The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-06-28

BENNY GOODMAN
Is instrumentalists backing up Ben
ny and his clarinet, and two sing
ers will be featured, a boy and a
girl. The boy is 6 feet 4 Art Lund,
whose effect on the bobby soxers
stopped the show recently when the
Goodman band performed at New
York's Paramount Theater.
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After Hugo Hass spent couple
of months growing a walrus mus
tache for his role in Loew-Lewin's
"Bel Ami" with George Sanders,
he was ordered to shave it off be-
cause it didn't look authentic! Now
he pastes one on every morning, to
look natural.
A lot of people have been trying
to get Danny Kaye for the one out
side picture he's permitted to do
away from the Samuel G0ldwyn fold
during the next six months, and
right now they'd probably like to
muzzle Frederic March. Kaye, in
"The Secret Life of Walter Nifty"
was working on a stage adjoining
the one where March was starring
in "The Best Years of Our Lives
and Frederic, who did "The Royal
Family on the screen, suggested
that Danny go back to New York
and do a musical comedy version OF
it on the stage. Danny liked the
idea.
The return of the beloved ONeills
to the air has been so successful
that American Broadcasting decid-
ed to put them on four nights
week instead of two, the original
schedule. And Columbia Pictures
likes the series so much that Vir-
ginia Van Upp has been working on
a series of family pictures based on
the characters. Michael Fitzmau-
rice, the experienced actor who
plays Father Danny O'Neill, the
young priest, would have the same
role. incidentally, Michael wanted
to be a priest, but the lure of the
stage was too strong.
Some of you movie fans who have
written to Robert Young may see
your own missives in his latest pic
ture, Lady Luck" in which he CO.
stars with Barbara Hale and Frank
Morgan. One scene in the comedy
shows hotel lobby, complete with
clerks desk and pigeon-holes for
mail. And all the letters used in
that scene were sent to Young, from
all over the world, by his fans.
Twentieth Century Fox has
named Celeste Holm, a darling of
the New York stage, for a top sing
ing role in 81 Wonder Who's Kiss
ing Her Now" based ON the life Of
Joe Howard. She'll be seen soon in
'Three Little Girls in Blue"
Joan Crawford, whose new pic
ture, "The Secret" has just gone
into production at Warmers, is hav-
ing fun. She's on top in her career
again, she's being pursued by the
Hollywood wolves, she's doing just
what she pleases. When a New
York hat designer showed his col
lection in the movie colony, she
bought hats like mad-"Most of
them horribly unbecoming!" COM
roaDfad a friand
y
William Wyler, directing Gold
wyn's "The Best Years of Our
Lives" has banned makeup for
male actors, including Dana An
drews and Frederic March, and
asked the girls, including Teresa
Wright, to use cosmetics sparingly.
She'll use only what she wears for
the street. The grease paint ban is
part of Wyler's campaign to achieve
documentary realism in the film.
ODDS AND ENDS Beverly Roberts Of
Life Can Be Beautiful" begun her caree,
on stage, screen and radio at the age Of S.
sohen, wearing green lace, she sang "Hoi0
Ireland Got Its Name" at ,o0man's civie
club function. !. The state of IosUa thinks
so nell Of Meredith Wilson'S song, "Ioioa."
Official centennial ballad, that its being
used for theme music in moUie Of the
state. Back in the sos Conrad Maggie
turned dosup three aspiranfs for roles in
one Of his pictures, on the ground thai
,hew sDaren'f GOOD Tor falkies-g}ey tUere