Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-07-13

BEVERLY SUE SIMMONS
ter, and Miss Simmons won out over
30 contestants, though she'd never
acted in her life. She used foun-
tain pen for the first time when
she wrote her name on her contract
and all of sudden she was in the
movies.
Nowadays the teen age girl
comes in for so much comment
both from people who are qualified
to comment and those who Just
criticize - that everybody ought to
see the March Of Times latest,
"Teen-Age Girls" 1t shows what
they're doing, wearing, reading;
how they talk, how they behave,
what they rave over and what they
hate. It also shows their serious
side, portraying them as the wom-
an of tomorrow.
At last! All of us who've COM
planned for years because movie
stars look too much like movie stars
when they're shown in getting -up-in-
the-morning scenes are going to get
what we've asked for. In "Janie
Gets Married" Joan Leslie wakes
uncombed. without makeup.
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In response to a request from the
Canadian army, Lassie, the collie
star, made personal appearance
tour during his recent location trip
IN Vancouver for Metros "Son of
Lassie." Many sequences were
made in the beautiful Banff region
of the Canadian Rockies.
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Vincent Sherman temporarily re-
linquished direction of jamie Gets
Married" to 1l-year-old Clare Foley
about to appear in a scene with
Donald Meek The sequence re-
CURED Meek to play with a yo-yo;
Sherman had forgotten how to do it,
and Meek never had known.
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Crime Doctor" begins its sixth
year on the air August IL, but after
writing the first four scripts Max
MARGIN decided he was written out,
and wanted to quit. His sponsor
urged him to try once more, and he
did, in fact, he's written 256 more,
or will have, by the 18th of August.
It's like eating sailed peanuts, the
more times he sets up crime for
House Jameson to solve, the more
he thinks up.
Thanks to Merrill Mueller, NBC
correspondent in the Philippines,
soldiers there have new slang ex-
pression-"NBC leave" 1t means a
three-day pass to Manila and began
when Mueller arranged for soldiers
to come from jungle fighting lines to
the capital city for broadcasts to
the U. S. This "NBC leave" usually
lasted three days, and built up
Mueller's popularity considerably.
Irene Dunno, vacationing in the
East, visited the James Meltons in
Connectlcut-facing the prospect of
having Melton carry out his promise
to drive her around the countryside
in the most ancient automobile in
his collection. incidentally, the Con-
necticut legislature has approved a
bill providing $780, 900 for a museum
to house historical exhibits and the
Melton collection of old cars.
Jack Benny reports that after his
third USO tour of army camps
abroad this summer, his entire
group will be intact for the return
to the air in the fall. So Mary Liv-
ingstone has all summer to get
ready for the broadcasting ordeal.
ODDS AND ENDS-20h Century.Fox
announces that Jack London's Call Of the
WiLd.' co-starring Clark Gable and Lo-
retta Young, WiH be re.issued Merle
Trorers and his Bronco Busters, ,cestern
musical troupe. have been signed by Co.
lumbia to do specially acts in "Po,oder
River" co.starrins Charles Siarren and
Smiley Brunette George Jessel has
completed his first picture as a producer.
THE Dolly Sisters" and had his contract
extended The "Victor Borge Sho,U"
noiU replaces Fibber MCGEE and Molly T..
The tear in Europe, as broadcast by CHS,
is related in From D.Day Through Vic.
tory in Europe" just published bv CHS.