The midland journal., 1946-08-30

CLAUDETTE COLBERT
the 80 weeks; they'll select their
own vehicles, choosing hit movies,
stage successes, best-seller novels
and short stories In which they've
appeared or wanted to appear.
They'll be given the greatest pos
sible leeway in selecting their ma
terial. What a set-up!
With practically all movie stars
yearning to try their, luck ON the
stage, via summer theaters, jeff
DOnnell received a bid that others
lOnged for. The highly successful
Playhouse at Ogunquit, Me-, asked
her to guest-star in play Of her
own choosing, with her husband,
Dialogue-Director Bill Anderson,
directing it. And she had to turn
it down because she's playing the
second feminine lead in Columbia's
"Mr. District Attorney" now shoot
ing. She's asked for a rain check
for next year.
Stuart Erwin (star of the CHS
"Phone Again Finnegan'D and his
wife, June Collyer, recently cele-
brated their 18th wedding anniver-
sary by entertaining Allan Jones
and Irene Hervey, whose 10th an
niversary came that same week.
The scenic Roosevelt highway
along California's Malibu coast,
near Los Angeles, is the setting
for much of the action of RKO's
forthcoming "Step by Step" Anne
Jeffreys and Lawrence Tierney
have the top roles.
James Melton will replace Ray
mond Massey beginning October 8
as star and master of cere-
monies of the Harvest of Stars"
The programs formal will change
with more emphasis placed on
music than formerly, though
dramatic story of American con-
temporary life or historical high
light will be included in each broad
cast. Melton's contract is for five
years.
It sounds wonderful-Bob Hope
replacing Clayton COllyer as ra-
dos "Superman," with Paulette
Goddard supporting him as "LOis
Lane" the girl reporter. But the
general public won't hear it. It's
a burlesque program recorded for
Command Performance; the
show will be used for transmission
to our armed forces overseas and
for veterans in hospitals.
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Barbara Hale and Bill Williams,
RKO contract players who did so
well they were elevated to star
dom, are back in Hollywood after
a cross-country honeymoon during
which they travelled 7,400 miles
5000 by automobile, the rest by
air.
Harry Carey Jr., son of the vet
eran actor, has been assigned a
key role in Pursued" United
States Pictures drama of the early
southwest. It will be filmed in tech
nicolor near Gallup, N. M, with
Teresa Wright, Judith Anderson
and Robert Mitchum.
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Though Benny Goodman is ter
rifically popular, that new air show
will be called 'The Victor Borge
Show, starring Benny Goodman"
not the other way around. Well, no
matter who gets top billing, it's
bound to be good program.
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ODDS AND ENDS-Eleanor Parker did
so soeH as "Mildred' in the re-make Of
"Of Human Bondage" that Warner Bros
hape gipen her the leading role in Love
and Learn" (. Irene Dunne,s figure
hasn't changed more than halt an inch in
all the years she's been masking pictures.
>. Business iUomen wiH hare their inn
ing on the air Labor Day, sohen one Of them
viH be chosen Business Girl Queen for
a Day" =. We've had "Whistling In
Brooklyn" n Tree Crosos in Brooklyn"
and "The Kid From Brooklyn: notU
Metros starring Frank Sinatra, Kafhryn
Crayson, Jimmy D1ante and Peter Las.