Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-03

BARBARA GIBSON
the broadcast, asked for record
ings. Like Lily, Barbara is a col
oratura soprano. Unlike her, she's
a young American girl-likes to
swim and ski, makes her own
clothes. Walter Magill. producer
Of THE Telephone Hour" was at
CHS the day she auditioned, heard
executives raving about her voice;
after hearing her sing he gave her
her big chance.
Robert Montgomery prefers that
we think of him now not as an
actor, but as radio commentator,
(ABC Thursday nights role for
which he is well equipped. He has
travelled widely, has never been
afraid to speak out for his beliefs.
AS president. of the Screen Actors
Guild he fought labor racketeering.
He will cover current trends in the
news, and report on books and
films.
Before designing Mortimer
Snerd," CHS Edgar Bergen spent
months in research on phrenology.
He made a complete list of all
physical characteristics associated
with stupidity, then combined them
all in Mortimer.
The University Of Denver has
adopted Paramounts my
Friend Irma" as the basis of q
course in film production and
appreciation. The script, still,
production and publicity pho
tos and . number Of miniature
sets used in the picture are
being used rs visual aids, and
sets created by Hans Dreier
and Henry Bumstead are on
display in the college library.
Joan Crawford got enc of the
new short haircuts for THE Vic
tim," also special wardrobe-53
changes. You'll see her wearing
her own famous evening gown,
white chiffon with birds, nests,
butterflies and trees painted on it.
Although James Hilton (author
of Goodbye Mr.. Chips" and many
other novels,) has lived in Holly
wood for IL years he insists it
hasn't affected him at all. Current
ly exposed to its whirlpool through
his narrating duties on radios
Hallmark Playhouse" he says
the town is "a geographical part Of
America surrounded by an iron
curtain of its own creation"
Florence Freeman expected to
be home awaiting the stork's ar
rival the last week of September.
and the script of "Wendy Warren
and the News" was written so as to
give the star a vacation. But her
son didn't know that in radio
everything has to be done right on
time. He put off greeting his par
ents and two sisters until October
8.
Columbia Is using 1O6 Of the
$50 top-flight stunt men listed
by the Screen Actors Guild In
the John Derek-Diana Lynn
starrer, "Rogues Of Sherwood
Forest"-would use the other
"a II they weren't working eIs,-
where.
Columbia win release IAN the
Kings Men" some time near
Christmas, to get maximum con-
sideration for Academy Award
nomination. Paramount is banking
on ''The Heiress"; goth Century
Fox has "Pinky"; Eagle-1ion,
Passport to Pimlico."
Lucille Ball is back at RKO, the
first time in six years, to make
Easy Living" with Victor Ma
ture. 1t was at RKo that she met
her husband, Desi Arnaz, eight
years back, when they were the
principals Of TOO Many Girls"
ODDS AND ENDS Virginia
Mayo is greatly in demand on the
Warner lot since White Heat:
practically every producer has
script for her Veteran radio
actor Paul Barnes is the new Cap
tain Midnight; he's known for his
mastery of dialects After six
months of picture-making in Eng
land Jane Wyman is back in Holly
wood to make 1.-THE Glass Mena-
gerie"; she has the role half the
girls in town wanted And
Gertrude Lawrence has the one
more mature actresses wanted.
Pin-up style wall lamps, long