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Show STAGECREENil)ADlO Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE TED COLLINS is well! known as the producer of the "Kate Smith Hour" and "Kate Smith Speaks," also as the man under whose shrewd direction Kate rocketed to fame. But among those who know the inside of radio he's famous as a star-maker, an expert talent finder. Among his alumni are Abbott and Costello. Rudy Vallee, "The Aldrich Family, ' "It Pays to Be Ignorant" and Tommy Tom-my Riggs and Betty Lou. He passes on scores of ideas, songs, guest stars and radio aspirants each week. He listens to a new tune once or twice and knows just how good it will be one reason why so many hit songs have been introduced on the CBS "Kate Smith Hour." He can size i up talent as quickly and launch new performers with a guest shot on that same program. Virginia Mayo's' been yearning for a dramatic role, after being the romantic ro-mantic interest to Danny Kaye in "Wonder Man," in "The Kid From Brooklyn" and to Bob Hope in "The Princess and the Pirate." So Sam- . - . . ' " 1 ' t ;' 1 v4fjW't - :; . y ,y VIRGINIA MAYO uel Goldwyn rewarded her in "Glory for Me' she can be Intense and dramatic and emotional as the unfaithful war wife of Fred Derry, a bombardier. William Wyler will direct Convalescent veterans in the army's huge Birmingham General hospital voted this way for their most popular comedians Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Jack Carson, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Joe E. Brown, Eddie Bracken, Fred Allen, Abbott and Costello, William Bendix. Did you know that Kate Smith can't read music, and has never taken music lessons. "There are only two natural popular singers," says Ted Collins, "Kate Smith and Bing Crosby. They sing a song the way the composer had in mind. Tommy Dorsey plays a trombone the way they sing. Kate has perfect pitch and a flair for phrasing." No wonder she didn't need music lessons! les-sons! Don't miss the March of Time's new release, "Challenge to Hollywood," Holly-wood," showing how British moviemakers movie-makers plan to capture world audiences audi-ences with bigger and livelier pictures. pic-tures. Their $5,000,000 "Caesar and Cleopatra' seems to be their best bet. Barry Wood, singing star of "Johnny Presents," is spending his winter week-ends at his farm in Connecticut Con-necticut with his wife and three daughters; says he just relaxes, hunts and cooks. Barry's specialty is venison. But unfortunately for him, deer hunting is not permitted in Connecticut, so he shoots pheasant pheas-ant instead but doesn't say whether wheth-er he does the cooking. If you've been wondering, what's happened to Dolores Del Rio, her latest picture is "Portrait of Maria," made in Mexico, released In this country by MGM International Films. English sub-titles have been dubbed in, very successfully. Since "Duffy's Tavern" first went on the air a whole crop of Duffyless Duffy's Taverns has sprouted up; wherever a beachhead was taken, or a spearhead pulled up for refreshments, re-freshments, a new Duffy's Tavern arose, apparently. Now, a student of history hns discovered that the first Duffy's Tavern was established in 1795, about 15 miles west of Wil-liamsport. Wil-liamsport. Pa. In place of Duffy there were two Miss DufTys, so "Duffy ain't here" was true then. Ed Gardener, of radio's "Duffy's," is insulted there was no "Archie"' either. ODDS A0 E!'DS0cttr Levant firm horn matlo trrhnirnl advisor for the musical soquencos of " Humor oqur." j . . . Joe Louis apftoars in sconos of "Joe I'alonka, Champ,' along uitll othrr pitfiilistir champions. . . . Hoy Hou'T$ has bouuht 20 of the finrl palomino j marcs ohtainuhlo ; now h'''s lookin for a screen play bawd on the history of' palominos, in uhich to star his hnrso,1 J rizgrr. . . . Jimmy, a raven, who's bfon in tlic movies 0 yenrst will he thn first bird to receive a screen crodit when his name is added to the cast lit of fir pub-' tic a "Home on the ftanfic". . . IlonfiY CarmichaoVs second film appearance is in HKO's uJohnny Angel." |