after moving to new york city and getting steady work on radio commercials, kollmar appeared in the broadway musicals "knickerbocker holiday" (1938) and "too many girls" (1939). the cast of "too many girls" included 22-year-old singer-actor desi arnaz. more than 35 years later, after kollmar's death, arnaz's memoir was published in which he said he and kollmar had become close friends during the run of their musical show.