Show 4 i r f Larry La r-r r Parks Joins j Ol List Of Forgotten Actors By ERSKINE JOHNSON HOLLYWOOD NEA NEA Hollywood isn't doing right by Lar Lar- Larry Larry ry Parks Parka He has become the forgotten m man n. n He needs a good role which he so rightly deserves When an actor works his heart out in a Hollywood film film studio doing bit roles in bad B pictures for five years he has earned a break brcak When he gets that break and does a top job as the star of ot ofa ota ofa a picture he deserves star casting from tram then on Larry Parks Is no newcomer to Hollywood Hes He's not one of those overnight sensations who was dragged from behind a soda fountain fountain fountain foun foun- tain in a in drive-in and made a starin star starIn In his first picture For five ive years Larry I appeared In about 10 pictures a year at Columbia Columbia Columbia Co Co- lumbia studio They were second- second rate B pictures and his roles were nothing to yell about He did the best he could with them Before that he hc played bits and even took extra jobs Jolson Gets Glory Then rhen came the big break In The Jolson Story Larry made the character of ot A Al At Jolson live his life over again He was just as vibrant as DS Jolson ever was The performance perform perform- ance won him a nomination for forthe forthe forthe the best acting performance of the year As a result of Larrys Larry's job fob In the picture Al Jolson Is once more moreon moreon moreon on top of the entertainment heap Jolson had sung b before tore In recent years Nobody listened But when his voice volee came out of the mouth of Larry Parks It was vas something new Today Al Jolson is knocking off for a radio guest shot His records are outselling Bing Crosby Theres There's talk of casting Al and Bing Bingin in a movie Theres There's talk of a n sequel to The Th Jolson Story Larry Parks has not appeared before a camera since December except for a a bit in a Columbia movie which he did as a gag Since completing The Jolson Story Larry has appeared in two pictures both unreleased The first Is a Rita Hayworth film Down to Earth And any pic- pic |