Show J N ADIOS By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union ORMAN POWELL son of NORMAN N Dick Powell and Joan Blon- Blon Blondell Blondell dell is the proudest little boy in Hollywood Hes He's wearing ser ser- sergeants sergeant's sergeants sergeant's geant's stripes and a decora- decora tion Dick was telling about it iton iton on the set of Riding High in which hes he's working with Doro- Doro Dorothy Dorothy thy Lamour and Victor Moore Seems Sergeant Elmer Taylor stationed at Ho Honolulu who's been a fan of Normans Norman's parents parent for years sent the youngster a small set of stripes and a replica of the Purple Heart which the sergeant won Joan Crawford has had such an interesting career carved out by her own ambition and energy as well as asher asher her talent that we can look for her herto herto to take another big step forward now that she has changed studios Somebody said that Bette Davis r. r w JOAN CRAWFORD would have to look to her laurels with Joan right on the ground and andas andas as willing as Bette is to play un- un unsympathetic unsympathetic sympathetic parts if they're good ones Just give Joan a couple of good pictures and shell she'll have the box office eating out of her hand as she shedid shedid did in her days 1 Danny Kaye who will make his film debut in Samuel Goldwyn's Up in Arms has accepted an invitation invitation tion from the Entertainment Nation Nation- National al Services Inc to make a two month tour of recreational cen- cen centers centers in the British Isles and Africa fir Assignments for Susan Hayward are arc stacking up these days das She's booked to play Loretta Youngs Young's younger sister when Paramount makes And Now Tomorrow a nice role and S Samuel muel Bronston has arranged to borrow v her to play the wife of Jack London in th the film based on London's life liCe which hell he'll make for United Artists release Michael OShea will play Jack Lon Lon- don r. Sounds incredible but were we're told that Bob Hopes Hope's nose thanks to his wise cracks has become so famous in England that a promontory near Torquay has been named Hopes that Nose the comedian received the news while he was still at work on Lets Face It I Ir r.- r. George Reeves Reeves' nose se is sort of famous too its it's been broken seven times Hes He's the young man who was snatched out of Westerns to play opposite Claudette Colbert in So Proudly We Haill Hail As for the nose he was a boxer when he went to Pomona Junior won college the Golden Gloves heavyweIght cham- cham championship championship of the city for three years years- and his nose was broken seven times A perfect piece of casting took place recently when Ralph Willever was given the role of a sailor in NBC's Just Plain Bill That was his first job after he was rescued from a torpedoed troopship off Ice Ice- Iceland Iceland land and was honorably discharged as a result of disability Lionel Barrymore has inherited a distinction that formerly belonged to Joan Crawford when she left IGI I recently shed she'd had a continuous a con con- contract tract longer than any other player Barrymore is starting his year with the studio his next ned picture Three Men len in White V will be his for Metro 1 r. Years ago when Rita Hayworth was still a stock player she report report- reported ed for work one morning to Seymour Felix to dance as one of 40 girls This morning said he I want you to think act and dance like Marilyn Miller The other day she arrived for work in Cover Girl Girland Girland and heard him giving orders to 40 girls This morning said he I want you to think act and dance like Rita Hayworth r. 1 ODDS AND ENDS Dill Baker return ing to New York Irons frona California asked how long weve we've been at war with the Nazis said anybody anybody- out but in California the tle laps they Donald arent aren't fighting Woods who has received favorable notices work in for Ms his the new picture the tTe Donald If Corregidor Corre idor is s heard Dr Leslie Foster as on the Sunday Those We broadcasts of Love Though Alan Ladd went into uniform China hes he's immediately after fin receiving 2000 teu the dally fan let let- mail in in the history greatest amount of o f fan o f motion on pictures Paramount Ginny says is desert touring army cutups again after thousands receiving from the boys boy I II I i |