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Show By VIRGINIA VALE Keleased by Western Newspaper Union, GREER GARSON claims that Loretta Toomey is the good luck stand-in of Hollywood. Miss Toomey was stand-in for Sonja Henie, Ellen Drew and Joan Davis' before going to Metro to be. stand-in for Hedy Lamarr and1 Ruth Hussey. All of them did all right, you'll remember. Three years ago she became Miss Garson's stand-in and how that young woman has forged ahead! Now Miss Garson has lent her lor a second time (the first was when Theresa Wright got her for some scenes in "Mrs. Miniver") to Susan Peters, for scenes when Miss Gar-son Gar-son doesn't need her in "Random Harvest"; they're rivals for Ronald Colman's affections, in the picture, but never meet. Incidentally, some exhibitors thought so highly of "Mrs. Miniver" that they advocated showing it at advanced prices. But the suggestion sugges-tion was turned down, on the theory that this swell picture really belongs to the people, and that the greatest number should see it in the shortest short-est possible time. Nicholas M., Schenck, president of Loew's, Inc., Metro distributors, is responsible. Jean Hersholt, the kindly "Dr.' Christian" of the CBS Wednesday night series, has completed the first of his two albums of children's tales iff C : JEAN HERSHOLT recordings. This is the first step in a plan that he has had for many years, to bring worthy translations of Hans Christian Anderson's Danish fairy tales to the American public. Barbara Moftett, 18 year old equestrienne, breaks into pictures playing the feminine lead opposite Tim Holt in RKO's "Red River Robin Rob-in Hood." She was discovered while doing trick riding, roping and shooting shoot-ing as the star of a rodeo troupe. So this won't be the ordinary Western, West-ern, since the heroine will be given a chance to do her stuff. Instead of just looking pretty. Joe Pasternak, who produced De-anna De-anna Durbin's films for so long, has discovered a new singing star, Mary Croft. He gave her a role in his first Metro picture, "Tulip Time," then sent her to New York for a year's study before making more pictures. So when you see the picture, pic-ture, look for her you may have the satisfaction of seeing a future star's first performance. Warner Brothers bought screen rights to "The Miracle," the religious reli-gious spectacle play, some years ago as 'a vehicle for Bette Davis. After several script writers had x tried their hands at adapting it it was shelved. Now we hear that it may be screened. , Vox Pop begins Its third year of programs from military, naval and armament establishments along with its eighth of network broadcasting. broad-casting. It was the first radio program pro-gram to adapt and contribute its facilities to national defense, the first to present the voices of selectees In training, the first and only one to undertake a Good-Neighbor Latin America tour. Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Ev-elyn Keyes and other members ot the cast got a real western reception recep-tion when they arrived In Utah for "Desperadoes." Local cowhands held up the train and "kidnaped" the stars. Miss Keyes Is the first Hollywood actrees to make a hobby of collecting military insignia representing rep-resenting armed forces of all the United Nations has more than 300 insignia .buttons. ODDS AND ENDS As a parting gift when she left New York for a vn- , cationt Kate Smith's sponsor presented her with a tliree-year contract renewal . . . Waller Reed, young leading man discovered recently by RKO, has been assigned an important role with Pal O'Brien, Randolph Scott and Annt Shirley in "Bombardier" . . . "Mrs. Miniver" started a "Mrs." cycle -Metro is making "The War and Mrs. lladley," and has bought "Mrs. I'arkington" for Greer Garson . . . Carol Anna Btixry, Wally's daughter, gave him a siher mounted bridle lor his favorite horse. |
