Friday, February 1,1948 THE TOLEDO UNION JOURNAL Page Five ZQ-illy Eckstine Called the “Sepia Sinatra” Gets Knowledge With Earl Hines’ Band wmtifl 4?.Bing Crosby, who la allergic singing does to the females of the colored race what Frank On “Ladies’ Man” Set A oto Jt Version of O’Neil Play Sinatra’s does to his bobby sox brigade. Even Billy’s most ardent to being fenced in, owns a HOLLYWOOD — They’ll be Aew Miami Inn HOLLYWOOD (Special)— 2000-acre stock ranch in Nevada admirers never dreamed he would in rapid fashion standout as Plans for the filming of a mu­ and is a third owner in another a definite threat to the top i talking for weeks to come at Paramount about one of the most sical version of “Ah, Wilder­ huge ranch in the Argentine. swing bands in the business, but ness,” noted play by Eugene His latest picture is Irving Ber­ .♦hat’s just What the handsome Spanish Dance Diet unusual jam sessions staged there at the drop of a hint the O’Neill produced on Broadway lin’s “Blue Skies,” Paramount •• ... sepia songster by the Theater Guild and later Technicolor musical. proceeded to Keeps Film Star Slim other day. « ■ S' It took place on the huge rec­ by M-G-M as a screen drama, do. BOLLYWOOD — Lana have been announced by the Billy first Turner lost six pounds pre­ ording stage where Spike Jones Clouds Roll By,” film story and His City Slickers were in studio. based oa the life oi Jerome came into the paring for her South Amer­ June Allyson and Ray Mac­ lime light a ican trip—and aoX through the midst of their final rehearsal Kern. of their “Cocktails for Two” Donald, recently returned from Rouben Mamoulian, director number of worry! service in the AAF, have been years ago number for “Ladies’ Man” star­ of the New York stage hits. She has been brushing I' */* set for the top roles. Both cur­ “Carousel’ and “Oklahoma? through his the Latin-American ring Eddie Bracken. Up on rently appear in “Till The will direct. vocalizing with dances which she loves so Cass Daley, Paramount's top % > Earl Hines’ much—rumba, samba, bam- Binging comedienne, had been q../ 't orchestra. Rec­ bouca and the others—and excused from another stage Burny Zawodny ording with has literally danced off the where she was shooting In the “Fatha” Hines Weight at parties during same Bracken musical and for Victor-Blubird amassed le­ the recent holiday season. dropped in to see Spike. gion* of fans for Billy from In fact, when the star re­ An extra set of traps on stage coast-to-coast. It was Eckstine ported back to M-G-M for plus Spikowski’s invitation to who composed the famous'“Jelly extra scenes with John indulge a few hot licks proved * ' « - I Jelly” and Stormy Monday Garfield on “The Postman irresistible to Cass. The ensuing 'A Blues,” which gained juke-box Always Rings Twice,” it jam session which ran the gamut IRRESISTIBLE fame via his vocal conditions. was found she had slimmed from “Cocktails” through “Holi­ ''Mlut it was a ballad, Hoagy Car­ down so much it was neces­ day for Strings” and “I’ve Gotta michael's lovely “Skylark” that sary to alter her entire Gal in North and South Dakota” skyrocketed Bily to his place Wardrobe. She will finish lasted through the noon hour INESCAPABLE in the musical sun. His record­ the extra scenes this week and found all concerned gulping ing of “Sky lark” definitely and leaves soon afterward, down sandwiches and coffee made Billy a star personality by Clipper plane, for Rio from the nearby commissary. “Boy, oh boy,” declared Troy on his own. de Janeiro. Coming Monday evening to With five years of singing for Saunders of the music depart­ ment, “if we had only recorded the New’ Miami Inn is Miss him Earl Hines’ band under his belt, Marlene Webb direct from an Eckstine felt that he had enough that session, we could have sold a couple of million records.” angagement in Mickey’s Show knowledge of the why’s and SEEN at the M-G-M studios are Robert Walker end June Place, Detroit, Michigan. .J wherefores of baton-wielding to Allyson, co-stars in “The Sailor Takes A Wife,” catching up on EEROM AHj -;’ot a crew of his own. The Vitamins in a spare moment during production. Movie Subway Crash ^^jam Morris agency promptly EX-DRUM