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Show mam. STAGE' SCREEN1 ttADlO Kelrnnfil by WVlrn Nfwr" I'nUm. BY Y1KGIMA VAl.K T A N C K S LANG V O R D , I who's doinji such n swell job on that radio program that she bonds, tfot just what sbo wanted in n scone for RKO's "Radio Stats on Tn-rado." Tn-rado." Starred with Wnlly Brown and Alan Carney in the musical, which has "Truth or Consequences" Ralph Edwards. Skinusy Ennis and his band, Frances Fran-ces found the studio set the scene of a revival of Hollywood slapstick technique. This included the use of custard pies as missiles. "Ever f - ' I A. . Al u , 1 I a -X ,s x ; ; x, il FRANCES LANGFOKD since I started making pictures I've wanted to throw a pie at someone," said she. "It seemed such fun. I found it was." Alan Carney was on the receiving end of the pastry, and found Frances' aim as good as her voice. When George Burns and Grade Allen left the air for the summer, they agreed not to speak of their radio work again till it came time to prepare for the fall series. Violation Viola-tion of the pact to cost the violator a dollar. George owes Gracie $28, she owes him $18. After 10 years of starring male names exclusively, "Your Hit Parade" Pa-rade" shatters a precedent by star- ring Joan Edwards, who's been on the program four years. She also gets a big salary boost and a long-term long-term contract. Joan's lucky star (and a lot of good hard work, plus plenty of talent) have put her right on top. She returned home from Hollywood Hol-lywood with offers from 20th Century-Fox and Warner Bros. Glenn Vernon, Robert Clarke and Jim Jordan jr., have been cast to play inmates of the notorious 18th century London lunatic asylum Bedlam, Bed-lam, in "Chamber of Horrors," at their own request The canny young men realized that those roles are sure scene-stealers. Andy Russell not only has a gilt-edged gilt-edged voice, he also has the golden touch, apparently. Recently Andy, who makes his screen debut in "Stork Club," bought a metal plating plat-ing plant on the Los Angeles East Side, where he was born. And promptly got a large government order, as well as some for the civilian civil-ian market. His brother, Freddy Ra-ibago, Ra-ibago, runs the plant for him. Betty Hutton presented "graduating" "gradu-ating" members of B. G. DeSylva's "Stork Club" company with war bonds wrapped to resemble diplomas diplo-mas when shooting on the picture -was finished. They were distributed from a basket decorated with a stork in cap and gown. Eddie Bracken's fans came through with more than 150 suggestions sug-gestions for naming the new baby, after it was announced that they'd expected a boy, to be named Michael. Mi-chael. Most of the fans suggested "Michelle." But the Brackens settled set-tled on Caroline Jean. Clark Gable and Joan Blondell warble "The Trolley Song" for a short sequence in Metro's "The Strange Adventure," in which he stars with Greer Garson. When she found that they were also to sing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," Miss Blondell turned to Director Victor Fleming and demanded "Who are we Nelson Gable and Jeanette j Blondell?" Who knows maybe this j is the beginning of a new singing I team. Connee Boswell, who first became known as a member of the Boswell Sisters, has been signed for an lm-! lm-! portant role in "Swing Parade," the Monogram musical starring Gale I Storm and Phil Regan. Among other I numbers, Connee will sing "Stormy ! Weather." I ODDS AND ENDS Vacationing at ! Newport beach, Humphrey Dogart tact- lessly laughed when the new Mrs. ! Bogart sal down on the rail, slipped, and landed in the water. . . . Anna i Lee's first picture since becoming an American citizen is the Boris KarlofJ "Chamber ot Horrors." . . . When he's not acting in Pine-Thomas thrillers Boh J'Owery hies him to Laguna beach 4jnd dives lor abalone. . . . Edwaid Gargan has played reel cops so frequently fre-quently that he swears real policemen I mistake him for some fellow whose i face is familiar, but whose name they ' can't recall. . . . Gene Krupa to lecture j on native African drumming. |