Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-09-21

herself onto the Rudy Vallee show,
for guest shots at first; later, when
Vallee entered the service, Joan
took over. incidentally, when Joan's
"sister" is featured with her on the
air, the sister is really Joan's daugh-
ter. Beverly, aged IL.
Clark Gable is back on the "China
Seas" where he was ten years ago.
For 1.-THE Big Shore Leave" in
which he stars with Greer Carson,
the old Merchant Marine freighter
was renamed the minnie Tolbert'
and fixed up bit. But when Gable
saw her he whooped That's not
Minnie that's the old China"
The same ship on whose deck Gable
first kissed Jean Harlow, while a
brunette newcomer looked on. The
newcomer has done all right in pic
lures, too, by the way--her name is
Rosalind Russell
In five weeks and three days of
personal appearances Bud Abbott
and Lou Costello, vacationing while
"Mystery in the Air" replaces them
Thursday nights on NBC. netted
$4,000 for the Lou Costello Jr.
Youth Foundation. They'll return to
the air in October.
When Esther Williams reported
for work on Metros 1.-THE Hoodlum
Saint" the makeup girl took one
look at her and went to work with
turpentine. 1t wasn't a new skin
Observation-Disclosures been painting
her porch furniture the afternoon
before.
A good assistant director has his
wits about him all the time. Re-
Gently at Paramount a scene for
Calcutta" was in progress when an
arc light placed near the ceiling
touched off part of the automatic
sprinkler system. One hundred ex-
tras and the entire crew scrambled
for cover, but Herbie Coleman had
only one worry. Don't let Alan
Ladd get wet!" he shouted. 1--WE
haven't a change of clothes for
himl"
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County Fair" the Jack Bailey
show, joins the small, select list OF
radios summer requirements that
have been so successful that they've
been kept on. Jimmy Carroll
Sings" is another. Jimmy may act
as master of ceremonies in addition
to singing.
Jerry Wayne, star of his own ra-
dio show heard on Fridays over
CHS, has worked up little act with
few stage and radio persOnali-
ties, to tour the army hospitals
around New York. It's a two-act
musical comedy and the boys say
it's swell.
Bashful Oswald, heard on the
NBC Grand Ole Opry," is prob
ably best known for his wild and
raucous laugh. Oswald's two chill
dren now delight their playmates
with a good imitation of their
fathers trademark-his three-year-
old daughter is practically per-
feet at it.
Phillip Terry showed up on the set
of ITO Each His Own" with a bad
limp. While talking to Walter Pidg-
con, he rested his knee on chair and
promptly put it out of joint. So in
some of his scenes with Olivia de
Havilland and Mary Anderson you'll
see Terry sitting down, though origi-
nally it was planned to have him
stand.
ODDS AND ENDS-Xapier Cugat wiu
not only appear rOith his orchestra in
Netro's "Hoiiday in Merico"-heW urn
cro"ner as peH "Truth or Conse.
quences" Ralph Ed,oards, whos been ill.,
ing in Bebe Daniels home in Santa
Monica. is moving into Croucho Marks
this fall. :: Fred Allen brings his Allen
4rf Players back to the air Sunday cue.
ming. Oct. 7th. Immediately tolio,cing
Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mccarthy.
IieW also hare Minerva Pious. and Al
Coodman's orchestra. .. The iurore oper
Lauren BacaH may have been the cause; |
Invruay. there ipas command perform.
rrce" Of "To Have and Hare MOI" at
Windsor castle for the king and queen.