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Show Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE "npHE Hasty Heart," one JL of the best plays of this New York season, has been bought for the screen by Warner Bros., which is fine news for movie-goers, for although al-though it is laid against the background of the war even those who have been avoiding all war plays and pictures will enjoy It. "The Hasty Heart" Is deeply touching, touch-ing, yet it is charming and highly amusing, and the love story touches the heart. Paramount has signed one of the leading men, John Lund, who's tall and blond this is his first . t J , f' - ' 5 ' . i ; ' i ' JOHN LUND Broadway appearance, and il the movies do right by him he'U probably prob-ably remain in Hollywood for some time after he arrives there this summer. When Bruce Cabot enlisted in the army air forces two years ago, two other members of the household also joined up. His Filipino house-boy house-boy joined the army, and his pet Boxer, Fritz, joined the canine corps. Cabot, on inactive duty, resumed re-sumed his picture career in "Salty O'Rourke"; the houseboy was discharged dis-charged and is back at work but Fritz, the canine, is still in the service. serv-ice. Four years ago Cecil Kellaway began be-gan collecting English accents, now has an extensive library of phonograph phono-graph records, ranging from the speech of the Yorkshiremen to the broadest Cockney. He's had agents throughout the English - speaking world helping him. Dick Powell got just what he'd wanted for years when he landed the role of the shrewd, hard-boiled detective in "Murder, My Sweet." He left Warner Bros, because he was tired of doing musicals and light comedies and they wouldn't jive him anything else; not nntil Charles Koerner, of RKO, came to bis rescne could he get a really dramatic part. He's so good In it that now he needn't do singing films unless he wants" to. A visit to see their father work In RKO's "First Man in Tokyo" landed Beverly and Angelo Loo, 13-year-old Chinese-American twins, in the movies. They'll play victims of Jap brutality and the sinister colonel colo-nel who mistreats them is played by their father! Eleven years ago Ken Roberts of "Quick as a Flash," joined five friends to form "The Association Placers"; all wanted to be actors. They were Everett Sloane of "Crime Doctor" and "A Bell for Adano"; Paul Stewart, movie producer for David Selznick; Carl Eastman of "Counterspy" and other radio shows; Ethel Everett of the Kate Smith hour, and Fred Uttall of "The Lion's Roar." And that's not o badl After Warner Bros, announced that the "Janie" series would be dropped, because of Joyce Reynolds' retirement from the screen, so many protesting letters were received re-ceived that "Janie Gets Married" will soon be under way, with Joan Leslie as the new heroine. Radio's summer replacements are getting set. Wayne King and his orchestra will take Jack Benny's place, beginning June 3,- and the Jerry Wayne show will change from Mondays to Sundays, replacing Joe E. Brown. Comment cards from the sneak preview of Paramount's "Miss Susie Slagle" indicated that Bill Edwards Ed-wards has begun to build up a big fan following, so studio executives are looking for starring vehicles for him. ODDS AND ENDS Van Johnson, who's appeared in most of "Dr. GiU.es. pie" pictures, becomes the doctor's offi cial assistant in "Between Two Worn, en." . . . The guest house on Judy Canova's San Fernando Valley ranch is a replica of one of her movie sets. . . . Metro's going to film "The Sea o Grass," drama of the early West, star. i ring iyrna hoy and Spencer Tracy. . . . There'll be a startling close-up in "Thi ' Lost Weekend" it shows only Ray MillancTs right eye, covering the entire screen. . . . Constance Dowling ap i peared in eight consecutive flops on Broadway before she got her chance w fjie film, "Up in Arms." |