Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-02

HENRY MORGAN
Mutual executives and auctioned off
the whole network on the air, sta
ton by station, vice president by
vice president, for $83. He's one Of
the few in radio with a contract
allowing him to kid his sponsors
and one of the few who can kid any,
thing and everybody skillfully.
Not only does Jean Sablon have
women flocking to his broadcasts in
droves-they want to get into the
act. When he arrived on the Coast
recently and his band leader issued
call for musicians all the appli-
cants were women. The band lead
er, Tutti Cammerata, began to Won
der if they'd confused him with Phil
Spitalny; he finally settled down
with five male musicians-and nine
females!
At Columbia Pictures studios
they're calling Larry Parks 1.-The
Rainbow Kid" and Irving Pringle,
in charge of his makeup, says he's
forgotten how to make Larry up for
black and white. After appearing in
Technicolor in "Renegades," 1.-THE
Jolson Story" and Down to
Earth" Parks is making 1.-THE
Swordsman," in Technicolor, still
doing very well indeed.
Set to leave the air show on which
he co-stars with Durante June LIST,
Garry Moore has nothing but praise
for James. "Believe me-" says
Garry, eff were going to be
teamed with anyone, there's only
one person for me-that's Jimmy
Durante." Durante also throws bou-
quets at "Junior," declaring that
he's going to be big success with
his own show.
Olga San Juan changes her hair
with every film role. 1t was it's nat
ural black in her first movies; we
saw her with auburn brown locks in
blue Skies" and now she's a bril-
liant blonde in variety Girl" Incl
dentally, she's pretty, happy right
now; the New York night club, the
Copacabana, where she got her.
start five years ago, has offered her
a starring contract at a startling
salary. 80
"Stallion Road" really encour-
aged Zachary Scott; he was allowed
to live to the end. He survived in his
first film, 1.-THE Southerner"; they
shot him in ''Mask of Dimitrios,"
Mildred Pierce" and Her Kind Of
Man; drowned him in danger
Signal" -.
Elsa Manchester, who's much too
good for the kind of roles Hollywood
has been giving her, gets a really
good one in "The Big Clock" which
stars Ray Milland and Miss Lam
chester's husband, Charles Laugh
ton. She'll play an eccentric artist.
Judy Canova, who has just fin.
ished Singing in the Corn" for Co.
lumbia, while starring on her own
radio program, 1.-THE Judy Canova
Show" is making final arrange
ments for adopting a brother for
her three-year-old Juliette. Juliette
has caused her parents no end Of
embarrassment by telling every
body "Mornny, and Daddy are get
ting me a ready-made brother"I;s
Because most actors and &C.
tresses are incognito on the CHS
Inner Sanctum,' we often hear
Broadway and Hollywood 2 players
without knowing it. Recently David
Cook, of the stage and screen, did
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