The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-06-25

| noon DrOaQcaStS, Wnen ne saw SiA
new girl members of the orchestra.
Penny ("Blondie") Singleton is a
very proud young woman. She now
answers to the name of Mrs. Major
Sparks-her husband was recently
promoted, after performing distin.
guished service as captain. Pen
ny's more elated than he is!
If it's announced that Capt. Clark
Gable will appear at your local
movie house in new picture,
"Wings Up" don't expect to see a
great deal of him in it. The films
an Office of War Information short
subject, and it's certainly worth see
ing, but Gable isn't on the screen
much of the time. He acts as mar
rator, and makes an appearance
only in the concluding scenes.
Now you'll have to add another
Ameche to your list. He's Jim Jr.,
son of Jim Sr. of the Sunday ''Here's
to Romance" broadcasts, nephew OF
Don. The five-year-old appears on
CHS in the "Big Sister" serial.
TO make the cloud effects for the
Heaven scenes in "A Guy Named
Joe," starring Spencer Tracy and
Irene Dunno, the air must be un-
disturbed and the temperature even.
So an air lock system is being used
ON the heavy double studio doors,
and watchman's been installed to
see that the outer ones closed be-
fore the inner ones opened. OF
course the cast has nicknamed him
Gabriel.
Among the congratulatory wires
Bill Stern received when he switched
to a Friday night spot on NBC was
one signed by George Raft, Betty
Cradle and Tommy Dorsey. He's
slated to make movie with them
some time next fall.
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They put Marie Mcdonald into a
wig, for the first time in her life,
for scenes in Tornado" since her
own blonde hair was too short. So
when she lighted gas heater in
her dressing room, gas which had
escaped during the night exploded
in burst Of flame, which caught
the long ends Of the wig. The wig
was ruined; Marie would have been
badly burned if she hadn't thought
fast and snatched it off.
Signe Hasso, Of Assignment in
Brittany" has been signed to con-
tract by Metro, and around the stu.
di0 they are predicting that she will
be one Of the biggest stars in Holly.
wood after two or three roles In top
pictures.
Anne Shirley, the romantic inter-
est of "Bombardier," has the larg-
est collection Of service mems flying
wings of any Hollywood star-42.
But Donna Reed has a set Of flying
reports taken from Jap flier shot
down at Guadalcanal, bomb frag-
ment from London, and walrus tusk
sewing needles from Iceland, all
sent her by soldier admirers.
Susan Peters and her fiance,
Richard Quine, had a bad spill the
other day. They were showing off
before some friends with a bit of
trick double riding, on Susan's new
motor bike-it went down and so
did they, but hurt nothing but their
pride.
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ODDS AND ENDS-Humphrey Bogars
and Robert Young haze made more free
appearances for the Screen Guild Players
than anybody else = seUen broadcasfs
apiece for the charity =. n Date With
Judy" another serial about an American
family, sciu replace Eddie Cantor,s @Time
to Smile" program for the summer 5.
The day after Phillips Lord blasted tire
stealers on Gang Busters" he started for
Maine and somebody stole the tires of his
roadster George Losotber, prifer.nay.
rafor.producer Of sSupevn,pn," says he's
neper had mike fright because he spens
three years as cheer leader at NesU HaUen
high school. megaphons IN hand.