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TIVNYNOL MVDTIVAVHL-ETIANVO HHL Thursday, November 11, 1948 By Jim Harrison INSIDE BRIEFS!!! New York and local motion picture reviewers are predicting that Jane Wyman will get more than a nomination (as she did last year) at the next annual award conclave of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her fan mail has in- creased plus 30 per cent since the first showings of Warner Bros. 'Johnny Belinda'. ...Bark bara Britton is nursing an infect- ed thumb, Her infant son mis- took it for a teething ring!...... Gary Cooper, the World War I sergeant of "Sergeant York', will do much better in the Navy. In Warners' fortcoming Navy action epic, "Task Force", he'l start as a Lieutenant and finish as an Ad- i i of the week! lovely Elsa (Mrs. Charles Laugh- ton) Lanchester doing double- jointed comedy for 'Happy Times' at Warners. For one astonishing sequence she made like a worm, and wrapped herself around and around the leg of a table! Security at last! MGM has picked up Lassie's option with a brand new, long-term contract Guess who's teaching Errol Flynn how to warble that love song he will sing to Alexis Smith in "Mon- tana?" None other than Dennis HE WAS HOT Jack Carson complained of feeling feverish after holding lovely Doris Day in his arms for several scenes in "Two Guys and a Gal" currently filming War- ner Bros. musical. And he was, with a tempera- ture of 103 which the studio doctor blamed on the flu instead of Miss Day, and gave Jack 1,000 units of penicillin. STARVES HERSELF TO WEAR CORSET To the braver and hardier types of women, lovely Janis Page rec- ommends the way she lost eight pounds while starring with Den- nis Morgan in Bros.' Technicolor musical, "One Sunday Afternoon". Every morning, Miss Paige's 25-inch waist was squeezed into a 22-inch corses. She couldn't eat lunch for two reasons: with the corset on, she couldn't swallow a bite; and if she took it off to eat, she couldn't get it on again. She had to give up breakfast too, because with it she found that she couldn't get the corset on in the first place! CAN YOU GUESS THESE? . What was the title of the song Claire Trevor so desperately sang for a drink in "Key Largo?" 2. Rita Hayworth was what kind of a blonde in "Lady from Shanghia ? 3. Ann Todd was Gregor, Peck's wife in what recent dra- ma? CHANGED HIS NAME FOR MUSICAL FAME Ralph Blane is not the real name of the famous tunesmith who wrote most of the ditties for Warner Bros. Technicolor mus- ical "One Sunday Afternoon". He was christened Uriah Hun- secker, and he was born in Brok- en Arrow, Okla. "I had to change it to Blane", he said, "because I had trouble getting publishers to consider my work. "With a name like that", they declared, "you should not even sit down at a piano". ENVIED ACTOR Most envied young actor in Cinemaland, right now, is Jerry Pari ¢ Beverly Hills. Earlier this year he made his Broadway stage debut with Ju- dith Anderson in "Medea", This week he made his screen bow with Joan Crawford in a scene for "Flamingo Road", a Michael Curtiz production for Warner Bros. Most players dream about such "breaks" but they very seldom get them. L. A. MALIGNED One of the startling night- mares in Warner Bros, domestic drama, "The Decision of Chris topher Blake", is going to be a shocker for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, It shows a well-known Angeleno boulevard piled high with drifted snow! WEEKLY FASHION LETTER So youre still letting down CLUB 20 By Marion Languay Cy McLean was royamy re- ceived at Club "20" Saturday night by over 150 guests. The crowd showed their appreciation for the good music produced, by keeping the dance floor well packed dur- ing the tire evening and applaud- each Most of the select- were en- a sprinkling = of those With a faster tempo satisfied the hep- cats in our midst. The enthus- jasm shown for this guest band was encouraging enough to mer- it like performances in the fu- ture, so we'll have to see what can be done about them. Bitter and sweet may no: be a satisfying combination, but un- consecutive, A sextet of the Club 420" committee approached Vie fortunately you often find them Hal' last Wednesday to prepare for the dance. They arrived at 7.30 and disbanded about 11.30. Four hours concentrated on corating produced a satisfying effect. When we gathered at the hall Saturday morning about 10 were shocked and hurt. Our four to add the finishing touches, we hours of labour had been: for noth- ing. What cen we say--there was EEN TOWN By Bruce Squires 7 Many thanks to Mayor Dave Farley for explaining his policy in my column last week, _ To-morrow night - is the boys' annual holiday when the girls pay admission, buy the cokes and the boys don't have to feel guilty in the slighest. Yes it's the annual Sadie Hawkins dance and we all should have a good time. For a special treat we're going to have Herbie Heldman's Orchestra al- though we won't have Herbie Heldmon, Herbie is steadily re- covering from an operation and We hope to see him back in the orchestra' very soon. But in place of Herbie we'll have another sax player with the band to-morrow night from Toronto. Last Friday night our lounge A man is never too busy to talk No two people are about how busy he is. by oth of them are glaq of if, 500,000 PLUS 500,000C EQUALS 1,000,000 B.C. WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? was in an rather unpr able condition but it's all for the best and very soon you'll see a new. and different canteen thanks to Club 20 and all those who have been helping to remodel the lounge. By the way the two clubs have been working down at Teen Town we will have a practically new building. Keep up the good work gang. neibing to do but start all over again, and I must admit that it was very disheartening. We don't consider it too much to ask for a little co-operation from now on. ponsible for the destruction of de- We can hope too, that those res- corations on Friday night will suffer violent twinges of guilt, if their childish minds are capable of such. No thanks are in order for an additional six hours work. Wednesday, Nov. 24 - 8p.m, A Meeting of the United Lakeshore Protective Association and the Linbrook Property Owners Association will be held at the LINBROOK, SCHOOL Wed., Nov. 24 at 8 o'clock SPEAKERS: ; Mr. A. W. Biggar, Reeve of Trafalgar Twp. Mr. Gordon Leaver, Chairman of Trafalgar Public Utilities Mr. Wm. MacRae, Chairman, Oak.-Traf. Planning Boar CUT THIS NOTICE OUT AND MAKE IT A DATE All Residents of the Area are Welcome hemlines, making stoles and cut- ting your hair in an attempt to achieve the so-called 'new look" for the current fall season? Well, brace yourself gal. I'm about to delve into a few fashion predic- tions for spring. Think it's too early to tall about spring? Not on your life! The nation's top de- signers already have turned out their spring colections and buyers throughout the country are mak- ing their selections. Empire lines will be very much in evidence on suits, coats and dresses when spring finally rolls around. This means the first line will be directly below the bust, Florence Marly gave a preview of this forth-coming trend when she attended a recent showing of her first American movie "Sealed Verdict". - The flame-haired Eur- opean actress wore a fittde black skirt that extended just below the bustline with a long-sleeved white lace blouse. .....Wide bare neck- line will be a "must" for spring that is, dresses will feature wide V's, low square and deep rounded lines. The idea is to frame the head and shoulders with the necklines. DID YOU GUESS RIGHT? 1. "Moanin' Low"; 2. Silver; 3. "The Paradine Case". 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