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Show Bcleaied by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE GRACE MOORE, who's gone overseas to entertain enter-tain servicemen, is booked for a new radio program of her own, which will take to the air this autumn. If it isn't good it will break her record she's been successful in musical comedy, in opera, in the movies, and whenever she's done a radio stint listeners have wished for more. All that's known at the moment Is that George GRACE MOORE Givot, "The Greek Ambassador," will appear with her. Miss Moore, looking most attractive In uniform, bade farewell to New York officially, Just before she was due to leave. No small task lay ahead of her; a little singer named Lily Font had already set the pace for singers entertaining en-tertaining servicemen. Way back years ago, Lew Ayres shot Into stardom via his role In "All Quiet on the Western Front." William Goets, head or International Internation-al Pictures, thinks he has under eon-tract eon-tract a young man who can duplicate dupli-cate that feat The young man Is Richard Long; he hasn't completed his chores In "Tomorrow Is Forever," For-ever," but the Hollywood grapevine caught up with him, and Goets hat turned down four offers to share Long's contract. Trust Warner Bros, to catch up with the army discharge system practically as soon as it was announced. an-nounced. In "Janle Gets Married" Johnny Miles, Art Kasscl Jr., John Sheridan and Mel Torme portray veterans who win their discharge via the point system. His fans are congratulating themselves them-selves nowadays, since It's been announced an-nounced that Fred Allen will take over that spot on NDC at 8:30 Sunday Sun-day evenings, (EWT) rounding out a full hour of comedy which began with Edgar Dergen and Charlie McCarthy. Mc-Carthy. Allen will spend the summer sum-mer In setting up the program format of the broadcast that will mark his regular appearance to the air after a year's absence. Katlna Paxlnou, the talented Greek actress who gave such a magnificent performance In "For .Whom the Bell Tolls" two years 'ago and hasn't done a picture since, will be seen In the Charles Doycr-jLaurrn Doycr-jLaurrn Bacall starring film, "Confidential "Con-fidential Agent." . The new March of Time "Spotlight "Spot-light on Congress" Is crammed .with vivid. Informal shots of Washington Wash-ington personalities. Much of the material, such as scenes of Presl-jdent Presl-jdent Truman talking with Senate Majority Leader Barkley, is exclusive ex-clusive with the March of Time. The scenes of the blunnual press club party for new senators are especially entertaining. If you won-ier won-ier how congressmen spend their time, don't miss it. Taulette Goddard says she's now l"on ex-brunette trying to acquire a biondo personality." She likes her honey-blonde hnlr, says her husbimd and his friends are enthusiastic about it, so she'll keep It that way. She finished "Kitty" and has hud eight months' rest since then, the longest holiday she's ever had. Spent a lot -of it at her Santa Monica beuch home. She's the same Paulctte, blonde or brunette. ! Maybe It's so that Hal Wallls thinks Llnbcth Scott can be bu.lt up to rival Lauren Ilacall. Llzabeih's initial screen effort Is "You Came Aliing." In which she has a fairly dirtlciilt role. She'd hnd good training train-ing with the road cdiiipiiny of Olsen and Johnson's "IlplUapnpiin." Says even training with the commandos would be a cinch beside that! OiJS ,4 K.ViS :Uh Crnlun rm'i 'the If or Ahrtur bring I hit ul Alien bnrk li lb tttrrn or thr firt linir lime hp rl ci ihhI f rnnl in tli HrUtih army. . . . OirrwiM ruler-tiiinmrnl ruler-tiiinmrnl il inrfll'fri Srii ffrme. . . , Simiief (.'"Mil n liiftJii Mei Cn7ififl, if "II iimif Vm," M " VMifiKit f.uffc (,'iiMe" , . , limn f 'miffirM'i Htrr llrl-l, llrl-l, u hit rri'irrif Jmio ifce rrtff in f(fimJiiii'i "hi nnd Trll," ha brrn mm int. film m ih renl of Jihin't nrrr in "Win im Slatfe. ' . . . tlinmr llarnr mm ihr rne 11 "Ann 1 lnnne' in KhO't prnduciion 'lh Stin Wim." I |