Show star dust X drama lor for carole A sings your choice TT two tico blind bi nd pianists sty by virginia vale W ITH practically everybody y liking the wizard of oz very much indeed and those who like it getting almost violent on the subject saying that it even be compared with snow white the picture got off to a flying start judy garland and mickey rooney who play the leading roles made personal appearances with it when it opened in new york they arrived at the theater at in the morning and remained there until almost midnight meanwhile young people of the same ages as the stars lined up outside the theater waiting to get in and because of the enthusiasm of these young tans fans judy and mickey had a body guard when they did get out for a breath of fresh air and a look at the city they gave five shows daily except on saturdays and sundays when ex cx v abw ek MICKEY ROONEY tra performances were scheduled she sang he did imitations and the fans cheered till the rafters rang in in name only carole lombard shows that she could give bette davis some rather stern competition as a dramatic actress if she put her mind on it the girl who has been playing gaga ga ga comedy roles with such zest ever since the public acclaimed her as a comedienne in my man godfrey has turned in a bit of acting that makes her a promising candidate for one of those academy statuettes next time awarded now that nelson eddy is back on that coffee program on sunday evenings aings his program makers are busy once again he selects his songs chiefly by the number of requests from listeners his secretary tabulates the requests every two weeks and delivers the final count to him if possible he be sings the songs for which there are the greatest number of requests the only difficulty is that people keep requesting the same old favorites over and over although she is still on vacation kate smith is preparing to return to the air in her role of commentator tor she is so popular r in that tha t role that ashes added it to her duties as singing mistress of ceremonies on the kate smith hour so shell begin commenting on october 9 from 12 to 1215 eastern easter n standard time over the columbia broadcasting system while h her er regular hour brings her back to the microphones three days earlier shell discuss the news of the day and also her own personal experiences rien ces alee alec templeton the blind pianist whose tuesday night program is is so popular is not the only blind pianist on the air virg bingham of kansas cites station is equally popular with those who have heard him his interest lies chiefly in developing ve radio trios the new one is is composed of two girls and bingham himself and is the eleventh radio trio that he has developed susan and god the play in which gertrude lawrence appeared so successfully on the stage will probably require a good deal of rewriting before its fit to be screened for susan and god cod poked im fun at the oxford movement wit libut actually saying so and you cant poke fun at any religious movement on the screen without bringing in a swarm of protests greer garson the english girl who made such a hit in goodby good by mr chips will ill have the lawrence role ODDS IND AND ENDS tex ritter the cowboy star was injured the other daj da when he had a 4 bad fall from his mount not a horse but an automobile norma shearer will do another cost costume utne picture pride and prejudice and wilt will make it is in england fred ajtai astaire re eleanor powell and eddie cantor will co ilar in girl cruz crazy edward ar nold made his first plane trip recent from coast to coast and plans plaits te ie planes instead of trains from noso mm os released Kele by western New newspaper union |