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Show STAGE v SCREEN RADIO y viKaxi. v.u i: llrlrr,l hv Wmlrrn Nrwapniwr Union. nKANNA DUUniN h.ns ' siuvtviioil in convincing Hollywood executives, ns well us the public, that she's i;rown up, thanks to radio. She was chosen to play the unhappy, jsycho-patholop,ioal role created cre-ated by Torestt WriRlit In "Shadow of IXnibt" for the Screen Guild rinyors' air version over CHS. Not ' '! I DEANNA DTJRBIN only did Deanna come through with flying colors, but the radio program opened an entirely new vista of film and air endeavor for her, one that is completely removed from her in.ging. It's not surprising that William Holden wanted to drop his own came William Franklin Beedle and legally switch to Holden. But when his wife, Brenda Marshall, has worked so hard and successfully to Introduce that one, it's startling to have her announce that she's never liked it, and from now on will be known by her maiden and married names Ardis Ankerson Holden. Casting for "Hi Diddle Diddle" Bounds a little goofy. Marek Wind-heim, Wind-heim, former Metropolitan Opera tenor, will play a pianist-accompanist for Pola Negri, who makes her motion picture comeback as an opera singer. Seems he was chosen because he, like Miss Negri, is of Polish descent and artistic temperament. tempera-ment. Richard Hageman, Metropolitan Metro-politan Opera conductor, plays a stockbroker. Shirley Temple talked things over with David O. Selznick, and very wisely signed a long term contract with him. She'll appear In "Since Ton Went Away," his first production produc-tion since "Rebecca," with an all-star all-star cast. Some people say that Hollywood had better lay oft war pictures because be-cause the public's sick of them. Well, "the armed forces aren't, judging by the men who come to New York's Civilian Defense Entertainment committee for free tickets. The oth-er oth-er night I handed out passes to "Crash Dive" and "China" by the dozen. Of course, "China" had Harry Har-ry James and his band to back It up. Bill Terry, who made his film debut In the short, "Private Smith ot the U. S. A.," and will soon be seen in its continuation, "Lieutenant Smith," has been signed up by Sol Lesser for a role in "Stage Door Canteen." Two men of the merchant marine visited Jimmy Dorscy a while back and gave him the "Gibraltar Medal" Med-al" one of them was wearing. Afloat 36 days after their freighter was torpedoed, all they had to keep their morale np were his recordings of "Maria Elcnc" and "The Breeze and I." When they'd used up thelr needk'S they fell back on matches and paper clips. Newest screen actor to branch out Into radio as a regular performer is Jack Carson, last seen in Warner Bros." "The Hard Way." He's winning win-ning new fame as a comedian as master of ceremonies of the CBS "Comedy Caravan," heard Friday venings. Even Ellery Queen, ace detective, failed to notice a wedding ring n the left hand of Ernest Chappell, his program announcer; It was a week before he learned that Chappell had married Claudia Morgan, daughter of Ralph, niece of Frank, "Nora Charles" of "The Thin Man" on the air and leading actress on "The Right to Happiness" and "We Love and Learn." X ODDS AND ENDS Kate Smith's getting a reputation for having launched more fighting and mercliant ships than anyone else in the V. S. A. she recently re-cently launched her sixth . . . Jerry Wayne, sinning star o "All Time Hit Varade," acted in minor rnlis in pictures pic-tures before turning to radio . . . Kos-olintl Kos-olintl Kussell named the baby Carl Lance llrisson . . . Metro's bucking the manpower shortage by readying two . lop budget pictures with all-mnle casts, "llnlaan" anil "A Thousund Shall Fall" Spencer Tracy's really as tired us he looked in "Keeper of the Flame" h-'s ( v m need a rcl . . . Heller see " ihe More llie Merrier" for laughs. |