Show Stars Stranded randd By Talkies Win Back Standing HOLLYWOOD May 16 UP The UP-The The worn time-worn expression They Never Come Com Back is one bromide which never will willbe be tacked on Hollywood When the talkies came caine whirling Into the studio directors actors and executives were caught in the storm and when a sort of or a calm settled over the countryside side many were high and dry on the rocks Some stayed there Others suddenly suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly blossomed out in the talkies Many names once in the silent films and then all but forgotten forgot forgot- ten en start started d to appear again In the newspapers and in the lights over movie theaters The most recent example is Ricardo do Cortez husband of the late Alma Rubens Cortez came to the thc silent screen creen shortly at after r the thc tragic den demise sc of Rudolph Valentino As all of or Holl Hollywood wood knows bad luck uck seems to follow the second Val- Val the second the second Clara Bows It is poison poLson t to ambition or to screen fortune for some sonic reason Starting under this handicap COrtez Cor COr- tea fell into other worries There was the collapse of Miss Rubens and their estrangement The talkies took firm Inn hold and Cortez seemed to be left leCt out Almost overnight th the casting directors tors ors seemed to notice Ricardo still sUIl was in Hollywood A few parts c came me his wa way and his work drew favorable comment The big break breal came when Radio Pictures cast Cortez in the romantic role of a Spanish don opposite Ka Kay Francis hi in The Next Corner Comer Another Another Another An An- other role roJe In which he featured was In White Shoulders Others who appeared to arlly lose their stride in III the sound films were Estelle Taylor Lots Lois Wil Wil- son Gretta Reginald Denny Louise Brooks Lila Lee Eleanor Boardman Ralph Graves Jack Holt and Richard Dix In each case the comeback was complete and each in individual individual In- In with one exception is popular popular lar Jar in the talkies at the present writing |