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Show It . .- -''"-'" - ; STAR DUST I J Movie Radio By VIRGINIA VALE WHILE the director, George Cukor, was in New York making film tests of Southern debutantes and several young actresses from New York stage, the news inadvertently in-advertently leaked out in Hollywood that David Selz-nick, Selz-nick, the producer, had already al-ready made up his mind about who should play the leads in "Gone With the Wind." Miriam Hopkins Is to play Scarlett, Scar-lett, Clark Gable will be Rhett, Janet Gaynor draws the appealing role of Melanie, and Leslie Howard will be Ashley, whom Scarlett loves but loses. Undoubtedly if the tests made in New York show real talent, the girls will be put under contract to play supporting roles In "Gone With the Wind" or for future pictures. That cast that Hal Roach has lined up to support Constance Bennett Ben-nett In "Topper" f ST; ft Vlifl Connie's entry in the high comedy race-has race-has everyone gasping. gasp-ing. Cary Grant, so overwhelmingly popular pop-ular since he dominated dom-inated Grace Moore in "When You're In Love," draws the lead. Hedda Hopper and Billie Burke, who are just as slick Cary Grant at comedy lines as they are at wearing exquisite clothes, are next in importance, impor-tance, and Roland Young and Alan Mowbray Join the cast to add to the hilarity. Even if Greta Garbo were playing the lead, a more imposing im-posing cast could not have been commandeered. A current picture that everyone likes, and that men are particularly enthusiastic over is "Sea Devils," an RKO picture with Victor McLaglen. There is a storm at sea in this one , that will make you grip the arms of your theater seat or your companion and if you don't let out a few loud gasps, you won't be like the majority in the preview audience. Ida Lupino plays the lead skillfully, but the girl you will remember is Helen Flint who gives a brilliant performance perform-ance as a tough character. So many people complained about the moderately-happy ending of "Lost Horizon" that the director ihanged it several weeks after the picture had started its triumphant run in New York ami Los Angeles. The ending that the rest of the country will see makes it appear very doubtful that Ronald Colman will ever fight his way through a blizzard to the heavenly peace of Shangri-la high in the Thibetan hills. With either ending this is a picture ttiat everyone will want to see. Fruits and vegetables are the heroes he-roes and heroines of a movie being shown extensively in the producing regions of the South and Far West. The picture, designed to bring the big city auction markets to grow-ers, grow-ers, dramatizes the selling process on a typical auction market where thousands of cars of fruits and vegetables veg-etables are translated into millions of dollars in revenue to the growers every year. List among your future film favorites Ella Logan whom you will soon see in Universale "Top of the Town." She is the enchanting singer sing-er with a thick Scottish burr to her voice who, accent or no, used to shout swing music over the radio with Abe Lyman's band. I like her best when she sings simple songs, but swing addicts rave about her ability to improvise new hl-de-bos. "Seventh Heaven" was previewed In Hollywood this week and everyone every-one agrees that it brings more glory to Jimmy Stewart than to Simone Simon though she is pert and appealing in the role that brought Janet Gaynor fame. Simone arrived at the preview wearing a hair ribbon tied in I a demure bow Just I over her forehead. and was so notice- C! ably nervous that Sa?0ne she fidgeted with her i m0n coat, her dress, and her hair ribbon all evening. She was accompanied by Anton Litvak. ODDS AND ENDS A make-up girl at thn taramount Hudio hut twelve tvnsi walchet given to her by grateful start. un to he different Frances Dee gve her an alarm dock at the finish n i Sea" ' ' Ann Sother ml( probably win the airlines award lor the most persistent air-commuter of the year. Whenever she has two ot three days to spare, she dashes off to Chicago to tee her husband, Roger Iryor who it leading a band there l ' t',fr?ne ' Paramount is glad to have Marlene Dietrich back, particu-larly particu-larly the electricians and carpenters on her tet. She brings such luscious fD Western Newspaper Union. |