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Show By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. TINX FALKENBURG re-J re-J ceived an urgent request from a group of soldiers at a U. S. military outpost recently, signing themselves as the boys in "Hut 33, Iceland," they beggedhertosendthemalarge picture of herself in a bathing suit, as soon as possible. We want to put it on the wall tor two important reasons," they wrote. 1-It 1-It will give us something mtetres(c" ing to look at. 2 It will help W keep the captain's eyes busy when he comes around to inspect our quarters." She sent a picture five feet high! ' "Once Upon a Honeymoon" unites three of the screen's top figures in the studio where each has previously previous-ly scored triumphs-RKO Radio. They're Ginger Rogers and Cary Grant, who've both made plenty of hit pictures, and Leo McCarey, producer-director of such delightful films as "Love Affair" and "My Favorite Wife." "Once Upon a Honeymoon" is the kind of thing they all do best. Thousands of moviegoers, on reading read-ing of Elmer Davis' appointment as director of the Office of War Information, Infor-mation, recalled seeing him on the screen. To "Information Please" fans he was one of the highlights of the series issued by RKO Pathe. Bill Stern, NBC director of sports and famous sportscaster, plays himself him-self in Samuel Goldwyn's "The Pride of the Yankees," which stars Gary Cooper and is based on the BILL STERN life of the late Lou Gehrig. Theresa Wright, Walter Brennan and Babe Ruth head the supporting cast. Stern flew from the Coast to participate in the scene showing "Lou Gehrig Memorial day," which marked Gehrig's retirement. J. Carroll Naish is going to be seen as an ape-man, no less, in 20th Century-Fox's "Buried Alive." It's this company's first effort in the horror line, and just the title promises well. John Shepperd and Lynne Roberts will have the romantic roman-tic leads. Rosalind Russell is booked for another an-other of those pictures in which she's such a clever and handsome young business woman that she makes business women in the audience green with envy. This one will be "Portrait of a Lady," and the plot (which somehow has a familiar ring) deals with the efforts of a husband hus-band to win his wife away from a business career. "Guerrilla Brigade," the Soviet picture which was shown in New York recently, has been booked by the RKO circuit and is scheduled for national release. This is the first time in some years that a Russian picture has been booked by a major theater chain here. Those bitter little quarrels between be-tween actors and motion picture companies no longer mean what they once did, not since radio's here to stay. When Madeleine Carroll and Paramount disagreed not long ago, the beautiful Miss Carroll merely departed for New York and picked up some engagements to broadcast, at $2,500 each. Paul Muni and his studio parted, so he did a stage play, got $5,000 apiece for several radio performances, then signed with another studio. John Garfield and Warner Bros, disagreed, dis-agreed, and radio grabbed him. William L. Shirer talks to his friend, Edward R. Murrow ("This Is London") every Sunday before their respective broadcasts. The conversation is over a private wire and the first thing Murrow asks is about the baseball teams. ODDS AND ENDS-Janet Blair lor. mer singer wuh Hal Kemp', orchestra and now playing the title role in "My Sister Eileen," rehearsing ,he songs for anew avte opera to be presented late this summer in Los Angeles Mambocher, famous dressmaker hoS' been responsible lor manv ( 1 Duchess of WindU ZZmll fc bST1 tem c by Fol ...Bob Burns has a new bazooka J t"1 ST"l ,r,T P-38 bblrs 'bTt boys who build the planes n Reed's wearing ihe Silver wngf0T pilot on the AnU-Submarine Pal3 the Atlantic, Lt. Donald Arlen, Milo Boulton, "master of Cers monies and director of "We ,1 People," learned about the Tr'n- States the hard way He nZ Ui hiked from San Diego New York city, and as he rem bers it he traveled most of rh m by foot. 01 e way Red Skelton andhis wife , . hamburgers with onions, diU ni,v, d and pretzels for dinner on th P Wes wedding anniversaTyIsarreir 10th their wedding day. They've 5 n ed the menu each aSvar |