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Show STAGECSCREENcHADIO Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALls WHEN Ann Sothern's 8-months-old daughter, Patricia, is old enough to aspire as-pire to fill her mother's shoes, she'll have a complete set of "Maisie" films and airshow recordings to study. Mama (who is Mrs. Robert Sterling in private life), has had each of her "Maisie" movies reduced to 16 mm. sound film for her daughter's daugh-ter's library. And since she started the Wednesday night CBS radio series se-ries she's had special recordings 1 made of each broadcast. Incidental-I Incidental-I ly, the latest popularity rating of J the "Maisie" broadcasts shows a i marked increase over the previous I survey in fact, a gain of nearly 3,-000,000 3,-000,000 listeners in a single monthl Lt. Wayne Morris has returned to his screen career at Warner Bros, with a brand new contract. He enlisted en-listed in the navy immediately after Pearl Harbor, and earned his commission while in the service. A WAYNE MORKIS Fighter pilot with seven enemy planes to his credit, he's won plenty of decorations, among them the Distinguished Flying Cross with two stars and the Air Medal. When you see Jose Iturbi dashing around on that motorcycle in "Anchors "An-chors Aweigh" he's just being natural. nat-ural. He drives that same vehicle lust that way around the studio all the time and nobody'll ride with him, not for love, money, or even a aew contract. Una O'Connor, one of Hollywood's most versatile character actresses, makes a good bit of extra money each year by doing the crying for screen babies who refuse to wail when the director wants them to. She calls this extra-curricular prof-It prof-It "tear money" and invests it in war bonds. The voice of the wfeep-Ing wfeep-Ing infant in "Christmas -in Connecticut" Con-necticut" is hers; she also has an n-stage role in the picture. Those wise men of the motion picture pic-ture industry, the exhibitors, voted this way in the Motion Picture Herald's Her-ald's annual poll to determine the stars of tomorrow: 1. Dane Clark; 2. Jeanne Crain; 3. Kennan Wynne; i. Peggy Ann Garner; 5. Cornel Wilde; 6. Tom Drake; 7. Lon Mc-dallister; Mc-dallister; 8. Diana Lynn; 9 Marilyn Mari-lyn Maxwell; 10. William Eythe. That's a prophecy worth remembering. remember-ing. Eleanor Parker of "Pride of the Marines," who'll have the feminine lead in "Humoresque," is regarded as the shyest star in Hollywood. Doesn't go to night clubs, doesn't show off at public functions, never attends a premiere of her own pictures pic-tures unless completely disguised. Tuesday night on NBC is dedicated dedi-cated to laughter. There's Amos 'n Andy at 9:00 p. m., E.P.T; "A Date with Judy" precedes them, and a climax is reached with Fibber Fib-ber McGee and Molly following. If you've ever wondered what the studio audience was laughing at, when listening to a broadcast, and felt annoyed because you couldn't share the fun, you'll agree with Kate Smith's manager, Ted Collins, who feels that too many radio stars play up to the studio audience, to the detriment of their radio performances. perform-ances. That's why Kate has eliminated elimi-nated studio audiences on her new Friday night series. Danny p'Neil has been signed for his first network commercial series as star of the new Powder Box theater, the-ater, beginning October 11, Thursday Thurs-day nights on CBS. The series replaces re-places "Rhythm, Romance and Rip. ley." Evelyn Knight and Jim Ameche are also featured. ODDS AD ENDS - Extra, ivho kissed Shirley Temple in the hissing-booth hissing-booth sequence of Columbia's "Kiss and Tell" uere paid $16.50 a day those who merely stood in line got $10.50. . . . RKO is so enthusiastic about Franlde Carle's first picture, "River-boat "River-boat Rhthm." that he'll be starred in a bandleader story. . . . According to the latest Hooper survey, "Mr. District Attorney" At-torney" ranks second in popularity I among all radio prosrams. . . . for the next two months Ethel llarrvmore will play her co-starring role in "Some Must Hatch" in bedthe script, not her health, is responsible. |