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Show British Place Deanna First HOLLYWOOD (UP) Deanna Durbin la the favorite film star of the fans In England, Scotland and Ireland. It was revealed today In a box-office poll. The young singing actress ranked In twelfth place In the United State box-office poll, but was at the top In the British poll for 1939 taken by the Motion Picture Pic-ture Herald. Pugnacious Mickey Rooney, No. 1 In America, was second In Great Britain. Shirley Temple slipped Into third place after leading the poll of British fans for three straight years. Other favorites, In tha order named, were Robert Taylor, Jean-ette Jean-ette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Errol Flynn, George Formby, Nelson Nel-son Eddy and Gary Cooper. In the choice of their own countrymen, coun-trymen, the British put Formby at the top and Grade Fields second. sec-ond. The two comics held the same places last year. Others were Robert Donat, Will Hay, Anna Neagle, Leslie Howard, Chariot Laughton, Gordon Harker, Ralph Richardson and Will Fyffa. Of western picture heroes, th British Brit-ish preferred Bill Boyd to Gena Autry, th American favorite. |