The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-12-21


sal and J. Arthur Rank of Eng
land, Leo Spitz and William Goetz.
Mason's known as "The English
Humphrey Bogart," which gives
you an idea of the kind of roles he
plays; he's murdered many young
ladies on the screen, in variety
of ways, but says that the way he
extinguishes Margaret Lockwood in
"The Man in Gray" is the worst
of all.
"Two Hours of Stars" (stars from
stage, screen and radio) will be
broadcast on the afternoon OF
Christmas Day over the full Column
bia network. The list includes Bob
Hope, Vera Vague, Ginny Simms,
Jack Benny, Artur Rubenstein,
Alan ("Falstaff') Reed, and many
others, with Don Ameche as mas
ter of ceremonies. There may be
comedy skit done by famous
stooges-Vera Vague, Jerry Colon
ma, Reed and Rochester, among 9TH
ers; people so clever they're stooges
no longer.
IL seems as IL everybody's sing
Ing in "The Bells Of st. Mary's."
The famed boys choir, st. Luke's
Choristers of Long Beach, will sing.
Bling Crosby, naturally, will sing
Eve numbers, including "Adeste FL
delis." And Ingrid Bergman will lift
her voice in song for the first time
on the screen; she'll do Swedish
folk song. The pictures Christmas
time release.
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Ba-
call, who like to wear matching gray
flannel Stacks and red flannel shirts,
also each wear tiny gold whistle
hers on a bracelet, his on his
watch chain. They said they'd never
take them off for any reason. But
it wasn't long before she went into
Confidential Agent" and had to
take off her bracelet-for romantic
closeups with Charles Boyer!
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Nice goings-on - Ginny Simms,
who raises prize pigs on her ranch,
traded young porker to Dorothy
Lamour, in exchange for turkey
from Dorothy's prize stock. Incl
dentally, Ginny's going to have a
S0-foot circular staircase constructed
entirely of lucite in that new home
she's building; it'n rise from the
center of a 80 by 40 foot hall.
1t takes conductor Nat NOvick
and pianist Tom Howard Jr. more
than four hours to arrange and or
chestrate that weird music you hear
ON cit Pays to Be Ignorant" moth
ing is left to chance, every discOrd-
ant effect is carefully prepared.
Charles Boyer says his imitators
are all wrong when they present
him as saying to Hedy Lamar,
"Come wiz me into re Casbaa-aah,"
presumably in Hedy's screen debut
in this country. Matter of fact, in
the picture he didn't ask her to 60
anywhere with him.
Marlin Hurt, star of the Sunday
CHS "Beulah" program, would
have gone right on TRIPPING for him.
self if he hadn't been talked into ac-
cepting credit on the air. It was
Producer Helen Mack who talked
him into acknowledging that he's
s'Beulah," himself and BILL"
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Director Frank Borzage ordered
Maureen O'Hara to hit Binnie
Barnes hard, really hard, for a
scene in "The Spanish Main" Maur-
cen did, again and again-11 times.
The last time Binnie, stunned.
landed in a blazing fireplace; that's
the shot you'll see.
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ODDS AND ENDS-Margwes O'Brien's
pretty pleased about being chosen queen
Of Mexico's float IN Pasadena's Tournament
Of Roses. Those lush pre-som days haze
definitely returned to Hollywood; 10th
Cenfmy.Fox ,Uill spend 100000 on SET
sings for "Anna and the King Of Sians."...
alan Za,lfs sguabble Nth Paramount
brought him ise-s75. 900 picture for
seven years, i0ifh the price going up after
fhree years. John ]. AnfhORy's thou
sands Of listeners sCaI increase in number,
n0sO that his program goes out Oyer the full
Mutual nefscork. Alan MOs0bray sUross
q story. sold Is 70 MOn0gan. and will star
n e.