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Show STAGESCREENaRASlO Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE THIS is a burst of loud applause ap-plause for Eric Seva-reid's Seva-reid's autobiography, "Not So Wild a Dream." It's the story of a boy from a small town in South Dakota who has never lost his love for that small town, through the years when he's become one of our best political and war reporters. Many of us will never forget some of his broadcasts over CBS during the war, and still look forward to his Saturday night talks. Sevareid covered the war in France, England, Eng-land, China, Italy, Germany and Burma. But this is not primarily a war book; it is the inspiring story of 34 years of a man's life, superbly written, a story of the world in our times. Van Johnson says his role in "The Romance of Rosy Ridge" is the kind for which he's been praying; "It's - VAN JOHNSON my first character part and the first time I have been able to break away from that 'boy next door' type of characterization." During her first London luncheon, Goldwyn Girl Martha Montgomery asked for a glass of milk, and the waiter asked for her certificated "In England," he explained, when Martha Mar-tha looked blank, "Milk is issued only for infants and invalids. . If I may be excused for the observation, I should venture to say you are neither." nei-ther." The girls are touring the provinces before the opening of "The Kid From Brooklyn." Helen Nielson, who makes her screen debut in Columbia's Glenn Ford-Janet Blair starrer, "Gallant Journey," was discovered by talent scouts in the cast of a Hollywood Little Lit-tle Theatre play but she's a cousin of Veronica Lake's, lives with Veronica, and was coached by her. But maybe a screen career for her has always been her fate; when sbe was twelve she appeared in an amateur ama-teur performance In a New York City neighborhood theater and walked off with the first prize and the prize was a Shirley Temple doll! David Niven calls his new Santa Monica home "The Fortress," not only because it resembles one; it's manned entirely by seasoned com-fcat com-fcat veterans. Even the' nurse who cares for his two boys was a member mem-ber of a mixed anti-aircraft battery, and has several planes to her credit. Niven himself, who'll be seen next In Goldwyn's "The Bishop's Wife," was a colonel in the British Rifle Brigade. The first exclusive long-term contract con-tract for an acting horse has been hoofed (like a finger print) by Dice, the featured stallion in "Duel in the Sun." He's signed up for two years with David 0. Selznick. Now that "Deception" is being shown, Bette Davis wants to do a comedy; since 1941, she's been specializing spe-cializing In tragedies. "People will think I'm a humorless character who stalks the corridors with a candle scaring small children," said Bette. She thinks her best comedy role was In "It's Love I'm After," which was made in 1937 and was overshadowed by the Award-winning "Jezebel." The casting department at Warner War-ner Bros, spent six days finding 12 male and 12 female dancers who could do an old-fashioned waltz for "My Wild Irish Rose," the Chaun-cey Chaun-cey Olcott picture. Twenty - two applicants tested and lost Skitch Henderson, young pianist of the Bing Crosby program, fully intended to become a concert pianist pian-ist when he left England and came to his native America. But once he was introduced to American jazz, he changed his mind, and look at him now! ODDS AND ENDS Richard Newman, New-man, creator 0 gowns for stars, is doing 20 super-specials for Lauren Bacali to wear opposite Humphrey Bogart in "Dark Passage." . . . Ida Lupino is being be-ing taught to stutter for her role as a mountain girl in Warner Bros' picture, "Di'p.p y alley." . . . Linda Darnell look off 20 pounds for "Forever Amber.". Am-ber.". . . Rory Mullinson, his wife and three children have moved into a Quon-set Quon-set hut in Croffith I'ark's veteran housing hous-ing project, says it's much better than tlie garage they moved from. , . . But lay Norris, RKO actor, tvho's had " trouble finding a place to live, has inherited in-herited a hoiel in Albany, Ca. |