Show VS io by VIRGINIA VALE released by western newspaper union as if a doffing of hats LJ L J to gene autrey who enlisted in the army air corps is indicated he will not receive a commission announces the report hell get one of course eventually hes bound to because hes the stuff that officers are made of but when so many men of the motion picture industry are stepping right out as officers at the start it swell of gene to begin at the bottom reminds me of one movie executive who told me that he had applied for a commission as lieutenant colonel in the ar army m y if he get it hed stay ou out t PS he get it the film version of irving berlins this Is the army the army show which delighted new york 4 IRVING BERLIN from the moment it opened will be photographed in color luckily irving berlin will supervise the production in hollywood you really ought to see mrs miniver lf if only to find out why the worlds largest theater the radio city music hall booked it for six weeks running with people seeing it during the first five weeks a figure equalling the population of boston mass robert donats donal s first screen appearance pe arance since goodbye mr chips will be made in sabotage agent it will be directed by harold bucquet who has just finished the war against mrs hadley and will be made in london 11 the biggest stride of any regional radio network show has been made by gerandole grand Gran dOle ole opry the saturday night folk music program heard over NBC it was the first of the in person shows to make regular army camp appearances last fall under the name of caravan now there are four road units touring the camps one master of ceremonies has landed a network contract on the new CBS caravan hour to prove that uncle sam uses use s radio talent to the best advantage take the story of oits frank telford director of the this Is our enemy series heard over mutual sunday nights A former script writer for the detroit board of education telford went to washington without network experience but with a briefcase full of ideas now hes made a niche for himself as a radio executive ODDS AND ENDS all in orie one week 1 rank frank morgan celebrated cleb rated his birthday began his feature picture I 1 white cargo and celeb celebrated td the completion of 25 years ears as a motion picture actor red skelton says that he has played so marly many camp shows that every time he sees a soldier he goes into his monologue no logue jack benny wont star in the meanest man alan in the world its said that after he read the final script lie he persuaded the studio to abandon plans for it |