Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-05-13

DUN mcNElLL
a 18th anniversary coming up in
June. The show started in 1888 as
1.-The Pepper Pot" without an au-
dience; nobody dreamed that it
would assume its present form.
One of the bright spots on the
air last summer was that of Tex
and links, replacing ''Duffy's Tav-
ern." So it's good news that the
most entertaining married couple
On the air will replace "Duffy's"
again this summer.
Perhaps we had to wait too long
for arch of Triumph; perhaps eX-
tensive cutting was too much for it.
Maybe we expected too much of
Ingrid Bergman Charles Boyer and
the rest of the distinguished cast.
The picture is good; it will make
money. Boyer's performance is ex-
cellent, as are Charles Laughton's
and Louis Calhern's. Go to see it
but don't expect too much!
Crew members of my Dream Is
Yours surprised Doris Day by
stopping work suddenly the other
day, then surprised her again by
producing a huge white cake topped
by "a red candles to celebrate her
Oath birthday anniversary. Their
gift topped it ala gold slave brace
let. my Dream" is her second pic
ture for Michael Curtiz productions
or for anybody, for that matter!
The Andrews sisters have sung
some rapid tongue twisters in their
time, but Patty Andrews says
Sabre Dance" is the hardest ye:.
Merely hummipg it is tasF. be-
cause of the tempo and melOdic
range. The vocal velocity is seven
syIlables a second and the breath
ing intervals are especially hard
to master; hours of rehearsal are
needed. But "Club 15'' listeners
love it.
Clifton Webb may be getting lot
of publicity as baby sitter on the
screen, but Danny Thomas recalls
that one of his earliest cash-paying
jobs was as baby sitter, in Toledo,
Ohio. Danny, aged II, took care of
a vigorous little five-year-old who
since has made name for himself
Mickey Rooney, star of the movies
and the radio series, Shorty Bell"
The home of Bette Davis, at
Woods Cove, Laguna Beach, Calf,
directly faces the stretch of beach
where Lana Turner frolicked in that
famous white bathing suit for scenes
in 1.-The Postman Always Rings
Twice" Speaking of Bette, IT'S
nice news that she will be teamed
with Robert Montgomery in June
Bride"
Odds and Ends Producer Jer-
ry Wald didn't get off the set fast
enough when a man-made hurricane
was turned on in key Largo" and
he was blown into stable mud
puddle 1t took two seamstresses
two weeks to sew 10000 sequins onto
a party dress Evelyn Reyes wears
for two minutes in "The Mating Of
Millie" d. Burgess Meredith gave
Paulette Goddard Meredith two
monkeys when she finished "Haz-
ard; she named them Bing and
Bob Ray Midland has had hun
dreds of requests for the earrings he
wore in Golden Earrings" which
he unfortunately lost in the Column
bia river ON the last day before the
cameras.
Jack Paar, who probably will be
acclaimed some day as one of the
best of radio comedians, Jacl Ben,
ny firmly believes he Wild will make
his screen debut in featured role
with Joseph Gotten and Valli ir
RKO's Weep No More"
Rogers and Hammerstein are pre-
pairing a new musical, with 10 Stat
ford in mind for the leading role
They wanted her for the road version
of "Annie Get Your Cum" but radio
commitments made that impossible
So, That's II