances appearances appearances ap ap- ap- ap in the picture The novel note was the six hitching posts provided provided provided pro pro- vided for the stars' stars favorite horses In 1940 an ex-barker ex from the Worlds World's Fair applied to New Yorks York's Neighborhood Playhouse for a scholarship scholarship scholarship schol schol- after a test he received a scholarship and 50 a month to live on he added to that by guiding tourists through Radio City Recently Recent Recent- ly the Playhouse received a large check for their scholarship fund from Gregory Peck the lad who was helped in 1940 now a Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood success as a leading man David O. O research department department department de de- recently received an astonishing inquiry from the fa famous famous famous fa- fa Haskins Information service of Washington Haskins wanted to know the title and name of the theauthor theauthor theauthor author of the poem read by Lionel Barrymore in Since You Went Away The researchers replied that in Hollywood the poem was known as The Star Spa Spangled Banner Banner Banner Ban Ban- ner written by Francis Scott Key Remember Ernie Pyles Pyle's beautifully beautiful beautiful- ly written description of the soldiers soldiers' soldiers soldiers' soldiers soldiers' sol sol- sol sol- diers' diers farewell to Capt Henry T. T of Belton Texas af after er his Ws death When directing that scene for Story of GI Joe William Wellman Vellman merely read the men that description The scene was perfect in one take Lawrence Tibbett got two swell fan letters from Guadalcanal one from his son Larry Jr one from Clark Burghard his step-son step they'd tuned in Your Hit Parade and were amazed to hear him singing They said his Dont Fence Me In really J pleased t th tie the boys J J t J When the play in which Mary Astor appeared in New York closed people lamented for she looked so lovely that they hated to have her disappear from Broadway So its it's good news nets ys ne that she's at least going to do an anther another ther picture soon soon Metros Metros Metro's Blonde Fever a sophisticated comedy based on Molnar's play Delilah in which Philip Dorn Darn will appear with her Madeline Lee blonde five feet two does those baby's cries and gurgles you hear on Mr District Attorney and a lot of other programs programs programs pro pro- grams she specializes in them The Thed d different expressions of moods depend depend depend de de- de- de pend on how much handkerchief she has pressed to h her r mouth ODDS AND EADS ENDS Amos Amos V ri Andy dont don't have guest gnat stars on all their program every week because unless t a guest star is iste type t cast for the lire show they wont won't invite one aile Jack Carson finished Il his lIis chores in Mildred P fierce and went weal into 1110 Tire The lie Time The Theace Place ace and ami The Tire Girl the tire same day Humphrey Bogart's to play opposite opposite op op- somebody else than 1111 Lauren Laurell Bacall f for lor or a change he and Barbara kill Hill share the lire top roles in The Tire Two Mrs Carrolls Lloyd Llord Nolan the neighborhood cop o of uA o f A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is walking the lire beat again for fox Century as a postman in Circumstantial Circumstantial Cir I al Evidence |