The midland journal., 1946-09-20

PAUL WHITEMAN
anecdotes about the fashions and
slang of their day. The great White
man has helped to launch many Of
our popular tunes; like his program,
he's Forever Tops" Eugene
Baird, who skyrocketed to fame
singing with Bing Crosby, was Sc
lected from more than so girls to
sing the top tunes of all time.
B
The photograph of any person, Ell
ther living or dead, cannot be used
in a motion picture without writ
ten permission. So Bess Flowers,
character actress, received full
days pay from Warner Bros. A like
ness of her was hung on wall for
a scene in "Cry Wolf" starring Bar
bara Stanwyck and Enrol Flynn.
Miss Flowers just stayed home and
relaxed and collected her pay.
B
Danny Kaye has planned two
month personal appearance tour fol-
lowing completion Of his current
film, "The Secret Life of Walter
NIFTY; it'll consist of one-night
stands, and 30 performers will go
along, including an orchestra.
There's a nice story about Kaye.
Several children appeared with him
on the stage in "Lady in the Dark"
and now he not only remembers
them, he goes to see them!
They were photographing the
Goldwyn Girls ("Secret Life of Wal
ter Mitty") against a studio snow
storm, made, of course, of bleached
corn flakes. But the corn flakes
were full of tiny black objects, which
no DDT affected. Come to find out,
the black objects were boil weevils,
and the theory is that they migrated
from the wardrobe of Senator Clag-
horn, making ''It's Joke, Son" on
an adjacent stage.
A CHS Academy Award rehears-
al is a good place to study film
stars. Joseph Gotten goes through
his script holding his glasses, never
wearing them. Douglas Fairbanks
Jr. chews gum vigorously, stuffs cot
ton in his ears if shots are to be fired.
Humphrey Bogart draws intricate
doodles-and Henry Fonda tele-
phones his wife every hour.
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David o. Selznick'S Little WOm-
en-" cast is pretty well lined up, with
Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple,
Bambi Linn and Diana Lynn play
ing the four girls, Ann Revere as
the mother, and the English actor,
Philip Friend, making his debut as
the love interest.
frankie earle knows the habits
of the movie companies all too well.
When his pretty daughter Marjorie
was offered contract he turned it
down unless there was clause
guaranteeing that she'd be used in
motion pictures, not just in publicity
stills.
Kay Kyser has signed a new, long
term contract with his sponsors, and
beginning October he's cutting his
program from one hour to half an
hour, at his own suggestion. He's
been on that Wednesday night spot
on NBC since March 80, 1888.
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AS a boy Robert Merrill wanted
to sing like Bing Crosby. He's done
all right singing his own way, what
with his Metropolitan Opera engage
ment and radio work-and he'll sing
with Bing if plans for a charity con-
cert to be held in October 90
through.
ODDS AND ENDS-Kay Kyser intro.
duced the score from COlumbia's techni.
color production, "The Jolson Story"
starring Larry Parks, on his first p0st-vaca.
tion program. :. Eight ace Hollywood
stunt men have been engaged for a battle
royal in RKO's "Kafie for Congress"
starring Loretta Young. Joseph Gotten
and Ethel Barrymore. "Okay for Pic.
lures" one-reeler, ,0iu take US behind the
scenes al Warner Bros, presenting glimpses
OF forthconine feature films. M.C-M
specialists bombed Hiroshima" Is times
before they got the right photographic
and sound effects for "The Beginning or
che End"