Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-01-06

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will play a trombone, and Gypsy
Z Rose Lee will-well. she'll be Gypsy
Rose Lee.
All of the casualties on 'Sus-
pense," the CHS thriller, aren't con-
fred to the script When Orson
Welles guest-starred recently. he
broke his ankle as he entered the
echo chamber, a box-like compart-
ment used to give voices ghostly
quality.
Dame May Whitty stepped right
out Of her role as Pierre Curie's
mother in Madame Curie" to testi-
fy on juvenile delinquency before
Senator Peppers u. S. senate sub
committee on wartime health and
education. They say she was just
as delightful there as she is in the
picture, especially when telling of
her prewar experiences in arrang-
irg country vacations for LOndon's
uHderprivileged children.
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Sammy Kaye was the second Hol-
lywood celebrity to back the Dance
With a WAC" program, which origi-
mated with film producer Charles R
Rogers. When Rogers was in Palm
Springs on location for Song of the
Open Road" he arranged for the
male members of his cast and crew
to spend an evening dancing with
the air WACs stationed at the
army's desert transport command
base.
Mischa Auer's collection of pets is
becoming a problem. He had 30
hens and rooster. and recently re-
ceived two dogs, a Newfoundland
and Yorkshire terrier. Wally Ford
gave him the Newfoundland, which
weighs about 200, and he named it
Heddy. The terrier was Mary As
tors gift; it weighs a scant 2lA
pounds, and he calls it Tallulah. up
in Mabels Room" is his current pic
ture.
Joan Davis and Jack Haley of
the air waves are dashing from one
picture studio to another these days.
After Joan's appearance IN "Around
the World" RKO signed her for two
pictures a year, and she's also un-
der contract TO Paramount for two.
Jack Haley was originally all set
for RKO's up in MabePs Room"
but had to drop out because Of ether
picture assignments.
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AS chairman of the Malibu ration.
ing board, Warner Baxter took over
in the days of sugar distribution; he
stuck through coffee and gasoline
but wanted to resign when he re-
turned to the screen to star in Lady
of the Dark" He was persuaded to
stay, merely appointing temporary
vice chairman, and completed his
picture work in time to come back
and face the canned goods situation
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It's the way things happen-to
some people. The other night big
Town" Director Jerry McGin went
over to see his friend Fred Bethel,
the Here's to Romance" director.
on broadcast night. He was much
impressed with the looks and voice
of Marcia Neal-and the result OF
that chance meeting is that Marcia
has a part in McGill's new Broad
way play. Compromise.
ODDS AND ENDS = A national
comic book publisher is trying 10 in.
feresf Fibber McCee and Molly in a
monthly feature strip based on their
amusing experiences :. Cass Daley,
rchO introduces the song, "He Loved
| Me TIL the AiLCleW Came" in her
nelO picture, "Riding HIGH" has re-
ceiUed requests to sing il in fire differ.
enf languages for Oierseas broddcasfS
-. They're gliding Maricne Dierich's :
legs for scene in ~Kismef" =. Basil
Rafhbone brings boule of milk iD
the Mutual station studio m Hoih
,CoOd and giUes everybody in fhs casf
sip just before -The Adreudlses az
| Chorloek HoluAex" sforfs