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Show By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. PEARL BUCK, head of the East and West association, which promotes cultural understanding un-derstanding between the Orientals Ori-entals and ourselves, wants a list of movies which really represent American life. She ought to include "Pride of the Yankees," starring Gary Cooper, with Teresa Wright playing opposite him. It's the story of Lol Gehrig's life shows an earnest, rather shy young man who loved his mother and worked hard, attaining success and the honest admiration and affection of his countrymen. A typical American, we hope. It's too bad that the dim-out forbade for-bade the use of Kleig lights for the opening of this swell picture. Never Vtt.n3 TERESA WRIGHT did another picture have such a first night; it took place simultaneously in 40 RKO houses in New York, and more than 100,000 people attended it. If Richard Haydn develops indigestion indi-gestion it will be the fault of the writers of "No Time for Love." That's the new Claudette Colbert-Fred Colbert-Fred MacMurray comedy, and Haydn eats m every one of his scenes. Might sound like heaven to some, but not to him! They probably won't give Jerry Bulkley a chance to dance in "Du Barry Was a Lady"; probably won't even know that she's a dancer. She's gone to Hollywood with a group of fellow models, and if they have an opportunity to do more than just look pretty they'll be lucky. New York models aren't very enthusiastic enthusias-tic about Hollywood any more; most of them refuse to go. Even $200 a week for three months or so doesn't tempt them, since they may never face a movie camera in that time, and when they come home folks think they just didn't make good. Sounds strange, but here's what we hear from Metro about an important im-portant role in Katharine Hepburn's picture, "Keeper of the Flame." The actor chosen will portray the star's husband, and will appear in seven important scenes before meeting death in an accident. After that he'll still be a key figure in the picture. pic-ture. But he'll never speak a word. Swell chance to be paid for keeping mum! The latest addition to the new crop of players recently signed by Metro is William Bishop, nephew of Helen Hayes. He's six feet two, with dark brown hair and eyes, and has won fame as a football player. He's played in stock and in various stage plays in New York; in two of them he supported his famous aunt. He has also appeared on her radio program. pro-gram. A coming star, maybe. Another newcomer to the screen is Lenore Aubert, chosen by Samuel Goldwyn to play opposite Bob Hope in "They Got Me Covered." Born in Jugoslavia, daughter of a general gen-eral in the Austrian army in pre-Hitler pre-Hitler days, she worked in pictures in Vienna. She was discovered by a talent scout while appearing in a play in Los Angeles. Goldwyn did more testing for this role than he has for any in several years. It's a break for Miss Aubert she has been signed to a seven-year contract. con-tract. Bob Hawk's "How Am I Doin' " show has been on the air for exactly half a year, and in that time 211 contestants have walked off with winnings totaling $15,213. The average aver-age takl, according to Quizmaster Hawk, is from $10 to $480; Mrs. William Riley, a South Bend, Ind., housewife, is the top winner. Six contestants have gone over the $400 mark in the last 26 weeks. ODDS AJVD EyDSCinger Rogen uill play the title role in "The Gibson Girl" a romantic comedy in technicolor based on the lives of Charles Dana Gibson and his uife . . . "Lassie Come Home," story of a Yorkshire family and their collie, by Eric Knight, will be filmed in technicolor by Metro . . . Those icho recall Mar go's moving mov-ing performance in "Winterset" and other productions will be glad to know she'll act I as well as sing in the CBS Caravan hour, F riday evenings . . . Joan Blaine's grtling numerous long distance calls from Private 1 Charles Carroll, formerly her leading mart in "Valiant Lady" j |