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Show By VIRGINIA VALE Released by WeMern Newipapcr Union. A NOVEL contribution to Hollywood's and radio's war efforts is the "Sew and Sew" club, headed by Penny Singleton, who's "Blondie" of the air and the screen. Penny organized the club to perform emergency emer-gency sewing jobs on servicemen's uniforms, ranging from simple repairs re-pairs to alterations. She has enlisted enlist-ed some of Hollywood's outstanding movie and radio luminaries as members of her unique organlza- w PENNY SINGLETON tion. And anyone who encounters thousands of servicemen on leave In a strange city will realize how valuable it Is. Joe Howard, perhaps the oldest performer in radio, is still one of the most successful. Judging by a deal that he recently completed. Joe, singing troubador of the "Gay Nineties Nine-ties Revue," over CBS Monday nights, sold Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer the film rights to "The Time, the Place and the Girl," a hit musical which he wrote and produced several sev-eral decades ago. On July 18 Dick Haymes made his debut op the air's "Here's to Romance." July 19 he made screen tests. At one o'clock on the 26th, 20th Century-Fox executives looked at the tests and at 4:30 Haymes signed a contract to make two films a year for the next seven years. Three months ago he was singing with Tommy Dorsey's band. Hollywood's oddest summer school Is composed of four students Bon-ita Bon-ita Granville, Anne Shirley, Xent Smith and Rita Corday. They study Chinese. Their teacher is Edward Dmytryk; he's the director who, following fol-lowing his success with "Hitler's Children," was signed to direct RKO's "Behind the Rising Sun." He began studying Chinese some years ago. Lou Crosby, radio announcer, will make his film debut as a Nazi soldier sol-dier captured by Russian guerrillas in "One Hour of Glory," Casey Robinson Rob-inson production for RKO. Announc- |