Show fe E ADIOS By INEZ GERHARD TLENE ILENE WOODS singer on the CBS Steve Allen show how s h o w and the voice of Walt WaIt Disney's Cinderella la was a radio personality in Portsmouth N N. H. H her home town when she was 11 For singing on two local programs she was earn earn- earning earning ing 11 a week She was on a net net- network network network work show before finishing high school then Paul Whiteman en en- engaged engaged engaged her Two produced Hollywood-produced ILENE WOODS shows took her west Her husband is a musical arranger there and they have a two one year old daughter Miss Woods Wood's break in inthe inthe inthe the Cinderella movie came as a result of her helping one of the Disney organization staff make some test records Hers was perfect Lloyd Bridges stopped in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York only a day on his way from Rome to Hollywood Recently In Rome he starred in Three Steps North is now joining in promo promo- promotion promotion promotion tion for The Sound of Fury made before he left Lucille Ball whose My Favorite Husband is now heard over CBS Saturday nights says she learned the hard not to take life way se se- At 15 a dancing teacher told her she had no talent talent but but she spent three years trying to be a chorus girl then had an auto acci acci- accident accident accident dent and was told shed she'd never walk again That's when she worked out outher outher outher her philosophy Ezra Stone Stone is well launched on this years year's triple career He Heis HeIs HeIs is back on the air as Henry Aldrich Thursday evenings on NBC Behind the scenes he will soon take over the direction direction direction tion of a new musical that will open late this year on Broad Broad- way Still farther behind them comes his role as farmer lived on his big farm in fn in Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania i Don't Dont ont think you are seeing Gary Cooper in the small role of a stage stage- stagecoach stagecoach stagecoach coach driver in Dennis Morgans Morgan's Raton Pass Its It's Coopers Cooper's stand- stand I in Ted Mapes who resembled the lanky star and has many of the same mannerisms George Pal whose science fiction film Destination Moon is break break- breaking breaking breaking ing box office records has been signed by Paramount to produce When Worlds Collide depicting the annihilation of the earth by atom t m bombs J When gathering clouds halted lo lo- location location location cation scenes for Only the Val Val- Valiant Valiant Vallant lant at Gallup N. N M. M director Gordon Douglas asked Navajo extras to do their famous Sun SunD Dance D nce They danced the sun came out ou out and and Douglas Douglas' learned they'd really r done their ram rain dance hoping to prolong their careers careers and make more more money money Gregory Peck stars st rs in this Warner release Arthur Lubin the director who made a mule talk in the highly successful Francis has been signed by Paramount to do the story of Rhubarb a cat who inherits thirty million dollars and a base base- baseball baseball baseball ball team Edge E ge of Doom was selected elected for showing on the maiden voy voy- voyage voy- voy voyage age aie of the French liner SS Lib- Lib Liberte Liberte Liberte the French line made a special request for it The Sam- Sam nel Goldwyn drama released by stars Dana Andrews Farley Fancy Granger and Joan J o 0 a n Evans Casting about for a quiet vaca vaca- vacation vacation vacation tion spot Nila Mack director au thor-producer thor of CBS's Lets Pre Pre- Pretend Pretend Pretend tend series now in its year came upon a New England travel circular with a convincing nostalgic nostalgic nostalgic gic appeal One of the photographs was a local scene where Miss Mack acted in the film War Brides in 1916 She made a reservation im im- im- im mediately ODDS AND ENDS On the New Mexico location of Ace in the Hole Paul Douglas presented his wife Jan Sterling with a belated engagement present a ring set with 28 23 diamonds Olivia De Haviland is said to be yearning to appear on Broadway in hi Romeo and Juliet but but at a movie stars star's salary Fred Astaire has bought a ranch Claudette Colbert will star in ina ina ina a quarter-hour quarter daytime series on 01 NBC Felix Knight of the Metropolitan Met Met- Metropolitan Metropolitan Opera is back for the third season |