Show j STAR J I 1 DUST J I 1 movie radio by VIRGINIA VALE WHILE HILE all the important motion picture producers were trying to interest ronald colman in big serious se rious dramas drama S he slipped over to the hal roach studio and agreed to star in a goofy comedy called fancy free no one else even suspected that ronnie wanted to oin the parade of serious players who have scored in light offerings his ills best friend bill powell is suspected of selling him the idea bill has such fun making comedies and so do myrna loy and carols carole lombard and the newest recruit constance bennett I 1 would not be at all surprised if constance were to play the lead opposite colman now that bill powell is wandering around europe myrna loy is going to stray over to the twentieth century fox studio to make a picture with war ner baxter her sec ond best leading man the story is career in C ma jor or and is all about a woman with a not so good voice 4 who is absolutely determined to get warner into grand opera baxter a her husband views the whole project with distaste until he finds that his barber shop chord is just what the opera scouts have been looking for just as soon as a radio performer makes an outstanding hit the mo tion picture scouts grab him turn so now it is professor quiz who Is going to step before the camera ue ile and james wallington the ever popular announcer are going to be sn in columbia pictures I 1 freshman follies t the tremendous popularity of the prisoner of zenda I 1 has revived interest in swashbuckling mythical kingdom romances so sam gold wyn has decided it Is high time to film I 1 graustark again it has ben made twice before but not in the gorgeous way that sam will make it he plans to have merle oberon play the beautiful princess and gary cooper the american newspaper man who rescues and marries her since he subbed for don ameche on the charlie mccarthy nelson ed dy program herbert marshall is the most sought after actor in hollywood tor for radio programs it any sponsor could persuade him and claudette laudette C colbert to appear regular ly together the programs popular ity rating would be sure to start near the top but just wait until you hear brian aherne s voice in the warner brother brothers s picture the great garrick 11 he is going goin to give mr marshall some competition for phil is being ribbed by his friends and all because he ran into difficulties while filming a para mount short film featuring his hour of charm all girl orchestra they all worked hard finished the film on schedule and went home satisfied that they had done their best but the studio called up next day to protest that a man s voice could be heard in the midst of the all fern fem mine chorus Spi taIny went to hear the sound track played pretty in dinnant dig narit that their work had been spoiled only to find that it was his own voice on tha the film K motion picture fans who have been lamenting 0 because so many of their hollywood favorites have abandoned the screen for a fling on the stage cabi can just stop worrying so far the plays have aa not been good enough to hold the players tor for long sylvia sidney henry fonda and elis sa landi will probably be back at hoi hol sylvia sidney lywood at work in pictures before very long but frederic march undismayed by their so so success is headed for new york with his wife to do a stage play ODDS AND ENDS walt wait disney has finally vetoed the plan to put pug mickey and albinnie mouse alouse on a weekly radio program can cant t spare the time to see that it 1 is l done right and bont u on t let his hij little dar ling minnie and mickey be directed by anyone else alice faye did not nog like the dressing room universal studio pro tided for her so she got a moving van to bring her oun dressing room bungalow over from irons the century fox tot lot olivia de ll atiland has eliminated all the other bandt lates for lor the lead in robin hood opp f q te is errol flynn fach figures that the other brings luck to a picture I 1 aul mum alum and his wife wile are on a six world cruise to the deep regret of 01 all the companies who wanted him hirn to nake another picture right ama odiay uffa 0 western newspaper union |