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Show STAGE-CSCREENiRADIO By VIBGIMA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. ONE of the fifteen magazine models now working in "Cover Girl," starring Rita Hayworth, will begin her real movie career with a complete wardrobe. The Cover Girls are contributing a dollar a week apiece for 13 weeks, to be set side as a "career starter fund." The full amount $195 will be matched by the first star, making 390. The first Cover Girl who receives re-ceives a bona fide screen offer after finishing her role at Columbia will win the entire amount, to be pest on a wardrobe. Joan Leslie, co-starred with Fred Astaire In RKO Radio's "The Sky' the Limit," made her film debut five yean ago as a child actress in their "Laddie"; she was Joan Brodel then. She moved right along, play- .V - ' V JOAN LESLIE I Ing opposite Gary Cooper in "Sergeant "Ser-geant York," and Jimmie Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." A year ago Astaire saw her dance and said: "One of these days she's going to be my partner!" Leslie Howard, young daughter of a famous father, is all set to carry on a famous name. Remember how very good she was in her radio appearances? ap-pearances? She makes her film debut de-but with her father in "Spitfire." Another daughter of a famous parent, par-ent, Mary Hayes, daughter of Helen, makes her bow with her mother, this month, in a special Girl Scouts' radio program. Walter Brennan, Hollywood's only three-time Academy Award winner, celebrates his 25th year as a film character actor while he's appearing appear-ing in Samuel Goldwyn's "North Btar." And his youngest daughter makes her debut, as his granddaughter. grand-daughter. Real French - Canadian troops make their film debut in the Commando Com-mando raid sequence of the Merle Oberon-Brian Aherne film, "First Comes Courage." We're told that Commando tactics never before revealed re-vealed to the public are demonstrated demonstrat-ed by the 300-men tank force which performed for the cameras at Eeecher Bay, Vancouver Island, B. C It was looked on as excellent combat training for the troops. Open house for servicemen in Hollywood i a daily routine of hospitality in the Harry Sherman itudioi; an average of 30 soldiers, sailors and marines has been watching watch-ing Albert Decker and Claire Trevor in "The Gunmaster." Sherman has also opened his sound stages for parties par-ties for men in uniform; the other night 150 soldiers were invited to informal in-formal festivities at the end of the day's work. Jennifer Jones, who landed the lead in "The Song of Bernadette," waring completion, has Joined the all-star cast of "Since Too Went Away." Clandette Colbert plays the young mother; Shirley Temple and Jennifer are her daughters. Wendell Klles was unable to get overseas passage with Bob Hope, so be stayed home to be actor-announc-r on Johnny Mercer's Music Shop, the summer replacement for Bob's program. Mercer Is going to double from his radio show to write Metro's -Zlegfeld Follies." If those red and blue ration coupons cou-pons have been bothering you, be sure to see the latest Lum and Ab-ner Ab-ner picture when it comes your way. The famous Jot 'Em Down Store of Fine Ridge, Ark., is the scene of all sorts of mixups with the coupons, sugar and coffee tickets, and Lum and Abners duties as air raid wardens war-dens and ration board and tire inspectors in-spectors as material. ODDS AND ENDS-Jo,, hurbii making m film for Metro, In which i portrayi himttlf , , . lAtuit Armstrong, No, I trumpet man, it lie laundry $ bnt friend uned a dozen handker-thU.ft handker-thU.ft for mopping purpose on morning recently, while recording for "Jam Senium" , . . Hetty llullon has played e girl who earns hor own living in every one of her pirturet to dato, . . Lupo Vle had her firtl cat of slag fright when the had to handle a 0ry young baby in "Mi'xiran Spilfire'i Wetted Event" the fart that the baby mnuld work only two minulet at a lim as all that laved hert |