Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-03-04

cessful play. She will be able to in
dulge in the sport she enjoys more
than anything Clearwater skiing at
Lake Arrowhead, where her parents
have house.
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1t will be perfect vacation for
Red Shelton next summer if his
plans go through. He wants to tour
with Ringing Brothers or Clyde
Beatty's circus, and make 16 nm.
film of what goes on behind the
scenes. Red, who has finished his
starring stint in Columbia's 1.-THE
Fuller Brush Man." was born to the
circus; his father was a clown with
Haggenbeck and Wallace.
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Motion picture rights to "The
Heiress," one Of the seasons most
successful plays, have been sold to
Paramount the price, $3.50, 900.
Olivia de Haviland will star, in the,
role played on the stage by Wendy
Hitler. sG
A radio man in Hollywood tried
to sign up Howard Duff for a pro-
gram that tries to give aspiring
young actors radio break - and
then learned that Duff has been
starring in 1.-THE Adventures of Sam
Spade" the last IS months!
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Ezra Stone, busy directing one
Broadway show. has received offers
to stage two more this season. A
good many actors would feel that
his Henry Aldrich' role was work
enough. House Jameson ("Mr. Aid
rich'D stepped into different char
acter in the new film, 1.-The Naked
CityY-emerges on the screen as a
Park avenue doctor who resorts TO
shady practises. 4us
Edgar Kennedy, one of the few
original Keystone Hops still active
in films, passed his 500th milestone
when he finished RKO's almost a
Millionaire" 1t also marked the
start OF his 37th year in motion pic
lures.
Fred Clark, who started in Goth
Century-Fox's 1.-THE Chair for Mar
tin Rome" as a ruthless, grim de-
tective, Is winding up in the same
picture as comedian. Director
Robert Diomak discovered Clark's
talent for comedy, and the part
played by the actor, on loan from
Michael Curtiz Productions, has
been revised and built up to include
comedy bits.
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Parks Johnson and Warren Hull
will make flying trip from Alaska
to San Juan, Porto Rico, to join the
Atlantic Fleet on Caribbean maneu-
vers for Vox' Pop broadcast
March 10, over. ABC. Only about
5000 miles!
Danny Thomas all-girl band on
lis new radio show has become an
almost all-girl band. Seems the
girls got tired Of being women with
out men, so now the band features
girls in the string and bass fiddle
sections only.
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Dwight Weist, newsreel common
tator, radio actor, announcer and
master Of ceremonies, leaves the
heard but not seem group soon.
Due TO be released soon is a Pathe
newsreel showing Dwight. as mas
ter Of ceremonies on I'VE, the Peo-
pie" interviewing the Smith sisters,
the singing sextette. aged "A to "a,
who made recent appearance on
the popular CHS program.
ODDS AND ENDS-Jaek Beuny's
SpOnsor bas en- ont fbe free cigarettes
for fbe studio audiences. Glenn
Ford and William Holden began w0rk
on COlHmbiaS ''1'be Man From Colo
RADIO" wiibom makeup, got meb be4py
fanS after fer days in fbs open that
they bad 10 tighten their complications
wifb grease paint. Producer Itying
Cummings gift 10 Iobn SiHrges' baby
was fbe SET Of solid gold safety pins
gipen bin BY Ethel Barrymore IN 1918
for irving Cummings Jr.--5fnrges is
director OF Cummings "Ibe Sign Of fbs
Ram" ;. Edgar Bergen plans sum-
mer reaction 10 SuedeR.
When a young man and young
women sit close together and talk
in low voices, they may not touch
on anything new but what they
have TO say Is vitally important.