BEATER GRECQRX 1 'd Billy and backed him in Halts ‘Ladies’ Man’ When Sonny Tufts was at m "/^formation of his new or- Decca Records Plans “Blue Skies” Costume Yale, he played the traps in the HOLLYWOOD—Eddie Brack­ ... lra> STAtE^^EE^AfiK) undergraduate orchestra. After f singing maestro is being “Lost W eekend'” Album Designing Difficult en, Virginia Welles, Spike Jones PECK ,^1"' graduation, deciding to go into \_^d as the best bet for suc­ HOLLYWOOD—Decca is con­ and His City Slickers, Director V _ A f .. ' < • 1 If < cess among Negro bands since Released by Western Newspaper wauvu. ferring with Paramount for the HOLLYWOOD — It’s a lot William Russell, 50 extras and grand opera, he decided to rid use of ‘‘The Lost Weekend” easier to do the costuming of crew members fortunately es­ Count Basie came zooming By VIRGINIA VALE himself of his lowly jazz drums across the musical horizon seven music score by Dr. Miklos Rozsa a show set in a period 200 years caped serious injury when a and, arriving in New York City, . Just before Alan Young head­ with the intention of releasing New York subway car, being years ago. ago than it is to do the clothes he checked the intruments in the ed for Hollywood and his first an album. used as a set, split during a for a picture timed 10 or 20 Grand Central Station and threw well developed argument motion picture he unintention­ The score, known as “E String scene for Paramount’s “Ladies’ i sj&een Mr. Harris (manager Composition,” because of the re­ years ago. Man.” the stub awayl of Paramount Theatre) and ally entertained a miscellaneous current eerie note denoting the That’s the opinion of Gile Mr. Tarloff (manager of The gathering of New Yorkers. They dipsomaniac’s craving for alco­ Steele, men’s costume designer Exhibition of the Sportsmen were watching the skaters at the hol, is described by Dr. Rozsa as at Paramount, with recent ex Show) was held at a luncheon Radio • City rink. Alan was descriptive symphonic music. The music is a definite part of periences in both such fields. that yours truly and Mitch brushing up on his skating. He Woodbery sat in as spectators. the action, conveying the psy­ Steele finished the clothes for This argument or might I say put on his skates, started out, chological reactions of Don Bir­ “Blue Skies” with Bing Crosby a discussion was over steaks and slid—not on the skates— man, played by Ray Milland, and Fred Astaire then went to throughout the film. ' Score is (are the steaks better at Wil­ quite a distance. The housing work on the job of dressing the lard Hotel or 717 club?) shortage has separted the Young especially effective in the silent NOW SHOWING tetan^e^t 9bs°^ sequences, which are fully one- gay dandies of the 18th Cen­ family temporarily; Mrs. Mary During the three years he third of the picture. One of tury French court for the Bob og served overseas with the Ma­ Anne Young and the children these is Milland's famous long Hope comedy “Monsieur Beau- 1 rines, Macdonald Carey regular­ fled tb Seattle when they walk. caire.” ly sent allotment checks home People Talked About The Book in WHISPERS... couldn’t find a home in New “When you’re handling cloth - to his wife who saved them. The York, and she’s been attending f couple used the sum as down 11 onder Dancers ing for a comparatively recent Critics SHOUT Their Praises of The Film! payment on a Hollywood home, Washington State college, com­ period such as 1919, when the •OiKl of the gcealeaf pictures I have‘ever seen," pleting studiea interrupted by Crosby picture starts,” Steele if! ■’k "’•Je'Sci* at*"*' w-rU""*’ now that the actor has been dis­ 1 Lonalia Paun charged from the service and is marriage. said, “There aren't many ready SHORT SUBJECTS resuming hit Paramount star­ references yet every adult in "One af the beet movies ever made** When a New York subway ac­ the audience will «pot the Myt Ddiatdn Walk*? ring career. slightest deviation from the cident takes place in Hollywood :? G«it> SHOMANT fashions of the yean An unforgettable picture with never a dull moment!” Raymond Chandler it’s .1 worth mentioning. Eddie Mty» Leonard Lyont fint Piciuri “When you’re doing costum­ tinc» winning Scores Four in Row