The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-01-26

LAWRENCE T1BBETT
showed the young man how to use
his voice; in fact, Tibbett credits
him for helping him succeed. Now
Ruysdael is the announcer on the
program that gives us the first
operate star to sing popular music
regularly.
Abbott and Costello's airshow con-
ductor, Freddie Rich, has been
given an unusual assignment for the
new United Artists picture, "A
Walk in the Sum-" He will compose
a special song to run throughout
the picture, to interpret the differ
ent moods of the story unsteady.
1t will also be used as background
for the narrator's comments.
John Brown, who plays "Father"
on MICS ga Date with Judy"
originally came to Hollywood to
play in pictures, after specializing
for years as a dialectician on the
stage. "But in my first part" says
Brown, 81 didn't have line. The
director gave me cane and said
Just stroll past the camera Then
he added, but remember to walk
with foreign accent!'"
Every weekday evening as Perry
Como steps to the microphone for
his solo on his airshow, a young
lady-a different one each time
rises in the studio audience and
losses a white carnation at his feet.
The girls belong to Manhattan's
numerous Perry Como fan clubs,
which accord to members the honor
of presenting their idol with flowers.
Hedy Lamar, co-star of Expert
ment Perilous," broke into the
movies as a script girl, but didn't
go far; before she could really
learn her duties, she was given a
role in something called Storm in
a Water Glass" She was just Is,
had run away from school, and her
family promptly staged storm in
a teacup. Hedy weathered it, and in
another year was one of Vienna's
reigning screen beauties.
B
Bill Goodwin, ace announcer who
recently switched from the Burns
and Allen program to Frank Sina-
tra's, is doing right well with his
career as an actor. You heard him
with George and Oracle as ga friend
to the Burns family; you'll see
him in leading role in "Incendi-
airy Blonde" and also i'm Alfred
Hitchcock's picture, Notorious"
starring Ingrid Bergman. Lots more
fun than just announcing!
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Butterfly Mcqueen, former come
dienne on Jack Benny's radio pro-
gram, has a comedy role in mil
dred Pierce" Joan Crawford's first
Warner Bros. picture under her
present contract. AS if that picture
hadn't been held up long enough,
the star came down with flu and
they had to shoot around her.
If you've always wanted to go to
Mexico and see no immediate
chance of doing it, make note to
see Republics "Song of Mexico"
James M. Fitzpatrick is neglecting
none of the famous historic spots,
none of the very beautiful ones.
Arthur (Dagwood) Lake of the
CHS Blonde" program says his
destiny will never be complete till
he co-stars with Dinah Shore. Asked
If someone else wouldn't do, he
cracked, ''In our family it's tradi-
ton that every Lake must have a
Shore!"
ODDS AND ENDS - DresO Pearson.
syndicate iUrifer and radio commentator.
makes his film debut in Betrayal From
the East" appearing in the prologue and
daing the narration. :. The scrips of the
Chs Suspense" drama, "The MIN who
Couldn't Lose." has been bought BY a
Hollywood studio, and s0iu be adapted to
he screen +. Marie Mcdonald, who
plays fatal lady in IFS Pleasure" was
billed oUer Frank Sinara s0hen they both
sang 10Th Tommy Dorsey's band, but she
gaUe up her singing career to go into the
movies. Ted Malone, heard from ouer.
seas on fhs Blue, Is torifing syndicased
column. called n Smo -Four Boy"