Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-19
PAUL WHITMAN

anecdotes ABOUT the IdSIlloIlS diiu
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.
The photograph of any person, Ell
Their 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 a 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.
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 80 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!
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They were photographing the
Goldwyn Girls (''Secret Life of Wal
ter Mitty') against studio snow
storm, made, of course, of bleached
corn flakes. But the corn flakes
were full of tiny black objects, which
no DOT 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 cts 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 eass if shots are to be fired.
Humphrey Bogart draws intricate
doodles-and Henry Fonda tele-
phones his wife every hour.
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
If the movie companies all too well.
When his pretty daughter Marjorie
vas offered contract he turned it
Town unless there was clause
that she'd be used in
notion pictures, not just in publicity
tills.
Kay Kyser has signed a new, long
erm contract with his sponsors, and
eginning October he's cutting his
rogram from one hour to half an
our, at his own suggestion. He's
cen on that Wednesday night spot
n NBC since March 30, 1888.
y
AS boy Robert Merrill wanted
} sing like Bing Crosby. He's done
II right singing his own way, what
18th his Metropolitan Opera engage
lent and radio work-and he'll sing
18th Bing if plans for charity con-
ert to be held in October 60
trough.
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ODDS AND ENDS-Kay Kyser intro
iced the score from, Columbia's techni-
Tor production, @The Jolson Story"
1rring Larry Parks, on his first postuacs.
IN program. Eight ace Hollywood
mt men haze been engaged for battle
yal in RKOs katie for Congress-"
Irring Loretta Young, Joseph Gotten
d Ethel Barrymore. :. "Okay for Pic.
-es," onereeLer, will take us behind the
snes al Warner Bros, presenting glimpses
forthcoming feature films. M-C-M
ecialists bombed Hiroshima" Is times
fore they got the right Photographic
d sound effects for "The Beginning or