The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-07-26

JANET BLAIR
school, broke into pictures before
she was 20. In her colorful gay COS
costume she grows up charm
ingly in the picture, with Glenn
Ford, who's 10 when the picture be-
gins, romancing with her.
Between scenes of CANCEL on My
Shoulder" Claude Rains covered
his own shoulders with worn
tweed coat He's superstitious about
it. He wore it on the "Casablanca"
set - the picture won an Acad-
envy award. And on the set Of
Caesar and Cleopatra" in London,
for which he got the highest salary
ever given an actor, 81 ,280, 1000.
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"Happy Hollywood Homes will
be the title of Columbia Screen
Snapshot, showing film players and
directors and their mates whO've
been married for more than 10
years. Producer Ralph Staub ex-
poets to have about go such
couples in the picture. Unprejudiced
observers think maybe he's stick
ing his chin out, since Hollywood
marriages have a way of breaking
up even after 10 years.
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Fred Waring and his Pennsyl-
vanians, who have a schedule call
ing for six half-hour broadcasts a
week Give mornings and Tuesday
evenings) have found time to trans
cribe a special 15-minute show for
the Veterans administration.
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If a tunes danceab1e, singable
and has an appealing idea, the
chances are it's set for the ''Hit
Parade" according to Harry War
rem, who wrote ION the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe," Down Ar
gentine Way and other hits. ''Of
course" he added, "a Bing Cros-
by or Frank Sinatra to sing it won't
do any harm" He's currently writ
ing the music for M-G-M's Sum-
mer Holiday"
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Walter Pigeon (''Mr. Minniver,"
"Pierre Curie," etc., will shag,
truck, do the Susy-Q and Big APP
pie with Claudette Colbert for jit-
terbug routine in "The Secret
Heart" now before the cameras at
Metro. Quite a change for the dig
nified Mr.. Pigeon!
3
Possessed" is the new title of
the Warner Bros. picture starring
Joan Crawford, known till now as
"The Secret" 1t looks like another
tOp-nOtcher for her; Van Hefiin
plays opposite her, Raymond Mas
sey and Joan Chandler have imp0r-
tant roles.
Johnny Desmond sent carton of
his latest records to Princess Eliza
beth of England at her request. She
became a Desmond fan when he
sang for her in Bedford with the
Glenn Miller army air force band,
and asked that copies of his first
recordings be sent to her. 1t was
reported later that Desmond was
her "favorite crooner"; she'd heard
him sing his Soldier and Song"
over the armed forces network.
Meredith Wilson has been named
to the music advisory committee of
the Atwater Kent radio additions,
one of the radios oldest and most
honored radio institutions, which
was started in 1927, but was dis
continued during the war. Re
sumed this year, it is designed to
uncover young talent in singers
and musicians, and has given q
start to many successful career.
ODDS AND ENDS-CBS NesUs Report.
er Bob Cared has completed narration for
Columbia Pictures short, and executives
plan to put him under years contract
for similar picture chores. "PhiIo
Vance" has been bought to replace Bill
C@gaBs "Murder viii Out" 10Th the role
OF Sergeant Heath" played by Humphrey
Davis. =. Dan Seymour, round charac.
ter actor in "Cioak and Dagger" used to
be circus strongnian. 80. Bling Cr0sby's
been notified that he's the tavorite FOCAL
ist Of american occupation troops in Eu.
rome. merit In order - Frank Sinatr0