Show T V STARS IN T H IE SPOTLIGHT BY ETHEL EDIEL VINE john carroll who is la currently playing his most important singing ing role on the screen to date in rio rita describes himself as a soldier of fortune born julian lafaye in new orleans he has KIM since packed considerable adventure into his young life and visited most of the big cities around the V globe Inc including ludin singapore hong I 1 kong london pans Paris and many others what no gardenia at the age of ten he ran away from home and soon landed in houston texas where he got a job in a steel works A short time later found him in galveston where he signed up with the crew on a freighter and sailed around the world when he returned to JOHN CARROLL houston he got a job as aa floor walker in a dry goods store but the land lubbers life proved too dull and soon he shipped to sea again studies abroad on his return from this voyage he visited his home in new orleans ind while there ai wealthy resident hearing him sing offered to send him abroad to study during the next few years carroll studied voice in milan paris and berlin when he came back to the united states he set out for hollywood where he was signed for a singing role in a picture called HI gaucho subsequently he has appeared I 1 in n zorro rides again only angels have wings susan and god lady be good lland and may many other pictures A young ayoung giant I 1 i 1 he lives near hollywood in cheviot hills among his hobbles bobbles are deep sea fishing and tennis the actor is a young glant giant standing six feet four inches linches and weighing pounds in rio rita he plays opposite kathryn grayson others in the cast include abbott and costello patricia danet dane tom conway barry nelson and the brazilian dancer eros bros volusia B |