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Show ' By INEZ GERHARD tEFF CLARK, who earned his way J through Westminster College, in Sharon, Pa., as a radio-engineer disc jockey, landed high on the star-dust star-dust trail when he was picked as top vocalist on "Your Hit Parade", as substitute for Sinatra. He switched from his platter-playing role with instant success in his first radio singing job. won the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout award, and JEFF CLARK starred in his own New York radio and television shows before being tapped for starring honors. The handsome young baritone he's 25 is unmarried, plays the violin and the guitar and is the inspiration of a large and active group of teenagers, teen-agers, who call themselves "Clark's Larks". Elizabeth Taylor's wedding gown may have been gorgeous, but a lot of girls are going to decide to copy the one Claudette Colbert wears in RKO'S "The Secret Fury." A Hat-tie Hat-tie Carnegie original, it is white, em. broidered in seed pearls. Stan Frpeman, one of the permanent per-manent stars of the popular "Piano Playhouse", can give a Carnegie Hall concert one night and arrange a singing commercial commer-cial the next day. He's heard all over the air; "Rate Your Mate", the new Joey Adams show, is his latest assignment. In 1941 he won the McDowell Award as the outstanding young American pianist In the country. Some of the most dramatically beautiful scenes ever filmed with mountain backgrounds were brought back from the French Alps for "The White Tower" by Director Ted Tetz-laff. Tetz-laff. An avalanche provided a really real-ly sensational sequence. Dan Seymour, of "Sing It Again" and "We the People", had lined up a star-studded list of assistants for himself as National Chairman of the National Cancer Foundation's fund drive; Supreme Court Justice William Wil-liam O. Douglas, Robert Taylor and Margaret Sullavan, Uona Massey," Maurice Evans and Mary Martin, Sammy Kaye. Maury Amsterdam and Kathi Norris. Natalie Wood, aged 11, and Vlveca Mndfors both possess new talents because they worked together in Columbia's "No Sad Songs for Me." Miss Llndfors taught Natalie the rudiments of Swedish. Natalie taught her to chew bubble gum. Joan Crawford, at Columbia foi 'Harriet Craig", occupies the dress mg room once used by Carole Lombard, Lom-bard, who was her close friend, .'hen Carole was killed in a plane crash, Joan, as a gesture of friendship, friend-ship, offered to substitute in "They All Kissed the Bride", planned for Carole. "Harriet Craig" is Joan's first picture at Columbia since that tragic time. The men who impersonate three of radio's popular detectives are united in "Beyond the Sunset", a story of the Civil War. They are Glenn Ford. "Christopher London", Edmond O'Brien. "Johnny Dollar", and Ralph Byrd, "Dick Tracy". Bob Hope celebrated his 47th birthday ten days late in order to share it with his family. That same week he signed what his representative called "the most fantastic deal in radio's history", his-tory", a long-term contract with NBC, It covers both radio and television, can he taped or recorded re-corded if he wishes. Ills new sponsor is the cigarette com-pany com-pany now boosted by Crosby and Godfrey. In 1972 a bronze vault in Wichita. Kan., will be opened, then closed again till the year 2000; it was sealed recently, containing photos of world and national leaders ODDS AND ENDS... Now that Penny Singleton has her own radio show negotiations are under way for Arthur Lake, her former "Blondie" Colt. Ethel Barrymore's son, will return to pictures after a 19-year ab-sence ab-sence th a major live Stranger", at Paramount . . . fZl n CyeS h3S sinRed a ni con-alls con-alls fn Unive"al-ternational- siv. v and 15 none-exclu- ve . . . Ol.ve Carey. Harry's widow, wid-ow, continues her comeback. |