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Show STAGESCREEFOAI)I0 By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) THE most extensive nation-wide talent search ever conducted for a motion picture role is under way; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has sent scouts out to assemble candidates for the boy role of "Jody" for the filming of "The Yearling." The boy selected se-lected will appear with Spencer Spen-cer Tracy in Sidney Franklin's Frank-lin's production of the novel, a story of early days in Florida. Flor-ida. The role calls for a boy between be-tween the ages, of 'ten and twelve, of slight build, from four and one-half to five feet tall. It's the chance of a lifetime life-time for some lucky lad. If Ronald Reagan hadn't accompanied accom-panied the Chicago Cubs to their training camp on Catalina island he woudn't be a rapidly rising movie star today. After leaving college Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Reagan. a 9 he got a job writing a sports column col-umn for a newspaper. That led to radio, and he became a sports announcer an-nouncer for a large network. While covering the Cubs' spr! I y training trip he was introduc i' t0-Warner t0-Warner Brothers' casting ri'pere I and his voice and appealer ef"ir , ' I - such an impression -'ance m . ' tv,nt he was given a screen te.'-T,0 tnai " beefi'Led, assignment is An . a ner eddi"g,tregit in this picture; "si SrduckU -der her belt so 2S Sat it wouldn'show wood at you hear the matt rtale of what happened the true tale 01 on i Ue Warner lot. l& pr0Dably U e Reagan picture, hut you P . e won't notice her.) A lew y a She lft Tto HoUywol Wnen the 53d took a hoat to HoUyw e' ShiP StTtter Sets. She won oi some lower y ' 8 $52,00' ntlv abandoned her ca-1 .us she Pror,"ptly.pfnerself to enjoy-nd. enjoy-nd. reer, and voted hersett tly. ing her wealth Bu .on the iap ment followed anotneoday she's iay,roney disappeared Tody ach an extra-andjladoi ; in rill who created th A "Claa'cck'' in the Wal Disney cartoons pened m Holly wood" program recently re-cently that it was TuThe result of bad luck-or so she thought at the time ' the bad luck came Tlong. She was .. sirwhen st TToVg mness in caused her to retire recovered ri- from singing, vv barnyard imi- she worKea n .ana tation, "ciuck" on the ' I promptly put Clara 'screen. wj M . ., "Daewood" of , Arthur Lake the Dag the CBS "f4 "Opposite him. j 1 penny Singleton play OPP an couldn't possibly es .V f actor. His paren s were Esing . ee robats. His cradle was ng room trank. And n l, :lgd stage as soon s h nQW Shts ow. with the most popu-,; lar radio stars ,1 rvnS . Warner ODDS AD uJ.'t Sherman, Bnd John G?eIdhiti0B': they're both i- 'Clnud"" Cofce rlh n po0(f(c an ,0 ons dog kennc d,,cf,h-md and a Jr.ncloh seuer, a dc ,10 a ff cLsh icrricr . . . ' ..Sninl pic- ry been oppemn thp ,ht script "r?rcJ ovof-i'"1 le nd , -jhc Sn.nt la.cJ " ; (i,:fi z -Z:. |