Show 0 by VIRGINIA VALE beleas Rde aBed ed by western news New newspaper paper union business boomed TAXICAB recently at one of holly woods major studios unaffected by the rubber shortage richard carlson and martha drove off in one to be mar married with cecil kellaway at t the wheel that was in ne new york then burgess meredith and louise platt rode to a railway station in newark N J in the same cab finally allan ladd and bonita granville took the same cab to brian donkeys Don leys hom hoine in a middle western city same sam cab mounted on a fixed platform never tu turning aning a wheel it had no wheels in case youre interested the pictures for which that taxi worked so hard and so faithfully are my heart belongs to daddy street of chance that being the new title tor for the black curtain and the glass key almost ten years ago red skelton played his first vaudeville act in wooster mass june earle danced and played straight man for him tommy mae was also in the act it T mra y I 1 3 1 X SK RED SKELTON now together in the new baisle Ma isle film june and mac doing the ahe same skits they did then and red skelton or so he insists telling the same jokes he told then but hes now earning more than 7 a week for doing it ii basil rathbone has a new contract with metro this time but hell continue being a villain in crossroads with william powell and hedy lamarr he holds the key to powells past powell being a french diplomat branded as a former underworld character jean atkinson stand in for madeleine carroll carrol for the last six years lias has been called hollywoods Holly woods composite woman ashes been stand in for fay wray vivien leigh frances farmer claire trevor and many others because she loo looks ks like many actresses rolled into one ashes been a stand in for ten years and says that she has no ambitions to be an actress I 1 william powell took time off from his work to jive give a farewell party for rilhard richard barthelmess Barthel before the latter left for norfolk va to serve as a naval lieutenant years ago age long before they knew their present wives those two and ronald colman were bosom companions with practically all of hollywood doing some kind of war work and really doing it too no fooling hedy larnard got busy right on her own home grounds when she saved her hairdresser eadle eadie hubner from serious burns from an exploding gas stove bob hawks having to do a lot of explaining he decided to invest in a restaurant found one signed a lease and the sign painter went to work the place was to be called the griddle but the painter made a mistake and hawks explaining pla ining to friends that he really in the girdle business columns could be devoted to norman corwin A newspaper man five years ago he pursued major radio executives with program ideas to revolutionize the airwaves air waves only a small independent station in new york would give him a chance tor to day hes engaged by four major networks he directs the government series this iswar Is war heard every saturday many of his original radio dramas have been broadcast his recently published broadcast we hold these truths celebrating the anniversary of the bill of rights was heard by people he directs radio propaganda for the government his this Is war is heard round the world ODDS AND ENDS the V U S navy tikes likes metros two the battle so hinitch that the picture will mil be used lor recruiting purposes director G cuffori directing ller ifer cardboard bon jorj lover lor for the third time rime ronce once with laurette Lauret tc taylor once idith jeanne engels eagels now mm with norma shearer and robert taylor sidney chaplin charlies 15 year old son when interviewed by vox pop at his prep school said he wants to act acl and direct like his father ile he weighs suspended lucille Li icille ball from salary for refusing to play the second le feminine minine lead ad in strictly dynamite for ar which tent lent her to ath century fox |