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Show stagecscreenMdio Released by Western Newspaper Union. KERRY KELLY, 3 -year-old daughter of the dancing danc-ing Gene, recently saw her first movie, a special 20 minute min-ute reel of all her daddy's dances from "Anchors Aweigh" and wanted to know why she couldn't have danced with her father instead in-stead of little Sharon McManus, who did the Mexican dance with him. Incidentally, since he got out of the navy in April Kelly has been dancing five hours a day, limbering lim-bering up his feet for more dancing, danc-ing, and then working out for two or three hours in a gymnasium, to tighten up his muscles. He starts work immediately on "The Pirate," with Judy Garland, at MGM, which means that he'll be in training till it's finished. Johnny Desmond, NBC singing star, Is a little worried about his first movie, slated to begin production produc-tion this summer. "In Hollywood they usually turn dancers into dra- . 1 1 (" s ! JOHNNY DESMOND matic actors and singers Into comedians," come-dians," says he. "I'll probably wind up in a Western, co-starring with Trigger." Johnny has a new pastime; pas-time; when the records of his radio show, the Tuesday night "Follies," are played back he sings tenor to his own baritone; it's his ambition to work up a quartet that way, singing all the parts himself. Audrey Totter's sister June turned her back on Hollywood and went home to Joliet, 111. "She saw me getting up at 5:30 every morning to go to work In Xady in the Lake'," explained Audrey, "and decided de-cided she'd rather sleep than act in films." m Billy Riley, who fibbed about his age and saw two years of nava! combat in the South Pacific, can't escape the school teacher on the "Lady in the Lake" set. Still under 18, he must obey the California law and do his lessons. He complained about it. "I sure had to look after myself on the beachheads' said Riley. ; "The Adventures of the Thin Man" is being substituted for the "Fanny Brice Show" over CBS Sunday Sun-day nights starting August 11, marking mark-ing the beginning of the sixth year this show has been on the air. There have been three "Nick Charles," Les Damon, David Goth-ard Goth-ard and Les Tremayne; Les Damon Da-mon and Claudia Morgan, the original origi-nal "Nick" and "Nora," now on the program, will continue. Frank Sinatra hopes to do some flying this summer with his friend, pianist Skitch Henderson. Sinatra's been trying to interest Alex Stor-dahl Stor-dahl in flying, but the maestro says when he waves a stick he wants music, not an airplane, to start rolling. Radio announcers never get over the fear that they may "bobble" a line. Bob Williams, the young blond announcer of "Meet Me at Parky's," is still haunted by his worst break. In the midst of a powerful drama, which boasted top Hollywood stars performing for a charitable cause, Bob set the scene for the tense climax cli-max thus "And now the sheen sips to the home of Mr. Gregory." ! 1 ! Emerging from a recent "Inner Sanctum" broadcast, "Host" Paul McGrath was accosted by an irate woman who said she'd long been a fan of the program "and for weeks I've been writing to Iii Brown, the producer, and even ta the sponsor, begging them to da something about that horrible door." To which McGrath replied with dignity, "Madame, our door ; squeaks for itself!" ODDS AND ENDS The perfect re-tort, re-tort, at rehearsal for the George Burns-Grade Burns-Grade Allen broadcast; Grade tc. heckler Hill Goodwin "Oh, go roli your Hooper!" . . . Chili Wills, tin Texas Suede who has portrayed on the screen members of nearly every nationality nation-ality but his own, finally plays a Swedi in "High Barbatee,' as a pal of Van Johnson . . . "My Sister Eileen" with Lucille Ball in the title role, is beinf prepared for radio . . . Toscha Seidcl one of the world's famous concer, : violinists, has been signed by Paramount Para-mount as concert master and soloisl of the studio recording orchestra, j |
