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Bob Burns says he's in pictures chiefly because of Bing's interest in him. Right, the Bazooka king doesn't seem to be enjoying this bit of his screen job, with Gracie Allen and Martha Ray causing heart complications, but that's just acting.
I CAN truthfully say I have never know a finer man in all my life than Bing Crosby," said Bob Burns sincerely, in his own inimitable Arkansas drawl. "There isn't an ounce of smallness or pettiness in his whole system. He just doesn't know what they mean."
We were sitting in the newly decorated Burns dressing room over on the Paramount lot. Bob had insisted on showing it off before we did another thing. Every article of furniture, every print hanging on the wall is important to Bob. And it's all because "the boys" planned it for him as a surprise. You see, Bob has been so busy these days what with writing his own dialogue for his next picture, his radio skits, and now the syndicated newspaper column he has just started, he hadn't found time to drop in at the studio.
And then he found out — quite by accident — that "the boys" were just a little bit hurt because he hadn't seen their handiwork. And being the sensitive, appreciative kind of guy he is, Bob dropped whatever it was he had been doing and rushed right on over. The telephone buzzed for quite a long while thereafter as he thanked each workman individually for his particular part of the redecorating. And he's proud as punch that they thought of him at all, much less that they would take such pains with his dressing quarters.
After I had expressed the proper appreciation of the room, we settled down in a couple of easy chairs. And I had to admit they were awfully comfortable.
"The first time I ever met Bing," Bob went on, stopping to light his favorite pipe, "was back in 1934. I was on a radio program at the time and we were putting on a benefit show. Bing was in the audience, but I didn't know that until Andy Devine called me on the telephone the next day and told me. He said, in that old gravel voice of his, that I'd had Crosby on the floor laughing at mv gags and he thought he had
If you want a real closeup of what your favorite crooner is like, both as a professional and private person, tune in on this
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Virginia Wood
me set to go on the Woodbury program with Crosby.
"So I went around to see Crosby the next day. He was working in 'Mississippi' at the time and I hated to bother him. Then I found out that John Miljan, who has been a friend of mine for years — and what a friend ! — was working in the picture. John invited me over for lunch and I met Bing. He was sure swell. He said he'd love to have me on his (Continued on page 67)
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