Show E NTH ADIOS By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union A NOVEL contribution to tor A r Hollywoods Hollywood's and radios radio's war efforts is the Sew and Sew club headed by Penny Singleton who's Blondie of the air and the screen Penny organized the club to perform emer- emer emergency emergency gency sewing jobs on servicemen's uniforms ranging from simple re- re repairs repairs pairs to alterations She has enlist enlist- enlisted I ed some of Hollywoods Hollywood's outstanding movie and radio luminaries as members of her unique r es esa W. W v k I a J f ra ras t. t 1 r s PENNY PENN SINGLETON And anyone who encounters of servicemen on leave a strange city will realize how it is is t Joe Howard perhaps the oldest in radio is still one of the successful judging by a deal he recently completed Joe of the Gay Nine Nine- Revue over CBS Monday sold Metro Mayer film rights to The uThe Time the and the Girl a hit musical he wrote and sev sev- decades ago r. On July 18 Dick Haymes made debut on the airs air's Heres to July 19 he he ma made sc screen n on wits Fox Century executives looked at the tests and at Haymes signed a contract to make two films a year for the next seven years Three months ago he was singing with Tommy Dorseys Dorsey's band Hollywoods Hollywood's oddest summer school is composed of four students Bon ita Granville Anne Shirley Kent KentSmith KentSmith Smith and Rita Corday They study Chinese Their teacher is Edward Dmytryk hes he's the director who fol- fol following following lowing his success with Children was signed to direct Behind the Rising Sun He began studying Chinese some years ago 1 Lou Crosby radio announcer will make his film debut as as' asa a Nazi sol sol- soldier soldier dier captured by Russian guerrillas in One On Hour of Glory Casey Rob Rob- Robinson Robinson inson production for Announcer er for the Lum n Abner program Crosby has one of radios radio's best speaking voices Most radio executives think that summer radio fare should be light and frothy to succeed but the latest survey figures indicate that the pub pub- public public lic doesn't agree Screen Guild Players Monday night CBS dra- dra dramatic dramatic matic series that stars Hollywoods Hollywood's top names leads all the others in listener popularity according to Hooper and Crossley survey figures This is the program on which none of the actors and actresses are paid the money they would ordinarily re- re receive eive c goes to the Screen Actors guild to aid indigent movie people Betty Rhodes has begun making makin g her second Personal Album for fo gr r OWl ow These albums contain record record- recordings recordings ings of songs and an informal talks and andare andare are sent to Alaska Ireland Africa Africa- wherever American troops are arc sta- sta stationed stationed at a great distance from home The singing star recently fin fin- finished the feminine lead in a musical comedy called Salute for Three Kate Smith in her her year as aradio a aradio radio star has signed a new three three- year contract Her contracts are unique in that they're always for three years and the options fall faU due at the end of each season hen the old one still has two tm years to run run Cecil Brown has no crystal ball baIl but on May 20 the news broadcaster said The Italians might pop up with witha a chastened Count Ciano or Dino Grande or a Marshal Badoglio with new found courage Just two months and five days days early ODDS AND ENDS Ella Mae ors singer on the Johnny Mercer program was dickering with two elm lm companies while a third dickered tot fOI the use of Ella EUa Maes Mae's old four months old baby in a movie Feo- Feo Feodor dor Chaliapin son of the famous Russian singer will play a Russian soldier in Unit Unit- United ed Artists Artists' The T Girl Front From Leningrad Neil Hamilton timer old of the movies is staging a comeback tile lice first step will be bethe tIle the role of the husband in Since You Went Away Auay Thelma Schnee one o othe of f the most brilliant young actresses oJ of the th e New York stage has joined tIle the cast of o ef f NBC's Snow Village tIle to serial laid i in n I rural New England |