Bracken, Virginia Welles, Spike ing for a show that dates back THE HOLLYWOOD — Purchase of Jones and his City Slickers, Di­ so far, the designer has as much ACADEMY AWARD his novel, “High Window,” by rector William Russell and 50 reference material as any of his 20th Century-Fox makes it a extras and crew members just critics and can really do a more St. Clair exact job.” perfect score for Raymond escaped serious injury when a Chandler, the author who has New York subway car split dur­ MSI sold every story he has written ing a scene for Paramount’s awaurMwta'fvio pawntNo ' - Adami VALENTINE since 1933, when his first, a nov­ “Ladies’ Man”; seven people elette, was bought by a pulp were treated at the studio hos­ COLONY magazine. pital for minor cuts and bruises. .. CENTHML •< MQNIIOC All of Chandler’s four novels H5 have now been sold to studios. lortr’y “Farewell, My Lovely (“Mur- Johnny Weissmuller and der, My Sweet”) was filmed by Buster Crabbe, male leads of “Swamp Fire,” have eooked SATURDAY Esquire Warners. “Lady in the Lake” THRU ^-has been bought by MGM and up plans to go right on swim­ '•£. will be scripted by Chandler ming. Weissmuller is assem­ TUESDAY bling a troupe to leave shortly* himself and now sale of “High well hiidu ii udilliiig NOW SHOWING! Window' boosts Chandler’s av- on a tour of Central and South team is entertaining the erage to 1000. America; Crabbe and his crowds at Kasee’s this week. Chandler’s first original screen swimming stars tour this coun­ Their dancing is unusual be­ MGM adds a new masterpiece to 1t*s play, “The Blue Dahlia,” has try next summer. cause Miss Wood’s can neither hall of screen fame) We saw it! We just been completed at Para­ hear or speak. (She dances asked the producer to let us show it! mount with Alan Ladd, Veron­ Alfred Hitchcock brought through the feeling of sound Weekend ica Lake and William Bendix Peter Von Zerneck, New York vibration in the floor). . . .. Because IT’S UNLIKE any movie starred. Lack of time forced stage actor, to Hollywood for a Los! YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE! role in “Notorious.” During a Vtork.Ci“b with Chandler to declh.e a Saturday Evening Post offer to publish the two-day layoff Von Zerneck Fran Parsons Phillip TerryHow>rd da Silv» Direct from the hladlson • Doris Dowling • Frank Fa>kn work as a three-part serial, and drove to San Juan Capistrano to Room of the Madison crealed fl he 4°es not plan publication in visit the mission—and bought 20 Hotel at Baltimore Mrl. Produced by Charles Brackett NOW AT aver f°rgel Directed by Billy Wilder book form. acres of land before he left. Says yOu’H never he’ll hold onto it, just as an in­ Cocktail " 2nd Feature —— A Paramooni Ihclars Actress Starts 1916 Ou vestment., Meanwhile William Lounge “MYSTERY MAN” Gargan of ‘‘The Bells of St. t*5 Superior WM. BOYD AS Open Sunday at S:30 Screen As a Landlady Mary's,” has sold his San Jacinto HOPALONG CASSIDY ranch. Added Technicolor Music Color Cartoon Latest HOLLYWOOD — Connie Gil­ Featurettes/ “LITTLE WITCH Self Made Mongrel" christ, one of Hollywood’s bu­ siest character actresses during Bonnie Blair left the New The New China 1945, will appear in her first York stage for the RKO studio; she makes her screen debut in role for the year of 1946 as 717 CLUB ^RESTAURANT Donna Reed s landlady in Metro- a barroom sequence in “Bad- ~7-—'LT.. uL man’s Territory.” As a dance Goldwyn-Mayer’a “Faithful In InUriila* hall girl she save* Randolph ■ aat If You My Fashion.” •.. Scott from ambush,, so effec­ • Outing Want Good She teams with Edward Ever­ Haier Food At tively that RKO plans to con­ Icbatltx ' Low Price* ett Horton to amusingly plot tinue using her. and bring about the happy re­ union of Miss Reed and Tom Drake, portraying a returning Good American veteran, in the romantic comedy. and Chinese Food •Pecfcf $ Open from II A. M. a. **4 *u»P;,7d,> On* Lunches, Dinner Served pe'j I- e'erseen tn, Chinese Foods To Bert ROYCE Return of Your Take Out M. C. Chari MGm< ‘otai s Favorite Maestro Call EMeraon 2261 w- Johnston Sisters JI 4014 LAGRANGE CECIL OGLE 2209 Ashland Avenue Sweethearts of Song

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