Show stay star dust blast A A 4 second abe lincoln A kenny wins protesters if bob burns make ready by virginia vale VEN after the many EVEN portrayals of abraham lincoln that we have had on stage and screen henry fonda has given us in young mr lincoln vp one that is different he could have walked through the part because by nature he had been fitted to play it it would have been no effort at all for him to look like lincoln with a little help from the makeup man but he gives such a superb performance for mance that he seems really to be lincoln as a young man he is t 1 HENRY FONDA shrewd and tender and kind not yet marked for grea greatness aness and for tragedy there are other excellent performances for mances in the picture notably those contributed by alice brady donald meek and richard cromwell 4 kenny baker of radio tame kame has ivon won new laurels tor for himself on the screen when it was anno announced unclad that he would play nanki P poo 00 i in the screen version of the mikado there were loud protests from the ithe dyed in i the nt wool hew gilbert and sullivan fans what they demanded would a crooner do with the role hed be horrible they declared in contrast with martyn green sydney granville and the other members of the celebrated doyly carte opera company who have concentrated for years on gilbert and sullivan products now acclaiming him its no surprise to the rest of the cast after he sang his first selection A wandering minstrel they realized how good he was they agree with victor the director who insisted on having baker that the lads not a crooner at all but a lyric tenor bob burns has a method all his own for preparing his material for those thursday night broadcasts he have a word ready s al rehearsal time just runs through the spots with the guest stars and bing crosby and rehearses his bazooka solo after the rehearsal he goes to a I 1 dressing room armed with his pipe and tobacco pouch two hours later hes ready his script consists of a few key words jotted down on the back of an envelope or a scrap of paper ODDS AND ENDS in the sun never sets douglas fairbanks jr r shows an astonishing resemblance to dark clark gable cable john garfield car field ob ejected so strenuously to making un an more prison pic pictures fures that george rail raft will replace hirn him in years 1 ears in sing sins sing Rele released asea by western newspaper union I 1 |