Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 109

Yl mum mot Coloroto-June 29, 1947 i I I Al'v '-j-' 1 I of Minnesota and modeled in Chicago, was spotted by a talent scout on the opening night of her second Broadway play. Within weeks Arlene was en route to Hollywood to begin a career she selected when she was 9. Arlene Dahl, 21-year-old Minneapolis beauty, was selected for a featured part in Warners "Wild Irish Rose," after, a minor role in the film version of "Life with Father." Arlene, who studied drama at the University Karin Booth, formerly June Frances Hoffman of Minneapolis, gets her first important screen break in MGM's "The Unfinished Dance." Upon hearing that she was being considered for a part in the ballet film, Karin worked for months to perfect her ballet technique. When she was called for a test, her performance proved sensational. FUTURE STARS? Yocr after yecr, movie sterlets rise to stcrdom; these Minnesota girls ere headed that direction.

yJs i (J f- () I tlTiiWf'tWt n-iwi iv.nt hpr fiint 18 vMis in Min- vounir sinsrer was the feminine lead in Day Ke- on Broadway when a talent scout invited her for a screen test. A long-term acting contract resulted. Admitting she "sings adequately," Peggy desires to appear in a stage musical. Peggy Knudsen, a Duluth product, has appeared in a half-dozen or so Warner Bros, pictures, latest of them being "The Unfaithful." She was playing the title role in "My Sister Eilen" neaxlis as Marriam Murphy, makes her screen fore Spring," one of the musica hits of the 1945-debut in MGM'S "Gkm1 News," a musical with '40 Broadway season. By the time it closed, she college campus background of the 1920's.

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