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Show STAGE- SCREEN RADIO Ry VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. BUD ABBOTT figures that the three -year -old son, Bud Abbott Jr., whom he and his wife have just adopted, is a direct present from Uncle Sam. It was through an official offi-cial who accompanied Abbott and Costello on their recent bond -selling tour that the comic entertainer first heard about the availability of the youngster, and subsequently arranged ar-ranged for the adoption. Universal recently announced the purchase of the farce, "See My Lawyer," as a vehicle for the two comedians; Milton Mil-ton Berle and Paddy Hart starred in it on Broadway. Pat O'Brien, who recently filmed "The Navy Comes Through" at EKO, believes that he and Spencer Tracy can boast the longest enduring endur-ing friendship in Hollywood. It's lasted more than 35 years; they were childhood playmates, went to school together, served together in the navy during World War I, and launched their professional careers together. David Holt, appearing with Mickey Mick-ey Rooney in "The Human Comedy," Com-edy," was tabbed as a sure-fire future fu-ture star until stricken with infan- I , ' v - " " " V,'' VW- "- DAVID HOLT tile paralysis. Now he's climbing back toward stardom, after a long fight. He gives a swell performance as a crippled boy in "Pride of the Yankees." . - Bob Hope is taking no chances on having readers of his autobiography, "They Got Me Covered," think that the Samuel Goldwyn picture of the same name is his life story. A foreword fore-word to the film, which stars Bob and Dorothy Lamour, declares that "Any resemblance between the characters in this photoplay and me is entirely fictional," and it's signed, "Bob Hope." Metro's hoping that it has another Greer Garson in Valerie Hobson, another young English actress, who's playing the lead opposite Robert Donat in "Sabotage Agent," being filmed in London. America has seen her in "U-Boat" and "Blackout." V When Joan Crawford stepped into the role intended for Carole Lombard Lom-bard in the picture, "They All Kissed the Bride," she donated her entire salary for the job to war charities. Recently Paulette God-dard God-dard was engaged to do the radio version of the picture on the CBS Playhouse, and announced that her salary for the performance would buy war bonds to be put in trust for five children of war heroes who do not come home at the war's end which probably means quite a lot of bonds! Rumors that Cary Grant would enlist in the army air forces were confirmed for moviedom when it was announced by RKO that "Bundles for Freedom," starring Grant, had been moved up on the production schedule so that he'd finish before his enlistment. The shortage of leading men may precipitate a cycle of man-less films; looks as if Metro is getting ready by buying "Cry Havoc," a little theater play dealing with volunteer vol-unteer nurses during the siege of Bataan. Jack Durant and Shirley Temple made their screen debut in the same picture, "Stand Up and Cheer"; he was part of a slapstick act in that musical extravaganza. In "Journey Into Fear" he appears as the male half of an adagio dancing team, opposite op-posite Dolores Del Rio. ODDS AND ENDS Seems as if the fall and winter season of radio is officially offi-cially started now that Fred Allen's under un-der way again . . . One of the luckiest husbands in the armed services is Cap-lain Cap-lain Frank Chapman, U. S. marines for 45 minutes every Sunday afternoon he can tune in on "The Family Hour" and hear his wife sing; he's stationed at Quantico, Va. . . . Wullace Beery, who recently celebrated his 29th year on the sereen, made one of his first films in Japan, after forming his own company; in "Salute to the Marines," his latest one, he's a marine sergeant-major who fights the Japs on Bataan. |