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Show IJj By VIRGINIA VALE Jni juJMt(1 Dy Westcrn Newspaper Union. tOOKS as if Warner Bros. j agreed with Jack Benny 'S hen' on his return from the ieH European "battlefronts, he de- fle the trip was the best vacation he'd had in years. h Humphrey Bogart was just well on f si Hi entcrtaIn servicemen in jj? jbat area when the company an- i eounced that as soon as he returned M'd start work on "To Have and to liM'i:.- HUMPHREY BOGART 5 Havt Not," by Ernest Hemingway. 5! Iff a tale about the rum-running tipper of a yacht operating oil the b fiorida Keys sounds very Bogart- WJ Ul 4 tt That nation-wide search for the Tilce which most nearly approxl-Bites approxl-Bites that of the famous Nellie l'1 Melba wound np with the selection rfB-year-old Jean Forward, who'll ttor In Rene Clair's "It Happened tomorrow." She moved to Los An- relet two years ago, and before that kid sung leading roles with the XG Golden West Opera company, the 3 Eontfaera California Opera company, in mi the American Opera company. 3 Her voice was selected from hun-&s hun-&s dredi by Robert Stolz, who's serving ott; u musical director for the produc-ri produc-ri tlan. When Janet Wilde was In Holly- k ood she appeared in a mere hand- CT tul of pictures, mostly Westerns. She switched to radio, and was cho- 1 un to portray Corliss Archer in the new comedy series and now the fflm folk want her back. "That's not for.me," says Janet. n tt s Tom Coats Is a stunt double whose lervices are hired for extraordinary feats of horsemanship. He worked In "Riding High," and one chore M u to impersonate Cass Daley driving a heavy wagon at full tilt ' over a desert road. He had to wear 1 wig with a pompadour, so that in long shots he'd look like Cass and '! that wig above his rugged face prac-u prac-u tically ruined the members of the -r erewl His outstanding work in films and 7 ta radio guest appearances has won William Bendix a starring air show ol his own, the Blue Network's Sun- day afternoon comedy-drama "The ! Me of Riley." It was those guest Jippearances that attracted the ra-f ra-f Ho moguls' interest. o present a broad, inclusive pic-toe pic-toe of American youth in wartime pjj tod to show how youth Itself is meet- fc the challenge of increased Ju- Tenlie delinquency, the National Broadcasting company has an- g tonnced a 13-week series of pro- 3K Pns, "Here's to Youth," which Jf 10 be heard Saturdays from one j ne-thirty, Eastern War Time, wtfaninp January 15. The broad- ts will be presented in coopera-Uon coopera-Uon with 10 major voluntary youth lja wlnljatIons with a total youth , Membership of 31 million. A Charles Coburn, veteran of jSf JJ'W and screen, not only sings for 0 t first time in films but also en-'ts en-'ts in his first screen romance. ti girl Is blonde Constance Dowl- 1 ho, with Coburn and Nelson Mtj, is co-starred in "Knickerbocker "Knickerbock-er Holiday." As Governor Peter st Wuyvssant, Coburn not only wrs a ptf kg. but does a dance as well. J? Rames wa considered too yplcally American to play the Eng- J"i girl in "The Uninvlted"-Gail meU got the role. Ella was JKht too sophlsUcated for "Our earu Were Young and Gay"-GaU ! jot the part. But Ella's set as lead- H maa ta "Hall the Conquering iiut" 111 whIch bMU P13 oppo S? f3116 Bracken and it's a Pres-m Pres-m Sturges picture! X JULDS,AND WDS-Wiih that luckj 9 k on tlie Vox Hop tt c P"rij. Johnson and Warren Hull A ring again what will happen-4 happen-4 SjLrcr0" 0 during the commer-4 commer-4 "suLi fAe 'PO'""' gd W0,r , rr to the announcer, they; ask tilP7d CoWamiifc. at.0r 0 T4 V Fa,nUy" ha en asked to re- iDum ' hi Peciay papular iTUl utnovaton in radio, if he .h, . en Terry of CDS' nt !,l?rtzon" been awarded 11,?- Vnpe 0 flrfe . . . b trr? fn.,a,valache of 'sugges- torVIr?d AUen and t""rUz Mel-w Mel-w their stunt in pictures: ! 1 |