The midland journal., 1946-04-12

JORJA OUTRIGHT
when she landed in Hollywood from
Texas, she went on studying but she
needed money, so she got job as
secretary to Seymour Nebenzal, the
producer. He told her to wait till
the right role for her came along,
and when she typed the script Of
"Whistle Stop" after four years of
waiting, she knew that role had
come.
Patricia Roc, young British Aim
actress who's starring in "Madon-
ma of the Seven Moons" an Eng
lish film released by Universal,
came to Hollywood last fall to play
lead in their Canyon Passage;
she's one home now, but wants to
come back as soon as possible.
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Bette Davis has gone before the
cameras for scenes to appear i'm a
short for the Salvation Army, which
is titled Marching Forward to a
Better World" She's just finished
"a Stolen Life,' in which Glenn
Ford appears opposite her.
Rita Hayworth's hairdo in Zelda"
annoys the beauty experts who've.
been predicting that short hair is
back in vogue. The picture annoys
lot of people who wonder how it
got past the censors. It's got ev-
erything, literally, but the kitchen
stovel
Patricia Dunlap's not afraid of
that big. bad wolf, television, which
is soaring so many radio actors;
she was photographers model be-
fore she entered radio. Few of her
listeners have seen her, but many
love her as "Janet Ryder" in
Bachelors Children"
There was more than one disap-
pointed star in Hollywood when
Joan Bennett was signed for '"The
Short Happy Life Of Francis
MacOmber"; practically everybody
wanted that role. She'll play oppO-
, site Gregory Peck and Robert Pres
ton in this Ernest Hemingway story
of the African veldt. She recently
finished "Scarlet Street." and now
starts work in the new picture with
Z0ltan KOrda directing.
Amos n Andy have received thou
sands of fan messages since
they've been on the air, but the one
that meant the most was the first
one. It happened in the crystal set
days, when the team made its air
debut on an experimental New Or
leans station. Programs were
broadcast whenever the owner of a
set made a request. And a woman
four blocks away phoned that she'd
heard them "just dandy!"
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Joan Crawford presented Michael
Curtiz and Ernie Haller, her "Mil-
dred Pierce" director and camera
man, with gold combination knife
pencils in appreciation of their work.
Incidentally, the first flowers she re-
ceived after the Academy award
was announced were from Bette
Davis; don't believe there's feud
there!
Claudette Colbert hasn't made
picture at Metro since she did
ssBoom Town." with Clark Gable.
Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamar.
Now she's going back to appear op-
pear opposite Walter Pidgeon in
"Secret Heart giving him
welcome change from Greer Gar
sonl
ODDS AND ENDS-Judy Canova, t0hO's
prettier than the movies haze let her be,
has finally been assigned to do a sOphis.
ticated, glamour.girl role in her next film
for Columbia Rehearsal sessions OF
The CHS "Theater OF Romance ,oiu soon
become a series OF educational film shorts,
to be used In Touching dramatic students
the art OF radio acting i. Aad Jay
J0sfyn, MICS "DisEicf Attorney. has
been invited to giUe series Of lectures
on that subject at Columbia university :. :.
Plans to break ground for the museum TO
house James MeltoR's ancient automobiles
are under scey ]. i. We hear Connecticut
folks don't like the idea.