Show I f GE N ADIOS By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union iLL ALL LL the arent aren't in the X 11 L movies eyed Dark-eyed Jim who looks enough like brother Don Donto Donto to be his twin has made good on his own in radio by landing the master of ceremonies assign assign- assignment assignment assignment ment on that new musical newall-musical musical all program Heres to Romance on the Blue Network Sundays Two movie personalities are featured featured- orchestra leader David Broekman Brockman whose time long-time association with Co Co- Columbia Columbia Columbia lumbia pictures enabled him to score 60 films and singer Buddy Clark his latest picture is Seven f JIM I AMECHE E Days Days' Leave Jim Ameche was born bornand bornand bornand and educated at Kenosha Wis and was introduced to radio by his older brother Don who advised him to take an audition for Jack Armstrong All All American Boy Jim landed the part and since has played the lead in several radio series h Pat OBrien O'Brien back at work work work-in in The Iron Major Major is is still marveling over his trip home after eight weeks of entertaining at army camps overseas He breakfasted at Trinidad lunched at Haiti dined at Miami breakfasted the next morn morn- morning morning morning ing in New York He wants to make another army camp tour but says next time hell he'll take his wife along that two-months' two separation was too too long sF So Merle Oberon said she was re re- retiring retiring re- re retiring tiring from the screen As usual aft aft- after after er cr such suc announcements the star has signed a term long-term contract this ones one's with ith Metro and shell she'll make pictures in Hollywood and in hi Lon Lon- don Seems as if il when a star wants to retire the studios realize what they'll be missing and cant can't wait to tomake tomake tomake make sure of keeping good office box-office material I Susan Hayward who did an army camp tour after she visited New NewYork NewYork NewYork York when Reap the Wild Wind was released nationally has been given the feminine lead in The TheMan TheMan Man in hi Half Moon Street by Para Para- mount Susans Susan's on her way up fast fasti Judy Garland is proudly wearing a pair of silver wings sent her by bythe by the young paratroopers of Fort Ben- Ben Benning Benning Benning ning Ga who recently dubbed her The You'll see her wearing them for a scene in hi Girl Crazy Crary in which she stars with I Mickey Rooney Joan Thorsen famous as a model after she appeared on the covers of six national magazines hi rapid suc sue succession succession cession has been given her first movie role by Metro She's beautiful ful fal and glamorous glamorous so so shell she'll portray a Russian girl guerrilla and will make her screen debut wearing a peasant smock and with her face blacked up in Russia the Rob Rob- Robert Robert ert Taylor picture Mayo Methot Mrs Humphrey Bogart Bogart is is on location with her hus hus- husband band for Somewhere in Sahara The other day when they unpacked their lunch kits she spied three kegs which they used as chairs and a table till the powder man ap- ap preached Sorry Mr Bogart said he But Ill I'll have to move these dynamite kegs Whereupon the Bo- Bo garts moved fast and without ment merit Looks as if U Helmut Dantine who scored so heavily with his Nazi avi ator performance in Mrs Mini ye ver is headed for stardom nes ne's turned in hi another grand per per- performance performance in Warners Warner's The Edge of Darkness and Jack L. L Warner is looking for possible starring materi materi- materio al for him His fan an mail has shown shovel a a o per cent increase during the past three months ODDS AND ND ENDS Allan Uan Napier Brit British lJ actor in Appoint ment mem m n in in Berlin has a speech that defends defends the late kite Neville who Chamberlain u was his U uncle uncle Jean Arthur Arthurs spent Pen more time in in ir Washington D. D C. C on the screen creen than any other actress in real life she's hes been there just a few hours The I est cst soldier at my canteen the other night was a lad who'd just led the band on Sam Sam- Sammy my showing t Kaye ayes at program King ing Crosby's J howing Ot at Los station before up 1 a Angeles Angelet broadcasting a. a m m. m some ome mornings morning making records record for South American merican non commercial distribution You'll Leslie JJ Howards Howard's r daughter Leslie with him see ee in Spitfire S c f J u |