Show e l lE E SCREEN ADIO 1 BY INEZ GERHARD GERHARDT T LARRY ARRY PARKS who just finished u Jolson Sings Again at Colum- Colum Dia ia shares a fondness for old tongs songs with his wife Betty Garrett They rhey have one of the largest col col- collections collections col- col collections of player piano rolls in America also a operated foot-operated pi pi- anola snola So a party at the Parks' Parks means that everybody makes a beeline for the rumpus room with LARRY PARKS cider and pretzels for refreshment and Larry pumping the pedals they hey lift their voices in old favo favo- favorites favorites favorites rites like Sheik of Araby Whis Whispering Whispering Whispering and Moonlight Bay In In- Incidentally Incidentally Incidentally Jolson Sings Again is reported to be even better than the film ilm that made Parks famous I Radios Radio's Galen Drake has finally given in to the demands of his listening audience for the first time in his career he has given a magazine permission to use his picture full color at that with an m exclusive story His multitude of fans ans will be happy to learn that This Is Galen Drake will ap- ap appear appear pear ear in the September issue of Radio iladio Mirror Magazine For the first time in his life Danny Kaye is thinking of taking a nice long rest In The Inspector tor General at Warners' Warners he wrestled with professionals had several sword fights and performed assorted acrobatics The big biff news In the New March of Time is that the av av- average average av- av average farmer has struck it rich The story is built around John Walker of Ohio showing how prosperous he and his family have become from work work- working working working ing their small diversified farm The film shows a num num- number number number ber of interesting ways in which new methods in agri agri- agriculture agriculture agriculture culture are paying p ying off John Cromwell is telling friends that the role of Marie as played by ay Eleanor Parker in The uThe Cage is the greatest dramatic role he has encountered since he directed Bette Davis as Mildred in Of Human Bondage Miss Parker has had lad a chance at that one too it was her first big dramatic part when she did a later version of the Davis star I Several months ago Charles Day Day- Dayton Dayton Dayton ton was studying to be a lawyer at Robert Taylors Taylor's alma mater Pomona He was seen in a college play by a Paramount talent scout and now hes he's a full-fledged full actor He recently completed an I important role in Sunset Boule Boule- Boulevard Boulevard Boulevard i vard did the narration for Rope of Sand and has been added to the cast of Lets Dance Claude Cla de' de Rains was perfectly hap hap- happy happy happy py on on 01 his Pennsylvania farm till tilla a phone call came from Hollywood offering him a key role in The White Tower that thrilling tale of mountain climbing in the Alps now being made after a long delay So he bade the farm farewell and took off on the Queen Mary along with Glenn Ford and Valli Bill Lawrence sings for his supper on the Chesterfield Sup Sup- Supper Supper per Club and then goes home and cooks his own supper supper not not just a snack but steaks or chops c vegetables and hot bis bis- bis- bis Sometimes he even cooks steak for breakfast Wrestling and diving champions were were among the 50 top stunt men taken on for sequences of Mighty Jo J 0 Young among them Helen Thurston rated the best stunt girl girlin girlin girlin in films They appeared with Primo Carnera Camera and Man Mountain Dean Columnists are always reporting that Howard Sam Spade Duff Duffis is engaged to somebody The weirdest engagement was to a stage actress Eloise Jansen Jansen Dull didn't know her finally found the columnist had invented her Betty Hutton was just recover recover- recovering recovering ing from one injury she broke a finger while rehearsing a dance routine with Fred Astaire for Lets Dance when she broke a toe while playing on the beach at Mall Mall- bu with her daughters Roaming Bob Hope ope will take takeoff takeoff off ort again in September after winding up his role in Where Men len Are Men with Lucille Ball He De will fly to Detroit to put on three days of shows at atthe atthe atthe the Michigan State Fair |