Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-08-17

LARAMIE DAY
girl had been hidden by those
nurses uniforms. When Laraine
took the photos home, her mother
took one look, and remarked II
hope, dear, that you had q lady
photographer"
If guest star clicks, give him n
contract-that's the policy Of ''The
Chamber Music Society Of Lower
Basin Street." with the signing Of
Johnnie Johnston for 4 nine-week
run as the, latest demonstration of
the practice. The movie baritone ap-
peared for a single guest per-
formance on July 16. and was
promptly signed for nine more.
Practically the same thing happened
to Victor Borge.
Andre Kostelanetx and Lily Pons,
touring the Persian Gulf war the
ater, extended their trip for four
weeks, to visit the Italian-NO NOrth
African area. Eleanor Steber and
Percy Faiths orchestra continue to
hold down their CHS Sunday time.
They credit Hedy Lamar with
this. Seems her husband, John
Loder, playing in ''The British
Strangler." was to strangle the Lord
Mayor Of London in a snowstorm.
Only the factory supplying movie
snow broke down. But when Loder
came home and told his wife about
1t, she suggested that the limestone
meal which she feeds the family
chickens to make the egg shells hard
would make perfect movie snow
which 1t did!
Ethel Barrymore, settled in Holly
wood to work in None But the
Lonely Heart" sort Of startled the
community by being an ardent lis
tener to the radios Information
Please" and "Quiz Kids; heard
them on the radio in her dressing
room, where she lived, and beat the
quizees to the right answers nine
times out of ten. OF course, no one
can stump her on the league stand
ings of the ball clubs, ever.
Paper salvagers now have q song
to sing. Henry Sylvern, of Mutual's s
Screen Test" has composed a
theme song for the Juvenile cellar
searchers, entitled Paper Com
mandos." 1t will be taught to young
sters through the medium of record
ings.
One Of the young actors In Metros
dragon Seed" played q character
out Of his own experience. He's Wei
Hsueh, who plays q Chinese student
leader in an uprising against the
Japs - as n college student in
Peiping in 1925 he played that role
many times.
The British Broadcasting Corpora.
tons industrial music project, "Mu.
sic While You Work." has cele.
brated its fourth anniversary with
its S,6l5th program. Eight thousand
factories, employing 4,50O, 900 work.
ers, now take Music While You
Work.; an average of 1000 people
year join the course, which is be.
ing eagerly watched by leading in.
dustrialists in the United States.
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Ellen Drew had quite q day a
while ago. First came word that her
overseas husband, the former
screen-writer, Cy Bartlett. had beer
promoted from major to Lieutenant
colonel. Then she was signed BY
RKO for top gal in Boris Karloff' {
''The Isle of the Dead"
ODDS AND ENDS-When d sOa,
announced that Road to Utopia" ,OouIc
be the last Of the Road" pictures star
ring Hope. Crosby and LansOur, NOR,
than $4,000 letters OF protest poured in
TO the studio. Wdlfer Huston re
turns TO Warnev's for his first pichu.
ss,,ro @M;seiar, IN Mae~os,,1. ha,II L..
a comedy role in "Piilar to Post" (.
Lively role Sara PaddOn has in "Hel
Heart in Her Throat" - she VaIIs
through hoO brief scenes ,CifhOut speak
ing, then becomes a corpse. Reginale
OiUen literally lost his hair in ~Kiry,'
in Which he plays opposite Pauleti,
Coddord-required to play completed,
bald man, he had his head shaved.