The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-25

on the stellar list at Warmers.
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The only case on record of an ac-
tors being wounded by a cork in
Hollywood occurred during produc-
ton of Warmers Escape in the Des-
ert''; junior actor B1ayney Lewis
popped his popgun at Nazi villain,
caught Samuel Kinds in the left eye.
Eight-year-old Sharon Moffett did
SO well in "My Pal, WOLF" that
RKO promptly began looking for the
right story for starring vehicle for
her. It's been found in "Lend Lease
for Penny" an original with small
town background.
A new series, to be known as
"FIigh School Kids" will be pro-
duced by Sam Kaufman for Mono
gram release; the films will be cit
terbug musicals" stories of modern
youth, and contracts just signed call
for four year.
A special plane will fly Edwin
Jerome to New York from Washing
ton each Saturday, and back to the
Capital late Sunday night. He has
a part in the goth Century-Fox pic
ture, "Now It Can Be Told" which
deals with the way the FBI handled
espionage agents. ALI his scenes are
shot right in the Office of ]. Edgar
Hoover, head of the FBI. But
Jerome has been a regular on
"Crime Doctor" ever since it went
on the air five years ago, and can't
miss performances because of a pic
ture assignment, hence the weekly
plane trips.
When three-year-old Ann Marshall
is twelve she'll choose her own
middle name. Her father, Herbert
Marshall, star of the airs ''The Man
Called X" who on June II takes
over the Bob Hope spot during the
comedians vacation, agrees with his
wife, Lee Russell, about that. So
many children are kidded because
they have unusual middle names,
they say, that they'll let Ann choose
her own.
A summary of IL years of Acad-
envy Awards will be prepared as
one of the Columbia Screen Snap
shots for the current season. The
reel will feature the "a male and
female stars who've received Os-
cars, starting with the 1928
awards to Janet GaynOr and Emil
Jannings, and will present them in
scenes from the pictures for which
they won the awards. It'll end with
Ingrid Bergman and Bling Crosby.
Alexis Smith thought she was buy
ing curtain material for her home
when she bought lot of marquisette
some time ago. But when she was
cast as an angel in the Jack Benny
picture, "The Horn Blows at Mid
night" she learned that the ward
robe department was having trouble
finding sheer stuff for her costume.
So she handed over her window COW
erings, hoping they could be sal
vaged for curtains later.
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Every day is open house for serv-
icemen at Basil Rathbone's home in
Bel Air, Calf, with special empha-
sis put on entertainment during
week ends. The star of "The New
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" has
entertained about $4,000 men and
women of the armed forces.
ODDS AND ENDS-Stanley Clements,
tough jockey Of sally O'Rourke." is an
expert harmonica pIayer-picked up the
art ,ohen, as kid. he picked up dimes
singing on N. Y. subway trains. :. :. Eddie
Cantor has signed his latest singing discov.
cry, Fred Mafel, to fue-year contract;
Freds noso regular on Eddie's air shotC.
:. Cornell Wilde's infant daughter, Wendy,
appears tUith her father in C0iumbia's n
Thousand and One Nights. Humphrey
Bogwf enacfs his 18th homicide in "Con.
ficf," psychological murder mystery soon
to be released BY Warner Bros; he's con-
finuing his career Of crime HosO in "The
Ti0O Mrs. Carols"