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Judy Garland, Francis Pierlot and Mickey Rooney do an amusing scene for "Strike Up The Band."
By
Dick Mook
Visits to the various sets for advance information on the important films being prepared for your enjoyment
IT SEEMS strange as I start out to cover the studios on a sunny, peaceful morning that elsewhere in the world people are dying by thousands and that the last thing they are thinking of in other parts of the world is amusement. Yet the studios are all running full blast in an effort to turn out entertainment that will take the eyes of people away from the war-torn headlines of the daily papers.
Paramount
PARAMOUNT, for instance, has several light comedies shooting. The most important is called "Rhythm on the River" and stars Bing Crosby and Mary Martin. It is cause for cheers that Bing, at long last, has a vis-a-vis who can sing and act, instead of an unknown, who is usually cast opposite him and who sel,
Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth (standing), Evelyn Keyes and Eddie Norris in "The Lady in Question."
dom turns out to be anything of a muchness.
In this picture, he writes music and Mary writes lyrics for a song-writer who used to be tops but who has run out of inspiration and hires them to work for him at $50 a week apiece, calmly signing his name to their efforts. Neither, of course, knows what the other is doing. And here they are on a little old river boat that ran aground twenty years before. Bing's uncle owns the boat, and Bing is taking soundings as Mary watches interestedly.
"Three feet," says Bing, pulling the sounding line out of the water. "It's always three feet."
"What is it?" Mary inquires. "Oh," Bing explains, "my uncle's boat was grounded twenty years ago and he's always taking soundings to see if the water is high enough to float it again."
Just then the sound of music is heard on the radio. Bing holds up his hand for quiet just as Mary starts to say something. "This is a tune I've wanted to
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