Show 9 r 2 L S ON RE N A 0 by VIRGINIA VALE lRe released leased by western News newspaper union POWELL son bof NORMAN of dick powell and joan blondell is the proudest little boy in hollywood hes wearing sergeants stripes and a decoration dick was telling about it on the set of riding high in which hes working with dorothy lamour and victor moore seems sergeant gea nt elmer taylor stationed at honolulu chos been afan a fan of normans norman s parents for years sent the youngster a small set of stripes and a re replica p ll 11 ca of the purple heart which th the e sergeant won joan crawford has had such at an Interest interesting irig career carved out by her 0 own wn ambition and energy as well as ll 11 her er talent that we can look for her to take another big step forward now that she has changed studios somebody said that bette belts davis I 1 q JOAN CRAWFORD we would uld have to look to her laurels with joan r right ight on th the e ground and ai as willing as bette is to play unsympathetic sympathetic parts if good ones just give joan a couple of good pictures and shell she 11 have the box office eating out of her hand as she did in her palm pal lest days W danny kaye who will make hla his film debut in samuel Gold goldwyn s up in arms has accepted an invitation from the entertainment nation al services inc to make a t two wa month tour of recreational cen to in the british isles and africa 1 I 1 assignments fo for r susan hayward are re blacking stacking up these days ashes booked to play loretti T oun ato younger sister when P paramount a makes akes and now tomorrow a 11 nice role and nd samuel bronston has hai arranged arang ed to borrow her I 1 to play the wife of jack london in the film based on londona Lon dons life which hell bell make for united artists release mich michael a ea oshea will play jack lon don ai sounds incredible but were toll told that bob hopes nose thanks to ha hll wise cracks has become so famous in england that a promontory near torquay has been named hopes hope nose that the com comedian edlan r received the news while he was still at work on lets ets face it george reeves nose Is sort ag 0 fa famous too its been broken sever seven times hes the young man who was snatched out of western westerns We sterns s to play opposite claudette colbert in adso so proudly we halll haiti As for the nose be e was a boxer when he went to pom pomona na junior college won the goiton golden gloves heavyweight cha championship m pion plon ship of the city for three years and his nose was broken seven times A perfect piece of casting took place recently when ralph willever was given the role of a sailor in just plain bill that was his first job after he was rescued from a torpedoed troopship off iceland and was honorably discharged as aa a result of disability monet lionel barrymore lias has inherited a distinction that formerly belonged belon geil to joan brawt crawford rd when slie she left recently shed had a continuous contract longer than any other player barrymore Is starting his 1811 year with the studio ills his next picture three men tn in white will be his for metro years ago when rita hayworth W was as still a stock player she reported for work one morning to seymour felix to dance as one of 40 girls this morning said he 1 I want you to think act and dance like marilyn miller the other day the she arrived for work in cover girl and heard him giving orders fo 0 40 girls this morning said he I 1 want you to think act and dance like rita hayworth ODDS AND ENDS phil baker re turning to new york tom from california Cali lornia aske ached dl how long weve been ee n at war with the nazis saw out in in california they arent fighting anybody but bug the laps japs donald woods who has received deceit ed favorable notices for his hii work in the new picture corregidor it M the same donold woods wood heard as dr leslie poster foster on the sunday broadcasts of those we love though alan ladd went we i into uniform immediately offer after finishing china 1 hes receiving receiving 2000 an loiter letters per day ginny simms imms Is touring desert army comps camps again alter after receiving 14 thousands of letters irom from the toy boys Z fihs ihs had waited visited |