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Show STAGE-SCREENADIO Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA YALE MOTION picture versions of Shakespeare's plays have never been very successful, success-ful, but Laurence Olivier' s new production, the $2,000,-000 $2,000,-000 technicolor "Henry V," is likely to break records. It Introduces In-troduces the Bard in a new light as an action writer with a flair for the "boy meets girl" theme. Henry was a madcap youngster, a superb warrior, a great lover and a conscientious king j what more could anyone ask, j especially with talented Olivier in the role? Since England was at war when the picture was made, the I terrific battle scenes were shot In Ireland, where they wouldn't have to stop work every tlma a plane roared overhead. Did you know that Burgess Meredith Mere-dith has "the perfect American voice"T According to more than 150 tests made by David O. Selznick, BURGESS MEREDITH he has, so he'll record the legend of Pearl Chavez which Is the flve-min-ute prologue of "Duel in the Sun." It's a Umted Artists release. The movies are dickering with Isabel Manning Herson regarding a picture to be based on her Mutual program, "Land of the Lost" Regarded Re-garded as the finest show for children chil-dren on the air lanes certainly it's one of the first five It has caught on so well that a comic book in color based on it will appear next month. Parents rest easy when Junior's listening to "Land of the Lost." David Bruce, who played opposite Deanna Durbin In "Lady on a Train" and opposite Yvonne De Carlo in "Salome," has been signed by Comet Productions to co-star with Cleatus Caldwell, ex-wife of Ken Murray, In "Miss Television." Mind you, Miss Caldwell Is a "co-star," "co-star," despite the fact that "Miss Television" marks her screen debut! de-but! How times have changed! Now that "Forever Amber" production pro-duction has been postponed, we're likely to be Involved once more in a discussion of who'll play "Amber." "Am-ber." Apparently the little English girl, Peggy Cummins, isn't right for it after all. Right now a vote for Paulette Goddard Is registered. In "Kitty," which has a somewhat similar story, she proved that she could do right well by the role. The picture based on the life of Glenn Miller will get under way late this summer. It's said that Fred MacMurray won't play Major Miller Mill-er because of his resemblance to band leader Tex Bcneke, so why not give Dick Powell the role? "Hopalong Cassidy" Is getting ready to ride again. After an absence ab-sence of two years from the screen Bill Boyd's readying "The Devil's Playground." He'll have a new leading lady, Elaine Riley, a former for-mer fashion model in New York; she's red headed and Irish as they come. He's borrowing her from Paramount. If you're one of the many who yearn to go to Mexico, don't miss the new March of Time, "Tomorrow's "Tomor-row's Mexico." Not only will you see the gay night spots and the fiestas and religious festivals; the progress against illiteracy and the political development of the country coun-try are dramatized; the beautiful modern cities are shown as the average av-erage tourist might not see them. Al Schmid, blind ex-marine hero of Guadalcanal, had never held a golf club in his hands before he worked in MGM'i Pete Specialty, "Playing by Ear." But after some coaching by Bob Anderson he connected con-nected squarely with the ball on the second swing. ODDS AKD KNUS "Tommy Kii and lirtty Lou" lake over during ihe summer months for tis CHS "Giriny Simms Show". . . . Gary Merrill of "'J he Hiphl to llnppni'x" has bern fiirn a nrw name by his uije; she calls him the poor man's Humphrey linpnrt. . . . johnny Ucmond, AiC's smainq slur, is still popular in hnnland though he hasn't been hoard there for about a year', rfcfntly a liritih press rcprrtrntulive called him wanting news said his renders uere demanding to know uhnt Jeimond was doing now. . . . Milena Miller, singer on the show replacing the Uing Croiby program, it tolled tlie most beautiful gjrl in radio. |