The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-24
X. T. STEVENS

IA H. DIE W lN0
only Hollywood star who still lives
in the house where she was born.
K. T. is the daughter of producer
director Sam Wood, and still lives
with her parents in the family manse
in Hollywood.
One night recently 70 soldiers
were having fun in New York night
club. One thought he recognized q
big, buxom blonde in the audience.
"Miss Tucker" he said, "the boys
would sure get a thrill if you'd sing
Some of These Days for them.
We're on our last furlough, heading
overseas" She sang, she wrote
"Sophie Tucker" on menus for them.
Didn't want to disappoint the boys
by explaining that she's Lulu Bates,
practically a double for Miss Tuck
er, well-known blues singer who's
starring now on MICS "All Time
Hit Parade"
Barry Wood, singer and master Of
ceremonies on "The Million Dollar
Band" doesn't have too much time
for his farm these days. He's been
entertaining wounded servicemen at
the Halloran and st. Adams hospi-
tails, near New York.
incidentally, that's a fine idea
Barry has-that of giving war saw
ings stamps as tips. It is one that is
being widely copied in radio circles.
Something new has been added to
Webster's dictionary; the new edi-
ton will include the word pup
petoon," according to word recently
received by Paramount. If you're
a movie-goer you know it well; it's
derived from "puppet" and "car-
toon," and is the registered trade
mark of those short subjects pro-
duced by George Pal. Sand to
Think That I Saw It on Mulberry
Street." perturbation Of the novel Of
the same name, is the latest in the
series of Technicolor Puppetoons
produced by Pal for Paramount.
Helen Mack, who's appearing in
"And Now Tomorrow" with Loretta
Young and Alan Ladd, has been
nicknamed "Droopy Helen" by her
friends because she plays so many
emotional roles. She began training
for roles like that back in the
days when she studied acting in a
New York children's theater school,
where she had some classmates des-
tined to be well known-Helen Chan
der, Ruby Keller and Gene Ray
mond among them.
The movies own Margaret Sulla-
van, returning to the New York
stage to star with Elliot Nugent
in the highly successful ''The Voice
of the Turtle" juggles three differ
ent careers expertly-the stage, the
screen, and hardest of all, that of
a good wife and mother It
was thrilling to sit in the audience
one night recently and find that,
when people murmured isn't it
wonderful that he's here?" and
stood up to stare, it was Lieutenant
Commander Robert Montgomery
whom they meant. A huskier look
ing Robert Montgomery than in his
picture-making days, looking very
handsome in uniform.
ODDS AND ENDS-Walace Beery.s
brother Noah is slated for role in
Wallys neD picture. "CoId To,Cn" /.
Betty Winkler, "Joyce Jordan, N. D."
star, has given pint OF blood once
every four months since Pearl Harbor
+. Betty Hutton sgrecked fve studio
rocking horses Uhile recording her
Rocking Horse" specially song in Pare.
mounts "For the angels Sing /.
Humphrey Bogart and his Vite. Mayo
Methof, are making a short at Warner's.
n Report From the Front" for the
American Red Gross; 10 includes COM
ment on their recent I0.000-m;le USO
entertainment tour OF North african and
Italian war fronts