Show 4 yar elcree 1 released by western newspaper union by VIRGINIA VALE C CREDIT the fact that radio stations have been built solely to entertain the GIs G Ls to major andre baruch who set up the first one and went on to establish seven more hed been with CBS for eight years as announcer director and producer then operated on a free lance basis on all four networks producing radio shows from early morn till taps was easy for him he also got stories from men at the front and dramatized them on the air incidentally hes seen plenty of combat service and has the MAJ ANDRE BARUCH purple heart the men complained because they hear commercials so he invented some in addition to military duties he directs weapons for victory heard on CBS thursdays producer charles R rogers launched jane powell the 15 year old singer in song of the open road then cast her in another musical delightfully dangerous with ralph bellamy so now metro from whom he borrowed her is prompting her career they hit on something new at republic studios when six dressing rooms exactly alike were set up alongside the sound stage where bells ot of rosarita is bei being ng filmed the dressing rooms were we re for roy rogers the star and tor for the five western stars doing guest gues t appearances pe arances in the picture the novel note was the six hitching posts provided for the stars favorite horses in 1940 an ex barker from the Worlds Fait applied to new yorks neighborhood playhouse for a scholarship after a test he received a scholarship and 50 a month to live on he added to that by guiding gui dinc tourists through radio city recently the playhouse received a large check for their scholarship fund from gregory peck the lad who was helped in 1940 now a hollywood success as a leading man david 0 Selz nicks research department part ment recently received an astonishing inquiry from the famous haskins information service of washington haskins wanted wante d to know the title and name of the author of the poem read by lionel barrymore in since you went away the researchers replied that in hollywood the poem was known as the star spangled banner written by fra francis acis scott estt key remember ernie pyles beautifully written description of the soldiers farewell to capt henry T of belton texas after his death when directing that scene for story of GI joe william wellman merely read the men that description the scene was perfect in one take lawrence tibbett got two swell fan letters from guadalcanal Guadal canal one fr from om his son larry jr one from dark clark burghard his stepson step son tuned in your hit parade and were am amazed abed to hear him singing they said his dont fence me in really pleased the boys when W hen the play in which mary astor appeared in new york closed people lamented for she looked so lovely that they hated to have her disappear from broadway so its good news that ashes at least going to do another picture soon metros blonde fever a sophisticated comedy based on Mol nars play delilah in which philip dorn will appear with her madeline lee blonde five feet two does those babas cries and gurgles you hear on A mr r district attorney and a lot of other programs I 1 le she specializes in them the different expressions of moods depend on how much handkerchief she has pressed to her mouth ODDS AND ENDS amos on n andy don dont t hate guest stars on their bici r program every week because unless a guest star is ii ape cast for the show shoto they won t unite one n jack carson finished his chores in Al mildred ildred pierce fierce and went into the time tie place and the girt cirt the same day humphrey bogaerts Bo garts to play op oil polite somebody else than lauren bacall for far a change he and barbara Sta nuck aill share the top rotes rates in the two mrs carrolls carrells Car rolls lloyd nolan the sympathetic neighborhood cop of 01 A tres tree grows crows in brooklyn rooklyn IS is walking the beat again for century fox as a postman in circumstantial cum evidence Eti dence |