The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-21
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By ED LEAMY

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 also played the role of Pierre Curie in Madame Curie." Those two films brought him into the ranks of the first ten box office names in the motion picture industry.
 Morton Downey, quick with the Irish wit, apparently always was a fast" guy. The star of the after noon Songs By Morton Downey" on the Blue (3:O0 E.W.T0 was fired from an earlier job, operating a donkey engine in the New Haven railroad yards, for speeding"
 Hard work and outstanding re- suits always pay of, as the prin- cipals in MT. District Attorney Wednesday night. NEG thriller ser les, have just learned. A new three year contract has been given by the sponsor to Jap Jostyn, who DOT trays the title role; Vicki Vola, heard as his secretary, Miss Mil Ter" and Len Doyle. who plays Harrington" the special investiga- tor. All three have been on the series since it first crashed the list of the ten top programs on the air, according to official listening au- dience surveys. MT. District Attor- ney" has remained in that charmed group consistently and the new con- tract is gesture of the sponsors appreciation. Jerry Devine whites and directs the programs.
 Selections by Vincent Youmans make up the 'Lyn Murray Show for Friday, March 24, at 6:15 p. m., EWT., over CBS, with Audrey Marsh, soprano, appearing as solo, ist to sing More Than You Know The chorus offers Plying Down To Rio' and Through The Years" and the orchestral number is "Or- chids In The Moonlight.
 Bernice Maledon, Kansas City coloratura soprano, will find a ready welcome when she arrives in New York to sing on the March 19 Hour of Charm as first contestant in that programs additions for a Singing Cinderella" Her brother, a member of the Fred Waring chorus, will be on hand to greet her. Coincidentally, the Waring group is directed by Bob Shaw, brother of Hollace Shaw, the Hour of Charms" Vivien, also cobra tura soprano.
 William Cagney, of Cagney Pro- auctions, Inc, is negotiating with Bill Spier and the sponsor of the CBS series, Suspense" for three "A"-budget motion picture feat ures per year based on this top chiller-diller air series. If the deal is completed, Spier will direct the films.
 Don't be too surprised if Jimmy Durante hits the air soon with a song about his invisible friend Um- briago. The Schozzola is working on 1t in whatever spare time his his jammed schedule allows him, and intends to introduce the ''toon" on one of his future Friday CBS air. ingS
 Earl Robinson will alternate with Lyn Murray in composing original music for Columbia Presents Cor win" Murray scored and conducted the first two programs. Robinson, who composed Ballad For Amer icans," will handle the third CBS broadcast Subtitled, The Lonesome Train,' radio cantata concerned with Abraham Lincoln's funeral train. to be heard Tuesday, March q.
 People who think that Dun- ninger, the Master Mentalist now appearing on the Blue network Wednesdays at g p. rn., E.W.T., per- forms his incredible featS with the help of an unusually active memory will be jared to know that Dun- ninger has. a memory as poor as they come. One of his handieSt possessions is a little slip of paper with his own telephone number on 1t to save him the bother of look inf it up each time he wants to call home.
 Joe Glennon, who recently won a Blind Date" on the popular Mon- day Blue network program, Is an Aviation Machinist's Mate in the Navy. handsomer than most men. but bashful about it. He was euchr- ed, however, into admitting that he has been made Hollywood movie offers for when he gets out of uni- farm. He has already appeared in the America Series of service films showing rapid development of Uncle Sam's fighting Navy Air Forces. Joe is from Philadelphia and won his Blind Date" with Nora Halop, vivacious model and well known radio actress.
 The latest Durante: Look at that broken down bandl Why, the harp is held together by a bunch of strings and the flute is full ot holeS."
 John Nesbitt, whose Passing Parade" stories are so brilliantly told by him on Sunday radio 'Show