Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-10-07
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Stage ESCREENMADl0
BY INEZ GERHARD

bSAl LIN JOO biAob liz NAN -
August / to October l. He took
over for Arthur Godfrey five
morning shows a week on CHS
and one television show, lasting
an hour, on Wednesday eve
nings. G Godfrey's popularity
made him a difficult man to fill
in for, and Lewis was bound to
be target for a lot of criticism,
+ just because he wasn't Arthur
Now they're saying that, there
couldn't have been better man
for the job. Lewis did his best,
of course, but he wasn't wor-
ried; he's done too many out
standing shows of his own for
that.
Sonny Tufts carried contain
er like a knitting bag to the
Easy Living set at RKO every
day: it held two-quart thermos
of half-milk, half-cream and an
other filled with soup and sweet
bread mixture. 1t was his daily
lunch.
In 1943 Curt Massey dropped
out of the Westeners to become
solo star in his own right. He
has been featured on a score OF
network programs, starred on
many more. But last June he
got what he wanted when "Curt
Massey Time" starring Massey
and Martha Tilton, became a
summer replacement for Herb
Shriner. It's been signed by CHS
as year-round feature.
The father-s0n team of Wal
ter and John Huston, which
won three Academy awards
last year, will be reunited in
Horizon Pictures next for CO.
lumbia. "reminiscences of a
Cowboy" will co-star Walter
Huston and Montgomery Cliff,
John Huston will direct, and
following tradition, will be
seen in small part. 1t should
be good; everything John
Huston does succeeds.
The cigarette company now
sponsoring Ladies Be Seated
and Zone Mans Opinion" with
Walter Kieran, has shifted them
from Mutual to ABC; they re-
place against the Storm" day
time serial, and "Qqeen for a
Day"
Cathy Lewis, "Jane" of "My
Friend Irma," is back again aft
er a long illness. Marie Wilson
("Irma"O told me Sometimes
get sort of annoyed at Cathy,
but / could forgive her anything,
she's such wonderful actress
Count Three and Pray" a
story of wartime pilots who
returned to civilian life to
find little demand for their
services, will be a cO-starring
vehicle for Glenn Ford and
Barbara Hale at Columbia. He
has just returned from a loca-
ton trip to France for "The
White Tower" she has been
making personal appearances
in connection with her latest
picture "Jolson Sings Again"
Speaking of Marie her re-
cent personal appearance chore
in New York in connection with
the filmed my Froend Irma"
was so successful that Para
mount now has her making a
four-week tour; she returns to
Hollywood each week to broad
cast.
Paramount's 'The Heiress" is
what the trade respectfully calls
prestige picture which usually
means that it's fine production
but won't make a dime. 'The
Heiress" is different. 1t is an ex-
cellent picture and it should
make plenty of money. Olivia de
Havilland, Miriam Hopkins.
Montgomery Cliff and Ralph
Richardson give performances
that could not be improved on.
Since his appearance on the
stage in "A Streetcar Named
Desire" Marion Brano has
been sought by every leading
film company. StanIy Kramer
Productions got him. He will
be seen in "The Men," a story
of wounded war heroes.
Judith and Jane Sackett, iden-
tical twins, made their last
screen appearance at the age of
eight months, jointly portraying
a baby boy in Reaching for the
SUM-" Now, at the age of nine,
they are playing twin children
of neighbors of Dick Powell and
Evelyn Keyes in "Mrs. Mike" a
Samuel Bischoff production for
United Artists release.
ODDS AND ENDS +. John
Gibson, "Ethelbert" on "Crime
photographer" recently played
eight radio programs in one day.
by scrambling in and out taxis
and dashing in and out of stu
dos all over Manhattan Par
ramount has taken up its option
for six months on Dick Keene