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Show STAGE "5CREEN:HAblO Uy YlKtUNlA VAl.K RtfWsoit by Western Nevspucr Union. AI'HEN Director King ' Vidor began telling Brian Donlevy about Ellis Island, the day Brian did his first scenes for "America," he replied "Bet I know more about Ellis Island than you do." Seems that in 1911 he returned to the United States from Ireland with his mother; unaware that she had to pay a head tax before being re-admitted, she'd pent all her money. A phone call to her husband in Sheboygan Falls, Wis., would have settled the matter. But as she had a hot Irish temper, he Insisted on arguing with all the officials. "So they put us in a corner cor-ner and Ignored us until Mother cooled off," said Donlevy. "That was two days later!" Bruce Bennett, on location with Humphrey Bogart for "Somewhere In Sahara," received a letter ask-. ask-. Ing him to become a Pan-American coordinator. Several years ago he was in Guatemala, making a Tar- . xf4 i iMHTir hyv -V &-T ir Mir i niiMiiiia BRUCE BENNETT zan picture; the outfit ran out of funds, and while stranded Bennett made friends with a number of influential in-fluential people. Now, asked to choose a co-ordinator, they've asked for him. CBS Caravan's comedian, Jack Carson, has turned down a $25,000 personal appearance tour, on conclusion con-clusion of his Warner Bros, assignment, assign-ment, "The Animal Kingdom." He'll our army camps for the Hollywood Victory committee instead. If you've noticed lately when lis-I lis-I tening to Monty Wooley on the ail that his voice sounds a bit husky, I don't blame it on the California fog. It's due to fog, all right one creat' I ed on the set of "Holy Matrimony." RKO expects "The Robe," done in I Technicolor, to be one of the mosl I Important pictures in screen history. I The story is laid just subsequent tc I the crucifixion. With Metro mak- I . ing "Quo Vadis," it looks as il I there'd be a cycle of religious pic- I tures. I Julie Bishop steps into excellent I company and into her first starring I role, as well in "Dark Eyes"; Bette I Davis and Ann Sheridan have the I other two principal roles. It's a hi- larious comedy, made from a New I York stage success; the girls will I be seen as impoverished Russian I gentlewomen, who write a play and I then try to get backing for it. I Samuel Goldwyn announces thai I lie's looking for "the 16 most beau- I tiful girls in the world" for his mu- I sical, "Up In Arms," introducing I Danny Kaye to the screen. Gold- I wyn-picked beauties go far. Betty I Grable and Lucille Ball got their I first screen breaks as Goldwyn I girls; they were in "Whoopee" and I "'The Kid From Spain," with Vir- I ginia Bruce and Paulette Goddard. I Miss Bruce got a part in Flo Zieg- I feld's "Smiles" as a result. Paulette I Goddard went right ahead on the I screen, and also met Charles Chap- I I Descendants of Vodka, a cocker I spaniel, have cornered the mascot I market at various U. S. air bases. I Vodka belongs to Maj. Alexander P. I de Seversky, and will appear with I him in Walt Disney's "Victory I Through Air Power," which will I combine live action sequences and I animated cartoons. Vodka is cred- I ited with more than 1,000 hours in I the air. I I Most of the people In England will I hear the Quiz Kids In the very near I future; while the Kids were in New I York they were invited by the Brit- I ish Broadcasting corporation to take I part in the British "Answering You" I program, recorded here and broad- I cast there. I ODDS AND ENDS Constance Ben- I net? i going to play a burlesque queen in "Hi Diddle Diddle" . . . Kate Smith I has turned down an offer to play Marie I Dressier in a movie biography of the I actress; says she's a singer, not an ac- I tress . . . Brooklyn small-fry hanging I around outside the Dodgers' ball park I ask everyone who leaves, "When will I Red Skeleton be our" . . . Though the I musical in which she returned lo the I stage was a flop, Mary Martin's not los- I ing money . . . radio shows are falling I oter each other to sign her up as a guest I star, paying as much for one perform- I once as she'd earn in a week . . . Not I bad for Bollywood vacation! |