Show star dust if drama for carole AT sings your choice two blind pianists by virginia vale WITH ITH practically everybody liking the wizard of oz very much indeed and those who like it getting almost violent on the saying that it even b 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 m new york they arrived at the theater at 8 45 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 th the e enthusiasm of these young tans fans judy and mickey had a body guard when they did get out for a breath ot of fresh air and a look at the city they gave five shows daily except on saturdays and sundays when ex aft 0 o MICKEY ROONEY BOONEY 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 it if she put her mind on it the girl who has been playing placing gaga ga ga comedy roles with such zest ever since the public acclaimed her as a comedienne in my man godfrey has turned fumed 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 it if possible he 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 alth on gh she Is still on vacation kate smith is preparing to return to the air in her role of commentator she is so popular in that 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 12 15 eastern standard time over the columbia broadcasting system wh while ile her regular hour brings her back to the microphones three days das 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 so popular is not the only blind pianist st 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 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 food deal of rewriting before its fit to be screened for susan and god poked ton tan at the oxford ord movement without actually saying so and you cant poke fun fan 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 have the lawrence role ODDS AND ENDS tex ritte r the colbo cowboy y s star i or was injured d the other day when he e had a injure bad ad fall all from his mount n not ol 01 a horse but an automobile nor norms shearer Shear erwill will do another costume picture pride and poeju dip dice and aiu make it in in england angland tn gland fred astaire As laire eleanor powell and eddie cantor will co costar collar star in m girl crazy edward arnold made his first plane trip recently irom from coast to coast and plans to take plants instead of ot trains from now on lRe leased by western newspaper union I 1 |