Modern Screen (Jul-Dec 1945)

ready for boogie-woogie. The break for Pete and Joe came with a booking into Cafe Society Downtown. SWANEE RIVER (Hal Mclntyre— Victor) — An old favorite with a new and very beautiful arrangement written by a boy named Sid Schwartz. Remember last issue I said Hal was about ready to go overseas with his band? Since then the European war has ended, and the Mclntyre group will probably head for some place like the CBI sector. THERE'S NO YOU (Frank Sinatra— Columbia; Martha Stewart — Victor) — You know the one about Jennie who couldn't make up her mind? Well, neither could pretty little Martha Stewart. She started out as Martha Haworth. Then she changed her name to Martha Wayne, and did some singing with Claude Thornhill. (Claude's in the Navy now, leading a band at Pearl Harbor.) Then she changed her name to Martha Stewart, which it is now, and she got a TCF movie contract, and she's in "Kitten On The Keys" with Harry James. OUT OF THIS WORLD (Woody Herman — Columbia; Tommy Dorsey — Victor) — The vocal on the Dorsey platter is done by Stuart Foster (who used to be with Ina Ray Hutton). Seems like Stuart's a lucky name for singers, at that. Here's Foster, and we were just talking about Martha before, and there's Sally Stuart on the Sammy Kaye "The More I See You," doing a very sweet job. Then there's Slam Stewart, but we probably shouldn't count him. He doesn't exactly sing; he sort of grunts. It's wonderful, anyway. YOU WAS RIGHT, BABY (Peggy LeeCapitol) — We've talked about this before. Peggy and her husband, Dave Barbour, penned it, and it's surprising even them. Who needs a million dollars? Peggy seems to be definitely out of retirement again; her 'What More Can a Woman Do?" is a hit now too, and she'll sing for awhile on the Perry Como show, and taking a screen test now and then and — well, what more can a woman do? APPLE HONEY (Woody Herman— Columbia)— Sure, you guessed it. Woody worked on the Old Gold program last year. This number is what's called a head arrangement— it was never written down at all, and nobody ever really composed it. The boys just sort of worked it up and remembered it, an amazing (Cont.onpage21) I SAW IT HAPPEN Red Skelton, Harriet Hilliard and Ozzie Nelson were in Dallas to put on a show at the Naval Base. The night before they were to appear, I happened to be dancing at a night club. Suddenly, the spotlight shifted from the dance floor to someone who had entered the door. My escort cried out, "Red Skelton!" Immediately, the newcomer was surrounded. Everyone was pleading, "Say something, Red, anything." But not a word from Red. When I finally inched close enough, I stuck my autograph book under his nose — this happened to be just my telephone number memo book, which was held together by a single safety pin. Laughing, I said, "Just sign your name, Red, don't take the pin." He grinned that Skelton grin and answered, "Believe it or not, we have buttons where I come from!" Vernice Harbor Dallas, Texas The Picture that may change Your Life! When a penniless ham actor starts controlling the amazing Pidgeott family (with their $5,000,000 fortune), it's one of the most unusual screen treats you've ever known . . . W 99 66 ripff J1HLC Cheaters starring JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT with BILLIE BURKE • EUGENE PALLETTE • ONA MUNSON • RAYMOND W ALBURN and ANNE GILLIS • RUTH TERRY • ROBERT LIVINGSTON • DAVID HOLT and ST. LUKE'S CHORISTERS A REPUBLIC PICTURE 19