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Show stagescreenMdio Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE WHEN Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake hit New York they just never stopped going; the stars of the movie's "Blondie" series and the CBS Sunday show are popular young people, and some of the season's nicest parties were given for them. "I haven't seen anything of New York, really," said Penny. "And what do you think happened to me? I gave my clothes to the hotel valet to press, and I guess 'Dagwood' i ... : -o.Vl""'"' ; - - : 1 I' . V I - 1 ! " ' . PENNY SINGLETON did my black crepe dress; it was pressed up and down instead of across, so now it's a lot longer than it was, and so tight that I look just like a sausage In it!" But with that cute face and wide smile, nothing could spoil her looks. When you see Paramount's "The Imperfect Lady," look at the driver of the carriage In which Teresa Ter-esa Wright and Virginia Field ride. He's George Jenner, who was carriage car-riage footman to Queen Victoria for two years, 1892 to 1894, the period In which "The Imperfect Lady" Is set. He met arriving foreign potentates and conducted them to Buckingham palace. So it's practically type casting. cast-ing. "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" and think of Ray Mil-land. Mil-land. The world seems to be his since he made "Lost Week-End," but h made three trips from London Lon-don to Hollywood before he finaUy hit his stride as a film actor. For a brief Shakespearean episode epi-sode with Sonny Tufts and Michael Chekov in "Cross My Heart," Paramount Para-mount rented a set from John Car-radine Car-radine which he is reported to have purchased for $50. Paramount paid Carradine $400 a week. When George Burns and Gracie Allen take their summer vacation June 6 to August 29 Meredith Will-son Will-son will carry on for the summer, with the King Sisters and Ben Gage. m If you're interested in the career of a prospective Warner Bros, star, don't miss seeing Dorothy Malone In "Janle Gets Married"; she's one of eight players being groomed for stardom. She also has a leading role In "Cry Wolf," in which Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck star. & Irene Rich, who makes her first film appearance after five years' absence ab-sence from the screen In Republic's "The Angel and the Outlaw," owns and operates a 1,000 acre ranch near San Bernardino, Calif. You'll see Ann Richards walk up a staircase, turn and go out of sight in "The Searching Wind." That was the last shot of the day, and the company ganged up on her; Director Di-rector William Dieterle asked her to do it once more. So up the stairs and out of view went the blonde star. Then she came back, and found that while she was on her way up the whole company had quietly beat it. Bill Edwards recently introduced his screen self to his fiancee, Hazel Allen took her to a Paramount projection room where "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" was being run off. And she confessed that she'd gone to see the picture some time ago, after a hard day at the doctor's doc-tor's office where she's an assistant, but couldn't remember anything about it; seems she slept right through it! Frank Readick told this one at a "Crime Doctor" rehearsal. Two elephants at the zoo were crouched back to back. When a third elephant joined them he was told to go away because they were playing. Playing what, he asked. Why, book ends! ODDS AND ENDS Roland Cilver, whom Paramount imported from England Eng-land to play Olivia de llavilland's middle-aged swain in "To Each His Otvn," returns to Hollywood to play her sister, sis-ter, Joan Fontaine's, father in "The Emperor Waltz.". . . . Sterling Haydcn's resuming his acting career at Paramount. Para-mount. . . . Herman Cocring's jewel, encrusted hunting knife note hangs on the wall of Alan LadiVs den. . . . Evelyn Keyes lost so much weight when shi had the flu that it cost Columbia plenty to remodel the clothes she wean in "Th Jolson Story.". |