Show 1 CREEN I 1 by VIRGINIA VAL VALE I 1 released by western newspaper union IT TT BURGESS MEREDITH i certainly expect when he went overseas that hed find himself in a midlands market town in england that has no cinema no railroad station and only two streets ets during part of his spare time but there he was if you heard beard transatlantic call the british broadcasting corpora tion CBS program you heard him introducing local inhabitants who told the story of how the war has changed their town its contribution 51 g 1 i al 1 LT BURGESS MEREDITH to the war is so vast anat its n name ame cant be mentioned Incident incidentally incidentals all Y w we e hear that meredith dark clark gable and nd james stewart may get leaves in in order to make army pictures jean pierre Au monts been having name trouble after his first american picture assignment in brittany was released he got so many fan letters asking how to pronounce his first name that it was decided to drop it then along came more letters saying that the writers liked the triple name so its as jean pierre aumont that hell be listed in the cross of lorraine 1 I 11 robert walker the sensational sailor in bataan who was so good in that picture that he was cast for the second male lead in madame curie even before bataan was finished nearly missed his big chance in his first test for the bataan role he played the sailor as a man of 24 director tay garnett had a heart instead of tossing out the test he explained to bob that the sailor was a lad in his teens another test was shot he got the part and before II madame adame curie was finished he had the lead in see here private hargrove z robert Bench leys y s given up air travel for the duration im tired of sleeping in airports says he recently he had to rush from new york to hollywood for the ekys the limit in kansas city they gave his seat to a ferry pilot five hours later he got another plane in dallas he was put off reason another ferry pilot he spent six hours there sat out another five in hi tucson walt disney and major alexander are making a special broadcast for british broadcasting companas comp anys home service in england on september 20 rehearsing for it at the new york studios disney explained that mickey mouse donald duck and the other pet disney characters cant just be funny any more they must work to help win the war metro feels that linking up marlene dietrich for the feminine co starring lead opposite ronald colman in kismet is one of the most important casting assignments of the year shell play zuleika harem queen sweetheart of haji beggar y the uninvited is laid in devonshire so english accents are required of the players ruth hussey born in providence does fine so does gail russell russel who hails from santa monica ray midlands Mil lands having a bad time lie he was born in wales and went to kings college but hes been exposed to hollywood wood for for seven years from charlie martin we hear that the CBS playhouse pays its guest stars on this scale the madeleine carrolls carrells Car rolls monte wooleys woolens and marlene dietrichs 1500 per session 1000 apiece for the ralph bel kamys jerry colonias Colon nas rita johnsons 2500 for the george rafts joan fontaines frederic marches for a list including bette davis jean arthur cary grant and spencer traca |