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Show Star l&aast k A'of Temjiting Fale? k Bergen Takes Horse Doctor He Shall Be! I Ily Virginia Vale ! THERE'S a plan under way whereby dramatic radio offerings may reach the screen, with you, the public, selecting them. Radio Guild Productions, Inc., of Hollywood, is behind it. The idea is that monthly contests will be held, the contestants con-testants writing to headquarters headquar-ters and giving their reasons for thinking that certain programs pro-grams should be screened. No serials se-rials included, just plays that are complete in one broadcast. At the end of three months, the winning script would be adapted for the screen. Prizes will be awarded contestants. Madge Evans, of movie fame, is sandwiching her honeymoon with Sidney Kingsley, the playwright, in between performances at summer theaters. She's worked conscientiously conscientious-ly and done well, but when she found J MADGE EVANS that she was billed for "A Bill of Divorcement" not long after the elopement took place she backed out not superstitious, it's said, but just didn't like the idea. William Powell is back at work again, in "Another Thin Man," apparently ap-parently completely recovered from his serious illness. Asta, the dog, has a prominent part in this sequel to the famous "Thin Man," and a year-old baby makes its debut. Tyrone Power and his bride, An-nabella, An-nabella, had a sort of busman's holiday holi-day in Italy, touring the Italian movie-making center, Cinecitta. The high spot of their stay in Rome was their presentation to the Pope. National Broadcasting Company is grooming a new singer for radio stardom. Her name is Dinah Shore, and she hails from Winchester, Tenn. She's a pretty girl with a distinctive distinc-tive style of singing. At present she is being featured three times a week over both the red and blue networks net-works you might listen in and see if your opinion of her talents agrees with the star-makers'. Mark Warnow, the Hit Parade conductor, con-ductor, is arranging with a large music school for a scholarship to be awarded to children who show the most promise at playing a musical instrument.' Don Ameche and Dorothy Lamour have been making life miserable for Edgar Bergen at rehearsals of that Charlie McCarthy program, by razzing razz-ing him because, although he frequently fre-quently went fishing, he nevei caught any fish. The only way he could stop it was to give up fishing. Nowadays he'i getting his exercise by riding horseback horse-back he can always catch tha horse! Fred Barron is the first male member mem-ber of his family in six generations who didn't become a doctor. He voted for acting instead. So he got a role in the radio serial, "The Life and Love of Dr. Susan," and found he'd been cast as a doctor! Dave Elman, while convalescing from an appendectomy in a Fargo, N. D., hospital, had the unusual experience ex-perience of listening to his own program, pro-gram, "Hobby Lobby," with the President's wife substituting for him. Ken Carpenter, who also had his appendix out, had trouble pursuad-ing pursuad-ing the doctor that he ought to listen in on his program. The doctor was afraid he'd laugh so hard at Bob Burns that he'd break the stitches. He finally got a script of the show for Carpenter, figuring that, after he'd read the jokes, they wouldn't be so funny. He quite forgot Burns' habit of making last-minute remarks re-marks that the script writer didn't think of. ODDS ASD EKDSoan Blondcll and Dick Powell could have had the leading roles in a new musical show on Broadway this fall, but turned it down . . . Spencer Tracy and Sir Cedric Hard-wicke Hard-wicke make it worth your while to go to "Stanley and Livingstone" they're both excellent . . . And dont miss Uie spectacular "Four Feathers" . . . Fran-chot Fran-chot Tone is back at Metro, working on "Fast and Furious" in which he co- ; stars with Ann Sothern . . . "The Old Maid" with Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins, is worth seeing. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) |