Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-03-18

DON MCLAUGHLIN
cry, acting as farm hand. factory
time keeper, hotel clerk, deckhand
on a freighter, English teacher and
writer.
Clifton Webb, famous as a dancer
in Broadway shows before anyone
knew he could act, has made his
name in pictures as an actor. But
he returns briefly to dancing in "Sit-
ting Pretty" to do rhumba with
Maureen O'Hara.
From eight to nine, EST, Sunday
nights on ABC = that's the time to
sit by the phone and listen to stop
the Music the big new show whose
prizes are all for home audience par
Elephants, Name the tune just played
by Harry Salter's orchestra and you
win something worth at least $3.50.
Then name the more difficult ''mys-
terry tune" and fabulous gifts will
pour in. Switchboard operators pick
names at random from all over the
country.
The historic 1885 Olympic games
are presented In Kings Of the Olym-
plcs,", recently released by United
Artists. Originally comprising "a
900 feet Of film, II was acquired from
the alien property custodian by
Leopid Kipnis Of Westport Interna-
tional, then edited, from the work Of
600 cameramen. Hitler presided over
the games, the last before the war.
Many an actress - Constance
Bennett, Claire Trevor and Kay
Francis, for example-can't scream
satisfactorily. Lauren Bacall can,
not only for herself. but for others.
She was on the key Largo set
when Miss Trevor had to do a
screaming scene, and let 60 with a
sample that startled Humphrey b.
CART and John Huston. So you'll hear
ner screams, not ClalEeS.
You probably have heard Arthur
Godfrey singing The Thousand
Islands Song" Well, Mayor Mitchell
of Alexandria, N. Y. feels that Ar
thur has done SO much for the Thou
sand Islands that he's given him
onet 4 Y. N
Three Of the country's leading
disc jockeys, Dave Garroway. Jack
Eigen and Peter Potter, will be fea-
.ured In Columbia's Il .Surren-
der, Dear" with Gloria Jean and
David Street. Don Mcclure has the
comedy lead.
Norman Brokenshire did the first
radio interview with movie stars
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick
ford; stin recalls how she tainted
away, from mike fright. He Is cred
tied with a lot Of radio firsts-orig-
mating the daily serial style Of pro-
gram, doing the first philosophical
show, etc. He now Is climbing to the
top again, with Theatre Guild on
the Air" and two NBC morning pro-
grams.
The first Hollywood producer to
I add a helicopter TO his standard
studio equipment is Samuel Gold
wyn. II will be fitted with a special
gyro camera mount. to which a
regular camera win be affixed.
Goldwyn predicts that 1t may open
entirely new ,techniques in film pro-
duction. largely replacing the over
head crane and making advances in
various shots possible.
Warner Bros. will send a special
camera crew to New York, Chicago
and Rio de Janiero for special back
grounds for THE Fountainhead."
Gary Cooper win star in the film
version of the popular novel; King
vidor will direct.
ODDS AND ENDS-Ros1ld Col
man serped notice that be WiH do no
gRs1 APPEARANCE, other Than on fbe
Jack Benny sbow. Frank Sinafya
tetbdrew bis FEC application for .
permit TO bEiid radio nafioa al Palm
SpriHss. TOE most Engiisb-soEHd-
ing EHgliibmss on 'rTbs Whistler" are
HsHsiiy played BY Tom Collins, wbo
bss nspsy been HifbiH 5000 miles Of
EsgisSd. : Victor Moore is sow
regular on ibs Jimmy DM1rfe sbow.
.. Marjorie Walker. dancing in Eddie
Cssf0r'S III YoR KBew SHsie," made
Der screen bow as Wesley Barry's HtIs
sister IN "L6ddis." ~ years ago, wbsn
only six.