Show A 11 4 A S ki VS CRE C R E K k I 1 10 by VIRGINIA VALE released by western newspaper union HE most extensive na THE tion wide talent search ev ever er conducted for a motion picture role is under way metro goldwyn mayer has sent scouts out to assemble candidates for the boy role of jody for the filming of the yearling the boy selected will appear with spencer tracy in sidney franklins production of the novel a story of early days in florida the role calls for a boy between the ages of ten and twelve of slight build from four and one half to five feet tall its the chance of a lifetime for some lucky lad if ronald reagan accompanied the chicago cubs to their training camp on catalina Cata llna island he be a rapidly rising movie tar star today after leaving college 7 I 1 mr and mrs ronald reagan he got a job writing a sports column lor for a newspaper that led to radio and he became a sports announcer lor for a large network while covering the cubs spring training trip he was introduced to warner brothers casting director and his voice and appearance made such an impression that he was given a screen test and then a contract his newest assignment is is an an angel from texas in which his bride jane wyman and eddie albert appear with him incidentally jane wont part with her wedding ring for an instant but you wont won t see it to in this picture she had to tuck it under tier her belt so that it t show its among the extras in hollywood that you hear the most dramatic stories but few of them equal the true tale of what happened to dona dix chos now an extra on the warner lot ashes in the new reagan picture but you probably wont notice her A few years ago she left the new york stage and took a boat to hollywood when the ship stopped at panama she bought some lottery tickets she won she promptly abandoned her career and devoted herself to enjoying her wealth but one bad investment followed another and the m money oney disappeared today ashes an extra and glad of it florence gill who created the popular clara cluck in the walt disney car cartoons toom publicly confessed w on the it happened in hollywood program recently Z that it was all the result of bad ba cl luck or so she thought at the time ime the bad luck e came ame along she was studying for an opi operatic i career when a long illness walt disney caused her to retire from rom singing when she recovered she worked on her barnyard imitation disney heard her and promptly prom aptly put clara cluck on the screen creen arthur like lake the damwood Dag wood of the CBS blon blondie die series in which penny singleton on plays opposite him possibly escape being an actor his parents were circus acrobats his cradle was a dressi dressing ng room trunk and he went on the stage as soon as he could walk switched to the movies and now holds his own with the most lar ar radio stars ODDS AND ENDS warner bt Di others director vincent sherman and john garfield could put on a pretty good boxing exhibition both former golden gloves fighters claudette colbert has a league of nations dog kennel a french poodle an english setter a dachshund and a welsh terrier berrier wendy vendy barrie chos been appearing in those saint saine pictures made a lusty protest when the script called for her death of at the ohe end ol of the saint takes over just refused to die because a series saries like that means work for ages charles laugh ton rothas has been teaching his wife to drive |