The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-16

EDDIE BRACKEN
Eddie playing the bewildered youth
caught in a whirlpool Of events be-
yond his control, and Demarest as
the bull-voiced, irascible older man,
goads Bracken into asserting him
self, finally causing the worm to
turn.
Jerome Cowan reported on the set
of Republics Return at Dawn one
morning recently in high spirits.
He'd gotten up early enough to have
real breakfast, said he-fruit,
cereal, ham and eggs. That's too
bad" said Director John English,
sympathetically. Because in the
first sequence this morning you've
got to eat full turkey dinner, from
soup to dessert"
Claudette Colbert is in for another
of those ageing screen roles. It's the
second time in her screen career
that she's been shown going from
youth to advanced age, which is
none too early; it's a matter Of SO
much more than just makeup, and
only good actress can do it con-
vincingly. But Claudette succeeded
I'm Remember the Day." and re-
peats in International's Tomorrow
Is Forever"
When Shirley Temple was to APP
pear on that coast-to-coast radio
salute recently, casting trouble
arose; Shirley's career was to be
traced from her first picture to
her latest one-and who'd play Shir-
ley at the age of seven, in "Baby,
Take Bow? A casting director
finally solved the problem-and the
impersonator, letter perfect, turned
up in the person of Mary Jane
Wong, aged twenty, full-blooded
Chinesel
Bing Crosby was painting life
raft as part Of his sailor chores in
Here Comes the WAVES" AS the
scenN progressed he laid on more
and more paint. Finally a COB
visiting the set remarked, "If he
puts another coat of paint on that
raft it'll sink the second it hits the
water!" And what good news that
Ingrid Bergman will do "The Bells
of st. Mary's" with Crosby. She'll
portray nun, he priest.
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"a Song to Remember" is mar
velOus technicolor, good music, and
bad history. This tale Of Chopin and
George Sand, with Paul MUM and
Merle OberOn, and with Jose
Iturbi as the unseen Chopin, is
beautiful TO look at, lovely to hear.
When Cliff Arquette arrived in
New York to bring Glamour Man
or" to the Blues Radio City studios.
he posed for some pictures, pleading
with room clerk for hotel accom-
modations. But-when he asked
about the reservation he'd made
three weeks before, he was told that
the hotel was full; no pleading did
any good. So for several nights, Cliff
slept on couch in friends room.
For more than IS years Bradley
Baker has barked, neighed and
quacked his way through radio. And
he's always longed to play q human
being. He got his chance the other
night on the Ed Wynn show-but as
an Indian, all he had to do was
grunt three timesi
Constance Benefits launched as q
producer; her first picture, paris
Underground" is under way, with
Constance Bennett, star, playing the
lead. Her wardrobe's by Adrian,
Gregory Ratoff Is directing, and
Oracle Fields is billed as co-star.
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ODDS AND ENDS Gloria Blondell,
co-star Of Hollywood Mystery Time" rec.
ommends working IN feleUisi0H as a sceight-
reducer--she lost IL pounds in an hour
under those lights. -. Jimmy Durante's
plans for 1916 include ne.O personality
for himself; instead Of chasing the girls,
hen lef the girls chase him-he hopes.
-. Film bad man Dan Duryea gros0s blue
ribbon siVeef peas. ~. There sUGs real
blood az the @Inney Sqnchim" mystery
broadcast schep Jack Arrheim, sound et-
fecis man, enf his Jfngsf ,6lsile crashing
,gldss. Il; Karl 6sceityda, OF Grand Cen.
troE Station, has one 81 the largest bee
farms in Nes0 York state; he sells The
sC0x 20 Uncle Sam for iCar use.