Show I 1 by VIRGINIA VAL VALE released by western newspaper union scharlie BY BC Y THIS time if youre a charlie harlie mccarthy fan youve met E effie e edgar bergens demmy newest t dummy effie is the result of the combined efforts of a number of people bergen submitted some effie recordings to a dozen or more disney cartoonists and the final result is a composite of the best features of au all their drawings 4 EFFIE dairo a well known portrait artist made up her face bergen who has had a female dummy under consideration for some time as a foil for charlie hopes we the public will wili like effie allen alien jenkins character comedian who left hollywood more than a year ago and has since traveled miles entertaining the armed forces will return to the movies in the wonder man the samuel goldwyn comedy starring danny kaye now in north africa with a USO camp show jenkins cabled acceptance cep tance of a gangster role similar to the one he did for goldwyn in ball of fire john bitt who broadcasts his passing parade over CBS three nights a week has just finished a metro passing parade movie short moments that made history it highlights discoveries of the stethoscope sulfanilamide and the vulcanization of rubber dean jagger who served as chaperone on the blue networks blind date recently was spending his last evening in this country he flew to england the next day to begin work on a picture for the british government which is designed to promote good will between england and the united states when completed the film will be released in this country ensign jay robinson U S N who won the dash cash award in a nation nationwide wide contest for the best american conception of salome used no model for the portrait so now director mervyn leroy is trying to find somebody who looks like it to play the salome role in the robe it will be more prominent in the picture than it was in the widely read book it looks as if jeanette macdonald and nelson eddy would have to appear together in pictures and on the air forever their second costar ring appearance on the air in the first of this years demille theater programs was the result of an avalanche of 0 mail requesting it the august daytime network Hoope ratings reports that when a girl marries leads the list of top ten weekday programs ma perkins is second and our gal sunday third then come big sister romance of helen trent life can be beautiful stella dallas young brown kate smith speaks and breakfast at sardis M G M is going to launch king an american romance in style befitting the elaborate production on october 27 according to present plans the picture will have initial showings in each of the state capitals and the national capital vidor says that hes been thinking about this picture for 18 years ever since he made the big parade typifying the spirit of america those battered shoes which ed wynn wears to his broadcasts have borne him through 42 years of stage screen and radio stardom so of course he got them out for his new happy island radio program originally purchased for wynn figures that cost him V for upkeep but he refuses 4 to part with them the rationing situation is his latest excuse |