Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-12-07 | Page 11 | Pact Expiration May Dissolve Rogers and Astaire Team

Pact Expiration May Dissolve Rogers and Astaire Team By y MILTON l BARKER HOLLYWOOD Dec 7 INS INS INS- 1 The possibility Ginger Rogers and 1 Fred Astaire one of the most fa famous famous famous fa- fa costarring teams in screen history may be making their last picture together is intriguing Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood today Astaire's contract with expires expires expires ex ex- ex- ex pires when he completes The Casties Castles Cas Cas- J- J ties with Ginger He has just notified the studio it is understood he will not even talk about a new contract until he returns from a six months months' vacation in Europe The town is inclined to believe Fred will sign again with at least on a picture-by-picture picture basis because he and Ginger have gotten along fine together and every everyone one of their pictures has been beena a a. a success netting the studio mil mil- lions Ginger on an Top Whether Fred signs again or not Gingers Ginger's fut future re is well assured She has proved herself a dramatic star as well as es the screens screen's top dancer She scored in Stage Door with Katharine Hepburn and in Viva cious Lady with Jimmy Stewart the latter being one of big money makers As soon as she completes The Castles she will forego the six weeks' weeks rest to which her contract entitles her after completing a picture picture pic plc- ture and go directly into Little Mother a dramatic story Its It's understood Ginger wants to take 12 weeks off oft after that picture and go to Europe She has yet to set foot out of ot these United States Mrs Ritz Studies Charlotte Ritz striking brunet wife of Harry Ritz of the Ritz Brothers wants to become an ac ac- ac- ac tress She hopes to play opposite her husband one of these days She's taking lessons daily dally under a dramatic coach She was an artists artists' model in New York before she married married mar mar- ried ned Harry Twentieth Fox Century-Fox has offered to give her a test whenever whenever whenever when when- ever she thinks she's ready