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Betty Grable, as millions of moviegoers the world over, like her best is back in the Technicolor musical, "Wabash Avenue”, that is currently being exhibited on U.S. screens! In "Wabash Avenue” Betty has returned to the tried-and-true formula of plush production numbers, nostalgic songs and pretty tights that has kept her the No. 1 feminine screen star at the boxoffice for more than eight years. Not only for Betty, but "Wabash Avenue”, whose story takes place in the Columbian Exposition of 1892, in Chicago, also marks a change of pace for Victor Mature who returns to the breezy, robust characterization that served him so advantageously in "My Gal Sal”. Since then Mature has starred in the current "Samson And Delilah”, "Cry Of The City” and "Kiss Of Death”. The "Hi, Jackson” star of radio—Phil Harris—competes with Mature for Betty’s kisses in this musical, playing the owner of a honky-tonk where Miss Grable dances, sings and flirts. Others featured in "Wabash Avenue” are Reginald Gardiner, who, in this instance, is a panhandler in decrepit clothes instead of his usual coat-tailed self, and James Barton, stage comic who distinguished himself as Anne Baxter’s grand- pappy in "Yellow Sky”. Henry Koster, who turned out "Come To The Stable”, directed "Wabash Avenue” that William Perlberg produced. The produc- tion numbers, staged by Dance Director Billy Danials, include such old-time melodies as "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate”, "Honeymoon”, "Floating Down The River”, "I Remember You” and "Walking Along With Billy”. In addition, Mack Gordon and Josef Myrow wrote five new numbers in the vein of the boisterous, garish period of the story. One of them—"Wilhelmina”, a lavish spec- tacle done up in tinset by Miss Grable and 36 chorines—already is listed among the 10 top tunes in the Hit Parade. The others are titled "May I Tempt You With A Big, Red Apple?”, "Baby Won’t You Say YouLove Me?”,"Down On Wabash Avenue” and”Clean Up Chicago”.