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Show ST&GESCREENADIO By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. A LARGE detail of American Ameri-can soldiers stationed now at Accra, on the Gold Coast of West Africa, sat through a driving rainfall to see one of the "global" premieres pre-mieres of "Stage Door Canteen." Can-teen." Lt. Col. Flynn L. Andrew, An-drew, who returned recently from an extended tour of the fighting fronts, reported on it. This was one of simultaneous showings of the picture on 33 battle fronts. It i took place in an open-air theater, and a sudden rainstorm dampened j the audience considerably, but not their enthusiasm. Frank Sinatra, who's achieved such spectacular success in a year, has signed with RKO Radio; his first Picture will be "Higher and Higher," in which he will be co-starred with P I 3 ! it.-- ' i xs;J i Is- 1 f v. . . i FRANK SINATRA Michele Morgan. Meanwhile, he's doing fine with his new radio program pro-gram "The Frank Sinatra Show," 45 minutes a week of joy for fans who've made him "America's favorite favor-ite male vocalist." Victor Borge goes into the army in September. Not content with doing do-ing his Blue Network show and working in a picture on the MGM lot, he recently opened as a nightclub night-club entertainer at one of Hollywood's Holly-wood's favorite spots. He explains his passion for work in this way "I'd like to do a year's theatrical work in three months." Looks as if he'd manage it. Jack Whiting subbed for William Gaxton on the CBS Playhouse "The Gay Divorcee" and did a fine job, but his heart wasn't in it. His stepson, step-son, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was in New York on leave, and Whiting was to have been godfather that day at the Fairbanks baby's christening. For eight years we've been hearing "Time . . . marches on!" but not seeing the speaker. In the March of Time's latest film, "Invasion," he'll appear on the screen in person; he's Westbrook Van Voorhis. Ginny Simms has stepped into the lead in the Metro musical, "Along Broadway," and Eleanor PowelL who had been mentioned for the role, steps out; she asked for a release from her contract, which had nine months more to run. According to the dancer, she wants to devote more time to army camp entertainment, which is wonderful news for the boys who'll benefit. After signing Anita Louise to a long term contract, Columbia has given her a leading role in "Restless Lady," which will be a comedy thriller thrill-er rather like "A Night to Remember." Remem-ber." Evelyn Keyes, Edmund Lowe, Allyn Jostyn and John Hubbard head the cast. Arturo Toscanini's two July United Unit-ed States treasury department concertsthe con-certsthe 18th and the 25th will be attended by army, navy, marine and coast guard enlisted men and officers. of-ficers. The men of the Maritime service will be guests at the September Sep-tember one,. Robert Sterling, on furlough, visited visit-ed the "Cry 'Havoc' " set to see his bride, Ann Sothern; the scene was a base hospital on Bataan, with 200 extras in army uniforms, and an assistant director tried to herd Bob in with 'em, not recognizing him. When Rody McDowall met Irene Dunne for the first time, on the "White Cliffs of Dover" set, he brought her messages from civic leaders of ten cities; he'd just returned re-turned from a bond-selling tour that took him through 17 states, covering some of the territory that she took in on a similar tour last year. ODDS AND ENDSGroucho Marx is being egged on by Chico and Harpo to join them in another dm comedy; he says if he does it will be his third farewell screen appearance . . . Charles Bickford, who supports Cary Grant in "Mr. Lucky," sells the government ull the hops he can raise on his 120-ucre farm in Massachusetts . . . Dick I'oivell will play opposite Lucille Bull in "Meet the People" . . . Mary Livingstone was recently voted "Sweetheart of a Flying Skull Squadron" by Amercian Air Force men in North Africa . . . Opinion in the trade is that ack Carson's new CBS series breaks all the established rules of comedy shows. |