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Show STAG ESCREEfOADIO By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. ANNY KAYE, who is such S a sensational success in his first film, Samuel Gold-wyn's Gold-wyn's "Up in Arms," began his career in the group of summer sum-mer camps near New York known as the "Borscht Circuit." Cir-cuit." He did everything, from waiting on tables to entertaining en-tertaining the guests. .Then he toured the Orient as part of a troupe says he perfected his pantomime pan-tomime then, since no one hearing him understood English. Next came night clubs, and such success that he was engaged for the stage production pro-duction of "Lady in the Dark," which established him in the theater. thea-ter. A big factor in his success is his wife, Sylvia Fine, who writes his songs. Now here's "Up in Arms," which lands him at the top in films. . Charlie McCarthy would like everybody ev-erybody to know that 14-year-old Jane Powell is his one and only protegee. pro-tegee. Ever since he and Edgar Bergen Ber-gen worked in "Song of the Open Road," when Jane was made the I star of the picture, Charlie's been 1 i : ; If I yf JANE POWELL swamped by letters from teen-age girls who want him to sponsor them. Jane's done so well in her first picture pic-ture that another story, "Cinderella Goes to Town," has been bought for her. Though Adolphe Menjou returned last November from his seven-month seven-month tour of England, Algeria and Sicily, to entertain the armed forces, he is only now returning to the screen. . It took him three months to regain the 28 pounds he lost on the trip. Vincent Lopez ("Luncheon With Lopez," three tmes a week), believes be-lieves that American andiences not only know good music from bad, bnt good orchestrations from bad ones. He proved long ago that he knows what the public wants, not only In mnsic, but in stars; Betty and Marion Hatton are two of those whom he discovered and trained. Karole Singer and Bruce Hayes, now appearing with him, are two more. Ronald Colman's been swamped by mail as a result of his NBC show, "Everything for the Boys." From Montana came a letter from a mother, moth-er, saying "Won't you put my son and your namesake, Ronald Colman Dunn, on your program?" . But it's the army that chooses the overseas over-seas fighters who talk to Colman. Evidently the acting bug is catching. catch-ing. Now the real-life wife of "Dag-wood" "Dag-wood" (Arthur Lake) of "Blondie," of screen and radio fame, is taking to the screen. She is Patricia Van Cleve Lake, and will appear in the new Republic production, "New Faces." Jack Benny has signed a new contract con-tract with Warner Bros.; he recently recent-ly completed "The Horn Blows at Midnight." But he doesn't expect to start a new film until next July wants to make another trip overseas over-seas first, to entertain the armed forces. A program full of youngsters without with-out a single cracked voice in the collection that's a unique feature of the "Archie Andrews" program, heard. weekdays over Mutual. The show's producers feel that growing pains should not also inflict pain on the listeners, so base the humor of the series on believable situations. Something new in radio a member mem-ber of the Metropolitan Opera company com-pany has been cast in a regular role in a daytime serial drama. The singer , is Edith Herlick,- mezzo-soprano, mezzo-soprano, who also sings popular music mu-sic Sunday nights for television. The serial is "The Goldbergs." ODDS AND ENDS John Hodiak rode straight to success in "Lifeboat" now working opposite Lana Turner in "Marriage Is a Private Affair,' he s been cast for the male lead opposileAnn Sothern in "Maisie Goes to Reno . . . RKO announces that the Sister Kenny will get under way as soon as the executive execu-tive office considers the story right-also right-also that at no lime did Rosalind hits-sell hits-sell rejuse to make the picture ... That's a nice lot of Westerns that txMJ has lined up they've bought screen rights to eight Zane Grey novels .. . Amos V Andy fans are cheering because be-cause "Madame Queen" is back-and she talks just as they think she should. |