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Show wm STAGESCREENRADIO By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) CAREY WILSON, producer of the Hardy Family pictures, pic-tures, was awarded a Master of Arts degree by the Colorado State College of Education recently, re-cently, in recognition of his "artistic, creative and ethical contributions con-tributions to the screen and because the Hardy pictures have made an outstanding contribution to clean, wholesome entertainment lor the American people." All of which is pretty impressive. But right on the heels of all that, the National League of Decency cracked down on "Life Begins for Andy Hardy," the latest of the series, se-ries, rinding it objectionable for children! chil-dren! Norma Shearer is back In Hollywood Holly-wood after a visit in New York, preparing for her first film since "Escape." It will be "We Were Dancing," based on a Noel Coward Cow-ard stage success, and Melvyn Douglas will be her romantic part- hi) NORMA "SHEARER- ner. He's now occupied with "The Twins," along with Greta Garbo and Constance Bennett that's the one in which Garbo evidently does practically everything but walk a tight rope. Lyle Moraine, who writes songs and works In pictures, was inspired by Bob Hope's "Caught in the Draft" to write "I've Been Drafted, Now I'm Drafting You," which Hope and Miss Lamour sang on the air. Moraine announced the other day on i the "Louisiana Purchase" set that I part of the title had been in the nature of a prophecy. He's set for a compulsory role in the army. Dinah Shore, who sings "Yes My Darling Daughter" so effectively that it made her famous on the air, has had to defer her picture-making plans. She's been re-signed for the new Eddie Cantor program, which means that she'll remain in New York. Cantor is set to stay there; he's returning to the stage in the autumn in a musical comedy entitled en-titled "Banjo Eyes." The Rudy Vallee. program now has an impressively large production produc-tion staff six script writers and four sing writers, to turn out the original music. ODDS AND ENDS Ann Sheridan will be in two Warner pictures at the same time for the next two months "The Man Who Came to Dinner" and "King's Row" . . . The Mutual chain will bring five championship bouts to the air this late summer and fall . . . ff'aite Hoyt never was afraid of anything any-thing when he played baseball but now that he's broadcasting he's afraid of the word "particularly" . . . Betty Harrison, Deanna Durbin's stand-in for five years, will appear on the screen for the first time in Deanna's "It Started With Adam" |