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Show STAGE-SCREENADIQ Released by Western Newspaper Un on. By VIRGINIA VALE TIME was when movie heroes he-roes had to be dark to be romantic; John Gilbert and Rudolph Valentino were considered con-sidered ideal. But now the blonds are coming into their own. At Paramount Sterling Hayden, Sonny Tufts, William Hol-den, Hol-den, William Bendix, Howard da Sil-va Sil-va and Johnny Sands, all blonds, are cast in "Blaze of Noon," a story of early commercial flying. A second sec-ond attraction is the fact that some of the most valuable planes in the country, dating from World War I and now practically museum pieces, will be shown in action. Lucille Ball Introduces a bit of whimsy in the fashion field in Hunt Stromberg's "Personal Column" wears a hat which has feathers dyed in a polka dot pattern, with a slip to match! It's an idea whipped up by Elois Jennsen, Stromberg's fashion fash-ion designer, who got her first big picture break when she did Hedy Lamarr's clothes for "Dishonored Lady," and it's certainly an original one. Experts at Warner Bros, think they've discovered the secret of Dane Clark's appeal to the fair sex. They say "It's because he smol- -i ' 1 I i ... - 1 , . u. - DANE CLARK ders." Elevated to stardom because of his performance in "That Way with Women," he's now "smoldering" "smolder-ing" in "Deep Valley." Milo Boulton, emcee of "We the People," recently flew from New York to Detroit to do a 20 second narration for an industrial movie. He probably set a record for short and snappy business transactions within with-in an hour he was on his way home. Robert Merrill, star of the RCA Victor program, rides to the 6th floor of the NBC building in a freight elevator ele-vator these Sundays, and wishes he'd thought of it sooner and saved his neckties through muffler and all, fans snipped pieces from his cravats. cra-vats. Sinatra fans may have to be curbed or limited as to age, but Perry Per-ry Como's "Supper Club" will continue con-tinue to be open to all comers. As a rule they're very well behaved, but if they let out a shriek now and then it's forgiven. James Stewart won't talk about his experiences as a bomber pilot in private life, but in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" he has to. Talking to Donna Reed, who plays his wife, he cuts loose with some vivid and of course believable description. de-scription. But it's in character, because be-cause in the picture he's telling about the exploits of Todd Karris, who's cast as his brother. Cass Daley has added to hsr already al-ready extensive real estate holdings. The "Ladies Man" comedy star is buying a 165-acre ranch, complete with burial grounds, near Hollywood. Professor Quiz can answer practically prac-tically any question, but when he trips up it's likely to be a question involving an animal. "Which way does a pig's tail curl?" "What kind of noise does a rabbit make?" On those he was right save for exceptions. excep-tions. But when he said that, when a cat washes its face, it holds its paw stationary and rubs its face against it, he got hundreds of protests. pro-tests. When Joseph Cotten appeared on a "Hallmark Reader's Digest" program pro-gram on CBS he was swamped by autograph seekers. One starry-eyed young woman thrust a five-page document doc-ument into his hands for his signature, signa-ture, but, recalling advice given him by his lawyer, he looked through the pages carefully and discovered the document was a love letter, addressed ad-dressed to the autograph-seekerl I- ODDS AND ENDSUlena W'arr-ncr, W'arr-ncr, of RKO's 'Trail Street," has just finished ttccoratias George "Cabby" Hayes' new Palm Springs home. . . . Ken Niles' other radio and film commitments com-mitments forced him to bow out as announcer an-nouncer on Arlone Francis' "Aljairs o Ann Scotland" radio show; Knox Manning Man-ning relilaces him. . . . Olivia de llavil-land llavil-land has discharged her agent, business busi-ness manager and publicity man, and turned their duties over to her new husband, Marcus Goodrich. , , . Ann Sargent o "Kigbl to Happiness" has 1'ower-miideled as the typical Amtri-can Amtri-can sports girl time alter time but doesn't play a single game! |