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Show Shapely Dietrich Legs Play Important Part in 'Western' problem la to find an outlet for this unusual talent. Motion pictures pic-tures can un only so many of these children. There I limit to the number of kid etara that can be absorbed by Hollywood. With thla new and talented generatkm growing up. It look to me at if an outlet far It most be Inevitable. I wouldn't be turprieed If tome mart bowman ' recogaizad In It an opportunity op-portunity and we taw the return of vaudeville. Anyway, lt'i -a thought"- By BITRDETTB J AT HOLLYWOOD Once upon a time "Dietrich" and "leg" were synonymous. Then ' the famous underpinnings ' faded ' front the screen while troueer fads, glamor girls, comedies and other film trend took their turns in movie-land. movie-land. Now those famous legs are uncovered anew In "Destry Rides Again," Mariano's role as a frontier dance nail queen, which la In sharp contrast to her previous ecreen appearances, ap-pearances, gives her a great advantage, ad-vantage, for the costumes she wears display favorably the shspely limbs. The children of America today, taken as a whole, are more talented than at any period in the history of the theater. Take that opinion from one who has finished directing direct-ing 230 of Hollywood's outstanding youngsters In "Babes in Arms." He Is Busby Berkeley. "These outstanding out-standing kids," says Berkeley, "are taken for granted. They have arrived. ar-rived. What I am talking about la the rank and file of young America today. "We need some extra specialty children to fill our two shows that were staged In ths picture, so I called for a general audition. I looked at 4V kid acts. It took me a week. But, I was amazed at the amount of talent these youngsters young-sters possessed.. They ranged In years from 3 to 14 and did everything every-thing from swing to Shakespeare. It was with great difficulty that I reduced the number to 75. Many talented boys and girls had to be left out But when I had to cut again to 25, It became a matter of ruthless slashing, because there was no place for all of them in the picture. "One of the acts thst I know will surprise audiences, because It floored me, was a baby orchestra. There are IS tiny tot In it all thorough musicians, and not one of them Is over 8. The youngest are two boys and two girls, who are 4. "So, when I say that the youth of America today is more talented than m any preceding generation, I know whereof I speak. The big |